--- description: Starring a brand new Doctor! title: Doctor Who Starring Peter Capaldi Will Premiere on August 23 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e2d7c96ff53f904/698699d83bc99936761a4528/dw8_r4_02_landscape_bbcabugged.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Doctor Who_ Premiere Date Announced by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2014 11:46 AM CUT  Doctor Who Doctor WhoRay Burmiston--BBC/BBC WORDLWIDE 2014 by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2014 11:46 AM CUT Get ready for a brand new Doctor, as BBC America has announced the [premiere date](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/doctor-who-premiere-date-revealed-715476 "undefined") for the next season of _Doctor Who_. Fans of the cult show will have the chance to get to know the 12th Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi_,_ on Saturday, Aug. 23\. Scottish actor and director Capaldi, who has appeared in previous BBC shows _The Thick of It_ and _The Hour_, will replace Matt Smith in the series titular role. Capaldi was first introduced during last year’s 50th anniversary _Doctor Who_ special and in the final moments of the Christmas special episode. The show has become a BBC phenomenon, with _Doctor Who_ fans springing up all over the world. Ahead of the premiere, Capaldi and co-star Jenna Coleman (who plays the Doctor’s companion Clara Oswald) will make an appearance in New York City on Aug. 14 as part of a _Doctor Who_ tour. The tour begins in Cardiff with scheduled stops in London, Seoul, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/doctor-who-premiere-date-revealed-715476 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/"},"headline":"Doctor Who Premiere Date Announced","datePublished":"2014-06-30T11:46:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:41:37.318Z","description":"Starring a brand new Doctor!","url":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/","keywords":["Television","doctor who"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e2d7c96ff53f904/698699d83bc99936761a4528/dw8_r4_02_landscape_bbcabugged.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e2d7c96ff53f904/698699d83bc99936761a4528/dw8_r4_02_landscape_bbcabugged.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Doctor Who Series 8 Iconic","caption":"Doctor Who Series 8 Iconic","creditText":"Ray Burmiston--BBC/BBC WORDLWIDE 2014","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/","name":"Doctor Who Premiere Date Announced"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Who Is Dr Who?","description":"With the 12th star of the hit BBC show Dr Who set to arrive in it's 50th year, TIME fills you in on all you need to know to get caught up.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FHkhhOv8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-11-22T22:06:36.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FHkhhOv8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/","duration":"PT2M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/2940271/when-is-the-doctor-who-premiere/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```