Well, series 7 of the resurrection of Doctor Who is almost here. The gods of sanity have prevailed, as they have done for the last year or so, and the show will be broadcast on the same day, Saturday the 1st of September, in the mother country and a couple of prominent ex-colonies:
In the US - 9 pm on BBC America. I’ve not sure the timezone that relates to, sorry, but probably Eastern
In Canada - 9 pm on Space. Ditto with the timezone thing.
So what do we know about it so far?
Well, the BBC are running a little webisode thing every day from today (Monday) until the opening episode. These are bracketed under the name “Pond Life”. Here’s the first one on the BBC site:
I hope that works outside the UK, but if not the local broadcaster will surely have them somewhere, or else Youtube will have many copies.
I hesitate to mention explicitly some things that are known about this series. Some of them are well known in the UK, due to having been in the papers, but I don’t know how widespread that news goes.
Anyway, here’s the BBC trailer for the first episode:
The first part of Pond Life has been put up on the BBC Youtube page. Just a minute long but the series is supposed to lead directly into the beginning of the Series 7 premiere.
I wonder if they’ll bother mentioning that The Doctor is supposed to be dead and hiding from the Silents? It briefly came up in the Christmas special. Not sure if its worth continuing that story into the new season.
That’s true. At least until he regenerates again. A new face for the Doctor would be hard to explain. I doubt we’ll hear about the Silence again. Moffat has a lot of loose ends in his story lines that just get dropped and ignored. I doubt that the Doctor will be any more cautious since last season’s battle with the Silence.
Pond life is an interesting idea. I had always thought the companions traveled non-stop with the Doctor until they left the Tardis for good. Moffat is introducing the idea they go home for extended periods. But, still get their life interrupted when the Doctor needs them.
The whole Silence storyline isn’t over, with the “Doctor Who?” setup at the end of last season, but I’m pretty sure Moffat said he won’t be focusing on a long arc this series.
