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They are Back… And so is She… Look behind You…

They are Back… Look behind You…

Officially announced by the BBC today…

WARNING SPOILER IMAGES AND COMMENTS BELOW

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You can see more filming photos at www.walesonline.co.uk (Spoilers!)

Michelle Gomez (Bad Education, Green Wing) will join the cast of Doctor Who, playing the Gatekeeper of the Nethersphere when the series returns on 23 August.

Speaking about the role, Michelle Gomez said: “Well of course Peter Capaldi is our next Doctor, which makes complete sense. I’m thrilled to join him. Well, you would be wouldn’t you?”

Lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, added: “I’ve known Michelle for years, and I’m thrilled to welcome her to Doctor Who. She’s everything we need – brilliant, Scottish, and a tiny bit satanic.”

Filming is well underway for Series 8 of Doctor Who. Guest stars confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which will air on BBC One this Autumn include Frank Skinner, Ben Miller, Tom Riley, Keeley Hawes and Hermione Norris.

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96 comments

  • dan23uk

    June 30th, 2014 - 8:55pm

    Whats Osgood Mean ?

    Reply
    • DOCTOR WHO ONE

      July 1st, 2014 - 7:25am

      Osgood is a characters surname. She appeared in ‘The Day of the Doctor’.

  • dan23uk

    June 30th, 2014 - 8:51pm

    Yes that’s a old cybermen head Form classic series

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    • Obsie

      July 1st, 2014 - 1:37am

      As seen in “Dalek” or somewhere else we can but wonder.

  • Am I a Good Man?

    June 30th, 2014 - 8:24pm

    Here’s my three theories!

    1). The Cybermen are launching a full scale attack on Earth, civillians are ordered to arm themselves against them.

    2). The Cybermen have somehow been enlisted by the Time Lords to capture The Doctor and return him somehow to Gallifray. Hence why none of the Cymbermen appear to be attacking.

    3). The crack in time reopens both in our universe and from the Time Lords side. The Cybermen get sucked through put somehow from different ages hence the old head. Perhaps the Doctor and the Tardis then get pulled through the crack resulting the Tardis exploding thus recreating the crack and spreading it through out time and space. The Doctor gets trapped on another planet inside the crack which turns out to be Gallifray.

    Let me know what you guys think.

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    • Dr who

      July 3rd, 2014 - 7:16pm

      Urm theory three the silence blew up the tardis,cracks are finished now

  • Dalek Smith

    June 30th, 2014 - 7:50pm

    Anybody else get the feeling that now a big name actor, no offence to Matt, in Capaldi is the doctor, more people are wanting to appear alongside him, hence the bigger guest stars.

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  • doctor who whovian fan no 1

    June 30th, 2014 - 7:43pm

    is that her from the Christmas special

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    • Trenzalore

      July 6th, 2014 - 9:32pm

      No

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    June 30th, 2014 - 6:09pm

    Queens Arcade ?.

    That’s where Jackie Tyler was right ? ya know, when the Auton’s tried to invade Earth in ‘Rose’ right at the start of series 1 !!.

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    • Anonymous

      June 30th, 2014 - 9:22pm

      Yeah! I’ve been there

  • 100,000BC

    June 30th, 2014 - 5:55pm

    Hurrah!
    Earth invasion!
    Cybermen (hope they do it right)!
    Classic cybermen!
    UNIT!
    Kate and Osgood (two of my favourite characters in modern Who)!

    There’s only really been The Power of Three and the Day of the Doctor that have really stood out for me as proper modern Earth Invasion recently and in Day it was pretty much drowned out by the 50th and other storylines (not a bad thing for the 50th itself) and Power was amazing to start off with but tailed off nearer the end.

    We need more Earth Invasion! I find it makes a good, identifiable, strong Doctor Who story: Modern world, modern people, ‘real’ threats (i.e. not just concentrated in one place).

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    • Obsie

      June 30th, 2014 - 8:28pm

      But which Osgood?

  • Whovastron

    June 30th, 2014 - 5:38pm

    From some pictures on YouTube it seems that Osgood is sporting Matt’s bow tie and Tennant’s red trainers…

    TW.

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    • 100,000BC

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:46pm

      Yeah, you can see her feet behind Kate’s. Would make sense, she is like a ‘Whoniverse’ Doctor Who fan – when she sees the new Doctor, she’ll be like, “Have to buy that jacket!”

      Seeing as though the ‘whoniverse’ doesn’t do Baker scarf replicas, do you reckon Doris (or the Brig) knitted the one she wore in Day?

    • whofan4ever

      July 8th, 2014 - 7:05pm

      It was given to the brigadier from the fourth, who gave it to Kate, who gave it to Osgood

  • RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND

    June 30th, 2014 - 5:05pm

    great to have earth invaded! nice to see kate back and osgood judging by the article pictures.

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    • RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:09pm

      also that looks like a classic cyberhead in pic 3!

    • Rowan Walsh

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:46pm

      I noticed the head as-well! Maybe a meeting of the originals and lumic ones 😀

    • 100,000BC

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:47pm

      You’re right! It does seem to be a classic cyberhead!

  • Rowan Walsh

    June 30th, 2014 - 5:00pm

    So happy to see a invasion of earth again! Not enough these days

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    • James A

      June 30th, 2014 - 6:10pm

      Agreed. Its nice to see one where its big enough for people to notice, like from the series 2-4 finals.

  • Anonymous

    June 30th, 2014 - 4:27pm

    war of the cybermen.what they should do is try and get the costume from every cybermen story and well

    FIGHT!!!!!!!

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  • James Halho

    June 30th, 2014 - 4:03pm

    So much for ‘no spoilers’ on this site… 😀

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    • booboo

      June 30th, 2014 - 4:07pm

      its open air filming, clearly marked as spoilers and the cybermen have been officially confirmed

  • obey the whispermen

    June 30th, 2014 - 3:47pm

    Yey Osgood from the 50th is back and she’s wearing Matt Smith’s red bow tie. Interesting

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  • Tardis’nt

    June 30th, 2014 - 3:23pm

    YES! It was inevitable, but YES! AAAND an Invasion Cyby head too!

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    • Tardis’nt

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:24pm

      It’s looking like a full scale cyber invasion, with different advances in cyber technology! :mrgreen:

    • Tardis’nt

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:25pm

      OOH, and UNIT are back!

  • Matthew Littledyke

    June 30th, 2014 - 2:43pm

    Excellent Unit and theCybermen are back

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  • Doctor Stu

    June 30th, 2014 - 2:19pm

    Omg loved her in bad education

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  • Obsie

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:58pm

    Being awkward, is it Peter Capaldi wearing the wedding ring or The Doctor?

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  • Obsie

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:51pm

    So glad that Jemma Redgrave is back as Kate Stewart to usher in Peter Capaldi’s Doctor. It’s like a comfort blanket (says a lot about me).

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  • Pete DaCald

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:41pm

    These look fantastic!!! And is that a CLASSIC Invasion era Cyberman head lying damaged at the foot of the SilverNightmare Cybie??? I have always wanted to see Cybermodels from different eras team up (as there should have been Tomb era Cybies in Attack of the Cybermen still in the Tonbs but instead were all disappointingly modern – these awesome pics look like this may be a childhood dream cone true!!!). WooooooWho, can’t wait til August!

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  • simon

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:33pm

    The Woman in the bottom pic is Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stuwart). and the other must be Osgood. But the pic look good

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    • obey the whispermen

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:49pm

      If you look on the link near the picture it will take you to a website and theres a picture on their and you can catch a glimpse of her in the background wearing a bow tie

    • simon

      June 30th, 2014 - 6:07pm

      yes I know that’s where i saw Osgood from

  • booboo

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:17pm

    Classic Cyberman head on the floor!

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    • Danny

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:25pm

      Oh yeah! Didn’t notice that!

  • sammyboi101

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:12pm

    CYBERMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    YEAH!!!!!

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  • sammyboi101

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:11pm

    This is all very well telling us who is in it but i want to know about monsters and enemies!

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  • Some bloke

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:08pm

    !SPOILER!
    Look at this pic –
    http://i4.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article7345262.ece/alternates/s2197/SJP_MAI_260614google8760_01JPG.jpg
    There is an old cyberman head destroyed on the floor!! Looks like an ‘The Invasion’ Helmet :O EXCITED!!!!

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    • James A

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:04pm

      OMG – Osgood is now dressed as the Eleventh Doctor – bow tie n all xD

  • 742

    June 30th, 2014 - 1:02pm

    I think the woman next to the Doctor is going to be like Tasha Lem.

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    • The Twelfth Doctor

      June 30th, 2014 - 1:10pm

      Or the Rani…

  • The Holographic Doctor

    June 30th, 2014 - 12:47pm

    This episode is looking fantastic so far !

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  • KORSAIR

    June 30th, 2014 - 12:16pm

    This time round I hope there are no silly removable heads/hands and super speed.

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    • booboo

      June 30th, 2014 - 12:17pm

      totally agree with that

    • Danny

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:26pm

      I hated them being ultra fast.

    • Dalek1234

      July 3rd, 2014 - 4:05pm

      me too it just wasn’t right! when the cyberman removed its hand I thought of mr black in sja!

  • obey the whispermen

    June 30th, 2014 - 12:13pm

    why cany there be some new monsters

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    • Danny

      June 30th, 2014 - 3:26pm

      There is. There are 2 new monster so far.

  • The Twelfth Doctor

    June 30th, 2014 - 11:49am

    I think that the main villain will be Rassilon who is sending Cybermen and Daleks etc to bring the Doctor to Gallifrey.

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    • Drwho

      June 30th, 2014 - 11:58am

      That would start another time war though,so unlikely

    • The Twelfth Doctor

      June 30th, 2014 - 12:07pm

      How? If Gallifrey is in another Universe, no one would be able to attack it. BOOM!

    • Dr who

      July 3rd, 2014 - 7:23pm

      Cause rassilon would not ally with the daleks and Cybermen when they are enemies or the timelords

    • The Twelfth Doctor

      July 20th, 2014 - 3:39pm

      Cybermen are not enemies of the Time Lords. They haven’t been seen on screen together.

    • the astronaut of death

      July 20th, 2014 - 5:21pm

      I think Cybermen are enemies with all species as Cybermen want everyone to become like them including time lords

    • the astronaut of death

      July 20th, 2014 - 7:00pm

      the twleth doctor

      of cause the cybermen are enemies of the time lords they are enemies of everyone

      ice warriors
      daleks
      zygons
      humans

  • Obsie

    June 30th, 2014 - 11:45am

    Please let this be a story in which the Cybermen are shown to be more formidable and in a better light than previously; not just a cameo.

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    • James A

      June 30th, 2014 - 5:06pm

      Totally agree, they haven’t had much screen time since… well, The Next Doctor back in ’08, too long, man!

    • Anonymous

      June 30th, 2014 - 6:52pm

      Yeah, I agree too, it’s about time we had a decent Cybermen story and hopefully this is it

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