Doctor Who’s seventh series will be screened for the first time at the Edinburgh International Television Festival 2012, when the Doctor will take on the Daleks once more.
The festival takes place from August 23 to August 25 and last year saw the premiere of series six episode Let’s Kill Hitler.

The BBC has yet to confirm when the new series of the cult sci-fi drama will hit our screens, though it is likely to follow the festival in the autumn.

Doctor Who co-creator Steven Moffat will attend the annual event, appearing on a ‘Masterclass’ panel for his other series Sherlock, alongside the show’s other writers Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue.

The Doctor’s sidekicks Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) are set to leave the show midway through the next series, and Moffat promises there will not be a dry eye in the house.

He also revealed that he considers the companions to in fact be the central characters of the series, saying: ‘The story of Doctor Who is always the story of the companion, it’s always their story.

‘It was Rose Tyler’s story, it’s Amy Pond’s story – the story of the time they knew the Doctor and how that began; how it developed and how it ended.’

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