Several details for episodes 1, 2 & 3 of Series 7 have been revealed in the lates issue of the Doctor Who Magazine:

Episode 1 - Asylum of the Daleks

• Episode 1 is “full on sci-fi” with spaceships and alien planets

• The Paradigm Daleks have “had some work done” on them

Episode 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

• Described as “sci-fi with a hint of historical”

• It’s set on a ship heading towards Earth, and Earth is on alert

• The main villain Solomon (David Bradley) is a “half businessman, half Somali pirate.” He’s motivated by greed and profit

• Rory to the Doctor: “Why can’t you just phone ahead?”

Episode 4: Cubed (TBC)

• A story focused around Amy and Rory’s years with the Doctor before their final adventure

• It centres on a very unusual invasion of Earth

• Story was inspired by the notion that if things just appear and they’re free, people will take them

• UNIT return because if there was an alien invasion, you need them to deal with it

• The Doctor: “There is so much to see, Amy – and I don’t want to miss it. Any of it. Because it goes so fast. I’m not running away from things. I’m running to them. Before they flare and fade forever.”