If you’ve watched all the trailers for the newest series of Doctor Who so much that the tapes have gone wobbly (half our audience just felt all warm and nostalgic, half just went blank), then we’ve got the thing for you.

The BBC has been kind enough to upload a clip from the first episode of series 11, ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’, so let’s dive right in.

In the short minute-long clip, we see new Doctor Jodie Whittaker suffering from the usual Time Lord post-regeneration weirdness, unaware that she is now a blonde-haired Northern lass and not a white-haired Scottish man with angry eyebrows.

“I’m looking for a Doctor.” 7th October at 18:45 (BST) #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/8UFF19fb4K

— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) September 28, 2018

We also get to see two of the new companions, Yasmin and Ryan, in action. Okay, walking down an abandoned(?) train isn’t really action, but you just know that danger can’t be far away.

Not only does the new series feature the first female incarnation of the beloved character, but it will be the first time since the 2005 revival that new episodes will premiere on a Sunday rather than a Saturday.

That’s a good thing, by the way.

Doctor Who: ‘The Woman Who Fell to Earth’ airs on Sunday, October 7 at 6.45pm on BBC One.

A tweet from BBC entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba indicates the the investigation into the leak of the 53-second unfinished clip and two stills from the first episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Woman Who Fell to Earth is complete.

https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1045262456422043648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1045262456422043648&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fcultbox.co.uk%2Fgeneral%2Fbbc-investigation-into-doctor-who-leak-allegedly-complete

It would seem that the person responsible for the theft of the leaked materials was identified. There is no word on whether the person will be prosecuted though Mzimba’s tweet seems to imply this is unlikely.

Here is the timeline of the history of the leak and subsequent investigation:

Approximately one week before the clip and the photos were widely leaked, a small number of individuals on an online platform, Discord, which is often used by gaming communities, had seen and discussed the short scene. The clip was also said to have turned up on Reddit.

On Monday, June 25, the leaked materials found their way into wider distribution on social media. This is when BBC Studios became aware of the leak.

On July 2, BBC News reported that a law firm representing BBC Studios filed a subpoena for information held by Tapatalk, an application which allows access to Internet forums on mobile devices, in an attempt to trace the leak.

On August 3, the same law firm filed a subpoena for information held by Microsoft OneDrive, for identifying information on a specific user who had uploaded a file onto their platform.

On August 16, yet another subpoena was issued to obtain personal information held by Twitter on two of its users, including address, internet protocol location, and date of birth.

Sources say both persons behind the Twitter accounts, once made aware of the subpoena via a news source, contacted BBC representatives and met with them to give them information in person.

It is known that a third person, known to the two owners of the Twitter accounts, who was likely pivotal in providing crucial information to BBC Studios to complete their investigation.

There is no word yet on the investigation into the leak of a photo of the TARDIS interior surreptitiously taken on set.

During the panel after the press launch of the premiere episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, Jodie Whittaker revealed that she performed all her own stunts for the episode:

“In episode one, that’s all me. I’m really proud of that. There are a couple of moments [during filming of the series] where it was not deemed appropriate that I chucked myself out of somewhere. And I think that we have a really amazing stunt coordinator and my stunt double Belinda is amazing and so there are moments [during filming of the series] where it needed a professional but, in this, it didn’t need a professional and needed someone who is daft enough to [perform the stunt] and absolutely bricked it! So you are going to see of lot of ‒ In the ‒ It was just like that three days in. So, this is like four o’clock in the morning, week one and I was trying to be very cool in front of all the crew so I was like, ‘Yeah, yeah, I’ll do it, I’ll do it. (Ahhh!)’ And actually, it was amazing and the wonderful thing about the Doctor is that it’s all about self-belief in so many ways that you don’t have these outlandish, otherworldly skills, physically. You have a body like anyone else and it can and can’t do certain things. That kind of faith to just leap ‒ it was very euphoric.”

Details about what the stunt entailed are embargoed until the television premiere but it’s very clear the Doctor is a brave hero and a Time Lord, but doesn’t have comic book-style superpowers.

It’s also clear that Jodie Whittaker is an intrepid actress willing to take a giant leap for the sake of the new series.

The Woman Who Fell to Earth premieres on BBC One Sunday, October 7, at 6:45 p.m. and will enjoy a corresponding simulcast in participating countries.

The Doctor Who theme is an iconic piece of music, known and loved by millions, so it’s no surprise that fans were intrigued by the news that Jodie Whittaker’s first series would feature a new arrangement of the classic tune.

Arranged by incoming series composer Segun Akinola, the fresh theme arrangement will debut with Whittaker’s first episode – but while it’s attached to a series that’s all about the new, the theme will also connect directly to Doctor Who’s past, thanks to Akinola’s decision to sample the original 1963 version of the series theme in his new creation.

“It has been arranged this year by Segun Akinola, our new composer, taking the original recordings made by Delia Derbyshire and the Radiophonic Workshop in 1963, and refashioning them for today,” new showrunner Chris Chibnall wrote in the Radio Times in September – and speaking to RadioTimes.com, Akinola confirmed the use of the original recordings in his arrangement.

“Chris said that literally and he does mean that literally, but maybe [the recordings] appear as you think they will, maybe they don’t appear as you think they will,” Akinola teased at the world premiere of series 11’s first episode, The Woman Who Fell to Earth.

“I really just stuck to the original [theme], like the very very first one, and tried to glean as much from that as I could. And tried to honour it as much as I could as well.”

More generally, Akinola said he felt a certain pressure creating a new version of the theme tune due to its notoriety – a pressure that also extended to his new compositions for the series.

“It’s such an iconic theme, one that people walking down the street can whistle, and it’s one that people really care about as well,” he told us.

“So yes, there was definitely pressure. Not that anyone, Matt [Strevens, executive producer] or Chris or anyone, was putting that pressure on me. I was kind of putting it on myself!

“It’s Doctor Who! And it’s really great, but it’s also a really big deal.

“Trying to just get on with the job, and focus on the music, and trying to make it the best that it can be, that was sometimes a challenge. But it was always such an amazing challenge, and a wonderful challenge to have.”

“Our viewpoint across the whole thing was basically that it should be new – but new didn’t mean that it had to be the opposite of everything that has come before,” he concluded.

“It was really just a blank slate, an opportunity to look and start again at it. There wasn’t anything that I particularly tried to avoid in any grand way. I just tried to make it the best it could be.”

Doctor Who returns to BBC1 on Sunday 7th October

With the Doctor Who press launch on Monday, the promotion for Jodie Whittaker‘s debut series begin in earnest, with the show’s new star making appearances on BBC television and radio. The current schedule includes:

• Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 6, Thursday 27th September from 7:00am
  Our good friend Jodie Whittaker joins Shaun in the final hour of the show ahead of the new series of Dr Who starting on the BBC. Plus, Matt Everitt is here with the music news and Beak are today’s Album of the Day.
• The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 28th September from 10:35pm
  Graham is joined by multi Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper and pop superstar Lady Gaga, together in the hotly anticipated musical romance A Star is Born; Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker, about to begin her new incarnation on BBC1’s Doctor Who; double Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling, playing astronaut Neil Armstrong in biopic First Man; the Rod Stewart, who performs his current single Didn’t I.
• Saturday Breakfast with Dermot, BBC Radio 2, Saturday 29th September from 8:00am
  Jodie Whittaker, who became a household name thanks to her role in TV drama Broadchurch. pops in ahead of the first episode of Doctor Who. In July 2017 it was announced she would become the 13th Doctor, and the first female one. The new series starts this weekend on BBC 1. [sic]
• Saturday Mash Up!, CBBC, Saturday 29th September from 9:00am
  The cast of So Awkward and vlogger Houssein join Yasmin, Jonny and Hacker! But who will get slimed? Max and Harvey are put into detention and Hacker meets the new Doctor Who – Jodie Whittaker. There’s cartoon action in new episodes of Dragons: Race to the Edge and the return of Mash-Up favourites Push-Off and How Many Things in the Thing? Also, for the first time on TV, Musical Toilets! It’s totally live – so anything can happen!

Also, playing catch-up after the premiere on the 7th October comes the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, Friday 12th October from 6:30am.

These and further up-and-coming appearances can be found via This Week In Doctor Who.

The BBC held a press launch of the premiere episode of Doctor Who Series 11, The Woman who Fell to Earth, on September 24 in Sheffield. Here are some early reactions, in chronological order, from those who were at the screening.

New #DoctorWho is sensational. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be thrilled, and you’ll be deliriously happy enjoying just how great Jodie Whittaker and her gang are. pic.twitter.com/Vmz9UrgqEz

— boydhilton (@boydhilton) September 24, 2018

The embargo is pretty strict as it should be, and I’m not about to spoil anything from the #DoctorWhoPremiere. But it was seriously impressive in nearly everything it was trying to achieve. Felt like a proper fresh start, had loads of heart, soul and action. Loved it.

— Ben East (@beneast74) September 24, 2018

I've just watched the first episode and am happy to report that Jodie Whittaker is the absolute dog's bollocks https://t.co/FsDwYuaKlJ

— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) September 24, 2018

Also the first episode of the new #DoctorWho has several Asian characters and none of them is plotting to blow up a train/the Home Secretary. A revelation!

— Anita Singh (@anitathetweeter) September 24, 2018

https://twitter.com/darren_scott/status/1044286233055244288

I was lucky enough to see the preview of the first episode – and it is glorious (and a lot of love for #Sheffield from #DoctorWho!) https://t.co/SNVXjsEGiT

— Kat Harbourne (@KatHarbourne) September 24, 2018

You guys are gonna love it so much. I cried A LOT and it honestly has so much heart and cinematic elements to it I can’t even explainnnnn https://t.co/3xZ57aLiHH

— Beth Axford (@0hMySt4rs) September 24, 2018

The new theme tune has honestly killed me

— Beth Axford (@0hMySt4rs) September 24, 2018

I was lucky enough to be invited to Sheffield yesterday to watch the first screening of The Woman Who Fell To Earth. The episode itself it unlike anything Doctor Who has given us since 2005. Imagine if sixties Who was made in 2018. You’re in for a real treat. Jodie IS The Doctor.

— starboy™ CEASEFIRE NOW (@DanJamesFrank) September 25, 2018

Can't say much because of terrifying monsters from the planet Embargo, but if you're excited to watch the first episode of #DoctorWho this year you won't be disappointed. Jodie Whittaker IS the Doctor and it's worth the wait. pic.twitter.com/a6OX3nJu5I

— Huw Fullerton (@HuwieMcChewie) September 25, 2018

It’s been an absolute privilege sharing the experience of the Doctor Who premiere with my Time Team squad. I was surrounded by friends new and old and felt so proud to be a part of something bigger than myself – Doctor Who is looking ‘brilliant!’ appreciate ya

— HusH (@HushCamara) September 24, 2018

Thank you for a great premiere event. Loved walking the red carpet to see The Woman Who Fell To Earth, #DoctorWho is in good hands #DoctorWhoPremiere @bbcdoctorwho with a very lovely cast and creative team @MandipGill @TosinCole #JodieWhittaker #ChrisChibnall #BradleyWalsh pic.twitter.com/zqGe9rnTyg

— Blogtor Who (@BlogtorWho) September 25, 2018

Couple more pics from yesterday. We've been prohibited from giving any detail on the actual episode, but Jodie is excellent! New team is fab. Excited to see where it goes from here – definitely a great place to build from! #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/uiHieskLAU

— Richard Unwin (@Riccy_Unwin) September 25, 2018

In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O’Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?

Action-adventure for all the family, starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill. Guest starring Sharon D Clarke, Johnny Dixon and Samuel Oatley. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Childs.

“Jodie Whittaker makes her debut as the 13th Doctor, who crash lands following an explosive regeneration that has apparently destroyed the Tardis. She finds herself lost and alone in Sheffield, with no memory of who she used to be – and has an encounter with three seemingly ordinary people whose lives are about to change for ever.”

A complete cast list for the episode:

The Doctor: Jodie Whittaker
Graham O’Brien: Bradley Walsh
Ryan Sinclair: Tosin Cole
Yasmin Khan: Mandip Gill
Grace: Sharon D Clarke
Tim Shaw: Samuel Oatley
Karl: Jonny Dixon
Rahul: Amit Shah
Sonia: Asha Kingsley
Janey: Janine Mellor
Ramesh Sunder: Asif Khan
Andy: James Thackeray
Dean: Philip Abiodun
Dennis: Stephen MacKenna
Gabriel: Everal A Walsh

The information was released in a Radio Times listing for the episode.

Confirmed for BBC One on 7 October at 6.45pm to 7.45pm

Sunday 7 October