Acclaimed British director Ben Wheatley is set to direct two episodes of the iconic British show Doctor Who

Ben Wheatley.

The director of Kill List and A Field In England will take the reins for the first two episodes of series eight.Speaking to Screen Daily , Wheatley said, “I am very excited and honoured to be asked to direct the first two episodes of the new series of Doctor Who. I’ve been a fan since childhood (Tom Baker is my Doctor if you are asking).“I’ve been watching the current run of Doctor who with my son and have discovered it all over again. The work that has been done is amazing. I’m really looking forward to working with Peter Capaldi and finding out where Steven Moffat is planning to take the new Doctor.”Wheatley will film the episodes towards the end of 2013 and into early next year, for transmission sometime in the autumn. They will be the very first two episodes featuring Peter Capaldi as The Doctor, following on from Matt Smith's tenure. If you've never seen anything by Wheatley – shame on you – his work tends to be darkly comic and brutally violent.So does Capaldi, Moffat, and Wheatley sounds like an ideal marriage? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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