'Doctor Who' Season 8 Premiere Air Date, Spoilers & Trailer: Guest Stars & Episode Titles Revealed
As "Doctor Who" begins it's eighth season this Saturday, BBC has revealed more details as to the guest stars and titles of the episodes for the upcoming season.
The episode list, released by BBC via Telegraph UK, includes the episode title, writer and director along with a list of guest stars set to make appearances.
"Frank Skinner, Line of Duty star Keeley Hawes and Doctor Who veteran Jemma Redgrave are among the names joining Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, along with regular writer Mark Gatiss. We'll also see Spooks star Hermione Norris, The Thick of It's Chris Addison, Da Vinci's Demons star Tom Riley, Death in Paradise's Ben Miller and Goodness Gracious Me's Sanjeev Baskhar over the course of the 12 episodes," summarized the Telegraph UK on the details for the series.
Find the complete episode list below (via The Telegraph):
Episode 1: Deep Breath
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Guest stars: Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart, Dan Starkey, Peter Ferdinando
Episode 2: Into the Dalek
Written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat
Directed by Ben Wheatley
Guest stars: Zawe Ashton, Michael Smiley
Introducing Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink
Episode 3: Robot of Sherwood
Written by Mark Gatiss
Directed by Paul Murphy
Guest stars Tom Riley as Robin Hood and Ben Miller as the Sheriff of Nottingham
Episode 4: Listen
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Douglas MacKinnon
Episode 5: Time Heist
Written by Stephen Thompson and Steven Moffat
Directed by Douglas MacKinnon
Guest star: Keeley Hawes
Episode 6: The Caretaker
Written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat
Directed by Paul Murphy
Guest star: Ellis George
Episode 7: Kill the Moon
Written by Peter Harness
Directed by Paul Wilmshurst
Guest stars: Hermione Norris, Tony Osoba and Ellis George
Episode 8: Mummy on the Orient Express
Written by Jamie Mathieson
Directed by Paul Wilmshurst
Guest stars: Frank Skinner, Foxes and David Bamber
Episode 9: Flatline
Written by Jamie Mathieson
Directed by Douglas MacKinnon
Guest star: Christopher Fairbank and Joivan Wade
Episode 10: In the Forest of the Night
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Directed by Sheree Folkson
Guest stars: Abigail Eames, Jaydon Harris-Wallace, Ashley Foster, Harley Bird
Episode 11/12 Dark Water/Death In Heaven
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Guest stars: Michelle Gomez, Chris Addison, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Jemma Redgrave, Ingrid Oliver
We also see from the list that the series finale will be a two part episode titled "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven," both written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay.
Catch the "Doctor Who" series as it returns Saturday, Aug 23 on BBC One with premiere episode "Deep Breath".
See the trailer for the first episode below.