First Look at Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in DOCTOR WHO

In about six weeks Doctor Who will return to TV — after what has felt like an eternity of waiting — with Peter Capaldi making his first full-episode debut as the Twelfth Doctor, and Entertainment Weekly has a first look of him, alongside companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) from the premiere episode “Deep Breath!”

From EW:

Brace yourselves, Whovians: Long-running cult obsession Doctor Who returns to BBC America on Aug. 23 with a new star, Peter Capaldi, and a new attitude. Compared with Matt Smith’s previous Doctor, Capaldi’s lead character is “a lot fiercer,” says Jenna Coleman, who plays his traveling companion, Clara Oswald. “This man is a total adrenaline junkie.”

If you don’t count John Hurt’s one-and-done performance in last year’s 50th-anniversary special, Capaldi is the 12th actor to play the show’s Doctor, a two-hearted alien who travels through space—and time—in his ship, the TARDIS, and periodically regenerates his outward form. The announcement that Capaldi would replace Smith was simulcast last August on Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor. For the most part the casting was received warmly by fans thanks to Capaldi’s Who-tastic résumé, including an appearance in a 2008 episode of the show and in the 2009 spin-off miniseries, Torchwood: Children of Earth. As one EW.com commenter wrote at the time, “If you’re a Doctor Who fan, you already know him.”

Who’s excited?! Don’t forget, Series 8 begins August 23rd!