Doctor Who Series 9 To Premiere September 19
In a continuing torrent of news and excitement from a regional comic convention on the west coast, BBC America announced the premiere date of series nine of Doctor Who – September 19th.
Having filmed in Cardiff since January, Peter Capaldi said:
“Soaring through all of time and space, series nine sees the Doctor throw himself into life with a new hunger for adventure. The Cosmos is there for the taking, thrilling, epic and enticing, and his to play in. But he’s almost reckless in his abandon. It’s almost like he’s running from something, something that if it ever catches him will turn his life upside down.”
Michelle Gomez will return as Missy, the latest incarnation of The Master, in the season’s two-part premiere The Magician’s Assistant / The Witch’s Familiar. Highlights of the series so far revealed include the return of Kate Stewart, U.N.I.T., Osgood, and the Zygons, an episode featuring Vikings in space, a city of Daleks, and a new race of mercenaries known as The Mire.
Mark Gatiss returns to writing for the series, as well as new contributors including Sarah Dollard and Catherine Tregenna.
Good to know and reminder that I’ll have to set the DVR when the time comes. I’ll be on a cruise when the season starts.
I’ve already made clear my dislike for Missy, so I can’t say that news does much to excite me for the new season. We (meaning me) can only hope that any arc dealing with her won’t be overly long and she regenerates into someone less annoying.