Who, in August this year, was announced as the new “Dr Who” Doctor?
Doctor Who (series 8) series, Series 8 consists mainly of standalone episodes; the series finale was the first two-part story since "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" from the midpoint of Series 6 in 2011. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The show's star since 2010, Matt Smith announced in June 2013 that he would be leaving "Doctor Who" following the 2013 Christmas episode "The Time of the Doctor". His replacement was announced, after several weeks of speculation, on a special live broadcast called "Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor" on 4 August as Peter Capaldi, who up to that point was best known for portraying spin
Doctor Who spin-offs Diego Comic-Con International, IDW Publishing announced their intention to publish a new series of "Doctor Who" comics, which would follow the adventures of the Tenth Doctor and Martha Jones. The series was scripted by Gary Russell, with art by Nick Roche, and was slated to launch later that year. IDW published this title alongside "Doctor Who Classics", republishing "Doctor Who Weekly" and "Monthly" stories drawn by Dave Gibbons with new coloring. Subsequently, this was split into two publications titled "Doctor Who", a six-issue mini-series, and "Doctor Who Classics" respectively. A second mini-series, "Doctor Who: The Forgotten", by Tony Lee and