Good news, BBC America has finally announced the premiere date for the fifth season of DOCTOR WHO. The U.S. will get its first look at the Eleventh Doctor portrayed by Matt Smith on Saturday, April 17, 2010.
The season 5 premiere also marks the introduction of Steven Moffat as as lead writer and executive producer, as well as the Doctor’s new companion Amy Pond played by Karen Gillan.
Travelling both through time and space, the new series has the mysterious Doctor and Amy Pond together exploring sixteenth century Venice, France during the 1890s and the United Kingdom in the far future, now an entire nation floating in space. The first three episodes of the 13-episode series have been confirmed as The Eleventh Hour, written by Steven Moffat, The Beast Below, also by Moffat and Victory of the Daleks by Mark Gatiss.
Some of the guest stars this season include SAG Award winner Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward), Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo (The Secret Life of Bees, Hotel Rwanda) and Tony Curran (24).
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