After weeks of will-it-won’t-it rumours, guesses, confirmations, and denials, freshly published TV listings reveal that series 7 opener “Asylum of the Daleks” will be aired in the U.K. Sept 1.
The Radio Times has filled its mysterious gap in Saturday the 10th’s schedule, which has long been speculated as the timeslot for Doctor Who to return. That, and the fact that Steven Moffat and Ben Stephenson (controller of BBC One) told attendants of last week’s BFI screening that the episode they had just seen would be broadcast on Sept 1 seemed confirmation enough. But of course, it’s never that simple with The Doctor. Since then, we’ve had an accidentally aired BBC America trailer which showed the series premiere as Sept 8.
Finally, we now know for sure (fingers crossed) that “Asylum of the Daleks” will transmit in the U.K. at 7.20 p.m. GMT on BBC One. BBC America has yet to announce when it’ll be showing the episode (Sept 1 is still up in the air, but a Doctor Who-shaped hole in the schedule is still present at peak time for that night) – when it does, we’ll update this post with all the details.
UPDATED: We now have the exact times and dates for the U.S., U.K., and Canada.
The news you’ve all been waiting for – we can confirm that Doctor Who will return in the UK, US and Canada on 1st September with Asylum of the Daleks!
UK – 7.20pm on BBC One
US – 9.00pm ET on BBC America
Canada – 9.00pm ET on Space
Unfortunately, our Australian readers will have to wait an extra week to see new episodes. “Asylum of the Daleks” will premiere on ABC1 at 7.30 p.m., 8 Sept (our deepest condolences go out to you all at this sad and difficult time).
Check out the full synopsis and trailer for “Asylum of the Daleks” below.
“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.”
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