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'''Series 7''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is expected to air on [[BBC One]] throughout [[2012]] and [[2013]].<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/no-full-series-of-doctor-who-in-2012-21728.htm</ref> The BBC announced the news of the new series, which will contain fourteen episodes, on the official Doctor Who site on [[8 June]] [[2011]].<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110608_01/Fourteen_New_Episodes</ref> Series 7 will begin its run in the Autumn of [[2012]].<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-7-autumn-2012-26419.htm</ref>
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<blockquote>''"Okay, here it is – the best answer you can have. I don’t know. If I did know, I wouldn’t tell you. When I DO know, what I know will change, so I won’t really know then either. And then it will change again, so I still won’t really know. And if, secretly, I’d really known all along, I’d still be telling you I don’t know, because everything I said I knew, could be wrong, so I’d never really have known in the first place."'' Steven Moffat clarifying Series 7.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/06/08/doctor-who-series-seven-scheduling-steven-moffat-speaks/ |title=Doctor Who Series Seven Scheduling: Steven Moffat Speaks |author=Dave Golder |date of source=June 8 2011 |website name=SFX |accessdate=7th October 2011}}</ref></blockquote>
|image2          = Series 7 artwork.jpg
|broadcast year  = 2011
|broadcast year2  = 2013
|nth season      = 33
|story count      = 15
|ep count        = 15
|first ep        = Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)
|doctor          = Eleventh Doctor
|companion        = Amy Pond
|companion2      = Rory Williams
|companion3      = Clara Oswald
|companion4      = River Song
|producer        = Marcus Wilson
|producer2        = Denise Paul
|exec prod        = Steven Moffat
|exec prod2      = Caroline Skinner
|start date      = [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|end date        = [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]
|network          = BBC One
|runtime          = 45'
|DWM              = DWM 441
|DWM2            = DWM 442
|DWM3            = DWM 446
|DWM4            = DWM 447
|DWM5            = DWM 450
|DWM6            = DWM 451
|DWM7            = DWM 452
|DWM8            = DWM 453
|DWM9            = DWM 455
|DWM10            = DWM 456
|DWM11            = DWM 458
|DWM12            = DWM 459
|DWM13            = DWM 460
|DWM14            = DWM 461
|DWM15            =
|DWMSE            = DWMSE 33
|DWMSE2          = DWMSE 37
|ref book        = TCH 70{{!}}The Complete History 70
|ref book2        = TCH 71
|ref book3        = TCH 72
|ref book4        = TCH 73
|ref book5        = TCH 74
|action figures  = Character Options series 7 action figures
|prev            = Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)
|next            = 2013 specials
|trailer          = DOCTOR WHO New Season 2012 Teaser Trailer s7
|trailer2        = DOCTOR WHO Sept 1 BBC America Exclusive Trailer New Season
|trailer3        = Doctor Who New Series 7 Part 2 (2013) Launch Trailer - BBC One
|clip            = Epilogue - Doctor Who - The Angels Take Manhattan - BBC
|clip2            = {{uc:Doctor Who}} Who are you, Clara? "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" {{uc:BBC America}}
|clip3      = {{uc:Doctor Who}} "The Name of the Doctor" **{{uc:spoiler alert}}** Clara Enters the Timestream - {{uc:BBC America}}
|bts        = Q & A with Matt Smith and Caroline Skinner Part 1 - Doctor Who - BBC
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'''Series 7''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[6 December (releases)|6 December]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] to [[24 September (releases)|24 September]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. It starred [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]], [[Arthur Darvill]] as [[Rory Williams]] and [[Jenna Coleman]] as [[Clara Oswald]]. The regular series was preceded by {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}, opened with {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}} and concluded with {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}, with the gap between parts one and two of the series being bridged by {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}.


== Cast ==
== Overview ==
It has been announced that the [[Eleventh Doctor]], played by [[Matt Smith]] will return for the full series.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13694871</ref> [[Karen Gillan]], who plays [[Amy Pond]], will return for the series, as will [[Arthur Darvill]] as Amy's husband [[Rory Williams]].<ref>http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/07/doctor-who-star-karen-gillan-set-for-season-7-i-am-going-to-be-coming-back.html</ref><ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/darvill-on-rorys-future-in-series-7-24265.htm</ref> The extent of Gillan and Darvill's involvement in Series 7, however, has not yet been confirmed. This series will see the depature of both Amy and Rory Pond, as well as the introduction of a new companion.<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/12/dwn161211002512-end-of-line-for-ponds.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed</ref>
It consisted of fifteen stories and episodes. This series was broadcast on [[BBC One]] between [[2012 (releases)|2012]] and [[2013 (releases)|2013]], and, like [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 6]], it was split into two parts. The BBC first announced the new series, which contained fourteen episodes, on the official ''Doctor Who'' site on [[8 June (production)|8 June]] [[2011 (production)|2011]] It was followed by a series of [[2013 specials]], in honour of the programme's 50th anniversary. This was the last full series with Matt Smith's [[Eleventh Doctor]].
 
Series 7 has been described as being a series of "movies" squeezed into forty-five minutes, although {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}} was sixty minutes. The first half is about the Doctor deleting himself from the universe to hide from the deadly [[The Silence|Silence]], who attempted to assassinate him in [[Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 6]] to stop him from answering [[the Question]]. During this time, the Doctor regularly visits [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] and also meets his grandfather-in-law [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]]. The Doctor meets his wife, [[River Song]], in the final episode of the first half of the series, which involved the Weeping Angels who separated him from Amy and Rory forever.


=== Primary cast ===
As established in {{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}, in {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}} and {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}} and many other encounters with the Doctor before, echoes of [[Clara Oswald]] were sent through time with the purpose of saving the Doctor, dying in at least the lives in ''Asylum'' and ''The Snowmen''. The Doctor, not knowing who Clara was, realised that both incarnations of her were the same woman and believed there would be more versions of her somewhere in the universe. He found and travelled with the original Clara from [[2013]], determined to solve the mystery of the "impossible girl". To save the Doctor from having his victories undone by the [[Great Intelligence]], Clara followed the Intelligence into the wound of the Doctor's timeline from his tomb on [[Trenzalore]], sacrificing herself to save the Doctor many times over, influencing the outcomes of his many battles, and even making sure he stole [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the right TARDIS]] from [[Gallifrey]] when he originally left.
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13694871</ref>


=== Secondary cast ===
== Cast ==
<!--The 50th anniversary special is not considered to be part of series 7-->
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Clara Oswald]] - [[Jenna Coleman]], [[Sophie Downham]]
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
* [[Madge Arwell]] - [[Claire Skinner]]
=== Recurring ===
* [[Dalek]]s - [[Dalek operator|operated]] by [[Barnaby Edwards]], [[Nicholas Pegg]] and voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]] - [[Mark Williams]]
* [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Jenny Flint]] - [[Catrin Stewart]]
* [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]] - [[Neve McIntosh]]
* [[Strax]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Great Intelligence|The Great Intelligence]] - [[Richard E Grant]] and additionally voiced by [[Ian McKellen]]
* [[Ellie Oswald]] - [[Nicola Sian]]<!--Appeared once in an episode and once in a prequel to another episode-->
* [[Angie Maitland]] - [[Eve De Leon Allen]]
* [[Artie Maitland]] - [[Kassius Carey Johnson]]
* [[Dave Oswald]] - [[Michael Dixon]]
* [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] - [[Aidan Cook]] and voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[War Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[John Hurt]]
<!--The 50th anniversary special is not considered to be part of series 7-->


=== Guest cast ===
=== Guest ===
* [[Madge Arwell]] - [[Claire Skinner]]
* [[Lily Arwell]] - [[Holly Earl]]
* [[Droxil]] - [[Bill Bailey]]
* [[Solomon (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Solomon]] - [[David Bradley]]
* [[Reg Arwell]] - [[Alexander Armstrong]]
* [[Kahler-Tek]] - [[Andrew Brooke]]
* [[Billis]] - [[Arabella Weir]]
* [[Shakri (The Power of Three)|Shakri]] - [[Steven Berkoff]]
* Walter - Rob Cavazos<ref>http://www.shepperd-fox.co.uk/news.php</ref>
* [[Latimer (The Snowmen)|Captain Latimer]] - [[Tom Ward]]
* Kahlet Jex - Adrian Scarborough<ref>http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1811-4502-6457</ref>
* [[Walter Simeon|Dr Walter Simeon]] - [[Richard E Grant]], [[Cameron Strefford]]
* Kahler-Mas - Dominic Kemp<ref>http://www.sainou.com/dominic-kemp/</ref>
* [[Rosemary Kizlet|Miss Kizlet]] - [[Celia Imrie]]
* Brian Williams - [[Mark Williams]]<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn200212120008-doctor-who-filming.html</ref><ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref><ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a369911/doctor-who-casts-farscape-star-ben-browder.html</ref>
* [[Newsreader (Invasion of the Bane)|Newsreader]] – [[Olivia Hill]]
* TBA - Ben Browder<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref><ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a369911/doctor-who-casts-farscape-star-ben-browder.html</ref>
* [[Merry Gejelh|Merry]] - [[Emilia Jones]]
* TBA - [[David Bradley]]<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn210212160008-series-7-first.html</ref>
* [[Mummy (The Rings of Akhaten)|Mummy]] - [[Aidan Cook]]
* TBA - Rupert Graves<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn210212160008-series-7-first.html</ref>
* [[Zhukov (Cold War)|Captain Zhukov]] - [[Liam Cunningham]]
* [[Grisenko|Professor Grisenko]] - [[David Warner]]
* [[Stepashin|Lieutenant Stepashin]] – [[Tobias Menzies]]
* [[Skaldak]] - [[Spencer Wilding]] and voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Alec Palmer]] - [[Dougray Scott]]
* [[Emma Grayling]] - [[Jessica Raine]]
* [[Gregor Van Baalen]] - [[Ashley Walters]]
* [[Bram Van Baalen]] - [[Mark Oliver]]
* [[Tricky Van Baalen]] - [[Jahvel Hall]]
* [[Winifred Gillyflower]] - [[Diana Rigg]]
* [[Ada Gillyflower]] - [[Rachael Stirling]]
* [[Webley]] - [[Jason Watkins]]
* [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI]] - [[Warwick Davis]]
<!--The 50th anniversary special is not considered to be part of series 7.-->


== Production ==
== Production ==
=== Crew ===
=== Crew ===
==== Producers ====
==== Producers ====
It has been announced that [[Beth Willis]] will step down as executive producer,<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110707_01/Beth_Willis_On_Leaving_Doctor_Who</ref> as will [[Piers Wenger]].<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110526_01/End_of_the_Piers_Show</ref> However, Piers Wenger produced ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110718_01/Steven_Moffat_on_the_New_Exec</ref>
Before the airing of series 7, it was announced that both [[Beth Willis]] and [[Piers Wenger]] would step down as executive producers. Willis' last credit was on {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}}; however, Piers Wenger stayed for one episode longer, and produced {{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}.


A new executive producer, named [[Caroline Skinner]] will join Steven Moffat. She will produce ''The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe'' onwards.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110718_01/Steven_Moffat_on_the_New_Exec</ref>
A new executive producer named [[Caroline Skinner]] joined Steven Moffat to produce ''The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe'' onwards, but it was announced before the broadcast of the spring half of series 7 that she was departing the show after just one season and would be replaced by BBC Wales Head of Drama, Faith Penhale.<ref name="skinnerdeparture">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Doctor-Who-Executive-Producer-Moves-On|title=Executive Producer Moves On|website name=BBC - Doctor Who|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>


==== Writers ====
==== Writers ====
Steven Moffat, head writer, will be writing five episodes. One of these is the ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-7-2012-what-we-know-27371.htm#more-27371</ref> ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' writer [[John Fay]] will be writing an episode.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/fay-for-series-7-21521.htm</ref> [[Mark Gatiss]] will return to write an episode. He has already written four ''Doctor Who'' stories, including two for the [[Eleventh Doctor]], ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Night Terrors]]''.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/gatiss-back-for-series-7-29135.htm</ref>
Head writer Steven Moffat wrote seven episodes. He has written the 2011 Christmas special, episodes one and five in the autumn run, the [[Children in Need]] [[The Great Detective (TV story)|mini-episode]], the 2012 Christmas special, episodes six and thirteen of the spring run, and the 50th anniversary special.
[[Chris Chibnall]] and [[Toby Whithouse]], who have both already written ''Doctor Who'' episodes are also returning. They will each write one episode. Chris is to write episode episode two.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref> Toby will be writing episode three.<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a364580/doctor-who-toby-whithouse-chris-chibnall-writing-new-episodes.html</ref><ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/02/08/two-writers-confirmed-for-doctor-who-season-seven/</ref><ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref>
 
[[Chris Chibnall]] and [[Toby Whithouse]], who had both written episodes for multiple previous series of ''Doctor Who'', returned to contribute scripts for the Autumn run. Chibnall wrote episodes two and four, while Whithouse wrote episode three.
 
[[Mark Gatiss]] also returned, writing episodes eight and eleven.
 
Another returning writer was [[Steve Thompson]], who wrote episode ten.
 
Fantasy author [[Neil Gaiman]] (who previously wrote {{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}}), wrote episode twelve.
 
''Luther'' creator [[Neil Cross]] made his ''Doctor Who'' debut with episode seven, as well as writing episode nine.


==== Directors ====
==== Directors ====
New director [[Farren Blackburn]], directed the [[2011]] [[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe|Christmas special]]<ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/09/21/update-doctor-who-christmas-special-director-revealed/</ref> Saul Metzstein, another director new to ''Doctor Who'', will direct episodes two and three.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref>
Returning director [[Nick Hurran]] directed episodes one and five. [[Douglas Mackinnon]], another returning director directed episodes four and eight.
[[Nick Hurran]] will return to direct.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref>


=== Filming ===
New director [[Farren Blackburn]] directed the [[2011 (releases)|2011]] [[Christmas special]], as well as episode seven.
Filming for series 7 began on [[20 February]] [[2012]].<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a364779/doctor-who-to-resume-filming-this-month-saul-metzstein-to-direct.html</ref>
 
Saul Metzstein, another director new to ''Doctor Who'', directed episodes two, three, eleven, thirteen and the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] Christmas special.


Episode three will be filmed in Spain.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref>
A handful of new directors directed one episode each in the spring half of the series. These are: [[Colm McCarthy]], [[Jamie Payne]], [[Mat King]] and [[Stephen Woolfenden]], who directed episodes six, nine, ten and twelve respectively.


=== Filming ===
Filming for series 7 began on [[20 February (production)|20 February]] [[2012 (production)|2012]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a364779/doctor-who-to-resume-filming-this-month-saul-metzstein-to-direct.html|title='Doctor Who' to resume filming this month, Saul Metzstein to direct|date of source=9 February 2012|author=Morgan Jeffery|website name=Digital Spy|accessdate=23 August 2012}}</ref>
Episode three was filmed in [[Spain]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/New-Series-Dinosaurs-and-Mercy|title=New Series: Dinosaurs and Mercy!|author=The Doctor Who Team|date of source=16 July 2012|website name=BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who|accessdate=7 November 2012}}</ref> as were some scenes for episode one.
Filming for episode five saw the crew return to [[United States of America|America]]. This time, they were filming in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/03/dwn240312190012-convention-news.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed|title=Production: Convention News|date of source=24 March 2012|author="Marcus"|website name=Doctor Who News|accessdate=23 August 2012}}</ref> Filming for ''The Snowmen ''began [[6 August (production)|6 August]].<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/71c567d9-d7c5-3758-a3bc-1bc095e4b829</ref>
== Television stories ==
== Television stories ==
The BBC have announced that Series 7 will consist of fourteen episodes,<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110608_01/Fourteen_New_Episodes</ref> starting with the 2011 Christmas special.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/matt-smith-not-quitting-15926.htm</ref> The episodes are expected to air through [[2012]] and [[2013]].<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/no-full-series-of-doctor-who-in-2012-21728.htm</ref> However, Steven Moffat has hinted against this.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-not-reduced-in-2012-22347.htm</ref>
=== Christmas special ===
{| {{prettytable}}
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel'''||'''Notes'''
|-
||N/A||{{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Farren Blackburn]]||''[[Prequel (The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe)|Prequel]]''||The Doctor reestablishes contact with Amy and Rory since faking his death.
|-
|}


Moffat recently announced that it will be unlikely there will be any two-part episodes in the series.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/no-two-parters-in-series-7-29062.htm</ref>
=== Mini-episodes ===
{| {{prettytable}}
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|N/A||''[[Good as Gold (TV story)|Good as Gold]]''||[[The Children of Ashdene School]]||[[Saul Metzstein]]||
|-
|N/A||''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''||[[Chris Chibnall]]||[[Saul Metzstein]]||Glimpse into the life of Amy and Rory.
|-
|N/A
|''[[The History of the Doctor (TV story)|The History of the Doctor]]''
|[[Gareth Roberts]]
|[[Tom Cohen]]
|
|}
 
=== Regular series ===
==== Autumn half ====
{| {{prettytable}}
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|1 ||{{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||[[Nick Hurran]]||''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]'' and ''[[Asylum of the Daleks Prequel (webcast)|Asylum of the Daleks Prequel]]''||First appearance of [[Clara Oswald]], in the form of [[Oswin Oswald]].
|-
|2 ||{{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}|| [[Chris Chibnall]]||rowspan=2| Saul Metzstein||||First appearance of [[Brian Williams (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Brian Williams]].
|-
||3 ||{{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}||[[Toby Whithouse]]||''[[The Making of the Gunslinger (webcast)|The Making of the Gunslinger]]''||
|-
|4 ||{{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}||Chris Chibnall||[[Douglas Mackinnon]]||||Reintroduction of [[Kate Stewart]], and her first appearance in the television series.
|-
|5 ||{{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||Nick Hurran||||Final regular appearances of [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]] and [[River Song]]. A webcast, ''[[P.S. (webcast)|P.S.]]'', was later released, detailing an unfilmed scene, featuring the last appearance of Brian Williams.
|}


Episode three will have a Wild West theme.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-spain-is-americas-wild-west-31331.htm</ref>
==== Christmas special ====
{| {{prettytable}}
!'''Episode <br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel'''|| '''Notes'''
|-
|N/A ||{{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||Saul Metzstein||''[[The Great Detective (TV story)|The Great Detective]]'', ''[[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates]]'' and ''[[The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later (webcast)|The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later]] ''||Reappearance of Clara as [[Clara Oswin Oswald]], and cameo from Clara herself. Reintroduction of the [[Great Intelligence]]. Establishment of [[Vastra]], [[Strax]] and [[Jenny Flint]] as the [[Paternoster Gang]].
|}


=== Christmas special ===
==== Spring half ====
The remaining eight episodes of series 7 began airing on 30 March, 2013.
{| {{prettytable}}
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|6 ||{{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||[[Colm McCarthy]]||''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]] '' ||Debut of the Eleventh Doctor's purple costume. First appearance of [[Angie Maitland|Angie And]] [[Artie Maitland]].
|-
||7 ||{{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}||[[Neil Cross]]||[[Farren Blackburn]]||||
|-
|8 ||{{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}||[[Mark Gatiss]]||[[Douglas Mackinnon]]||||Reintroduction of the [[Ice Warrior]]s.
|-
||9 ||{{cs|Hide (TV story)}}||Neil Cross||[[Jamie Payne]]||||
|-
||10 ||{{cs|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)}}||[[Steve Thompson]]||[[Mat King]]||||Reintroduction to the [[Eye of Harmony]].
|-
|11||{{cs|The Crimson Horror (TV story)}}
||Mark Gatiss||Saul Metzstein||||100th Episode of the Revived Series. [[Angie Maitland|Angie]] And [[Artie Maitland|Artie]] find out about Clara's life with the Doctor.
|-
|12||{{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}||[[Neil Gaiman]]||[[Stephen Woolfenden]]|||| First appearance of the [[Weapons-grade Cyberman|"weapons-grade" Cybermen]]. Reintroduction to the [[Cyber-Planner]].
|-
|13||{{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||Saul Metzstein||''[[She Said, He Said: A Prequel (webcast)|She Said, He Said]]'' and ''[[Clarence and the Whispermen]]''||Introduction of the [[War Doctor]]. Explanation of Clara's multiple lives, giving resolution to the "Woman Twice Dead" arc.
|}
 
==== DVD Box Set Mini-episodes ====
These three mini-episodes were released on the series 7 DVD boxset.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|| N/A ||''[[Clara and the TARDIS (home video)|Clara and the TARDIS]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||||The Doctor does not appear.
|-
|| N/A ||''[[Rain Gods (home video)|Rain Gods]]''||[[Neil Gaiman]]||||
|-
|| N/A ||''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||||Shows how the Doctor "deleted" himself from the universe.
|}
 
=== Episode notes ===
* This is the first series in the [[BBC Wales]] era of Doctor Who not to begin in the spring. In fact, the show would not see a spring series premiere again until [[Series 10 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 10]].
* The [[BBC]] justified the decision to split the series into two blocks starting in the fall by citing [[Steven Moffat]]'s commitments to Sherlock as well as the upcoming [[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|50th anniversary]]. Steven Moffat disputed this, insisting that Sherlock had nothing to do with the decision.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jun/16/doctor-who-bbc1-2012 Guardian Article]</ref>
* This is the first series to have special "movie" posters made featuring titles, cast and credits.
* For the first time in ''Doctor Who'', this series had no two-parters in it. ''Asylum of the Daleks'' through ''The Angels Take Manhattan'' form a loose story arc involving Amy and Rory, whereas the mystery of Clara is a background arc contained in the remaining episodes of the season.
* Series 7 stands as one of only three seasons in ''Doctor Who'' history in which each story of the season has consisted of the same number of episodes - with this series consisting entirely of one parters - the others being [[Season 18 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 18]], with entirely four-part serials, and [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 11]], with one-parters. If the unfinished ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' is discounted, then this number is raised to four, with [[Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 17]] also entirely consisting of four-part serials.
* During Series 7, Matt Smith appeared as the Doctor in a spoof titled ''[[One Born Every Minute (TV story)|One Born Every Minute]]'', aired on 15 March 2013 as part of the annual [[Comic Relief]] appeal.
* The series had two opening sequences. From {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}} to {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, the opening sequence was the one used starting from {{cs|The Eleventh Hour (TV story)}}. From {{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}, a different opening sequence was used and was used for the rest of [[Matt Smith]]'s tenure.
 
== Aliens and enemies ==
* [[Dalek]]s
* [[Dalek puppet]]s
* [[Dalek Prime Minister]]
* [[Nanogene]]
* [[Solomon (Dinosaurs on a Spaceship)|Solomon]]
* [[Robot 1]] and [[Robot 2]]
* [[Dinosaur]]s
* [[Silurian]]s
* [[Kahler-Tek]]
* [[Kahler-Jex]]
* [[Orderly (The Power of Three)|Orderlies]]
* [[Shakri]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]s
* [[Great Intelligence]]
* [[Walter Simeon]]
* [[Snowmen]]
* [[Spoonhead]]s
* [[Rosemary Kizlet|Miss Kizlet]]
* [[Rezh Baphix]]
* [[Merry Gejelh]]
* [[Dor'een]]
* [[Pan-Babylonian]]s
* [[Lugaleracush]]
* [[Lucanian]]s
* [[Hooloovoo]]
* [[Terraberserker]]
* [[Ultramancer]]
* [[Citizen from the City State of Binding Light]]
* [[Energy-based species (The Rings of Akhaten)|Energy-based aliens]]
* [[Four-eyed species (The Rings of Akhaten)|Four-eyed aliens]]
* [[Mummy (The Rings of Akhaten)|The Mummy]]
* [[Vigil]]
* [[Akhaten|Old God]]
* [[Ice Warrior]]
* [[Crooked Man (Hide)|The Crooked Man]]
* [[Time zombie]]s
* [[Winifred Gillyflower]]
* [[Mr Sweet]]
* [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]
* [[Cybermite]]s
* [[Whisper Man|Whisper Men]]
 
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
==== DVD ====
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|-
| Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 1<br />''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''<br />{{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}} || 1 x 50 min.<br />4 × 45 min.<br />1 x 5 min. || [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] 2012 || [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] 2012 || [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] 2012
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|-
| Doctor Who: The Complete Seventh Series<br />{{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}<br />''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''<br />{{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Hide (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Crimson Horror (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}<br />''[[Clara and the TARDIS (home video)|Clara and the TARDIS]]''<br />''[[Rain Gods (home video)|Rain Gods]]''<br />''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]''||1 x 50 min.<br />2 x 60 min.<br />12 x 45 min.<br />1 x 5 min.<br />3 x 2 min.|| [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] 2013 || [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] 2013 || [[24 September (releases)|28 September]] 2013
|}
 
==== Blu-ray ====
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| Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe<br />{{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}} || 1 × 60 min. || [[16 January (releases)|16 January]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]] || [[1 March (releases)|1 March]] 2012 || [[14 February (releases)|14 February]] 2012
|-
| Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 1<br />''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''<br />{{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}} || 1 x 50 min.<br />4 × 45 min.<br />1 x 5 min. || [[29 October (releases)|29 October]] 2012 || [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] 2012 || [[13 November (releases)|13 November]] 2012
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|N/A||''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Farren Blackburn]]||
| Doctor Who: The Complete Seventh Series<br />{{cs|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)}}<br />''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''<br />{{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|A Town Called Mercy (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Power of Three (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Snowmen (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Bells of Saint John (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Cold War (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Hide (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Crimson Horror (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Nightmare in Silver (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Name of the Doctor (TV story)}}<br />''[[Clara and the TARDIS (home video)|Clara and the TARDIS]]''<br />''[[Rain Gods (home video)|Rain Gods]]''<br />''[[The Inforarium (home video)|The Inforarium]]''||1 x 50 min.<br />2 x 60 min.<br />12 x 45 min.<br />1 x 5 min.<br />3 x 2 min.|| [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] 2013 || [[30 October (releases)|30 October]] 2013 || [[24 September (releases)|28 September]] 2013
|}
|}


== Rumours ==
Series 7 released on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to [[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 13]].<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder</ref>
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*Mark Williams may play Rory's father.<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/02/dwn200212120008-doctor-who-filming.html</ref>
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* In an interview with SFX, [[Caroline Skinner]] hinted at the return of the [[Zygon]]s.<ref>http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/02/23/doctor-who-worlds-in-time-caroline-skinner-interview/</ref>
Limited Edition New Who Blu-Ray Collection Box Set front.jpg|New Who Limited Edition (front)
* The Sun have reported that episode three will be set in a "Victorian-era western town" and feature a "half-human half-robot Terminator-style beast"<ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4179270/Doctor-Who-news-Matt-Smith-travels-to-the-Wild-West-and-fights-varmints-in-new-episode.html</ref>
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== Stories set before this season ==
=== Webcasts ===
* ''[[Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (webcast)|Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''
 
== Stories set during this season ==
=== Novels ===
* ''[[Dark Horizons (novel)|Dark Horizons]]''
* ''[[Terrible Lizards (novel)|Terrible Lizards]]''
* ''[[Horror of the Space Snakes (novel)|Horror of the Space Snakes]]''
* ''[[Extra Time (novel)|Extra Time]]''
* ''[[The Water Thief (novel)|The Water Thief]]''
* ''[[The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery (novel)|The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery]]''
* ''[[Devil in the Smoke (novel)|Devil in the Smoke: An Adventure for the Great Detective]]''
*''[[The Silurian Gift (novel)|The Silurian Gift]]''
* ''[[Plague of the Cybermen (novel)|Plague of the Cybermen]]''
* ''[[The Dalek Generation (novel)|The Dalek Generation]]''
* ''[[Shroud of Sorrow (novel)|Shroud of Sorrow]]''
 
=== Audiobooks ===
* ''[[The Empty House (audio story)|The Empty House]]''
* ''[[Sleepers in the Dust (audio story)|Sleepers in the Dust]]''
* ''[[Snake Bite (audio story)|Snake Bite]]''
 
=== Audio Drama ===
* ''[[Thin Time (audio story)|Thin Time]]'' (Eleventh Doctor's involvement)
* ''[[Regeneration Impossible (audio story)|Regeneration Impossible]]'' (Eleventh Doctor's involvement)
* ''[[The Inheritance (audio story)|The Inheritance]]''
* ''[[The House of Masks (audio story)|The House of Masks]]''
* ''[[The End (11DC audio story)|The End]]''
 
=== Webcasts ===
* ''[[Pond Life (webcast)|Pond Life]]''
* ''[[Prequel to Asylum of the Daleks (webcast)|Prequel to Asylum of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Making of the Gunslinger (webcast)|The Making of the Gunslinger]]''
* ''[[The Great Detective (TV story)|The Great Detective]]''
* ''[[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel]]''
* ''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]''
* ''[[She Said, He Said: A Prequel (webcast)|She Said, He Said: A Prequel]]''


== Footnotes ==
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Series 7 of Doctor Who ran from 6 December 2011 to 24 September 2013. It starred Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. The regular series was preceded by The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"], opened with Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"] and concluded with The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"], with the gap between parts one and two of the series being bridged by The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"].

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of fifteen stories and episodes. This series was broadcast on BBC One between 2012 and 2013, and, like Series 6, it was split into two parts. The BBC first announced the new series, which contained fourteen episodes, on the official Doctor Who site on 8 June 2011 It was followed by a series of 2013 specials, in honour of the programme's 50th anniversary. This was the last full series with Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor.

Series 7 has been described as being a series of "movies" squeezed into forty-five minutes, although The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"] was sixty minutes. The first half is about the Doctor deleting himself from the universe to hide from the deadly Silence, who attempted to assassinate him in series 6 to stop him from answering the Question. During this time, the Doctor regularly visits Amy Pond and Rory Williams and also meets his grandfather-in-law Brian Williams. The Doctor meets his wife, River Song, in the final episode of the first half of the series, which involved the Weeping Angels who separated him from Amy and Rory forever.

As established in The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"], in Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"] and The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"] and many other encounters with the Doctor before, echoes of Clara Oswald were sent through time with the purpose of saving the Doctor, dying in at least the lives in Asylum and The Snowmen. The Doctor, not knowing who Clara was, realised that both incarnations of her were the same woman and believed there would be more versions of her somewhere in the universe. He found and travelled with the original Clara from 2013, determined to solve the mystery of the "impossible girl". To save the Doctor from having his victories undone by the Great Intelligence, Clara followed the Intelligence into the wound of the Doctor's timeline from his tomb on Trenzalore, sacrificing herself to save the Doctor many times over, influencing the outcomes of his many battles, and even making sure he stole the right TARDIS from Gallifrey when he originally left.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Recurring[[edit] | [edit source]]

Guest[[edit] | [edit source]]

Production[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Producers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Before the airing of series 7, it was announced that both Beth Willis and Piers Wenger would step down as executive producers. Willis' last credit was on The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"]; however, Piers Wenger stayed for one episode longer, and produced The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"].

A new executive producer named Caroline Skinner joined Steven Moffat to produce The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe onwards, but it was announced before the broadcast of the spring half of series 7 that she was departing the show after just one season and would be replaced by BBC Wales Head of Drama, Faith Penhale.[1]

Writers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Head writer Steven Moffat wrote seven episodes. He has written the 2011 Christmas special, episodes one and five in the autumn run, the Children in Need mini-episode, the 2012 Christmas special, episodes six and thirteen of the spring run, and the 50th anniversary special.

Chris Chibnall and Toby Whithouse, who had both written episodes for multiple previous series of Doctor Who, returned to contribute scripts for the Autumn run. Chibnall wrote episodes two and four, while Whithouse wrote episode three.

Mark Gatiss also returned, writing episodes eight and eleven.

Another returning writer was Steve Thompson, who wrote episode ten.

Fantasy author Neil Gaiman (who previously wrote The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"]), wrote episode twelve.

Luther creator Neil Cross made his Doctor Who debut with episode seven, as well as writing episode nine.

Directors[[edit] | [edit source]]

Returning director Nick Hurran directed episodes one and five. Douglas Mackinnon, another returning director directed episodes four and eight.

New director Farren Blackburn directed the 2011 Christmas special, as well as episode seven.

Saul Metzstein, another director new to Doctor Who, directed episodes two, three, eleven, thirteen and the 2012 Christmas special.

A handful of new directors directed one episode each in the spring half of the series. These are: Colm McCarthy, Jamie Payne, Mat King and Stephen Woolfenden, who directed episodes six, nine, ten and twelve respectively.

Filming[[edit] | [edit source]]

Filming for series 7 began on 20 February 2012.[2] Episode three was filmed in Spain,[3] as were some scenes for episode one. Filming for episode five saw the crew return to America. This time, they were filming in New York.[4] Filming for The Snowmen began 6 August.[5]

Television stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Christmas special[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
N/A The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Farren Blackburn Prequel The Doctor reestablishes contact with Amy and Rory since faking his death.

Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Good as Gold The Children of Ashdene School Saul Metzstein
N/A Pond Life Chris Chibnall Saul Metzstein Glimpse into the life of Amy and Rory.
N/A The History of the Doctor Gareth Roberts Tom Cohen

Regular series[[edit] | [edit source]]

Autumn half[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
1 Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Nick Hurran Pond Life and Asylum of the Daleks Prequel First appearance of Clara Oswald, in the form of Oswin Oswald.
2 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"] Chris Chibnall Saul Metzstein First appearance of Brian Williams.
3 A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"] Toby Whithouse The Making of the Gunslinger
4 The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"] Chris Chibnall Douglas Mackinnon Reintroduction of Kate Stewart, and her first appearance in the television series.
5 The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Nick Hurran Final regular appearances of Amy Pond, Rory Williams and River Song. A webcast, P.S., was later released, detailing an unfilmed scene, featuring the last appearance of Brian Williams.

Christmas special[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
N/A The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Saul Metzstein The Great Detective, Vastra Investigates and The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later Reappearance of Clara as Clara Oswin Oswald, and cameo from Clara herself. Reintroduction of the Great Intelligence. Establishment of Vastra, Strax and Jenny Flint as the Paternoster Gang.

Spring half[[edit] | [edit source]]

The remaining eight episodes of series 7 began airing on 30 March, 2013.

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
6 The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Colm McCarthy The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel Debut of the Eleventh Doctor's purple costume. First appearance of Angie And Artie Maitland.
7 The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"] Neil Cross Farren Blackburn
8 Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"] Mark Gatiss Douglas Mackinnon Reintroduction of the Ice Warriors.
9 Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"] Neil Cross Jamie Payne
10 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"] Steve Thompson Mat King Reintroduction to the Eye of Harmony.
11 The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"] Mark Gatiss Saul Metzstein 100th Episode of the Revived Series. Angie And Artie find out about Clara's life with the Doctor.
12 Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"] Neil Gaiman Stephen Woolfenden First appearance of the "weapons-grade" Cybermen. Reintroduction to the Cyber-Planner.
13 The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Saul Metzstein She Said, He Said and Clarence and the Whispermen Introduction of the War Doctor. Explanation of Clara's multiple lives, giving resolution to the "Woman Twice Dead" arc.

DVD Box Set Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

These three mini-episodes were released on the series 7 DVD boxset.

Episode
Number		 Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Clara and the TARDIS Steven Moffat The Doctor does not appear.
N/A Rain Gods Neil Gaiman
N/A The Inforarium Steven Moffat Shows how the Doctor "deleted" himself from the universe.

Episode notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first series in the BBC Wales era of Doctor Who not to begin in the spring. In fact, the show would not see a spring series premiere again until Series 10.
  • The BBC justified the decision to split the series into two blocks starting in the fall by citing Steven Moffat's commitments to Sherlock as well as the upcoming 50th anniversary. Steven Moffat disputed this, insisting that Sherlock had nothing to do with the decision.[6]
  • This is the first series to have special "movie" posters made featuring titles, cast and credits.
  • For the first time in Doctor Who, this series had no two-parters in it. Asylum of the Daleks through The Angels Take Manhattan form a loose story arc involving Amy and Rory, whereas the mystery of Clara is a background arc contained in the remaining episodes of the season.
  • Series 7 stands as one of only three seasons in Doctor Who history in which each story of the season has consisted of the same number of episodes - with this series consisting entirely of one parters - the others being Season 18, with entirely four-part serials, and Series 11, with one-parters. If the unfinished Shada is discounted, then this number is raised to four, with Season 17 also entirely consisting of four-part serials.
  • During Series 7, Matt Smith appeared as the Doctor in a spoof titled One Born Every Minute, aired on 15 March 2013 as part of the annual Comic Relief appeal.
  • The series had two opening sequences. From Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"] to The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"], the opening sequence was the one used starting from The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"]. From The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"], a different opening sequence was used and was used for the rest of Matt Smith's tenure.

Aliens and enemies[[edit] | [edit source]]

Adaptations and merchandising[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home media[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Title Number and duration
of episodes 		R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"]		 1 × 60 min. 16 January 2012 1 March 2012 14 February 2012
Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 1
Pond Life
Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"]
A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"]
The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]
The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]		 1 x 50 min.
4 × 45 min.
1 x 5 min.		 29 October 2012 14 November 2012 13 November 2012
Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 2
The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]
The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]
The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]
Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"]
Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"]
The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"]
Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"]
The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]
Clarence and the Whispermen		 1 x 60 min.
8 x 45 min.
1 x 2 min.		 27 May 2013 22 May 2013 28 May 2013
Doctor Who: The Complete Seventh Series
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"]
Pond Life
Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"]
A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"]
The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]
The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]
The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]
The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]
The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]
Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"]
Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"]
The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"]
Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"]
The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]
Clara and the TARDIS
Rain Gods
The Inforarium		 1 x 50 min.
2 x 60 min.
12 x 45 min.
1 x 5 min.
3 x 2 min.		 28 October 2013 30 October 2013 28 September 2013

Blu-ray[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Title Number and duration
of episodes 		R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"]		 1 × 60 min. 16 January 2012 1 March 2012 14 February 2012
Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 1
Pond Life
Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"]
A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"]
The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]
The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]		 1 x 50 min.
4 × 45 min.
1 x 5 min.		 29 October 2012 14 November 2012 13 November 2012
Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 2
The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]
The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]
The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]
Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"]
Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"]
The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"]
Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"]
The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]		 1 x 60 min.
8 x 45 min.		 27 May 2013 22 May 2013 28 May 2013
Doctor Who: The Complete Seventh Series
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe [+]Loading...["The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)"]
Pond Life
Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship [+]Loading...["Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)"]
A Town Called Mercy [+]Loading...["A Town Called Mercy (TV story)"]
The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"]
The Angels Take Manhattan [+]Loading...["The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)"]
The Snowmen [+]Loading...["The Snowmen (TV story)"]
The Bells of Saint John [+]Loading...["The Bells of Saint John (TV story)"]
The Rings of Akhaten [+]Loading...["The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)"]
Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"]
Hide [+]Loading...["Hide (TV story)"]
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS [+]Loading...["Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)"]
The Crimson Horror [+]Loading...["The Crimson Horror (TV story)"]
Nightmare in Silver [+]Loading...["Nightmare in Silver (TV story)"]
The Name of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Name of the Doctor (TV story)"]
Clara and the TARDIS
Rain Gods
The Inforarium		 1 x 50 min.
2 x 60 min.
12 x 45 min.
1 x 5 min.
3 x 2 min.		 28 October 2013 30 October 2013 28 September 2013

Series 7 released on 21 November 2023 in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to Series 13.[7]

  • New Who Limited Edition (front)

    New Who Limited Edition (front)

  • New Who Limited Edition (back)

    New Who Limited Edition (back)

  • New Who Limited Edition (front)

    New Who Limited Edition (front)

  • New Who Limited Edition (back)

    New Who Limited Edition (back)

  • New Who Limited Edition promo

    New Who Limited Edition promo

  • New Who Limited Edition promo

    New Who Limited Edition promo

Stories set before this season[[edit] | [edit source]]

Webcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio Drama[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Executive Producer Moves On. BBC - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 13 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Morgan Jeffery (9 February 2012). 'Doctor Who' to resume filming this month, Saul Metzstein to direct. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 23 August 2012.
  3. ↑ The Doctor Who Team (16 July 2012). New Series: Dinosaurs and Mercy!. BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 7 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Marcus" (24 March 2012). Production: Convention News. Doctor Who News. Retrieved on 23 August 2012.
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/entries/71c567d9-d7c5-3758-a3bc-1bc095e4b829
  6. ↑ Guardian Article
  7. ↑ https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder
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