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Doctor Who (series 9)
Series 9
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The upcoming ninth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who is set to premiere on 19 September 2015 on BBC One. The series began filming in January 2015, and will be the ninth to air following the programme's revival in 2005, and the thirty-fifth season overall.

This is the second series starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which is disguised as a British police box. Jenna Coleman will return as the Doctor's companion, Clara Oswald, for her third and final series in the role.

List of episodes

Following the 2014 Christmas Special listed below, the series proper opens with a two-parter for the first time since the sixth series.

Prequels

Casting

The ninth series will be the second starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, and the third and final starring Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's current companion Clara Oswald.

In Doctor Who Magazine, Michelle Gomez confirmed that she will return as Missy, the latest incarnation of the Master, who served as the central villain in series 8. In February 2015, it was confirmed that Missy would return in "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar", the opening episodes of the ninth series.

In January 2015, it was announced that actor Paul Kaye had a guest role in the first production block. It was later announced that other guest actors featuring in the first block include Arsher Ali, Morven Christie, Neil Fingleton, Colin McFarlane, and Steven Robertson.

Jemma Redgrave will have a recurring role in the series as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. Kelly Hunter was also confirmed to be appearing in the opening story, alongside Jaye Griffiths and Clare Higgins. Hunter previously appeared as the Shadow Architect for the Shadow Proclamation in "The Stolen Earth", while Higgins appeared in "The Night of the Doctor" as Ohila, High Priestess of the Sisterhood of Karn. It was announced on 8 May 2015 that Ingrid Oliver would return as Osgood alongside Redgrave for "The Zygon Invasion" / "The Zygon Inversion", a story involving the Zygons, despite her apparent death in the previous series.

On 5 August 2015, it was announced that Reece Shearsmith, Elaine Tan, Neet Mohan, Bethany Black and Paul Courtenay Hyu will have a role in "Sleep No More".

Other confirmed guests include India Ria Amarteifio, Dasharn Anderson, Harki Bhambra, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Aaron Neil, Demi Papaminas, Joey Price and Jami Reid-Quarrell. On 30 March 2015, Maisie Williams, Rufus Hound, Tom Stourton, Ariyon Bakare, Simon Lipkin, Ian Conningham, Murray McArthur, Barnaby Kay, John Voce, and Struan Rodger were announced to be appearing. On 19 April 2015, David Schofield was announced to be playing Viking god Odin. On 4 June 2015, it was announced that Rebecca Front, who starred alongside Capaldi in The Thick of It, would appear in "The Zygon Invasion". Darshan Anderson is also set to play Ryan in "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar". Elisabeth Hopper is also set to play Lucie Fanshawe in Block 3. On 10 June 2015, it was announced that Joivan Wade would return as Rigsy, who previously appeared in "Flatline". Robin Soans is also set to play Chronolock Guy in Block 5. Soans previously appeared in Doctor Who as Luvic in The Keeper of Traken. Todd Kramer is set to play Hitchley in "The Woman Who Lived". Gareth Berliner is set to play "Coachman" in either one or both of "Under the Lake" / "Before the Flood". Shin-Fei Chen is also set to play "Chinese Newsreader" in "The Witch's Familiar". Alec James is also set to play a Viking villager in either one or both of "Under the Lake" / "Before the Flood". Naomi Ackie is also playing a role in "Face the Raven". Julie Hendy is also playing a role in Series 9, as a "Medieval Peasant". Caroline Boulton is also set to play Habbrian in "Face the Raven". Karen Seacombe is set to play Meg in "The Woman Who Lived", after previously playing Sandra in "The Lodger".

Production

Writing and development

Steven Moffat wrote the opening two-parter story, and Catherine Tregenna wrote an episode for the series. Tregenna is known for her earlier involvement in Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood.

Before series 8 began, Moffat promised a cliffhanger for series 9, and teased in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 475, "I've figured out the cliffhanger to the penultimate episode of series 9. And it's a whopper. Ohh, I don’t think you'll see this coming!"

As the series coincides with the 10th anniversary of the show's revival, the BBC asked former showrunner and head writer, Russell T. Davies to return, along with Steven Moffat who asks Davies every year. He replied with a polite "thanks but no thanks". A BBC source says that plans for the revival anniversary were still to be decided, despite Davies' reluctance to return. He also believed that the success of the revived show meant that "It’s now impossible for it to ever be axed." However, despite the comments made to Radio Times, in an interview with BBC Radio 2 a week later, Davies said he would love to write more Doctor Who, specifically a movie.

In January 2015, the Doctor Who Twitter page reported that filming had begun on episodes written by Toby Whithouse, who has previously contributed episodes "School Reunion", "The Vampires of Venice", "The God Complex" and "A Town Called Mercy". On 16 March 2015, Mark Gatiss confirmed he would be writing an episode for the series. On 30 March 2015, it was confirmed Jamie Mathieson, who previously wrote "Mummy on the Orient Express" and "Flatline" for series 8, would write a new episode called "The Girl Who Died" with Moffat. On 8 May 2015 it was announced that Peter Harness, who wrote series 8's "Kill the Moon", would write a two-part story. Justin Molotnikov was to direct two 60 minute episodes for Doctor Who, according to his CV, though this was removed at a later date. However, he directed the ninth and tenth episode of the series.

Eight of the twelve episodes in the series are to be divided into four two-part stories, seeing the return of the cliffhanger, although Moffat has stated that the two-part stories aren't as connected as similar stories in previous series, but instead are quite different and only vaguely related.

In April 2015, Steven Moffat confirmed that Doctor Who would run for at least another five years, extending the show until at least 2020.

Filming

Filming and principal photography for the ninth series began on 5 January 2015 in Cardiff, with "Under the Lake" and "Before the Flood" making up the first production block. The read-through for the first block took place on 18 December 2014.

According to his online C.V., Being Human director Daniel O'Hara will direct two fifty-minute long episodes for the series. This was confirmed by the BBC on 14 January 2015.

The second production block consist of two of Steven Moffat's episodes, the opening two-parter. Filming for the story took place in Tenerife, Spain in February 2015, directed by Hettie MacDonald, who directed the 2007 episode "Blink".

On 30 March 2015, it was revealed Ed Bazalgette would direct two episodes, one written by Jamie Mathieson and Steven Moffat and the other by Catherine Tregenna. On 8 May 2015, the BBC announced that filming had started on a two-part episode written by Peter Harness and directed by Daniel Nettheim. On 10 June 2015, it was revealed by the BBC that filming for Block 5 had begun with Justin Molotnikov directing "Face the Raven", written by Sarah Dollard. On 1 July 2015, the BBC confirmed that Rachel Talalay would return to direct the two-part series finale, written by Steven Moffat.

Production blocks are arranged as follows:

Promotion

On 9 July 2015, the first trailer for the series was released, alongside the confirmation of the airdate of "The Magician's Apprentice". The same day, Capaldi, Coleman, Gomez and Moffat promoted the series at San Diego Comic-Con International. On 12 August 2015, the second trailer for the series was released. A prologue to the series was released online on 11 September 2015. A prequel to the series, entitled "The Doctor's Meditation", was released on 15 September 2015 exclusively shown as part of a 3D cinematic release of the previous series' finale.

Broadcast

DVD and Blu-ray releases

"Last Christmas" was released as a standalone DVD and Blu-ray on 26 January 2015 in Region 2. The first six episodes of the series will be released in Region 1 on DVD and Blu-ray on 3 November 2015, and on 9 November 2015 in Region 2. It will contain the first six episodes and three Doctor Who Extra documentaries, with a complete box-set set to be released in 2016.

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