Doctor Who series seven: Matt Smith battles Daleks in fiery promo pic
Published Aug 2 2012, 00:01 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
The BBC has unveiled the first official image from the new series of Doctor Who.The epic picture shows a battered Doctor (Matt Smith) protecting companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) from an army of Daleks.
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The explosive promo features multiple models of the Time Lord's old enemy, including variations from the 1960s and '70s, plus the Special Weapons Dalek from 1988.
Series seven of Doctor Who will launch later this month with opening episode 'Asylum of the Daleks'. The first five episodes will be followed by the 2012 Christmas special and a further eight episodes in 2013.
Gillan and co-star Arthur Darvill (Rory) will depart the sci-fi drama in the New York-set episode five, which will feature the return of the monstrous Weeping Angels.
A trailer for the new series is expected to debut online today (August 2) at 6am and will air on BBC One tonight.
Yet again so called fans of the show knock it before its aired... yes the Daleks are used a lot but thats for a reason, people love them!! Similar to the Cybermen, Ood, Weeping Angels etc... dont see The Macra making too many repeat appearances huh? :-)
TBH, I am SQUEALING in anticipation for this eppy, it looks amazing and....SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEK!!!!! I saw that episode being filmed as a kid down my street!!!!!
August 4th 2012 at 10:28am
I think the dalek episodes are always the strong ones in any series they are so iconic its wonderful to see them come back in this powerful way. Glad that the new daleks look like they have been decommissioned by moffat. Russell t davies hestitated from using the daleks in his final episode because moffat then wanted to use them in his next series and asked for them to be left out but I think the last of the time lords would have been more powerful with the daleks in there. They are very handy to a story given their history and I think could be quite meanacing under moffats hand.
August 3rd 2012 at 10:43pm
Can we not watch the bloody episode first before making any judgements?????
Pisses me off
August 2nd 2012 at 5:55pm(+1 like)
"daleks overused blah blah blah" shut up. its dr who. we need daleks.
August 2nd 2012 at 5:31pm(+3 likes)
They're overused. They'll be stacking shelves in tesco before long they've become that unthreatening.
August 2nd 2012 at 3:11pm(+2 likes)
Over two years since the last Dalek episode, already.
August 3rd 2012 at 3:54pm