--- description: This is the first season starring Peter Capaldi title: BBC Doctor Who Season 8 Premiere Gets Theater Screenings in U.S. 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_ Season Premiere Will Debut on Big Screen  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 9:03 PM CUT  Doctor Who Doctor WhoRay Burmiston--BBC/BBC WORDLWIDE 2014  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 9:03 PM CUT BBC America announced Thursday that it will be screening the premiere of the new season of _Doctor Who_ on the big screen in select theaters. Season eight is the first to star Peter Capaldi in the lead role. The feature-length episode (plus extra bonus scenes) will get midnight theatrical screenings on August 23 in 12 cities. The next day audiences will be able to watch the episode in 550 theaters across the U.S. For those who can’t make it to the theater, the episode, “Deep Breath,” will premiere on TV at 8 pm ET on Saturday, Aug. 23\. Nerdist.com CEO Chris Hardwick (who also hosts the _Walking Dead_ after show, _Talking Dead_) will host both a pre- and post-show at 7:30 and 11:00, respectively. Both segments will feature guests like writers from the show and behind-the-scenes clips. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3066752/doctor-who-season-eight-premiere-theater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3066752/doctor-who-season-eight-premiere-theater/"},"headline":"Doctor Who Season Premiere Will Debut on Big Screen","datePublished":"2014-07-31T21:03:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:27:18.430Z","description":"The feature-length episode will play in theaters in 12 cities","url":"https://time.com/3066752/doctor-who-season-eight-premiere-theater/","keywords":["Television"],"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":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"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/3066752/doctor-who-season-eight-premiere-theater/","name":"Doctor Who Season Premiere Will Debut on Big Screen"}}]}] ```