Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)
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Series 7 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 33 to avoid confusion with the original Season 7, was broadcast on BBC One between 2012 and 2013. 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.
Series 7 began its run on 1 September 2012 with five regular, stand-alone episodes and a Christmas Special. These were followed by the remaining eight episodes in 2013.
Overview
Series 7 has been described at being a series of "movies" squeezed into forty five minutes, although The Snowmen was sixty minutes. The first half is about the Doctor deleting himself from the Universe to hide himself 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, the Doctor had indeed met the same girl in Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen despite the fact that she died on both these occasions, because these were echoes of Clara Oswald that were sent through time with the purpose of saving the Doctor. The Doctor wasn't able to see Clara at their first meeting since she had been converted into a Dalek, so he didn't realize, just by appearance, that he had met the same woman again. By the end of 'The Snowmen' though, the Doctor notices certain similarities between Clara, the nanny, and Soufflé Girl from 'Asylum of the Daleks' and believed both these women to somehow be the same person. He also believed there to be more versions of her elsewhere in the Universe. He eventually 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.
Cast
Matt Smith, continued to play the Eleventh Doctor throughout all of Series 7.
Karen Gillan, who played Amy Pond, and Arthur Darvill, who played Amy's husband Rory Williams, returned for the first five episodes, departing in The Angels Take Manhattan. This episode also featured River Song, played by Alex Kingston, who again returned for the season finale.
Jenna-Louise Coleman debuted as the original, 21st century version of Clara Oswald, the Doctor's newest companion, from The Bells of Saint John. Prior to this episode, echoes of Clara spread through time, known as Oswin Oswald in the Dalek Asylum and Clara Oswin Oswald in Victorian London, appeared in Asylum of the Daleks and The Snowmen respectively, also played by Coleman, and dying at the end of each story. Other versions of Clara existing at various prior eras of the show were also played by Coleman in The Name of the Doctor.
Primary cast
Secondary cast
- Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
- Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
- Clara Oswald - Jenna-Louise Coleman
- Brian Williams - Mark Williams
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
- Strax - Dan Starkey
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- Dr Simeon/Great Intelligence - Richard E. Grant
Guest cast
- Madge Arwell - Claire Skinner
- Cyril Arwell - Maurice Cole
- Lily Arwell - Holly Earl
- Queen Nefertiti - Riann Steele
- Solomon - David Bradley
- John Riddell - Rupert Graves
- Kahler-Jex - Adrian Scarborough
- The Gunslinger - Andrew Brooke
- Isaac - Ben Browder
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Voice of the Great Intelligence - Ian McKellen
- Latimer - Tom Ward
- Miss Kizlet - Celia Imrie
- Artie Maitland - Kassius Carey Johnson
- Angie Maitland - Eve De Leon Allen
- Merry Galel - Emilia Jones
- Captain Zhukov - Liam Cunningham
- Professor Grisenko - David Warner
- Skaldak - Spencer Wilding
- 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
- Porridge - Warwick Davis
- Alice Ferrin - Tamzin Outhwaite
Introducing
Production
Crew
Producers
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; however, Piers Wenger stayed for one episode longer, and produced The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
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
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, and episodes six and thirteen of the spring run.
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), wrote episode twelve.
Luther creator Neil Cross made his Doctor Who debut with episode seven, as well as writing episode nine.
Directors
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 Wolfenden, who directed episodes six, nine, ten and twelve representatively.
Filming
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]
Television stories
Christmas special
| Episode Number |
Title | Writer | Director | Prequel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe | Steven Moffat | Farren Blackburn | Prequel |
Mini-episodes
| Episode Number |
Title | Writer | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Good as Gold | The Children of Ashdene School | Reappearance of a Weeping Angel. |
Regular series
Autumn half
| Episode Number |
Title | Writer | Director | Prequel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asylum of the Daleks | Steven Moffat | Nick Hurran | Pond Life and Asylum of the Daleks Prequel | Reappearance of the Daleks. First introduction and death of Clara Oswin Oswald. |
| 2 | Dinosaurs on a Spaceship | Chris Chibnall | Saul Metzstein | Reappearance of the Silurians. First appearance of Brian Williams. | |
| 3 | A Town Called Mercy | Toby Whithouse | Saul Metzstein | The Making of the Gunslinger | |
| 4 | The Power of Three | Chris Chibnall | Douglas Mackinnon | Reappearance of UNIT, Kate Stewart and Brian Williams. | |
| 5 | The Angels Take Manhattan | Steven Moffat | Nick Hurran | Reappearance of the Weeping Angels and River Song. Final appearances of Amy Pond and Rory Williams. |
Christmas special
| Episode Number |
Title | Writer | Director | Prequel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | The Snowmen | Steven Moffat | Saul Metzstein | The Great Detective, Vastra Investigates and The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later | Reintroduction of the Great Intelligence. Second introduction and death of Clara Oswin Oswald. Introduction of Dr Simeon. Reintroduction of Vastra, Strax and Jenny Flint |
Spring half
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 | Steven Moffat | Colm McCarthy | The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel | Reappearance of the Great Intelligence and UNIT. Third introduction of Clara Oswin Oswald. Reappearance of Dr Simeon. |
| 7 | The Rings of Akhaten | Neil Cross | Farren Blackburn | ||
| 8 | Cold War | Mark Gatiss | Douglas Mackinnon | Return of the Ice Warriors. | |
| 9 | Hide | Neil Cross | Jamie Payne | ||
| 10 | Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS | Steve Thompson | Mat King | ||
| 11 | The Crimson Horror | Mark Gatiss | Saul Metzstein | Reappearance of Vastra, Strax and Jenny Flint. | |
| 12 | Nightmare in Silver | Neil Gaiman | Stephen Woolfenden | Reintroduction of the Cybermen | |
| 13 | The Name of the Doctor | Steven Moffat | Saul Metzstein | She Said, He Said | Reappearance of the Great Intelligence, Dr Simeon, River Song, Vastra, Strax and Jenny Flint. Introduction of the Unknown Doctor. |
Episode notes
- This is the only series so far 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, however The Name of the Doctor ends with a "To be continued" cliffhanger leading into the 50th anniversary special.
Aliens and enemies
- Daleks
- Dalek puppets
- Dalek Prime Minister
- Nanogene
- Solomon
- Robot 1 and Robot 2
- Dinosaurs
- Silurians
- Kahler-Tek
- Kahler-Jex
- Shakri
- Weeping Angels
- Great Intelligence
- Walter Simeon
- Snowmen
- Spoonheads
- Miss Kizlet
- The Mummy
- Vigil
- Old God
- Ice Warriors
- The Crooked Man
- Time zombies
- Winifred Gillyflower
- Mr Sweet
- Cybermen
- The Whisper Men
Adaptations and merchandising
Home media
DVD
| Episode name | 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 |
1 × 60 min. | 16 January 2012 | 1 March 2012 | 14 February 2012 |
| Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 1 Asylum of the Daleks Dinosaurs on a Spaceship A Town Called Mercy The Power of Three The Angels Take Manhattan |
1 x 50 min. 4 × 45 min. |
29 October 2012 | 14 November 2012 | 13 November 2012 |
| Doctor Who: Series 7, Part 2 The Snowmen The Bells of Saint John The Rings of Akhaten Cold War Hide Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS The Crimson Horror Nightmare in Silver The Name of the Doctor |
1 x 60 min. 8 x 45 min. |
20 May 2013 | 22 May 2013 | 28 May 2013 |
| Doctor Who: The Complete Series Seven [5] |
1 x 50 min. 1 x 60 min. 12 x 45 min. |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
Novels
Audiobooks
Footnotes
- ↑ Executive Producer Moves On. BBC - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 13 March 2013.
- ↑ Morgan Jeffery (9 February 2012). 'Doctor Who' to resume filming this month, Saul Metzstein to direct. Digital Spy. Retrieved on 23 August 2012.
- ↑ The Doctor Who Team (16 July 2012). New Series: Dinosaurs and Mercy!. BBC - Blogs - Doctor Who. Retrieved on 7 November 2012.
- ↑ "Marcus" (24 March 2012). Production: Convention News. Doctor Who News. Retrieved on 23 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C6ACVD6?tag=tvshowsondvdcom&link_code=as3&creativeASIN=B00C6ACVD6&creative=373489&camp=211189
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