Doctor Who: Official Season 8 Titles and Guest Stars

I’m getting more excited than Strax with a thesaurus for the upcoming beginning of the new Doctor Who season!  And to cash in on the fact that all good Whovian/Wholigan boys and girls are vocally, impatiently waiting, The BBC released the official titles, directors, and guest stars listings for all of Peter Capaldi’s first year in the Tardis:

(Also, new companion Danny Pink is introduced in episode 2.)

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