Doctor Who S7 Discussion Thread: FIRST TRAILER!!

[Glenn.]

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The new series discussion thread.


The new series of Doctor Who will begin filming on February 20, it has been confirmed.

The sci-fi drama's seventh run, expected to air on BBC One in the autumn, will see Matt Smith reprise his role as the Doctor.

Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) will exit the show midway through the series, with a new companion then joining Smith's Time Lord.

Saul Metzstein will helm the first new episodes to be filmed, the official Doctor Who site has now confirmed.

The Scottish director previously worked on 2009 BBC Four drama Micro Men starring Martin Freeman and Alexander Armstrong, and also served as second unit director on forthcoming comic adaptation Dredd featuring Karl Urban.

[Roy Mars III]

Hopefully Tom Baker comes back to save the show

[Marc]

I don't get the fuss

[Jarrod]

I'm starting to grow out of Doctor Who.. :( But i'll still watch it. I hate the autumn start.

[Glenn.]

If your starting to 'grow out' of Doctor Who then your not a fan at all:hmph:

[Jarrod]

If your starting to 'grow out' of Doctor Who then your not a fan at all:hmph:

I own over 70 figures, 20 Books, all the DVD's, t-shirts and posters.. But i suppose yes, i'm growing out of it.

[GypsyGoth]

I can't wait :amazed:

And I'm glad Amy & Rory will be in a few eps, I was afraid they were going to leave in the first ep back.

[BBfanUSA]

can't wait hopefully America gets it at the same time again

[Glenn.]

I own over 70 figures, 20 Books, all the DVD's, t-shirts and posters.. But i suppose yes, i'm growing out of it.

Well you said it :hmph:

[Glenn.]

New Companion to be revealed tomorrow :amazed:

From DS (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a372208/doctor-who-who-will-be-the-new-companion.html)

[Kate!]

:amazed: post it when you find out Glenn. I'll be sorry to see Amy go though, she was a great companion. Hopefully River will be in it a lot more as well.

[Glenn.]

:amazed: post it when you find out Glenn. I'll be sorry to see Amy go though, she was a great companion. Hopefully River will be in it a lot more as well.

I've got a funny feeling River will be making her last appearance this year.

I would love it if she was a full time companion for a series. She is amazing.

[Kate!]

Iove River, one of the best characters ever. Love the banter between her and the Doctor. Also Matt Smith is so great, didn't think I'd take to him so much after David Tennant but he's won me over completely. David T was a legend.

[Glenn.]

Yeah I know what you mean. I was ready to hate on Matt Smith when he took over and he won me over seconds after the regeneration :joker:

I didn't know you were a Whovian Kate :suspect:

[Callum]

BBC entertainment news’ Lizo Mzimba wrote: “Looks like there’ll be some big news announced at a press conference tomorrow morning!”

Daily Mirror TV Editor, Mark Jefferies added: “BBC source has confirmed to me they will unveil new Doctor Who assistant tomorrow. She is “pretty” but “not household name.”

I was hoping it would be Emma Watson :(

[Glenn.]

Emma Watson is filming a new film atm. I doubt she would even consider a role in Doctor Who.

[Glenn.]

How epic would that be though :amazed:

Emma Watson as new companion.

[Kate!]

Yeah I know what you mean. I was ready to hate on Matt Smith when he took over and he won me over seconds after the regeneration :joker:

I didn't know you were a Whovian Kate :suspect:

I'm a devoted fan. Watched as a kid, Tom Baker and his scarves :love: Least faves are Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy. Fave companions include Sarah Jane, Romana, Tegan and Nyssa, Rose and River.

Fave guests - Lee Evans, Kylie and Michelle Ryan.

Scariest baddies - the Weeping Angels.

Also loved Torchwood, till half the team got killed off and they ruined it.

[Callum]

Emma Watson is filming a new film atm. I doubt she would even consider a role in Doctor Who.

I know but I was still hopeful she might do it, she would have been brilliant.

I'm sure whoever they've got will be good. Although Amy was a great assistant so she has a lot to live up to.

[Glenn.]

I'm a devoted fan of Nu-Who. Can't watch the classic stuff, it does my head in. Wobbly sets, shaky acting.

Why isn't Donna one of your fav companions:hmph:

Torchwood has gone downhill drastically. I give up watching halfway through series 4.

Children of Earth though :amazed::lovedup:

[Maia]

Don't think anyone will be able to live up to Amy *cries*

But still looking forward to finding out

[Glenn.]

Amy is one of my favorite companions and Rory too. Whoever it is replacing The Ponds has a lot to live up too.

[DigitalSid]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4207902/Jenna-Louise-Coleman-is-the-new-pal-for-Dr-Who.html

[Smithy]

I loved her in emmerdale :love:

[Roy Mars III]

I'm a devoted fan of Nu-Who. Can't watch the classic stuff, it does my head in. Wobbly sets, shaky acting.

Why isn't Donna one of your fav companions:hmph:

Torchwood has gone downhill drastically. I give up watching halfway through series 4.

Children of Earth though :amazed::lovedup:

The old series is the best, the new series is a shell of it's former self. A disservice to even call it Doctor Who

[Kate!]

I'm a devoted fan of Nu-Who. Can't watch the classic stuff, it does my head in. Wobbly sets, shaky acting.

Why isn't Donna one of your fav companions:hmph:

Torchwood has gone downhill drastically. I give up watching halfway through series 4.

Children of Earth though :amazed::lovedup:

I liked Donna too, just picked the main ones off the top of my head.

I like who they have chosen for the new companion, good choice. Seems feisty and fun :)

[Josiah.]

can't wait hopefully America gets it at the same time again

America usually gets the new season of Doctor Who either the day that the UK starts the new series or the day after the UK starts it back up.

[Shaun]

*dirty voice* hello :evilgrin:

[Scarlett.]

I loved Jenna Louise Coleman in Emmerdale, it's great to see she's done well after leaving

[Glenn.]

I see her on Telly a few months back and thought she would make a good companion. It's a great choice :amazed:

[Kate!]

Jenna-Louise Coleman joins Doctor Who: 'not the usual boy meets girl' storyline. Steven Moffat reveals when Karen Gillan will leave and says Doctor will meet new companion in 'a very, very different way'



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Jenna-Louise Coleman with Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.

Former Emmerdale actor Jenna-Louise Coleman is to join Doctor Who as Matt Smith's new companion – but viewers will have to wait until the show's Christmas special to meet her.


Coleman will take over from Karen Gillan, who has played Amy Pond in the show for the past two series, in what showrunner Steven Moffat described as "a very, very different way for the Doctor to meet his new friend".


The writer refused to even reveal the name of Coleman's character in the show. "Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters," Moffat said. "Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl."


Coleman, who is due to start work on the show next weekend, has had to keep the news of her new role secret. "A few members of my family knew but it's a huge relief today to be able to phone up my flatmate and tell them," she said.


"I've had a few conversations with Matt who's been amazing. He texted me this morning wishing me good luck and 'We'll have the best time ever,' I think were his words. So he's been very supportive and very excited."


Saying she was a fan of the show, the actor said that David Tennant and Billie Piper were probably the Doctor and companion she was most fond of – alongside Smith and Gillan, of course.


The seventh series of the BBC's revived Doctor Who will kick off with six episodes including the Christmas special airing this autumn, with a further eight episodes to follow in early 2013.


"Amy and Rory will leave in the fifth [episode] that goes out," said Moffat. "It will be a final encounter with the angels and not everybody gets out alive – and I mean it this time."


The show will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year, but the writer refused to be drawn on what plans he had in store.


It's still not certain that Matt Smith will remain in his role as the Doctor for an eighth series of the show. "We take it a year at a time and that's the only sensible way you can deal with it. It's a huge amount of time filming a series of Doctor Who and towards the end of that you have to consider if you're going to push onto another one. So the honest answer is I don't know," said Moffat.


"We'll keep him as long as we can is the absolute truth and he hasn't made up his mind yet."


Coleman won her part on the show after impressing with her chemistry with Smith. Moffat said the actor, who will appear in ITV1's big-budget Titanic on Sunday, and has previously appeared in Emmerdale and Waterloo Road, was the only person he'd met who could go faster than Smith.


"There was a moment I remember when they were auditioning together … and they both look frightened doing a Doctor Who scene, and it was an instant poster and I thought 'God that's brilliant'," Moffat said.


Coleman, who is 25 and from Blackpool, said that she hopes she is prepared for the huge interest that surrounds the show and the pressures that brings but is trying to focus on the job. "What I feel really comfortable with is the meetings that I've had with Matt and how much fun we had," she said.


"That is what I'm focusing on and why I can't wait to get on set, and read all the scripts and just start doing my job really," she said. "So I think I'm trying not to really look at those pressures and just be excited about the job in itself."


The actor found she'd got the job while she was in Marks & Spencer buying the ingredients for a salad. "I was in Marks & Spencers holding an avocado," she laughed. "I put my basket down and left Marks & Spencers. But I couldn't tell anyone so I went for a bit of a walk and tried to digest. It was really quite surreal."

[Glenn.]

I wonder if she's his daughter. I mean his and Rivers child not Jenny.

Calling it now:idc:

[Glenn.]

Full summary of the days events.


-Jenna-Louise Coleman has been cast as the new companion

-No details on her character were revealed except a few hints: “It’s not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it’s about to happen…”

-“…Jenna is going to lead [the Doctor] on his merriest dance yet…”

-“…Who she’s playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters…”

-“…Even by the Doctor’s standards, this isn’t your usual boy meets girl.”

-Jenna-Louise starts filming in May and will first appear in the 2012 Christmas special

-The BBC will air 6 episodes from Autumn 2012, including the Xmas special.

-The remaining 8 will show in 2013

-Moffat says they’ll be more than just 8 episodes in 2013

-Matt Smith is contracted for all episodes up to and including 2013

-Amy and Rory will leave in the fifth episode of Series 7

-The Weeping Angels are back in episode 5 for Amy and Rory’s “final encounter”

-On the Ponds’ final episode, Moffat promises: “not everybody gets out alive – and I mean it this time!”

-Moffat says the Ponds’ departure doesn’t necessarily mean the end for River Song

-The Daleks are back in the Autumn run of series 7- confirmed via DWM on Twitter.

-Moffat says Matt Smith still “hasn’t made up his mind yet” on how long he will stay with the show

[Roy Mars III]

that new companion is amazing though, may actually watch more than two of three episodes once she is on

[Tom4784]

I forgot how gorgeous she is. I'm guessing the secrecy is down to the fact she's related to the Doctor in someway OR she isn't from the 21st Century/isn't human.

[Glenn.]

Doctor and Rivers daughter :idc:

[Tom4784]

Possibly but I don't think so, I just couldn't imagine The Doctor bumping uglies with anyone.

[Glenn.]

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:amazed:

[Kate!]

-Moffat says the Ponds’ departure doesn’t necessarily mean the end for River Song

yes!! :worship: Keep her around as long as possible, great character.

[Glenn.]

I don't think she will be around for the foreseeable future. Even though its completely conceivable for her to appear for years and years to come, I should imagine she's heading towards the library soon. :sad:

[Glenn.]

An array of Dalek generations will be in the new series :amazed:

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Rumour is Daleks are Episode 1 :amazed:

[Glenn.]

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:amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed:

[BBfanUSA]

I don't think she will be around for the foreseeable future. Even though its completely conceivable for her to appear for years and years to come, I should imagine she's heading towards the library soon. :sad:

actually her actress was spotted in New York and they've been recording in New York.

[Scarlett.]

Casting news
https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/232249937612644352

[Jarrod]

By the way, did you know that the Logo has changed slightly?

The DW is no longer in the middle from 2012.

http://static.bbci.co.uk/programmeimages/original/p00vhqpz.jpg

[Scarlett.]

I quite like it, I liked the name animation in the Christmas special too