The BBC's drip-feed of new Doctor Who information continues today, with this week's Monday-brightening instalment being a full list of titles, writers, and directors for all twelve episodes of Series 8. The list itself is largely the same as a list of rumoured titles that circulated online several weeks ago, with the only differences being the titles of episodes 10 and 11, and very small difference in the title of Episode 3. Which begs the question of whether or not there might have been a few last minute title changes in response to that list. Particularly since Into The Forest Of The Night (Episode 10) is a pretty unwieldy title when compared to the rumoured title Child's Play. The list also reveals that we'll be seeing Danny Pink earlier than expected (Well, those of us who haven't watched Episode 2 yet) with his first appearance being in Episode 2 rather than Episode 4 as many expected. Another interesting note about this is that we have the first collaboration between two writers since 2009's The Waters Of Mars (co-written by Russell T. Davies and Phil Ford) with Steven Moffat having a co-writing credit on Episodes 2, 5, and 6. Whether or not Moffat having a writing credit on seven out twelve episodes this series will have a significant effect on Series 8 remains to be seen but for now, here is the full list. Let the rampant speculation of just what these titles mean commence...
Doctor Who Series 8 Episode List
Episode 1 - Deep Breath Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Ben Wheatley Episode 2 - Into The Dalek Written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat Directed by Ben Wheatley Introducing Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink Episode 3 - Robot Of Sherwood Written by Mark Gatiss Directed by Paul Murphy Episode 4 - Listen Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Episode 5 - Time Heist Written by Steve Thompson and Steven Moffat Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Episode 6 - The Caretaker Written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat Directed by Paul Murphy Episode 7 - Kill The Moon Written by Peter Harness Directed by Paul Wilmshurst Episode 8 - Mummy On The Orient Exress Written by Jamie Mathieson Directed by Paul Wilmshurst Episode 9 - Flatline Written by Jamie Mathieson Directed by Douglas Mackinnon Episode 10 - Into The Forest Of The Night Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce Directed by Sheree Folkson Episode 11 - Dark Water (Part 1 of 2) Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Rachael Talalay Episode 12 - Death In Heaven (Part 2 of 2) Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Rachael Talalay What do you think of these titles? Any thoughts on what they might mean? Let us know in the comments section below...
JG Moore is a writer and filmmaker from the south of England. He also works as an editor and VFX artist, and has a BA in Media Production from the University Of Winchester.
