Capaldi's first full appearance as the Doctor was at the end of the 2013 Christmas special The Time of the Doctor. He is accompanied in the eighth and ninth series by companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman).
- Heather Unruh, an award-winning broadcast journalist and a 1989 graduate of DePauw University, is in her first week on the job as morning news co-anchor at WCVB (Channel 5) in Boston.
Kristin Brown, co-president of the Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington, D.C., accused events like the SHOT show of adding to the national problem of weapons and violence.