The images show Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams and Alex Kingston as River Song on location in Utah.

Series 6 kicks off with ‘The Impossible Astronaut’ on Saturday 23rd April on BBC One. A press launch for the new series took place in London on Monday.

Official episode synopses for the two episodes were issued by the BBC yesterday.