It’s shaping up to be a pretty insane weekend of greatness for Doctor Who fans worldwide and it’s only Sunday morning!

First, came a double dose of greatness yesterday with the newest teaser trailer featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, and companion Clara, played by Jenna Louise Colemen. With the trailer came the announcement that the first program in the new series 8, “Deep Breath”, which will signal the beginning of the Peter Capaldi era, will premiere on Saturday, 23 August on BBC One.
 

 
While it was brilliant to finally see something from series 8 as opposed to participating in wild speculation surrounding leaked photos from the set, it was a bit of a departure to have the transmission date announced so soon, almost two months in advance. In addition to Capaldi and Colemen, series 8 will see the likes of Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes, Foxes, Hermione Norris and Frank Skinner, who have all been confirmed as guest stars for the new run.

The next bit of greatness came in an interview with current showrunner, Steven Moffat. In his latest column for Doctor Who Magazine, the showrunner revealed that he plans to stick with the BBC sci-fi series for at least one more year. “Sitting here, right now, just before the [series eight] finale shooting block, I’ve figured out the cliffhanger to the penultimate episode of the next series,” he wrote. “And it’s a whopper. Ohh, I don’t think you’ll see this coming!”

Finally, there comes more details of the forthcoming Doctor Who: The World Tour heading to a continent near you in August leading up to the series premiere. Doctor Who: The World Tour will begin in the UK on August 7th and finish in Brazil on August 19th. The tour will visit Cardiff and London in the UK before heading to Seoul, South Korea; Sydney, Australia; New York, USA; Mexico City, Mexico; and finally Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That’s 7 cities, across 5 continents, in only 12 days. THIS is was sets British telly apart from American counterparts.
 

 
I SO can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings….