Finally, after a really quite long break, Doctor Who is back tonight with the first of five episodes that make up the first part of series seven. And in tonight’s series opener, Asylum of the Daleks, we’ll meet every Dalek ever made, enter the Asylum of the Daleks, and watch the beginning of the end for Amy and Rory Pond, the Doctor’s companions since 2010. So, to celebrate the premiere of Asylum of the Daleks, here’s all you need to know about the series 7 opener:
AIR DATES/TIMES
UK – Tonight at 7.20pm on BBC One
US – Tonight at 9/8C on BBC America
Canada – Tonight at 8pm on SPACE
Australia – Saturday 8 September at 7.30pm on ABC1/5am tomorrow on the ABC website
New Zealand – Thursday 13 September on Prime
SYNOPSIS
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.
CAST LIST
- The Doctor – Matt Smith
- Amy Pond – Karen Gillan
- Rory Williams – Arthur Darvill
- Darla Von Karlsen -Anamaria Marinca
- Cassandra – Naomi Ryan
- Harvey – David Gyasi
- Photoshoot PA – Zac Fox
- Voice of the Daleks – Nicholas Briggs
- Enemy 1 – Barnaby Edwards
- Enemy 2- Nicholas Pegg
TRAILERS
CLIPS
You can check out my spoiler-filled review of Asylum of the Daleks after it airs on BBC One tonight here, and ‘Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs on a Spaceship‘ will be posted this time next week!
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