Series 8 began filming this week and is expected to start airing on BBC One in August 2014.

Lights went out and Strax & Vastra left. Looks like they’re finished here! #dwsr pic.twitter.com/70FHtGpH8i — IAmSherlocked (@supernaturalize) January 7, 2014

#DWSR another pic taken from filming at my place of work today! #Vastra makes her appearance!! pic.twitter.com/hE78UBPEnV — Simon Clements (@BlueBotDesign) January 7, 2014

#DoctorWho is being filmed at my work today!! Seen an alien #Sontaran but no sign of the Doctor yet! pic.twitter.com/xsBwTlQc43 — Simon Clements (@BlueBotDesign) January 7, 2014

#DWSR You can’t see much but the set in the Maltings is all lit up now. Unknown whether Capaldi is present today. pic.twitter.com/6i4lkqZPHn — Tony Stark (@The1stQuestion) January 7, 2014

Showrunner Steven Moffat has revealed that the next series of Doctor Who will be “a bit raw” and go in a “different direction”.

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