Season 8 of Doctor Who premieres Aug. 23 on BBC America, and in anticipation, you've probably re-watched Seasons 1 through 7 all over again. Since Doctor Who has basically taken over your life, you probably replay episodes in your sleep and think you see David Tennant on the street. You may have even seen a TARDIS in real life. Oh, wait. That one actually happened.
The TARDIS crash-landed in London's Parliament Square on Aug. 22 in anticipation of the new season. Surrounded by Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, the TARDIS broke up and raised the earth when it landed in the famous London square. There was also a curious-looking T-Rex skeleton peeking out from underneath it. Hmm. Curious.
As you can probably guess, this was a promotional stunt for the new season. Scottish actor Peter Capaldi, who will be making his debut as the Doctor in the Season 8 premiere, and Jenna Coleman, who plays his companion Clara Oswald, snapped some glamour shots near the TARDIS for publicity for the show. Capaldi replaces Matt Smith, who led the series as the Doctor for three seasons previously.
The season kicks off with the Doctor landing in Victorian London to find a dino on the loose in the Thames and an onslaught of spontaneous combustions. The T-Rex could quite possibly destroy Big Ben. And that would be bad, y'all.
So there's a TARDIS in Parliament Square... pic.twitter.com/asyfdKpIqd
— Robyn Vinter (@RobynVinter) August 22, 2014
Alas, the TARDIS probably won't be in Parliament Square for too long. However, there's plenty of other ways you can get your real-life Doctor Who fix in case you missed out. There's actually a blue police telephone box parked outside of the London Underground's Earl's Court Station. In case you can't get to London, Google Street View has you covered. If you find the Earl's Court Station TARDIS on Google Maps, you can view inside it, which any Whovian would be unfazed to find out is apparently much bigger than it appears to be from the outside. Google's engineers created this tour of the TARDIS in honor of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary last year. You may have even seen the TARDIS in flight when fans created life-size replicas of the transporter to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary.
But enough of these impostors. The world is ready to see the real TARDIS back in action.
