The BBC have released more promotional poster images for the first half of Series 7 of Doctor Who:
+ 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks airs this Saturday at 7:20pm on BBC One.
[Source: BBC Pictures]
The BBC Doctor Who Website have uploaded Part 3 of the Pond Life mini-series which can be viewed below:
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+ Part 4 will be available from Midday on Thursday 30th August.
[Source: BBC Doctor Who Website]
The BBC Doctor Who Website have uploaded Part 2 of the Pond Life mini-series which can be viewed below:
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+ Part 3 will be available from Midday on Wednesday 29th August.
[Source: BBC Doctor Who Website]
The Radio Times have confirmed the airdate for Series 7 of Doctor Who, ending months of speculation and confusion.
The listings on the Radio Times website show that Doctor Who will indeed return with 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks on Saturday 1st September 2012, at 7:20pm.
DWO reported the possible airdate as far back as May 2012, but as always, nothing is confirmed until official word from the BBC, which we now have through the Radio Times.
Worldwide Airdates:
USA - BBC America - Saturday 1st September at 9:00pm
Canada - Space - Saturday 1st September at 9:00pm
Australia - ABC1 - Saturday 8th September at 7:30pm
New Zealand - Prime - TBC September at TBC
A new trailer via BBC America is also available to view below:
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[Source: Radio Times]
The BBC Doctor Who Website have unveiled a new Teaser Trailer for 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks.
View the trailer below:
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+ 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks will air on BBC One on Saturday 1st September.
[Source: BBC]
After last night's preview screening at the BFI, the BBC have released a number of pictures from 7.1: Asylum of the Daleks.
Asylum of the Daleks will air on Saturday 1st September on BBC One with the time to be confirmed. BBC America schedules are showing a 2 hour time-slot on Saturday 1st September between 8:00pm-10:00pm, with 7.X: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe scheduled for 8:00pm. Therefore, it is strongly believed that Asylum of the Daleks will air at 9:00pm on the channel.
[Source: BBC America; BFI]
The BBC have unveiled a new Trailer for Series 7 of Doctor Who.
View the trailer below:
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The Trailer will be repeated on BBC One Tonight at 8pm.
+ Series 7 of Doctor Who will air on either Saturday 25th August or Saturday 1st September.
[Source: BBC]
The BBC Media Centre have confirmed a brand new trailer for Doctor Who will air on Thursday 2nd August.
On BBC One British audiences are set to experience the global stories of ambition, determination and courage, as well as the excitement, drama and magical moments that make the Olympics such a unique sporting event.
BBC One will launch its new Original British Drama campaign to the nation throughout this period. Over the next 17 days audiences will get a sneak preview of the brand new original British drama coming up on the channel. From Hunted, Good Cop and The Secret of Crickley Hall to Accused, Shetland and Ripper Street. Plus, Doctor Who, Merlin, The Paradise and EastEnders – keep switched on at approximately 8pm each night to see more.
[Source: BBC Media Centre]
Mother and daughter Dame Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling are to star side by side in a Doctor Who adventure to be broadcast next year. It is the first time the pair have worked together on screen.
The actresses will play a mother and daughter with a dark secret alongside Matt Smith, as the Doctor, and new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman. Filming began this week at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff.
Dame Diana Rigg, who played Emma Peel in The Avengers in the 1960s, will play "a Yorkshire local". She said:
"The first time Rachie and I will be working together is on an episode of Doctor Who specially written for us by Mark Gatiss. How lucky is that?"
Rachael Stirling said:
"I'm looking forward to the madness of Doctor Who enormously. Mark Gatiss has written a gift of a script and an on-screen relationship between Ma and I that is truly delicious. We have never before worked together because the offers have not been tempting, but when such a funny and original script comes through you know the time has come."
Stirling's TV work includes Women In Love and Tipping the Velvet.
Doctor Who's executive producer Steven Moffat said:
"Dame Diana Rigg, Rachael Stirling and a Mark Gatiss script - a combination of talents you could only get in Doctor Who! Frankly, I'm terrified already!"
[Source: BBC News]
Series 7 of Doctor Who is shaping up nicely, and with it a new wave of casting confirmations and episode title reveals.
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has confirmed that David Warner, Liam Cunningham, Dougray Scott and Jessica Raine will all have guest roles in the forthcoming series, which is to begin airing this September.
It was recently confirmed that Asylum of the Daleks is indeed the title of Episode One (which DWO reported on our earlier news item on 9th May). Jessica Raine's agent's website also seems to confirm the title of the episode that she will be starring in as Phantoms of the Hex. The site also confirms she will be playing a character called Emma Grayling, and that the episode will be directed by Jamie Payne.
[Sources: Gordon and French; Doctor Who Magazine; Aaron Richardson]
Series 7 of Doctor Who will begin airing on either Saturday 25th August or Saturday 1st September.
The possible airdates come after the announcement that Episode One of Series 7 will be getting its premiere at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival in August.
The festival, which takes place between 23rd-25th August 2012, will be screening the new Dalek episode (rumoured to be titled 'Asylum of the Daleks'), as well as hosting a Sherlock Masterclass led by Showrunner, Steven Moffat, Co-creator, Mark Gatiss, and Producer / Wife of The Moff, Sue Vertue.
DWO have therefore deduced (see what we did there) that Series 7 will either get its BBC One premiere on Saturday 25th August, or Saturday 1st September.
[Source: The Guardian]
American actor Michael McShane will be appearing in Series 7 of Doctor Who.
The Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves star will be seen in Episode Five of Series 7 playing a villain alongside returning monsters the Weeping Angels.
He revealed his involvement with the BBC sc-fi show on his twitter page writing:
"Most fantastic time doing Doctor Who; best cast and crew I've been with in a while! Long live Gallifrey. (sic)"
The episode is set in New York and has huge significance in the programme's storyline because it will be the last adventure to feature the Doctor's companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams - who are played by Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill respectively.
McShane, who is famous for his appearances on improvisation comedy show 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' - has been teasing Doctor Who fans on his twitter page by writing about his role but not giving any hints as to who he is playing.
He tweeted: "Spoiler Alert for Dr Who; in my episode the Doctor finds he's got a /;;zapppppp GACK. sizzle, hissssss... (sic)"
It has also been revealed that Riann Steele is playing Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in the second episode of the upcoming series - which will be current Time Lord; Matt Smith's third in the iconic role.
[Source: Evening Standard]
The BBC have unveiled the Series 7 Teaser Trailer (as shown at The Official Doctor Who Convention).
View the trailer below:
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** Please Note this video is only viewable to fans based in the UK.
+ Series 7 of Doctor Who will air Autumn 2012.
[Source: BBC]
The BBC have confirmed the scheduling and some further details for Series 7 of Doctor Who.
It was announced at today's press conference, which also saw the confirmation that Jenna-Louise Coleman would be the new Doctor Who companion, that there will be 6 episodes of Doctor Who (including the Christmas Special) this year, and 8 episodes next year.
Steven Moffat also confirmed that Rory and Amy's last episode will be Episode 5, and that "Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with the Weeping Angels. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time".
More news to follow...
[Source: BBC]
Filming has just started on Series 7 of Doctor Who in Cardiff. 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?
On returning for his third series as the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith says: "It's thrilling and exciting to be back and working with two of my closest friends."
Karen Gillan adds: "It's just brilliant to be back on the TARDIS with Matt and Arthur for our craziest adventures yet"
Plus new guest stars so far confirmed to star will include David Bradley, Rupert Graves and Mark Williams.
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.
+ The seventh series of Doctor Who is currently slated to air Autumn 2012.
[Source: BBC Pictures]
An episode of the upcoming Series 7 of Doctor Who will be filmed in Spain, according to the Shepperd-Fox Agency.
Rob Cavazos, an Actor represented by the agency, is listed as playing:
'Walter in the new series of 'DOCTOR WHO' (BBC). He shoots in Spain next month'.
Filming on the new series will begin this Monday (20th February) with Saul Metzstein directing the first block.
[Source: Shepperd-Fox]
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill - who play Doctor Who companions Amy Pond and Rory - are to leave the show during the next series.
Doctor Who boss Steven Moffat made the announcement at a screening of the Christmas episode at BBC TV Centre in London.
"The final days of the Ponds are coming," Moffat said. "I'm not telling you when or how, but that story is going to come to a heartbreaking end."
He said the Doctor, played by Matt Smith, was going to meet "a new friend". It is believed that role has not yet been cast.
On the departure of Gillan and Darvill, Matt Smith said:
"We had the most incredible journey. We took over the show and we've really had to hold hands and help each other through it. So it's very disappointing, but one has to remember that this show is about change and regeneration, and that's what galvanizes it and pushes it forwards."
[Source: BBC News]
Speaking in Issue 442 of Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who showrunner, Steven Moffat, gives an insight into how Series 7 is shaping up.
"I'm back at work and I've started on Epiosde 1. Other writers are out there writing. It really is a chance for us to get several scripts - quite a few scripts, I'd say - in place before we get anywhere near actually filming. We're making more episodes than ever before, we've got other things planned for the big year [2013, the show's 50th anniversary]."
Steven explains why there may be no two-parters:
"The big thing is, nothing in the next run is starting out as a two-parter. At this stage, everything is a single episode, and the only reason anything will become a two-parter is if we think it needs to be; not so much that the story is too long for 45 minutes, but if it feels as though there are two distinct stages to the story. I was looking at the facts and stats, and it's not true that the two-parters save us money. We've assumed it for years. They don't save us money at all. Not a penny. So what's the point in them? I want to be able to say, every week, we've got a big standalone blockbuster, and then a trailer that makes it look like nothing compared to what's going to happen next week! That's the form next year."
On titles and plots, Steven adds:
"I want slutty titles and movie-poster plots. I want big pictures and strap lines. The first episode I'm writing is called [Spoiler] of the [Spoilers]! And it feels a bit like Die Hard, that first episode. Everyone is expecting us to do another year like 2011. You're not going to get that at all. You're going to get the biggest, maddest set of episodes ever."
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[Source: Doctor Who Magazine]
Karen Gillan has confirmed she will be in Series 7 of Doctor Who, in a short video interview with Zap2it, at this years San Diego Comic Con - but don't take our word for it, hear it from Karen's lips in the video below:
It is, as yet, unknown when Series 7 will air, but current reports are that the series proper will not return until 2013. The BBC is expected to make an announcement on the scheduling for 2012 / 2013 in August.
[Source: Zap2it]
Sam Hodges, the Head of Communications for BBC One and Fiction has confirmed that Doctor Who and Matt Smith will return for 14 more stories (2011 Christmas Special + 13 x Episodes).
Confirmation came via Hodges' Twitter account today:
"#DoctorWho is returning. Fourteen new episodes have been commissioned with Matt Smith as The Doctor #bbc1"
Doctor Who Showrunner, Steven Moffat retweeted adding the following twees:
"14 eps + Matt DEFINITELY. I've got a plan and I'm NOT TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS. Now hush or River shoots you with her Spoiler Gun.#formaqueue"
DWO's own Twitter account has been innundated with messages from fans wanting to know what will happen to The Doctor during this season, with Moffat responding to one of the followers:
"@EuroboiSteve @DrWhoOnline What, you don't think he's got time, in those 200 years, to have LOTS of adventures. He DIED - you saw him."
Further confirmation is expected from the BBC shortly, and more details are coming up in the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
[Sources: Sam Hodges; Steven Moffat]
