After all the rumors that have been circulating around about when the Doctor will return, BBC has finally confirmed that the new series of Doctor Who will premiere on Saturday, September 1. They have also released the official synopses for the first three episodes!
Asylum of the Daleks
“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 Ponds’ marriage.”
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
“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.”
A Town Called Mercy
“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.”
What we can also expect is the death of one of the TARDIS crew members midway through the season and the addition of another, Rory’s Dad, played by Mark Williams (Mr. Weasley of the Harry Potter franchise.) A new companion will also be joining the Doctor partway through the season once the TARDIS crew parts ways in episode six. Carla, portrayed by Jenna-Lousie Coleman, is rumored to be the daughter of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, who was played by the late actor Nicholas Courtney.
Other rumors that have been circulating as of late is the revamp of the TARDIS in honor of the Doctor’s 50th Anniversary and that Neil Gaiman, writer of The Doctor’s Wife in series 6, will be returning to write a few episodes (perhaps episodes 12 and 13) of series 7.