Teeing up for Doctor Who‘s return, Steven Moffat has revealed several story hints for the first five episode of series 7 – including the elusive “The Power of Three” and Amy and Rory’s final encounter with the Weeping Angels…
The showrunner reveals these latest teasers in this week’s edition of Radio Times, a regular stint for the magazine in which the Doctor Who writer teases all thirteen episodes of a series ahead of their premiere. Since series 7 is split into two parts (the first beginning this Saturday, with the second half hitting our screens early next year), we only get five teasers for now. Check out an extract from each “synopsis” below, and view the full scans in our gallery (courtesy of Blogtor Who).
Doctor Who 7×1 “Asylum of the Daleks”
A summons from the mysterious Darla Von Karlsen and a plea to rescue her daughter leads the Doctor, Amy and Rory into the deadliest adventure yet. because the Dalek Asylum suddenly is much more than a myth or a story – it’s their destination…
Doctor Who 7×2 “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”
There’s a giant spacecraft plunging to Earth and all humanity is imperiled. But this is no ordinary space craft – for a start it’s ancient. How ancient? The clue is in the cargo. After 65-and-a-half million years of extinction, the dinosaurs are coming back. All at once. In a spaceship!
Doctor Who 7×3 “A Town Called Mercy”
A tale of war, betrayal and vengeance, converging on one small town in the Old West – a town under siege. Just crossing the boundary line summons a not-quite-human killer form the desert hear haze. The Doctor finds himself not just in the crossfire of an ancient conflict (a cyborg killer and an alien fugitive) but faced with a moral dilemma. Which side should he take? Who really is the victim here?
Doctor Who 7×4 “The Power of Three”
There have been many ways to invade the Earth, and the Doctor has seen them all. Or so he always thought. Then the human race wakes up one morning and discovers the world has been overrun by… small black cubes. Which then proceed to… do nothing at all. A plan is afoot, humanity is endangered – but by what and how and, above all, when?
Doctor Who 7×5 “The Angels Take Manhattan”
The Doctor has been dropping in on the Ponds for some years now, and he’s barely even noticed that his little Amelia Pond is now wearing reading glasses. Surely nothing has to change now? Surely this can go on for ever? Has the wandering Time Lord at last found a family and the nearest thing to a home he could imagine? But out there in New York the Weeping Angels are waiting for them all, and a very different destiny is falling into place.
Perhaps most interesting of all are the revelations that the Doctor will move in with Amy and Rory for “The Power of Three,” and that “The Angels Take Manhattan” takes place several years in the future.
Have these hints got you more excited for Doctor Who‘s return?