**Spoilers** Series 7, Episode 1 - "Asylum of the Daleks"

BaconZombie

Full 2262 x 1600 Version.

pixelburp

Episode threads were my job

Spoiler-free review from the press-screening:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/aug/15/doctor-who-asylum-of-the-daleks

Doctor DooM

pixelburp wrote: »

Episode threads were my job

Spoiler-free review from the press-screening:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/aug/15/doctor-who-asylum-of-the-daleks

You know I'm picky about that too

When is it on?

8mv

Deleted User wrote: »

When is it on?

Latest Best Guess Sept 1st

I'm corcerned by BBC America featuring prominently on the poster above - weren't they involved with Torchwood Miracle Day? A bit of a letdown.

aidan_walsh

BBC America are doing heavy marketing in the US, but the show as ever is all BBC Wales IIRC.

Basq

8mv wrote: »

Latest Best Guess Sept 1st

Pretty sure there was a US release date of late August rumoured..

.. I'd say it's more likely to be the 25th (Saturday week).

EDIT: Actually, Radio Times doesn't have it listed for the 25th, so guess it will be the 1st September!

the_barfly1

8mv wrote: »

Latest Best Guess Sept 1st

I'm corcerned by BBC America featuring prominently on the poster above - weren't they involved with Torchwood Miracle Day? A bit of a letdown.

That was Starz afaik, not BBC America...

Das Kitty

They're having the US premier on the 25th, so I think Sept 1st is the earliest we can hope for.

pixelburp

America get it before the brits? Not sure I buy that, why would the beeb preference the US over their home audience? Plus with the piracy thing, it'd kinda neuter the UK launch.

Or the 26th

Das Kitty

pixelburp wrote: »

America get it before the brits? Not sure I buy that, why would the beeb preference the US over their home audience? Plus with the piracy thing, it'd kinda neuter the UK launch.

As in a premier screening like they had in the BFI a couple of nights back.

I reckon BBC America and BBC One will have it on Sept 1st.

Basq

It's getting a screening in a ticket-only event in NYC on August 25th..

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/08/u-s-premiere-screening-of-doctor-who-episode-asylum-of-the-daleks/

The Beeb and Beeb US will show it on the 1st September.

Art_Wolf

Instantly sold out - well guess I can pack up my bags and come home so

aidan_walsh

Teaser.

pixelburp

Just start the season already!!

ebbsy

I've found most of the Dalek stories entertaining in the new series, however they are all overshadowed by "Dalek", which was a really fantastic episode, and a very clever one considering there was only one Dalek.

pixelburp

Apparently BBC America have put out promos listing epos air-date as Saturday Sept 8th, so it's fair to guess that'll be the UK's too. Happy days!

Doctor DooM

I believe they're showing day in date so yeah

Das Kitty

pixelburp wrote: »

Apparently BBC America have put out promos listing epos air-date as Saturday Sept 8th, so it's fair to guess that'll be the UK's too. Happy days!

Radio times has a "next week" thing in for it today.

And on the schedule there's a TBA block on Saturday evening.

So it still could be the 1st.

I wonder if it's on purpose to get us all riled up...

Sonics2k

pixelburp wrote: »

Apparently BBC America have put out promos listing epos air-date as Saturday Sept 8th, so it's fair to guess that'll be the UK's too. Happy days!

I could only imagine the riots on the streets of England if America got Doctor Who a week before them.

wench

Das Kitty wrote: »

And on the schedule there's a TBA block on Saturday evening.

So it still could be the 1st.

It is

According to digiguide, Sat 1st, 19:20 to 20:10

Das Kitty

wench wrote: »

It is

According to digiguide, Sat 1st, 19:20 to 20:10

Have you got a link?

wench

No, it showed up in the desktop listings app this evening.

aidan_walsh

pixelburp

Oh Yes.

Hashtag_HEEL

Thank God the new series starts next week! I'm having withdrawal symptoms from it not being on the air!

Das Kitty

Radio Times has filled in the blank now too:

Saturday Sept 1st

ixoy

I'm on a stag weekend that night... Is it wrong that I want to go home a day earlier now?

I'll be at Electric Picnic...

BaconZombie

pixelburp

New Doctor Who in ~4 hours; sure Dalek episodes can be a bit suspect, but still ...

YAAAAAYY!

Stark

Bit of a snoozefest.

Basq

Stark wrote: »

Bit of a snoozefest.

I liked it... not a fan of Dalek episodes but I enjoyed this!

The Rory & Amy stuff was handled well, and the "Doctor Who?" bit wasn't as cheesy as it could have been.

But most importantly - it looks like we have a damn good follow-up companion on our hands!

G.K.

For a Dalek episode that wasn't bad.

Seeing Special Weapons Dalek was awesome as well.

MrVestek

That was a brilliant episode but I have no idea how she's supposed to become the new companion if she's a dream contained within a dalek...

Also not as many older daleks on display as I'd have liked.

Manach

Enjoyable enough effort. Thankfully none of the brightly pastel coloured Daleks that were around last season.

Basq

Jenna definitely had a certain energy in that performance.. she was funny, adorable and definitely showed massive promise.

Nu-Who has impressed me with it's choices for companions - Freema / Martha was the only one I was never a fan of.

kylith

I really enjoyed that!

pixelburp

Bit disappointed because I was led to believe we'd see the old-school daleks; really they were only visible in the background of a few scenes - it would have been nice to see them in action. Otherwise it was very enjoyable; something of a season-starter really, so I wasn't expecting much. It's quite obvious that the crux of this story was about the Ponds & everything else was just side-dressing.

I thought the location scenes were very dramatic & it certainly lived up the promise that each episode would be a bit more blockbuster'y than last year. Bodes well for the rest of the season.

Not sure what to make of the new companion - in fact I'm not sure if that was meant to be her. Ok, the actor was the same, but are to believe that she meets the Doctor, goes on adventures and is eventually doomed to become a Dalek herself? She didn't seem to recognise the Doctor, and if this was happening after her time in the TARDIS, then what gives? Coleman played the role very well it has to be said - spunky & witty, showed ability with the dialogue & having to act all on her own. Quite a dish too, lol

Also: the daleks no longer know who the Doctor is? I feel kinda bummed about that tbh. I know the Doc was keen for the universe to forget him, but considering the sheer amount of history between him and his mates from Skaro (good to see the old planet again - was the redhead a Thal I wonder?) it's a shame to see all that negated.

Basq

pixelburp wrote: »

Not sure what to make of the new companion - in fact I'm not sure if that was meant to be her. Ok, the actor was the same, but are to believe that she meets the Doctor, goes on adventures and is eventually doomed to become a Dalek herself? She didn't seem to recognise the Doctor, and if this was happening after her time in the TARDIS, then what gives.

It's been more or less confirmed that the new companion's name is

Clara

- so it

looks like she'll be playing a completely different character.

GSPfan

Yeah i thought that was good. Saw the twist with Oswin being a Dalek early on. So are we gonna have a reverse timeline scenario again with Oswin? Will the doctor go and meet her when she was younger just like he did with River Song.
Looking forward to that.

Aoifums

Not sure if I liked it or not. The new intro looks weird but that's probably just because I was so used to the intro for series 1 - 6. Is it a little more like what they had for Classic Who? I haven't watched enough of the old ones to be able to tell.

I really like Jenna. Is her character related to the one from today or is she just going to be yet another companion that had a small role first? I suppose they could do it so that she ends up crashing and becoming a Dalek but it would be too close to River's story if the Doctor knows how she's going to end up.

I want to smack Moffat! Erasing 49 years of the Doctor & the Daleks together...

pixelburp

Basq wrote: »

It's been more or less confirmed that the new companion's name is

Clara

- so it

looks like she'll be playing a completely different character.

Should that be spoilered? It was officially announced that Jenna Louise Coleman was going to be the new companion, so it's a fair discussion to wonder if that was her playing said new companion. It would be passing strange, and a little confusing, if the same actor turned up a few episodes hence playing someone else entirely & the audience just expected to roll with it.

Basq

Aoifums wrote: »

I want to smack Moffat! Erasing 49 years of the Doctor & the Daleks together...

Yeah, wasn't a fan of that either.

Good little bit from Moffat here:

“I hope you all got a nice surprise when Jenna popped up in Doctor Who several months early. If so, that surprise came to you courtesy of the frankly magnificent ladies and gentlemen of the press, and of the many Doctor Who forums and blogs too. This show has been seen at four separate screenings, across four different countries and yet not one person gave one spoiler. From all of us on Doctor Who, a heartfelt thank you for helping us tell our story.”

Am amazed it was kept hush-hush so long!

Basq

pixelburp wrote: »

Should that be spoilered? It was officially announced that Jenna Louise Coleman was going to be the new companion, so it's a fair discussion to wonder if that was her playing said new companion. It would be passing strange, and a little confusing, if the same actor turned up a few episodes hence playing someone else entirely & the audience just expected to roll with it.

I didn't want to reveal the character name.. wasn't sure if everyone would want to know, especially given the fact

she didn't have that name in the episode tonight

.

flazio

The name may have been a red herring.

The Idyll Race

Just watched - my spoiler free review is as follows:

It's the Mutt's Nuts!!

Basq

OK... from a quick Google, this article suggests her name will be Dana Oswin.

Q&A

First off I thought it might be a play on asylum as in the Daleks asking for it from the doctor... kind of I guess but not really

Basq wrote: »

It's been more or less confirmed that the new companion's name is

Clara

- so it

looks like she'll be playing a completely different character.

hmmm well before I read that I was thinking dramatic episode ahead where the doctor must decide to save the girl pre-dalek conversation but at the cost of changing the future and unraveling the end of this episode .. the girl versus my entire history with the daleks (thats a lot of baggage!!)

....but oh well back to the drawing board. Overall a nice episode which points to more potential if nothing else .. plus daleks are done for this season so we can move on with the angels and the silence ... and dinosaurs .... and maybe a few new things no doubt

Really nice if it was kept secret by everyone that saw it beforehand... a rare event in the world(s!) we live :eek:

pixelburp

So it was her then. Hmmm. Yeah, I got the distinct impression that there was more to her character than met the eye, the acute case of Dalekthropy notwithstanding. She was a genius afterall, and the Doctor was sceptical about her story of being just an entertainment officer on her ship.

Well the Doc never saw her face, so presumably when he meets Clara, he'll suspect her fate as soon as she says her last name. Seems odd to retread similar territory as last year - seeing the death of a character and then going back to an earlier point in their personal history.

Do we know what episode she returns in?