This past weekend, at San Diego Comic Con, Titan Comics announced Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #1, and the full solicitation and cover gallery appears below.

While the Eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann, only appeared in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and the 2013 webisode “The Night of the Doctor,” he has enjoyed a long life in Big Finish audio dramas, books, and comics, and the Eighth Doctor’s large fan base will be thrilled by this announcement.

Official solicitation:

DOCTOR WHO: THE EIGHTH DOCTOR #1

Writers: George Mann
Artist: Emma Vieceli
Publisher: Titan Comics
Frequency: 1 (of 5)
Page Count: 32pp
Price: $3.99
On sale Date: October 28, 2015

“I’M THE DOCTOR, AND I’D VERY MUCH LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING IN MY HOUSE…”

Get ready for an all-new season of comics adventures featuring the Eighth Doctor, as played by Paul McGann in the Doctor Who movie, fan-favorite minisode Night of the Doctor… and over fourteen years (and counting!) of astounding Big Finish audio spectaculars!

Five amazing, interconnected new stories take the Doctor on a rollercoaster of threat and misadventure, as he investigates the mysteries surrounding his new companion Josie. Victorian magic shows, murderous trees, lost books, crystalline life-forms, barges in space crammed with the undead… and the grand journey all begins in a sleepy Welsh town… besieged by living paintings!

Buckle up for a wild ride that embraces all the Gothic Romance and interstellar terror of the Doctor’s eighth incarnation!

Issue #1 comes with four covers to collect:

COVER A: REGULAR COVER: Alice X Zhang
Order code: AUG151711

COVER B: PHOTO COVER
Order code: AUG151712

COVER C –1:10 INCENTIVE VARIANT: Warren Pleece
Order code: AUG151713

COVER D – BLANK SKETCH COVER INCENTIVE VARIANT
Order code: AUG151714

8D_01_Cover_A 8D_01_Cover_B 8D_01_Cover_C