The first clip is here from clip from Doctor Who Christmas special Twice Upon a Time, which will be Peter Capaldi final time as the doctor.
The clip sees the outgoing Twelfth Doctor welcome his former self the First Doctor (David Bradley) and a World War One soldier known as the Captain (Mark Gatiss) onboard his “hideous” (well, according to Bradley) Tardis.
A trailer for the Christmas special of Doctor Who has appeared straight from comic con, the special will mark the 12th Doctor last stand as Peter Capaldi and outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat tell their last Doctor Who tale.
Twice Upon A Time, sees the 12th and the First Doctor team up to will try to fix time itself. The episode will air on Christmas day later this year.
She succeeds Peter Capaldi, who took the role in 2013 and leaves in this year's Christmas special. She will make her debut on the sci-fi show when the Doctor regenerates in the Christmas Day show.
Whittaker had to this say about taking the role:
"I'm beyond excited to begin this epic journey - with Chris and with every Whovian on this planet. It's more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait."
It feels completely overwhelming, as a feminist, as a woman, as an actor, as a human, as someone who wants to continually push themselves and challenge themselves, and not be boxed in by what you're told you can and can't be."
And she told fans not to be "scared" by her gender.
"Because this is a really exciting time, and Doctor Who represents everything that's exciting about change," she said, adding: "The fans have lived through so many changes, and this is only a new, different one, not a fearful one."
Peter Capaldi will end his rein of Doctor Who at the end of the tenth series, making the announcement during an interview with BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley, he said:
"I feel it’s time to move on," he said. "I feel sad, I love Doctor Who, it is a fantastic programme to work on. I can't praise the people I work with more highly, but I have always been someone that did a lot of different things
One of the greatest privileges of being Doctor Who is to see the world at its best.
From our brilliant crew and creative team working for the best broadcaster on the planet, to the viewers and fans whose endless creativity, generosity and inclusiveness points to a brighter future ahead. I can't thank everyone enough. It's been cosmic."
He will exit stage left with Steven Moffat as he is also leaving the series as lead writer and executive producer.
Moffat praised the star's performance in a BBC announcement:
"Peter's amazing, fiery, turbulent Doctor is still fighting the good fight, and his greatest adventures are yet to come.
"Monsters of the universe, be on your guard - Capaldi's not done with you yet!"
He added: "Like Peter, I'm facing up to leaving the best job I'll ever have, but knowing I do so in the company of the best, and kindest and cleverest of men, makes the saddest of endings a little sweeter."
Pearl Mackie has been announced as the latest actress to accompany the Doctor as his companion.
Mackie will play Bill. A clip was released which you can watch below to gives us a look at what we can expect from the new companion.
Alas we still have a wait yet for Doctor Who to return, as the show does not return to our screens till 2017 and shooting has not even started yet. Filming is due to begin in the coming weeks for Steven Moffat's final series.
A new teaser trailer has dropped for 'Doctor Who' season 8!
Doctor Who returns
on BBC One in Ireland and the UK on Saturday, August 23 with the feature-length
episode 'Deep Breath'. A US premiere on BBC America is also expected for
that date.
The first teaser trailer is here for Doctor Who Series 8, showing the silhouette of new Doctor Peter Capaldi who will take flight in August on BBC One.
On this Check This is the short documentary 'The Delian Mode' about the genius behind the Doctor Who theme song Delia Derbyshire.
The Delian Mode is a a short experimental documentary revolving around the life and work of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, best known for her groundbreaking sound treatment of the Doctor Who theme music. A collage of sound and image created in the spirit of Derbyshire’s unique approach to audio creation and manipulation, this film illuminates such soundscapes onscreen while paying tribute to a woman whose work has influenced electronic musicians for decades.
The film features interviews with Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the now defunct BBC Radiophonic Workshop, the founder of Electronic Music Studios Peter Zinovieff, musicians Peter Kember (Sonic Boom), Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Ann Shenton (Add N to X) as well as other friends and colleagues of Delia.
The first trailer has landed for the 'Doctor Who' 50th anniversary special, 'The Day of the Doctor,' is set to premiere on the show's official birthday, Saturday, November 23.
'The Day of the Doctor' stars Matt Smith (How to Catch a Monster), David Tennant ("Broadchurch"), Jenna Coleman ("Dancing on the Edge"), with Billie Piper ("Secret Diary of a Call Girl") and John Hurt (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
An absolute perfect casting decision, Peter Capaldi has been announced as the 12th (or 13tth if you consider John Hurt) incarnation of The Doctor taking over from Matt Smith.
He is best known for his role as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC series The Thick of It.
"It's so wonderful not to keep this secret any longer, but it's been so fantastic," Capaldi said after the news was revealed on a live BBC One show.
The 55-year-old had been the bookmakers favourite to take on the role and had suspended all betting on the star on Friday.
After 4 years journeying through space and time the 11th Doctor time has come as the BBC has announced Matt Smith will hand in his sonic screw driver and Tardis at the end of the year.
Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary in November with a special episode, which Smith has already filmed.
The BBC said Smith's "spectacular exit" was yet to be revealed and would be "kept tightly under wraps".
Smith first stepped into the Tardis as the 11th Doctor in 2010. Taking over from David Tennant, he was the youngest actor to play the role.
Speaking after the announcement, he said he was "incredibly proud" of what the show had achieved over the last four years under Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer.
Smith also thanked fans around the world for their "truly remarkable" dedication to the show.
The BBC has released a short video of Matt Smith and David Tennant together on the set of the upcoming special, discussing the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode. The clip was promised to fans of the show as a "thank you" if details of the series finale 'The Name of the Doctor' were kept a secret due to a dispatch error in US. The special episode will air on November 23.
Three clips are below from the latest 'Doctor Who' Christmas special that will be shown on the BBC.
Christmas Eve 1892 and the falling snow is the stuff of fairy-tales.
When the fairy-tale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens
Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for
help. But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to
engage in the problems of the universe.
As old friends return, will the
Doctor really abandon humankind or will he fight to save the world – and
Christmas – from the icy clutches of this mysterious menace.
The BBC have released a trailer and poster for the Docter's 2012 Christmasadventure titled 'The Snowmen.' Which will air on Christmas day and will feature the first appearance of the Doctor's new companion, Clara.
Christmas Eve 1892 and the falling snow is the stuff of fairy-tales.
When the fairy-tale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens
Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for
help. But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to
engage in the problems of the universe. As old friends return, will the
Doctor really abandon humankind or will he fight to save the world – and
Christmas – from the icy clutches of this mysterious menace.
The BBC have released the first official image of Matt Smith as the Doctor (rocking a new costume) with the as yet unnamed latest companion played by Jenna-Louise Coleman.
Doctor Who will return to TV screens in the autumn with Jenna-Louise Coleman's debut appearance as the newest assistant to air on Christmas day.
The BBC has released the first trailer for Doctor Who's seventh series which is expected to return in the autumn on BBC One.
Sixx episodes of seventh series 'Doctor Who' will air in 2012, with Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) both departing in the fifth instalment, new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman will then join Matt Smith in this year's Christmas special.
Eight more episodes will then air in 2013 as part of the seventh series, with showrunner Steven Moffat promising further instalments later in the show's 50th anniversary year.
Jenna-Louise Coleman has been announced as the new 'Doctor Who' companion.
The actress is known for her roles in Emmerdale, Waterloo Road and will be seen in upcoming series, Titanic. Her first episode will be episode six of series 7 which is the 2012 Christmas special.
BBC Press Release:
Jenna-Louise Coleman has beaten hundreds of hopefuls to become the new companion to Doctor Who, it was announced today by Steven Moffat.
Twenty-five year old Jenna from Blackpool will star alongside the 11th Time Lord, Matt Smith, to mark the biggest year in the show's history.
Best known for her roles in Emmerdale (Jasmine Thomas) and Waterloo Road (Lindsay James), Jenna will replace Karen Gillan when she and Arthur Darvill bow out of the show in a heartbreaking departure after one final series of rollercoaster voyages later this year on BBC One.
Jenna says: "I'm beyond excited, I can't wait to get cracking; working alongside Matt I know is going to be enormous fun and a huge adventure."
The Doctor will meet his new friend in a dramatic turn of events as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year - full of thrills, adventures and big surprises. Series seven is currently filming and comprises 14 big, blockbuster-movie episodes - each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you've never seen them before.
Lead writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, says: "It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She's funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the TARDIS.
"It's not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it's about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that's all you're getting for now. Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl."
Danny Cohen, Controller, BBC One, adds "As we approach Doctor Who's 50th anniversary it's great to welcome a new companion to the TARDIS. I feel confident the Doctor will look after her in his own very unique style."
In 2011 Jenna made her big screen debut in Captain America: The First Avenger and is soon to star as Annie Desmond in ITV1's Titanic. She has just finished filming on Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing On The Edge for BBC Two.
The BBC have released a prequel clip to this year's Christmas special, entitled "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe," Matt Smith returns as the Doctor with guest stars Claire Skinner, Alexander Armstrong, Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir.
Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world...
'Doctor Who' "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" airs on BBC One this Christmas.
Updated with a new trailer and clips from the Christmas special:
The BBC have released the title and a trailer for the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas Special, revealed on Children in Need and it's The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe!
The Christmas Special stars Matt Smith as the Doctor... Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world...
