BBC Releases Doctor Who Season 8 Episode List

This morning BBC annouced announced their full list of episode titles for their upcoming season of Doctor Who. Check it out!

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 Stephen 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 Express
Written by Jamie Mathieson
Directed by Paul Wilmshurst

Episode 9: Flatline
Written by Jamie Mathieson
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon

Episode 10: In The Forest Of The Night
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Directed by Sheree Folkson

Episode 11/12 Dark Water/Death In Heaven
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay

My thoughts (because I know you’re ALL itching to know)?

I am probably being overly feminist, but I’m a little sad there’s not one lady writer in the bunch. There are a couple of lady directors thrown in there so that’s a bit of a consolation but…honestly, I can’t imagine that there are zero women interested in writing for the show. Maybe it’s because all of the best contenders just happened to be dudes, but I have a feeling this might be another “Moffatt…why you no like ladies?” scenario.

Also, “Into the Dalek”…ugh…another Dalek episode…not that I’m fully anti-Dalek, but I think it might be refreshing have a Dalek free season…I mean…I can only take so much of those voices. And they already went to an entire planet of insane Daleks…where do you go after that? Well, I guess, INTO one…I wonder if it’s like that episode from every sci-fi show ever when the main characters shrink themselves to go into a human body…

“Mummy on the Orient Express” however has me kind of excited…kind of really excited…but then that’s just the Egypt/British Murder Mystery lover in me squeeing over the most awesome mash-up ever.

The title of the season finale, “Death in Heaven”, triggered my inner nerd only because it reminded me that Peter Capaldi totally played the Angel Islington in Neil Gaiman’s “Neverwhere”. I doubt the episode has much to do with that, but I still think it’s a fun connection to make!

At any rate, I am getting pumped for the new Doctor! Allons-y!