The BBC have now released the synopsis for the opening episode of the new series in their Programme Information Guide for forthcoming weeks. However, the broadcast time in the United Kingdom has yet to be revealed.

More tickets to a Series 8 launch celebration that is free to attend are up for grabs.

The Twelfth Knight Party is being held in London on Saturday 23rd August, starting at 3pm, with Deep Breath and any accompanying Doctor Who programming broadcast that afternoon and evening being shown live on big screens.

Organised by Jeremy and Paula Bentham together with Tony Clark, the party - which is open to all people aged 18 and over - was announced before it emerged that the series opener would be simulscreened at cinemas. This has led to cancellations for ticket applications for the free event.

Jeremy told Doctor Who News: Food and drink will be available to buy at the venue, which is installing extra 55-inch screens.

To apply for tickets, e-mail Jeremy at jjbentham@aol.com by the revised closing date of Sunday 17th August, using the subject line Twelfth Knight ticket applications and stating your name as well as how many people will be in your group.

Tickets and exact details of where the party is being held will be despatched the next day by e-mail. Please note that admission will be by ticket only.

London Transport links for the weekend are currently reported as being good, although people are still urged to consider their transport options for getting home afterwards, as the event will finish late.

Since the show returned to TV screens in 2005, the organisers have held a series of highly popular event parties in London, most recently the Doc Lands @ 50 Party, which took place on 23rd November 2013 to mark the programme's 50th anniversary.

After a successful world premiere in Cardiff this afternoon, the Doctor Who World Tour reached London for this evening's presentation at the British Film Institute. The BBC have released two photos celebrating Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman's arrival in the capital.



BBC News covered the afternoon activities in Cardiff, with an interview with Capaldi undertaken by entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba, and a later item about the afternoon in general that featured on the BBC News at 6; Newsround were also present at the premiere to chat to Capaldi.

The Doctor Who World Tour has got under way with the stars from the show meeting fans at the special red carpet event in Cardiff.

The world premiere screening of the series Opener Deep Breath is taking place at St David's Hall in the Welsh Capital, attended by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, alongside showrunner Steven Moffat.

Moffat told BBC Radio Wales he believes Capaldi's Doctor will go down well with fans. BBC Wales director Rhodri Talfan Davies said:A further screening takes place later today on London's South Bank, before the team head of to Seoul at the start of their dash around the world.

Animation studio Planet 55 have issued the following statement regarding their involvement with creating animated episodes of Doctor Who:


The release comes as the status of the last expected classic series DVD, The Underwater Menace, remains uncertain.

BBC Worldwide has announced that the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular will return to Australia and New Zealand early next year.

The show toured the region earlier this year, earning rave reviews and performing to sell out houses. The show will feature a cast of over 145 musicians, actors and singers and will be presented by the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison. It includes Daleks, Cybermen and a host of other Doctor Who monsters.

Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular is a musical celebration of the iconic TV series which last year celebrated its 50th anniversary. The concert includes special edited sequences of Peter Capaldi’s debut as the Twelfth Doctor, as well as fan favorites from recent series and classic nostalgic footage. Composer, Murray Gold’s music, will be performed by Australia’s finest musicians and singers including Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Sydney’s The Metropolitan Orchestra.

Four venues are listed for the 2015 itinerary.

• Sat 24 January 2015 - Adelaide Entertainment Centre
• Sat 31 January 2015 - Perth Arena
• Sat 7 February 2015 - Qantas Credit Union Arena, Sydney
• Sat 14 February 2015 - Auckland Vector Arena

Tickets for the performances go on sale to the general public from 18th August

A UK version of the tour was announced last month and takes place next May.

Danish cinema chain CinemaxX have announced that they will be showing series premiere Deep Breath in their Odense, Aarhus and Copenhagen theatres on Saturday 23rd August at 7:45pm.

Denmark's local time is one hour ahead of the United Kingdom's, which makes the above time effectively 6:45pm; however, the exact time in cinema should be clarified once tickets are on sale, from tomorrow (Thursday) at 4:00pm via the CinemaxX website. Update: the cinema website for the event cites 19:45.

There has been no news at present as to when the usual Doctor Who broadcaster DR might transmit the episode on television.

A giant straw Dalek is still dominating a section of the Cheshire countryside.



The Dalek was created for Doctor Who's Fiftieth Anniversary, at Snugburys Famous Ice Cream, a farm and dairy based in the West Midlands, known for its annual production of straw figures.

Standing at 35 feet high, the sculpture took over 700 man hours to build. It is made from 6 tons of straw, held up by a frame containing 5 tons of steel. It features moving parts and audio.

The Dalek can be seen from the Nantwich - Chester road and viewed at Park Farm in Hurleston just two miles from Nantwich, Cheshire.

A new Doctor Who pop up shop comes to Sydney later this week, giving Sydney-siders their first taste of some of the new products due to be released over the next few months.

The shop will open its doors on August 7th at 10am at Shop 9.28A World Square Shopping Centre, 644 George St, Sydney, just a few days before the new Doctor Peter Capaldi and his companion Jenna Coleman touch down in Australia as part of a major global tour to launch the new series.

This pop-up shop follows the overwhelming popularity of stores in Sydney and Brisbane last year. The first-ever Sydney Doctor Who pop-up shop saw fans queuing for up to three hours beforehand to get their hands on exclusive Doctor Who merchandise to mark the 50th anniversary of the show.

This year’s pop-up shop features new exclusive Doctor Who products not currently available on Australian shores, including exclusive design “Capaldi” polo shirts and apparel from Her Universe, including leggings, dress and t-shirts.

The Doctor Who pop-up store will also stock all things TARDIS with new products for 2014 such as iPhone 5 covers, jewellery (pictured right), a TARDIS tumbling block (pictured left) as well as aprons and melamine trays for aspiring Doctor Who chefs.

In addition, the store will feature a TARDIS photo booth allowing fans to enter the booth and have their photo taken on a choice of three backgrounds to share with friends via social media. The first 1000 customers will get a printout of their photo to take home.
Other merchandise includes the limited edition Dalek Coin, the Risk: The Dalek Invasion of Earth board game and Doctor Who party goods.

US entertainment website The Wrap is reporting that James Corden, who played one- (or, rather, two-off) companion Craig Owens during the Matt Smith era, is being eyed to replace Craig Ferguson as host of CBS late-night chat show The Late, Late Show after Ferguson departs this December, just shy of his 10th anniversary as host. CBS has yet to officially announce anyone as Ferguson's replacement.

In the US, Corden is best known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the play One Man, Two Guvnors while UK fans best know him from the sitcom Gavin & Stacey. He appeared on Doctor Who as Craig in 2010's "The Lodger," 2011's "Closing Time" and he also played Craig in the made-for-DVD prequel to "Closing Time" called "Up All Night."

Ferguson, who announced his intention to step down as host of The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson earlier this year, is a well-known Doctor Who fan, who keeps a toy TARDIS on his desk, often brings the show up in conversation with guests, hosted the Doctor Who panel at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, and over the past few years has interviewed Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston, Jenna Coleman and Billie Piper (Smith and Gillan several times). His lyrical version of the "Doctor Who Theme" (in which he praised the show and "the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism") went viral.

Ferguson is also a longtime friend of Peter Capaldi, who appeared on Late, Late Show in 2009 to promote the film In the Loop, having performed in a band with Ferguson in the early 1980s. It remains to be seen if Capaldi will be able to make an appearance before Ferguson departs.

CBS has so far refused to confirm or comment on the situation.