'Doctor Who' Season 8, 2014 Episodes [SPOILERS]: Check out behind-the-scenes photos of Peter Capaldi and guest star Frank Skinner talks plot details!

We can't wait for the season eight premiere of BBC's iconic series Doctor Who, so we were ecstatic to see some updates pop up this week. First there was a slew of set photos featuring new series star Peter Capaldi filming a new episode, and then season eight guest star Frank Skinner opened up about joining the cast!

Click HERE to check out a handful of set photos of a new episode of Doctor Who, season eight!

English comedian Frank Skinner was revealed as one of the upcoming season eight guest stars to appear opposite Capaldi in his debut episodes as the Doctor. On a recent episode on his radio show, he talked about his desire to act in the series and how he's even missing his son's birthday in order to fulfill this dream!

"I thought about being in Doctor Who about every four and a half minutes, years before this happened, so oh man, however I'm afraid I've gone deep into bad dad territory," he told his listeners. "Because in order to be in Doctor Who, one of the filming days is [my son] Buzz's birthday. So I'm having to miss it."

So it looks like appearing on the show is definitely a dream come true for the funny man.

He added: "I figure that if my dad had said to me 'you know I was at your second birthday? I'd have said oh brilliant 'mind you I had to miss the chance to be in Doctor Who.' I'd have smashed him in the face. So I'm hoping it will be okay. The plan is to just make another birthday. We could just pick any date we like. Just pick a nice weather day. I feel a bit bad because I missed his first steps because I was at a screening of Remembrance of the Daleks."

You can read more about Skinner's Doctor Who experience HERE!