'Doctor Who' season 10 air date, latest news: Peter Capaldi's final season premieres in April

After a series of somewhat depressing news regarding the iconic BBC TV series "Doctor Who" which have recently been circulating all over the Internet, there is at least one good news that has finally arrived to seemingly ease the fans' inconsolable pain: the premiere date of "Doctor Who" season 10.

As reported by Entertainment Weekly, BBC America has recently announced that the upcoming season of the long-running science-fiction TV series will premiere on April 15 at 9 p.m. ET.

"Doctor Who" season 10 will be the last season of the sci-fi series to star actor Peter Capaldi, who previously announced on BBC Radio 2 that he will be departing from the show after its 10^{th season and this year's special Christmas episode.}

"The big thing about it for me is that it will be my last," the Scottish actor said on BBC Radio 2 last Monday, Jan. 30. "This will be the end for me. I feel sad. I love Doctor Who. It's a fantastic program to work on and it's been a huge pleasure to work with a family, really. I can't praise the people I've worked with more highly," the actor went on to say.

"But I've always been somebody that did a lot of different things. I've never done one job for three years. This is the first time I've done this and I feel that it's time for me to move on to different challenges," he added.

The Doctor will be regenerating into a new iteration of the character during the Christmas special this year. However, no announcement regarding the actor that will replace Capaldi has been issued as of this writing.

Capaldi won't be the only one leaving "Doctor Who" after its 10th season. Last year, showrunner Steven Moffat also announced that he would be stepping down as the show's lead writer and executive producer and that the show's 10th season would be his last.

The premiere of "Doctor Who" season 10 this April will immediately be followed by the pilot of its US-based spin-off TV series, "Class," written by Patrick Ness.