Series 7

This page will feature all of the latest news and rumours about Series 7 of Doctor Who so as always read ahead at your own risk.

This page will be updated regularly as more information becomes available.

LAST UPDATED: 26th October 2012

Description

This series will see the last days of the Ponds with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill returning for their final, rollercoaster voyage with the Doctor. Amy and Rory have been at the Doctor’s side for more than two series but what will he do after their heartbreaking departure?

Series 7 will then see a dramatic turn of events when The Doctor meets a new friend.

Prepare yourselves for thrills, adventures and dramatic surprises as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year. Fourteen big, blockbuster-movie episodes – each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you’ve never seen them before.

Airdate

• Part 1: 1st September 2012 - 29th September 2012 (5 episodes)

• Christmas Special: 25th December 2012 (1 episode)

• Part 2: Early 2013 (8 episodes)

Cast

Main

• Matt Smith - The Doctor (14 episodes)

• Karen Gillan - Amy Pond (5 episodes - Asylum of the Daleks - The Angels Take Manhattan)

• Arthur Darvill - Rory Williams (5 episodes - Asylum of the Daleks - The Angels Take Manhattan)

• Jenna-Louise Coleman - Clara Oswin (10 episodes - Asylum of the Daleks, 2012 Christmas Special - Episode 13)

Returning

• Alex Kingston - River Song (The Angels Take Manhattan)

• Neve McIntosh - Madame Vastra (2012 Christmas Special and Episode 10)

• Catrin Stewart - Jenny (2012 Christmas Special and Episode 10)

• Dan Starkey - Strax (2012 Christmas Special and Episode 10)

Guest

Asylum of the Daleks

• David Gyasi - Harvey

• Naomi Ryan - Cassandra

• Nicholas Briggs - Voice of the Daleks

• Barnaby Edwards - Dalek Controller

• Nicholas Pegg - Dalek Controller

• Zac Fox - Photoshoot PA

• Anamaria Marinca - Darla

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• Mark Williams - Brian Williams

• David Bradley - Solomon

• Rupert Graves - Riddell

• Riann Steele - Queen Nefertiti

• Sunetra Sarker - Indira

• Noel Byrne - Robot 1

• Richard Garaghty - Robot 2

• Robert Webb - Voice of Robot 1

• David Mitchell - Voice of Robot 2

• Richard Hope - Bleytal

• Rudi Dharmalingam - ISA Worker

A Town Called Mercy

• Ben Browder - Isaac

• Adrian Scarborough - Kahler Jex

• Garrick Hagon - Abraham

• Andrew Brooke - The Reckoner

• Dominic Kemp - Kahler Mas

• Rob Cavazos - Walter

• Sean Benedict - Dockery

• Joanne McQuinn - Sadie

• Byrd Wilkins - The Preacher

The Power of Three

• Mark Williams - Brian Williams

• Steven Berkoff - Shakri

• Jemma Redgrave - Kate Stewart

• Selva Rasalingam - Ranjit

• Alice O'Connell - Laura

• Peter Cartwright - Arnold Underwood

• David Beck - Orderly 1

• Daniel Beck - Orderly 2

• David Hartley - UNIT Researcher

The Angels Take Manhattan

• Mike McShane - Grayle

• Rob David - Sam Garner

• Ozzie Yue - Foreman

• Bentley Kalu - Hood 1

• Burnell Tucker - Old Garner

2012 Christmas Special

• Richard E Grant - TBA

• Tom Ward - TBA

• Liz White - TBA

Episode 8

• Josh O'Connor - Piotr

• James Norton - Onejin

• David Warner - TBA

• Liam Cunningham - TBA

Episode 9

• Dougray Scott - Professor

• Kemi-Bo Jacobs - Hila Tacorian

• Jessica Raine - Emma Grayling

Episode 10

• Diana Rigg - Winifred Gilliflower

• Rachael Stirling - Winifred's daughter

• Brendan Patricks - Edmund/Jeremiah

Aliens, Monsters and Villains

• Daleks - Asylum of the Daleks

• Dinosaurs - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• Robots - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• Solomon - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• Silurians - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• The Reckoner - A Town Called Mercy

• Kahler - A Town Called Mercy

• Shakri - The Power of Three

• Orderlies - The Power of Three

• Zygons - The Power of Three (unseen)

• Weeping Angels - The Angels Take Manhattan

Producer Marcus Wilson said that a couple of old aliens from the 60's and 70's will return but will be 'moved on a bit'. One of these aliens are rumoured to be the Yeti. The Ice Warriors have also been rumoured to return. Caroline Skinner possibly hinted that the Zygons might return.

Rumours

• Snowman - 2012 Christmas Special

• Ice Warriors - Unknown which episode

• Zygons - Unknown which episode (Caroline Skinner when hinting about return of Zygons may have been referring to their minor part in The Power of Three. This is unknown as they might play a larger role in another Series 7 episode)

Writers

• Steven Moffat - (5 episodes: Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan, Christmas Special, Episode 6 and Episode 13)

• Chris Chibnall - (2 episodes: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and The Power of Three)

• Toby Whithouse - (1 episode: A Town Called Mercy)

• Mark Gatiss - (2 episodes: Episode 8 and Episode 11)

• Neil Cross - (2 episode: Episode 7 and Episode 9)

• Neil Gaiman - (1 episode: Episode 12)

• Steve Thompson - (1 episode: Episode 10)

Steven Moffat has said that their will unlikely to be any two-part stories this year. Series 7 would then become the first series in the history of Doctor Who to feature only single episode stories.
Also, as all writers have been confirmed, it seems like almost certain their will be no two-parters this year.

Directors

• Nick Hurran - Asylum of the Daleks, The Angels Take Manhattan

• Saul Metzstein - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, 2012 Christmas Special, Episode 11

• Douglas MacKinnon - The Power of Three, Episode 8

• Colm McCarthy - Episode 6

• Farren Blackburn - Episode 7

• Jamie Payne - Episode 9

• Mat King - Episode 10

• Stephen Wolfenden - Episode 12

• TBA - Episode 13

DVD's

• Series 7: Part 1

Description: The Doctor, Amy and Rory are back for the first five blockbuster episodes of series seven. The trio encounter the Daleks, Weeping Angels and even Dinosaurs on a Spaceship as the series builds to the departure of The Ponds in one of the most heartbreaking episodes in the history of Doctor Who.

Episodes: Asylum of the Daleks, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, The Power of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan

Extras: 

• The Science of Doctor Who

• Doctor Who at Comic Con

• Pond Life

• Asylum of the Daleks Prequel

• The Making of the Gunslinger Prequel

Released: UK: 29th October 2012

                   US: 13th November 2012?

Special Editions: Weeping Angels Limited Edition

Rated: 12

Price: £17.00 (average)

Trailers

Series Trailers

Trailer 1, Summer 2012:

Trailer 2, August 2012:

Asylum of the Daleks

Trailer 1, Save the Daleks, 18th August 2012

Trailer 2, Predator of the Daleks, 25th August 2012

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Trailer 1, Next Time Trailer, 1st September 2012

Trailer 2, TV Trailer, 1st September 2012

Trailer 3, BBC America Trailer, 1st September 2012

A Town Called Mercy

Trailer 1, Next Time Trailer, 8th September 2012

Trailer 2, TV Trailer, 8th September 2012

The Power of Three

Trailer 1, Next Time Trailer, 15th September 2012

Trailer 2, TV Trailer, 15th September 2012

The Angels Take Manhattan

Trailer 1, Next Time Trailer, 22nd September 2012

Trailer 2, TV Trailer, 22nd September 2012

Trailer 3, BBC America Trailer, 22nd September 2012

Trailer 4, SPACE Trailer, 22nd September 2012

2012 Christmas Special

Trailer 1, Teaser Trailer, 29th September 2012

Episodes

Part 1

1. Asylum of the Daleks - by Steven Moffat

First Broadcast: 1st September 2012 

Kidnapped by his oldest foe, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission – to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter… the Asylum. A planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind, the Doctor and the Ponds must find an escape route. But with Amy and Rory’s relationship in meltdown, and an army of mad Daleks closing in, it is up to the Doctor to save their lives, as well as the Pond’s marriage.

2. Dinosaurs on a Spaceship - by Chris Chibnall

First Broadcast: 8th September 2012 

An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction – unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible cargo… of dinosaurs! By his side a ragtag gang of adventurers; a big game hunter, an Egyptian Queen and a surprised member of the Pond family. But little does the Doctor know there is someone else onboard who will stop at nothing to keep hold of his precious, prehistoric cargo.

3. A Town Called Mercy - by Toby Whithouse

First Broadcast: 15th September 2012

The Doctor gets a Stetson (and a gun!), and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg, who goes by the name of the Gunslinger. But who is he and what does he want? The answer seems to lie with the mysterious, Kahler-Jex, an alien doctor (yes another one!) whose initial appearance is hiding a dark secret.

4. The Power of Three - by Chris Chibnall

First Broadcast: 22nd September 2012

The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes arrive overnight, almost like presents falling from the sky. But what are they, what’s inside them and most importantly, who sent them? With the international community at a loss, it’s left to the Doctor to unearth who is behind the mystery.

5. The Angels Take Manhattan - by Steven Moffat

First Broadcast: 29th September 2012

The Doctor, Amy and Rory visit modern-day New York. But the Weeping Angels are lurking here too. When one of the TARDIS crew is zapped back to 1938, Amy discovers that time can’t always be rewritten, not once it’s written in stone.

Christmas Special

First Broadcast: 25th December 2012

• Jenna-Louise Coleman will appear as Clara and become the Doctor's new companion

• "The Doctor is going to meet someone very new in the very last place he could ever have expected..."

• Filming has took place with the cast in Victorian era dress suggesting that is what time period the episode takes place in

• Filming has taken place in a cemetery

• Jenny, Madame Vastra and Strax will return

Part 2

6. Episode 6 by Steven Moffat

• Rumoured to be called The Bells of Saint John however this may be just a working title.

• Filming shows that episode takes place in the present day for at least part of the episode.

• Wi-Fi might have something to do with the enemy in this episode.

• Filming partly took place in London for this episode.

• Said to be a 'classic' episode according to Matt Smith.

• Features a 'great monster' according to Matt Smith.

7. Episode 7 by Neil Cross

8. Episode 8 by Mark Gatiss

• Possibly a deep sea adventure set on a submarine

• The Ice Warriors have been rumoured to return

• Rumoured to be called The Cold War

9. Episode 9 by Neil Cross

• Rumoured to be called Phantoms of the Hex

• A wikipedia article, that has since been removed, said the episode was called The Hider in the House

• Possibly set in Victorian times

• The Doctor has a wardrobe change, as he has been seen in filming reports to be wearing a brown jacket with waistcoat underneath

10. Episode 10 by Stephen Thompson

• Rumoured to be a TARDIS-heavy story.

11. Episode 11 by Mark Gatiss

• Rumoured to be called The Crimson Horror

• Gatiss confirmed his episode contains the words 'meat', 'klaxon' and 'Vienna'

• The episode is set (or partly set) in a strange 19th century village called Sweetville

• The Doctor investigates what's going on when people start going missing in a factory that is run by the mysterious Winifred Gilliflower...

• Madama Vastra, Jenny and Strax are in this episode

12. Episode 12 by Neil Gaiman

• Rumoured to feature the return of the Cybermen and there's something new about them...

• Contains some 'old classics'.

13. Episode 13 by Steven Moffat

• Series finale

• River Song is definitely confirmed to be re-appearing sometime in 2013 and as most of the opener has been filmed and baring in mind that she is almost 100% likely to appear in a Moffat episode, the Series 7 finale seems our safest bet as to when she will be returning. Also, it is highly doubted that information would be released regarding the 50th anniversary, so this also goes in the favour of her appearing in this episode.