Monday, April 30, 2012

More Complete Info on Series 7

2012 Episodes 
  • Episode 1: "Asylum of the Daleks"
    • Written by Steven Moffatt, directed by Nick Hurran
    • Features every type of Dalek ever
    • The Doctor will be given a task to complete by the Dalek High Council and the episode will take place partially on an alien planet
    • Will be screened at the BFI film festival on August 14th and at the Edinburgh International TV festival sometime between August 23rd and 25th
    • The Ponds and the Doctor are kidnapped by the Daleks
    • There's a prison planet for Daleks who are insane or battle-damaged or otherwise bad
    • Guest Starring: David Gyasi (Harvey)
  • Episode 2: "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship"
    • Written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Saul Metzstein
    • Features robots, an Edwardian hunter, Rory's dad, and Nefertiti
    • Starts out in Ancient Egypt
    • Involves a spaceship full of dinosaurs that's going to crash into the Earth in the 24th century
    • The Doctor is summoned by the Earth Defense Commander
    • Guest Starring: Mark Williams (Rory's dad Brian), David Bradley (Solomon), Rupert Graves (British explorer Riddell), & Riann Steele (Nefertiti)
  •  Episode 3: "A Town Called Mercy"
    • Written by Toby Whithouse, directed by Saul Mezstein
    • The Doctor, Amy, and Rory travel to the American Wild West and battle a cyborg called the Gunslinger
    • There's a second alien called Kahler-Jex who is being hunted by the Gunslinger
    • The villagers apparently don't like aliens
    • The Doctor gets another Stetson and is now 1,200 years old
    • Guest Starring: Ben Browder (the local Sheriff), Adrian Scarborough (Kahler Jax), Dominic Kemp (Kahler–Mas), Rob Cavazos (Walter), Andrew Brooke (the Reckoner), Joanne McQuinn (Sadie), & Garric Hagon
  • Episode 4: "The Power of Three"
    • Written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Douglas Mackinnon
    • Will feature UNIT dealing with a bunch of black cubes that have fallen to Earth
    • Amy and Rory are celebrating their anniversary at a party
    • Takes place over the course of a year
    • Guest Starring: Mark Williams (Rory's dad, Brian), Jemma Redgrave (the Brigadier's daughter Kate Stewart), Steven Berkoff (Mr. Shanks), Selva Rasalingam (Ranjit), & Barnaby Edwards (mysterious hooded figure)
  • Episode 5: "The Angels Take Manhattan"
    • Written by Steven Moffatt, directed by Nick Hurran
    • Features the Weeping Angels, and Amy & Rory's departure (something to do with an unspecified scene in The Eleventh Hour)
    • The Doctor, Amy, and Rory visit New York
    • Will feature some sort of funeral for someone
    • River Song makes an appearance
    • Guest Starring: Michael McShane (Dr. Grayle), & Rob David (Sam Garner)
  • Episode 6 (Christmas Special) "The Snowmen"
    • Written by Steven Moffatt, directed by Saul Metzstein
    • Modified version of Raymond Briggs' "The Snowman"
    • Introduces the new companion, played by Jenna–Louise Coleman (named Clara)
    • The Doctor meets his new companion in the last place he'd ever expect
    • Features Madame Vastra, Jenny, and Strax from A Good Man Goes to War
    • Features alien snow that assembles itself into roughly humanoid form
    • Takes place in Victorian times
    • Guest Starring: Richard E. Grant, Tom Ward, 
2013 Episodes
  • Episode 7: "The Bells of Saint John"
    • Written by Steven Moffat, directed by Colm McCarthy
    • There's something living in the Wi-Fi that's controlling people
      • The Wi-Fi also appears to be able to switch people off
    •  Introduces the new companion Clara Oswin Oswald for the third time
      • Not the same Clara as in the previous episode 
    • Features an enemy called the Spoonheads
    • The Doctor has to stop an airplane from crashing 
    • Guest Starring: Celia Imrie (Ms. Kizlet), Robert Whitelock (Mahler)
  • Episode 8: "The Rings of Akhaten"
    • Written by Neil Cross, directed by Farren Blackburn 
    • Great big glowing alien planet with a face in it and rings
    • Festival of Sacrifice happening on alien planet 
    • Features the Queen of Years (a young girl)
    • Alien mummy thing 
    • Possible connection to Ancient Egypt and Nefertiti 
    • Guest Starring: Zoe Alexander 
  • Episode 9: "The Cold War"
    • Written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Douglas Mackinnon
    • Filmed entirely on indoor sets
    • Takes place onboard a Russian missile submarine
    • Contains the words "meat", "klaxon", & "Vienna" (might refer to episode 12)
    • Ice Warrior has gotten onboard after melting out of an iceberg
    • The Doctor and Clara are on their way to Las Vegas
    • Guest Starring: Josh O'Connor (Piotr), James Norton (Onejin), David Warner, & Liam Cunningham
  • Episode 10 "Hide"
    • Written by Neil Cross, directed by Jamie Payne
    • Takes place an at old mansion at a moor that's haunted by the ghost of the Witch of the Well
    • A professor and a psychic are trying to find the ghost
    • The ghost isn't all the Doctor is there for (he wants the psychic's help with you-know-who)
    • Eye of Harmony
    • The Doctor has apparently taken up an interest in photography
    • Guest Starring: Dougray Scott (Professor), Kemi–Bo Jacobs (Hila Tacorian), & Jessica Raine (Emma Grayling)
  • Episode 11 "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS"
    • Written by Steve Thompson, directed by Mat King
    • Set inside the TARDIS
    • Features three brothers who form an intergalactic salvage crew
    • We get to see the Eye of Harmony, along with "Gallifreyan eggs" (?)
    • The brothers want to sell the TARDIS for scrap
    • Clara is trapped deep inside the TARDIS, and the Doctor activates its self-destruct in order to get the brothers to help him find her
    • Guest Starring: Ashley Walters (Van Baalen), Mark Oliver (Bram Van Baalen), Jahvel Hall (Tricky Van Baalen)
    • Episode 12: "The Crimson Horror"
      • Written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Saul Metzstein
      • Takes place in a mysterious 19th Century village
      • The Doctor gets a bowler hat
      • Features a strange factory called Sweetville run by Winifred Gillyflower
      • People are going missing at the factory and later turn up red and waxy in a river
      • Jenny will be there (the human one, not the Doctor's daughter) as well as Madame Vastra and Strax from A Good Man Goes to War
      • Guest Starring: Diana Rigg (Winifred Gillyflower) & Brendan Patricks (twins Edmund and Jeremiah)
      • Episode 13: "Nightmare in Silver"
        • Written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Stephen Wolfenden
        • New Cybermen
        • Takes place in the future at an abandoned theme park named Hedgewick's World
          • Band of fighters are battling the Cybermen there
        • Features a Cyber-"something else" 
        • Guest Starring: Tamzin Outhwaite (Captain Alice), Calvin Dean, Jason Watkins, Warwick Davis
      • Episode 14: "The Name of the Doctor"
        • Written by Steven Moffat
        • Possibly set in Victorian Scotland
        • The aliens are known as the Whispermen
        • The Doctor's greatest secret is revealed
        • Possibility of River's gravestone  
        • Possible return of River Song, Strax, Vastra, Jenny, and Dr. Simeon
      • Other things
        • New title sequence 
        • New TARDIS interior

        This post will be updated periodically and replaces all previous Series 7 spoilers posts.

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