Fans of The Doctor will indeed be pleased – ABC1 effectively fast-tracking the new season to Saturday nights with a repeat on Tuesday’s on ABC2. For when too much Doctor is never enough. From the press release:
ABC TV is thrilled to confirm that The Doctor will return to ABC1 on Saturday September 8 at 7.30pm with the highly anticipated Asylum of the Daleks.
This follows the UK premiere on September 1. This new seventh series will also be repeated on ABC2 Tuesdays at 9.30pm from September 11.
Join the Doctor (Matt Smith), the Ponds and numerous friends on their latest escapades through space and time where they puzzle an unexpected invasion of Earth, save a spaceship full of dinosaurs, don Stetsons in a Wild Wild West adventure, and are even kidnapped by the Doctor’s oldest foe.
The explosive series concludes with Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory’s (Arthur Darvill) heart-breaking farewell – a race against time through the streets of Manhattan. Will the Doctor really lose the Ponds forever – there’s only one way to find out…
Watch the series trailer:
Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks premieres Saturday September 8 at 7.30pm on ABC1, and repeated Tuesday September 11 at 9.30pm on ABC2.