First Smith 'Doctor Who' titles confirmed

The titles and writers of the first three episodes of this year's Doctor Who series have been officially confirmed.

Doctor Who Magazine revealed that the first episode of the Matt Smith era is called 'The Eleventh Hour' and will be penned by new showrunner Steven Moffat.

It will be followed by another Moffat-written script titled 'The Beast Below'.

Mark Gatiss, who appeared as Professor Lazarus in series three episode 'The Lazarus Experiment', has written episode three, 'Victory Of The Daleks'.

Other writers confirmed for Eleventh Doctor's first series include Simon Nye, Chris Chibnall, Gareth Roberts, Toby Whithouse and Richard Curtis