The BBC has confirmed that The Doctor will return to BBC One on Saturday 1st September 2012 at 7.20pm in "Asylum of the Daleks".

Matt Smith returns as The Doctor in what has been described as ‘a cracker’. Steven Moffat it seems has written an absolute belter and has made the Daleks scary again.

However, you won’t have to wait until then for new Doctor Who as a special mini 5 part story called "Pond Life" premieres online on Monday 27th August 2012.

Featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory, this five-part mini-adventure premieres on the BBC website at noon on Monday with parts 2-5 being released daily across the week. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Saul Metzstein, an omnibus version of "Pond Life" will be shown on the BBC’s Red Button on Saturday, 1st September 2012.

Chris Chibnall has commented, ‘Pond Life provides us with a lovely opportunity to catch-up with Amy and Rory since we saw them at the end of the last series. It opens with the Ponds at home and gives us an insight in to just what happens when The Doctor drops in and out of their lives. Travelling with The Doctor is one of the greatest things you can do, but it's fun to spend a few moments looking at the chaos he can also bring’.

Caroline Skinner, Executive Producer has also revealed ‘Chris has written a beautiful, heartfelt and wickedly funny piece about the adventures the Ponds have been having with The Doctor since we last saw them on-screen. It's not long till the series itself will be back with a vengeance - but in the meantime, Pond Life is a truly heart-warming piece about our best-loved companions and their madcap relationship with their raggedy Doctor’.