Hmm...

[daibhidc]

In DWM, the editor, who has seen the two-part opening, says one of the four main characters (the Doctor, Amy, Rory and River) will die in Episode 1.

In the Radio Times, the Moff says that Episode 7 involves the Last of the Time Lords and the Lone Centurion rescuing Amy, while River reveals a secret while locked up in Stormcage.

This being Doctor Who, it is certainly possible that both these things are true, but I can't wait to find out how! (Of course, Rory dies all the time. It's his thing.)

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[scarfman]

All four of them die all the time. River died in her first story. Amy and Rory tag-teamed all last series. And the Doctor, well, we know all about the Doctor.

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Of course, Amy killed herself after Rory's first death, and then got shot by Rauton; I forgot those. (The former probably because unlike Rory's death, which has an aftermath, Amy's death leads immediately to "And it was all just a dream". The latter just because I forgot.)

I didn't count River because her death was actually at the end of her life (as far as we know), so she's not an established ressurector. And, yeah, the Doctor's the Doctor.

[tiggerallyn.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking a non-linear narrative.

It could be that the character dies in episode one, then the season tells the story of how we got there, and then in the final episode either the character's fate from the first episode happens or it gets avoided.

Moffat has done non-linear before, but not to that scale. He could have decided that it's worth a shot, so he'll do a whole non-linear season.