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[[Video:Doctor Who - Full Length Trailer for New Series 2011 - BBC One|thumb|250px|right|An official [[BBC One]] series 6 trailer]]
{{Infobox Series
[[Video:SheppardVoiceOver|thumb|250px|right|An official [[BBCA]] series 6 trailer]]
|image          = Series 6 titles.jpg
: ''For the 1968-69 series of the original Doctor Who, see [[Season 6]].''
|image2          = Doctor-who-series-6-part-2-promo570.jpg
|broadcast year  = 2010
|broadcast year2 = 2011
|nth season      = 32
|ep count        = 14
|story count    = 12
|first ep        = A Christmas Carol (TV story)
|doctor          = Eleventh Doctor
|companion      = Amy Pond
|companion2      = Rory Williams
|companion3      = River Song
|companion4      = Craig Owens
|main enemy      = [[The Silence]]
|producer        = Sanne Wohlenberg
|producer2      = Marcus Wilson
|producer3      = Denise Paul
|exec prod      = Steven Moffat
|exec prod2      = Piers Wenger
|exec prod3      = Beth Willis
|start date      = [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]]
|end date        = [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|network        = BBC One
|runtime        = 45'
|DWM            = DWM 428
|DWM2            = DWM 429
|DWM3            = DWM 430
|DWM4            = DWM 432
|DWM5            = DWM 433
|DWM6            = DWM 434
|DWM7            = DWM 435
|DWM8            = DWM 437
|DWM9            = DWM 438
|DWM10          = DWM 439
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|DWMSE          = DWMSE 29
|DWMSE2          = DWMSE 30
|DWMSE3          = DWMSE 31
|confidential    = Series 6 (CON)
|action figures  = Character Options series 6 action figures
|ref book        = TCH 66{{!}}The Complete History 66
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|ref book3      = TCH 68
|ref book4      = TCH 69
|ref book5      = TCH 70
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|next            = Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)
|trailer        = DOCTOR WHO SEASON 6
|trailer2        = Doctor Who 2011 Part 2 - New Launch Trailer - BBC One
|clip            = The day the Doctor dies! - Doctor Who - The Impossible Astronaut - Series 6 - BBC
|clip2          = The REAL Melody Pond - Doctor Who - A Good Man Goes to War - Series 6 - BBC
|clip3          = River Song changes fixed point in time - Doctor Who - The Wedding of River Song - Series 6 - BBC
}}{{dab page|Series 6}}
'''Series 6''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' ran from [[25 December (releases)|25 December]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] to [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. It starred [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], [[Karen Gillan]] as [[Amy Pond]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] as [[Rory Williams]]. The regular series was preceded by {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}, opened with {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} and concluded with {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}}.


'''Series 6''' of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', sometimes known as '''Season 32''' to avoid confusion with [[Season 6]], was aired in 2011. [[DWM 419]] confirmed that it had been commissioned by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]], and producer [[Piers Wenger]] also announced the same at the BBC Press Launch for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series five]] in March [[2010]].
== Overview ==
It consisted of twelve stories and fourteen episodes. This series was the first since [[Season 26 (Doctor Who 1963)|season 26]] to not introduce any new lead cast members; [[Matt Smith]] continued on as the [[Eleventh Doctor]], still joined by [[Karen Gillan]]'s [[Amy Pond]] and [[Arthur Darvill]]'s [[Rory Williams]], from the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|previous series]]. This series was split into two parts and dealt with overarching elements such as [[the Silence]], the identity of [[River Song]] and the Doctor's [[22 April|death]] at [[Lake Silencio]].


Filming started in [[July]] [[2010]]. This series was preceded by a [[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|2010 Christmas Special]], written by [[Steven Moffat]]. The series was split into two sections, with the first episode, ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]'' airing on 23rd April 2011. It paused after the seventh episode, ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]'' was aired. The series picked up with the eighth episode, ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]'', at the end of August and ran through to the final, thirteenth episode, ''The Wedding of River Song''. [[The Prequels|Short prequels]] were released on the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho official site] to publicise the series, the first time such brief productions had been made since the [[Tardisode]]s of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|Series 2]].
[[DWM 419]] confirmed that it had been commissioned by the [[BBC]], and producer [[Piers Wenger]] also announced the same at the BBC Press Launch for [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] in [[March (production)|March]] [[2010 (production)|2010]].


Filming began in [[July (production)|July]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], and concluded [[29 April (production)|29 April ]][[2011 (production)|2011]].<ref>[[CON]]: ''[[When Time Froze (CON episode)|When Time Froze]]''</ref> The main run of this series was preceded by a [[2010 (releases)|2010]] [[Christmas special]] written by [[Steven Moffat]], {{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}. The series was split into two sections, with the first episode, {{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}}, airing on [[23 April (releases)|23 April]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. It paused after the seventh episode, {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}, was aired on [[4 June (releases)|4 June]] 2011. The series picked up with the eighth episode, {{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}, on [[27 August (releases)|27 August]] 2011 and ran through to the final, thirteenth episode, {{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}} on [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] 2011. [[Prequel|Short prequels]] were released on the [[Doctor Who website|''Doctor Who'' website]] to publicise the series, the first time such brief productions had been made since the [[Tardisode]]s of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 2]].
For the first time since the 1970s, the version of the series syndicated outside the UK contained a major difference: the opening credits of most episodes of Series 6 broadcast in Canada, US, Australia, Germany and Israel were preceded by a special introductory narration by Karen Gillan (as Amy Pond) explaining the concept of the series, with footage taken from Series 5 episodes.
The story arc of this series involves [[River Song]]'s [[Melody Pond|true identity]], revelations of the mysterious [[The Silence|Silence]] referenced in [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] and the apparent death of the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
Series 6 began with the Eleventh Doctor inviting [[Amy Pond]], [[Rory Williams]] and River Song to a picnic in [[Utah]] using blue envelopes, where a figure clad in an Apollo spacesuit shoots the Doctor and kills him before he can regenerate. After burning the Doctor's body, the companions find the Doctor alive and well in a diner; the Doctor that was shot and killed was a future version, and he apparently invited his companions and past self to instigate a plan in [[1969]] [[America]]. The rest of the series makes references to the future Doctor's plan and his apparently final death.
The Silence was also revealed in this series; they are a religious order dedicated to eliminating the Doctor before he can answer "[[the Question]]".
Finally, River Song's true identity was revealed, a mystery that has been present ever since her introduction in {{cs|Silence in the Library (TV story)}} in [[2008 (releases)|2008]]. Whilst there have subtle clues and plot points concerning a mysterious little girl, Amy's seemingly failed pregnancy and a [[Kovarian|lady with an eye patch]] throughout the first half of the series, the mystery was finally revealed in {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}; River Song is Amy and Rory's daughter, raised and indoctrinated by the Silence for the sole purpose of assassinating the Doctor. Because she was conceived within [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] during flight she absorbed the energy of the [[Time Vortex]], making her [[human]], but with a [[Time Lord]]'s capability of regenerating. Her Time Lord-like physiology and abilities also made her the perfect assassin for the Doctor.
The series concluded with the final outcome of the Doctor's plan throughout the series; the spacesuit-clad figure who killed the Doctor was River Song, with the Silence-modified spacesuit forcing her to commit the deed. However, the Doctor had faked his own death and made it a [[fixed point in time]] in order to trick the Silence, getting them off his back at least for a while. Whilst most of the universe is convinced that the Doctor is dead once and for all, a handful of individuals including his companions know otherwise.
However, there were still unresolved matters following the conclusion of the series; the Silence, whilst their numbers have fallen, are still present and they may still learn later that the Doctor was not killed. This series has also addressed a mystery that has been part of ''Doctor Who'' since its creation and one that head writer Steven Moffat has mentioned in at least two episodes ({{cs|The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)}} and {{cs|Forest of the Dead (TV story)}}). The oldest question in the Universe is revealed to be "Doctor who?"
== Cast ==
* [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]], [[Caitlin Blackwood]]
* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]], [[Ezekiel Wigglesworth]]
=== Recurring ===
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]], [[Sydney Wade]], [[Nina Toussaint-White]], [[Maya Glace-Green]]
* [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]]
* [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] - [[Mark Sheppard]], [[William Morgan Sheppard]]
* [[Silent]]s - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]]
* [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]] - [[Neve McIntosh]]
* [[Jenny Flint]] - [[Catrin Stewart]]
* [[Strax|Commander Strax]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
* [[Dorium Maldovar]] - [[Simon Fisher-Becker]]
* [[Henry Avery]] - [[Hugh Bonneville]]
* [[Toby Avery]] - [[Oscar Lloyd]]
* [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] - [[Paul Kasey]] and voiced by [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Carter (Let's Kill Hitler)|Carter]] - [[Richard Dillane]]
* [[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]]
* [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
* [[Winston Churchill]] - [[Ian McNeice]]
* [[Malohkeh|Dr Malohkeh]] - [[Richard Hope]]
* [[Dalek]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Ood]] - [[Paul Kasey]]<!--"Ood" is credited in the minisode "Death Is the Only Answer"-->
=== Guest ===
* [[Kazran Sardick]] - [[Michael Gambon]], [[Laurence Belcher]], [[Danny Horn]]
* [[Abigail Pettigrew]] - [[Katherine Jenkins]]
* [[Idris]] - [[Suranne Jones]]
* [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]] - [[Michael Sheen]]
* [[Jennifer Lucas]] - [[Sarah Smart]]
* [[Miranda Cleaves]] - [[Raquel Cassidy]]
* [[Manton|Colonel Manton]] - [[Danny Sapani]]
* [[Lorna Bucket]] - [[Christina Chong]]
* [[Adolf Hitler]] - [[Albert Welling]]
* [[Alex Thompson|Alex]] - [[Daniel Mays]]
* [[George Thompson|George]] - [[Jamie Oram]]
* [[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]] - [[Amara Karan]]
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]] - [[Spencer Wilding]]
* [[Charles Dickens]] - [[Simon Callow]]
* [[Gantok]] - [[Mark Gatiss]]
== Production ==
{{section stub}}
=== Crew ===
==== Producers ====
''to be added''
==== Writers ====
Showrunner Steven Moffat wrote, as head writer, six episodes in the series. [[Steve Thompson]] debuted as a writer for ''Doctor Who ''with episode three, as did [[Neil Gaiman]] writing episode four.
[[Matthew Graham]] returned as a writer for episodes five and six.
==== Directors ====
''to be added''
=== Filming ===
[[Principal photography|Filming]] began in [[July (production)|July]] [[2010 (production)|2010]], and ran through to [[29 April (production)|29 April]] [[2011 (production)|2011]].


== Television stories ==
== Television stories ==
[[File:Doctor-who-series-6-part-2-promo570.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Promotional postcard for the Autumn half of the series.]]
=== Christmas special ===
=== Christmas special ===
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
|-
|N/A||''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Toby Haynes]]||
|}
 
=== Comic Relief mini-episodes ===
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
|-
|N/A||''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Richard Senior]]||
|-
|-
|N/A||''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||Richard Senior||
||N/A||{{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Toby Haynes]]||[[Companion-lite]] episode. Debut of the [[Eleventh Doctor]]'s Shetland tweed ensemble.
|}
|}


=== Regular season ===
=== Spring half ===
==== Spring ====
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel'''||'''Notes'''
|-
|-
|1 & 2 ||Pt. 1: ''[[The Impossible Astronaut]]''<br />Pt. 2: ''[[Day of the Moon]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Toby Haynes]]|| First appearance of [[the Silence]] and [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]]. Return of [[River Song]].
|1 & 2 ||{{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} / {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Toby Haynes]]||''[[Prequel (The Impossible Astronaut)|Prequel]]''|| Dedicated to [[Elisabeth Sladen]]. First appearances of the [[Silent]]s and [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]].  
|-
|-
|3 ||''[[The Curse of the Black Spot]]''|| [[Steve Thompson]]||[[Jeremy Webb]]
|3 ||{{cs|The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)}}|| [[Steve Thompson]]||[[Jeremy Webb]]||''[[Prequel (The Curse of the Black Spot)|Prequel]]''||
||Moved from the Autumn half to Episode 3. Reappearance of Kovarian.
|-
|-
|4 ||''[[The Doctor's Wife]]''||[[Neil Gaiman]]||[[Richard Clark]]||Changed from Episode 3. Reappearance of the [[Ood]].
|4 ||{{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}}||[[Neil Gaiman]]||[[Richard Clark]]||||The Doctor's TARDIS is given physical form for the first time in the television series.
|-
|-
|5 & 6 ||Pt. 1: ''[[The Rebel Flesh]]''<br />Pt. 2: ''[[The Almost People]]''||[[Matthew Graham]]||[[Julian Simpson]]||Reappearance of Kovarian and introduction of [[the Flesh]] concept.
|5 & 6 ||{{cs|The Rebel Flesh (TV story)}} / {{cs|The Almost People (TV story)}}||[[Matthew Graham]]||[[Julian Simpson]]||||Introduction of [[the Flesh]]. Revelation that Amy has been a [[Ganger]].
|-
|-
|7 || ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''||Steven Moffat||[[Peter Hoar]]||End of the Spring half of Series 6. Return of [[River Song]], along with the [[Cyberman#Cybermen of the Cyber Legions|Cybermen]], [[Sontaran]]s, [[Judoon]], [[Silurian]]s, Kovarian and [[Dorium Maldovar|Dorium]]
|7 ||{{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}||Steven Moffat||[[Peter Hoar]]||''[[Prequel (A Good Man Goes to War)|Prequel]]''||First appearance of [[Vastra]], [[Jenny Flint|Jenny]] and [[Strax]]. Reappearance and decapitation of [[Dorium Maldovar]]. Birth of [[Melody Pond]]. River reveals her identity as Amy and Rory's daughter. Conclusion to the "Eye-patch lady" mini-arc.
|}
|}


==== Autumn ====
=== Autumn half ===
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Prequel'''||'''Notes'''
|-
|-
|8 || ''[[Let's Kill Hitler]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Richard Senior]]|| Start of the Autumn half of Series 6. Conclusion to ''[[A Good Man Goes to War]]''.
|8 ||{{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Richard Senior]]||''[[Prequel (Let's Kill Hitler)|Prequel]]''||The origins of [[River Song]] are expanded upon.
|-
|-
|9 ||''[[Night Terrors]]''||[[Mark Gatiss]]||[[Richard Clark]]|| Changed from episode four.
||9 ||{{cs|Night Terrors (TV story)}}||[[Mark Gatiss]]||[[Richard Clark]]|| ||
|-
|-
|10 ||''[[The Girl Who Waited]]''||[[Tom MacRae]]||[[Nick Hurran]]||
||10 ||{{cs|The Girl Who Waited (TV story)}}||[[Tom MacRae]]||rowspan=2| [[Nick Hurran]]|| ||
|-
|-
|11 ||''[[The God Complex]]''||[[Toby Whithouse]]||Nick Hurran||<ref></ref> Amy and Rory leave the Doctor. Cameo appearance of the [[Weeping Angel]]s.
|11 ||{{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}}||[[Toby Whithouse]]||||First appearance of a [[Tivolian]]. Amy and Rory leave the TARDIS.
|-
|-
|12 ||''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''||[[Gareth Roberts]]||[[Steve Hughes]]|| Reintroduction of the [[Cybermat]]s and return of [[Craig Owens]], [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] and the [[Cybermen]]. Return of [[River Song]],  [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] and [[The Silence]].
|12 ||{{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}||[[Gareth Roberts]]||[[Steve Hughes]]||||Reintroduction of the [[Cybermat]]s. Return of [[Craig Owens]] and [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]].
|-
|-
|13 ||''[[The Wedding of River Song]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Jeremy Webb]]|| Reappearance of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Malohkeh]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[River Song]], [[Dorium]], [[The Silence]] and [[Kovarian|Madam Kovarian]]
|13 ||{{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}}||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Jeremy Webb]]||''[[Prequel (The Wedding of River Song)|Prequel]]''|| The Doctor and River are wed, and the Doctor fakes his death. First mention of [[Trenzalore]] and the "Fall of the Eleventh" prophecy. Conclusion to the "Silence" arc.
|}
|}


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==== Doctor Who Confidential mini-episode ====
==== Doctor Who Confidential mini-episode ====
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
|-
|-
|N/A||''[[Death is the Only Answer]]''||Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School||[[Jeremy Webb]]||Appearance of an [[Ood]]  
|N/A||''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]''||Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School||[[Jeremy Webb]]||Reintroduction of [[Albert Einstein]].
|}
|}


==== Children in Need mini-episode ====
==== Comic Relief mini-episode ====
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''
|-
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|N/A||''Children in Need special''<ref>http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/11/dwn141111165408-mini-episode-for.html</ref>||[[Steven Moffat]]|| [[Richard Senior]]<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/children-in-need-2011-mini-hints-28179.htm</ref> ||
||N/A||''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'' / ''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]''||[[Steven Moffat]]||[[Richard Senior]]|| First multi-part made-for-charity story of the BBC Wales series.
|}
|}


==== DVD Box Set Mini-episodes ====
==== DVD Box Set Mini-episodes ====
These five mini-episodes were released on the series 6 DVD boxset. They were all given an umbrella title of ''[[Night and the Doctor]]''.
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
!'''Episode<br />Number''' || '''Title''' || '''Writer''' || '''Director''' || '''Notes'''  
|-
| 1 ||''[[Night and the Doctor]]: [[Bad Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| ||
|-
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| 2 ||''[[Night and the Doctor]]: [[Good Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| ||
|| 1 ||''[[Bad Night (home video)|Bad Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| [[Richard Senior]] ||  
|-
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| 3 ||''[[Night and the Doctor]]: [[First Night]]'' (part 1) ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| ||
|| 2 ||''[[Good Night (home video)|Good Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| [[Richard Senior]] || The effects of the crack in time on Amy's memories and the [[Big Bang II]] are explained.
|-
|-
| 4 ||''[[Night and the Doctor]]: [[Last Night]]'' (part 2) ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| ||
| 3 & 4 ||''[[First Night (home video)|First Night]]'' / ''[[Last Night (home video)|Last Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| [[Richard Senior]] ||
|-
|-
| 5 ||''[[Night and the Doctor]]: [[Up All Night]]'' ||[[Steven Moffat]]|| || Prequel to ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
| 5 ||''[[Up All Night (home video)|Up All Night]]'' ||[[Tom MacRae]]|| Unknown || Prequel to {{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}. The Doctor does not appear.
|}
|}


== Cast ==
=== Episode notes ===
=== Primary cast ===
* Series 6 is the first series of the 2005-present revival not to include [[Dalek]]s, save for a cameo appearance by the [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Supreme Dalek]] in [[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|the finale]].
* [[Eleventh Doctor]] - [[Matt Smith]]
 
* [[Amy Pond]] - [[Karen Gillan]]
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
* [[Rory Williams]] - [[Arthur Darvill]]
=== Home media ===
==== DVD ====
{{Section stub|This section need to have images added.}}
All episodes of Series 6 were released in [[2011 (releases)|2011]].


=== Secondary cast ===
The [[List of BBC DVD releases|DVD release]] of series 6 was issued in two parts, unlike the preceding series, which was released in four or five parts over the duration of the series. Part One, which contains episodes 1 to 7, was released on [[11 July (releases)|11 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], shortly after the airing of episode 7. Part Two was released in the [[Autumn]], shortly after episode 13 was aired.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm</ref> Both parts were released as a box set on [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] with the ''[[Night and the Doctor]]'' minisodes and the ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' cutdowns.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-complete-sixth-series-details-25721.htm</ref> Omitted from the set, however, was the international version of the opening credits with the [[Amy Pond]] narration.
* [[River Song]] - [[Alex Kingston]]
* [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]] - [[Frances Barber]]
* [[Silent|The Silence]] - [[Marnix Van Den Broeke]]


=== Guest cast ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
* [[Kazran Sardick]] - [[Michael Gambon]]
|-
* [[Abigail Pettigrew]] - [[Katherine Jenkins]]
! style="width:30%;" | '''Title'''
* [[Canton Delaware]] - [[Mark Sheppard]]
! style="width:10%;" | '''Number and duration<br />of episodes'''
* [[Richard Nixon]] - [[Stuart Milligan]]
! style="width:10%;" | '''R2 release date'''
* [[Henry Avery]] - [[Hugh Bonneville]]
! style="width:10%;" | '''R4 release date'''
* [[Toby Avery]] - [[Oscar Lloyd]]
! style="width:10%;" | '''R1 release date'''
* [[Idris]] - [[Suranne Jones]]
|-
* [[House]] - [[Michael Sheen]]
| Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol<br />{{cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}} || 1 × 60 min. || [[24 January (releases)|24 January]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]] || [[3 March (releases)|3 March]] 2011 || [[15 February (releases)|15 February]] 2011
* [[Jennifer|Jennifer Lucas]] - [[Sarah Smart]]
|-
* [[Miranda Cleaves]] - [[Raquel Cassidy]]
| Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 1<br />{{cs|The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Doctor's Wife (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Rebel Flesh (TV story)}} /<br />{{cs|The Almost People (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}} || 6 x 45 min.<br />1 × 50 min. || [[11 July (releases)|11 July]] 2011 || [[4 August (releases)|5 August]] 2011 || [[19 July (releases)|19 July]] 2011
* [[Dorium]] - [[Simon Fisher Becker]]
|-
* [[Manton|Colonel Manton]] - [[Danny Sapani]]
| Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 2<br />{{cs|Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Night Terrors (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Girl Who Waited (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The God Complex (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|Closing Time (TV story)}}<br />{{cs|The Wedding of River Song (TV story)}} || 4 x 45 min.<br />2 × 50 min. || [[10 October (releases)|10 October]] 2011 || [[3 November (releases)|3 November]] 2011 || [[8 November (releases)|8 November]] 2011
* [[Vastra|Madame Vastra]] - [[Neve McIntosh]]
|-
* [[Jenny (A Good Man Goes to War)|Jenny]] - [[Catrin Stewart]]
| Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series<br />includes ''A Christmas Carol'' || 1 x 60 min.<br />3 x 50 min.<br />10 x 45 min.|| [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] 2011 || [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 2011 || [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] 2011
* [[Strax]] - [[Dan Starkey]]
|-
* [[Lorna Bucket]] - [[Christina Chong]]
|}
* [[Adolf Hitler]] - [[Albert Welling]]
* [[River Song|Mels]] - [[Nina Toussaint-White]]
* Young [[Amy Pond]] - [[Caitlin Blackwood]]
* Young [[Rory Williams]] - [[Ezekiel Wigglesworth]]
* [[George (Night Terrors)|George]] - [[Jamie Oram]]
* [[Alex (Night Terrors)|Alex]] - [[Daniel Mays]]
* [[Gibbis]] - [[David Walliams]]
* [[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]] - [[Amara Karan]]
* [[Craig Owens]] - [[James Corden]]
* [[Sophie (The Lodger)|Sophie]] - [[Daisy Haggard]]
* [[Val (Closing Time)|Val]] - [[Lynda Baron]]
* [[Charles Dickens]] - [[Simon Callow]]
* [[Winston Churchill]] - [[Ian McNeice]]
* [[Malohkeh]] - [[Richard Hope]]
* [[Gantok]] - [[Mark Gatiss]]


== Novels ==
=== Blu-ray ===
* [[Dead of Winter]]
Series 6 released on [[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to [[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 13]].<ref>https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder</ref>
* [[The Way Through the Woods]]
* [[Hunter's Moon]]
* [[Touched by an Angel]]
* [[Paradox Lost]]
* [[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]
* [[The Silent Stars Go By]]


== Audiobooks ==
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* [[The Eye of the Jungle]]
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* [[Blackout]]
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== Aliens and enemies ==
== Stories set during this season ==
* [[Kazran Sardick]]
=== Novels ===
* [[Sky shark]]
* ''[[Death Riders (novel)|Death Riders]]''
* [[Sky fish]]
* ''[[Heart of Stone (novel)|Heart of Stone]]''
* [[The Silence]]
* ''[[System Wipe (novel)|System Wipe]]''
* [[River Song|Little Girl]]
* ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Alien (novel)|The Good, the Bad and the Alien]]''
* [[Kovarian|Madame Kovarian]]
* ''[[Dead of Winter (novel)|Dead of Winter]]''
* [[Siren]]
* ''[[The Way Through the Woods (novel)|The Way Through the Woods]]''
* [[House]]
* ''[[Hunter's Moon (novel)|Hunter's Moon]]''
* [[Nephew]]
* ''[[Touched by an Angel (novel)|Touched by an Angel]]''
* [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]]
* ''[[Paradox Lost (novel)|Paradox Lost]]''
* [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]]
* ''[[Borrowed Time (novel)|Borrowed Time]]''
* [[Ganger]]s
* ''[[The Underwater War (novel)|The Underwater War]]''
* [[Headless monk]]s
* ''[[Rain of Terror (novel)|Rain of Terror]]''
* [[Dorium]]
* ''[[Web in Space! (novel)|Web in Space!]]''
* [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]
* ''[[Terminal of Despair (novel)|Terminal of Despair]]''
* [[Judoon]]
* ''[[The Silent Stars Go By (novel)|The Silent Stars Go By]]''
* [[Sontaran]]s
* [[Silurian]]s
* [[Mels]]
* [[Teselecta]]
* [[Peg Doll (Night Terrors)|Peg Dolls]]
* [[Tenza]]
* [[Handbot]]s
* [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|Minotaur]]
* [[Weeping Angel]]s
* [[Cybermat]]s
* [[Dalek]]
* [[Pterodactyl]]s


== DVD and Blu-ray release ==
=== Audiobooks ===
The [[List of BBC DVD releases|DVD release]] of Series 6 will be in two parts, unlike the past series, which was released in four to five parts over the duration of the series. Part One, which contains episodes one to seven was released on 11th July 2011, shortly after the airing of episode seven. Part Two was released in the Autumn, shortly after episode thirteen is aired.<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm</ref> Both parts were released as a box set on [[2011|November]] 22 with Night & the Doctor minisodes..<ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-complete-sixth-series-details-25721.htm</ref>
* ''[[The Eye of the Jungle (audio story)|The Eye of the Jungle]]''
* ''[[Blackout (audio story)|Blackout]]''
* ''[[The Art of Death (audio story)|The Art of Death]]''
* ''[[Darkstar Academy (audio story)|Darkstar Academy]]''


== Footnotes ==
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Series 6 of Doctor Who ran from 25 December 2010 to 22 November 2011. It starred Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams. The regular series was preceded by A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"], opened with The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"] and concluded with The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"].

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

It consisted of twelve stories and fourteen episodes. This series was the first since season 26 to not introduce any new lead cast members; Matt Smith continued on as the Eleventh Doctor, still joined by Karen Gillan's Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill's Rory Williams, from the previous series. This series was split into two parts and dealt with overarching elements such as the Silence, the identity of River Song and the Doctor's death at Lake Silencio.

DWM 419 confirmed that it had been commissioned by the BBC, and producer Piers Wenger also announced the same at the BBC Press Launch for series 5 in March 2010.

Filming began in July 2010, and concluded 29 April 2011.[1] The main run of this series was preceded by a 2010 Christmas special written by Steven Moffat, A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"]. The series was split into two sections, with the first episode, The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"], airing on 23 April 2011. It paused after the seventh episode, A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"], was aired on 4 June 2011. The series picked up with the eighth episode, Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"], on 27 August 2011 and ran through to the final, thirteenth episode, The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"] on 1 October 2011. Short prequels were released on the Doctor Who website to publicise the series, the first time such brief productions had been made since the Tardisodes of series 2.

For the first time since the 1970s, the version of the series syndicated outside the UK contained a major difference: the opening credits of most episodes of Series 6 broadcast in Canada, US, Australia, Germany and Israel were preceded by a special introductory narration by Karen Gillan (as Amy Pond) explaining the concept of the series, with footage taken from Series 5 episodes.

The story arc of this series involves River Song's true identity, revelations of the mysterious Silence referenced in series 5 and the apparent death of the Eleventh Doctor.

Series 6 began with the Eleventh Doctor inviting Amy Pond, Rory Williams and River Song to a picnic in Utah using blue envelopes, where a figure clad in an Apollo spacesuit shoots the Doctor and kills him before he can regenerate. After burning the Doctor's body, the companions find the Doctor alive and well in a diner; the Doctor that was shot and killed was a future version, and he apparently invited his companions and past self to instigate a plan in 1969 America. The rest of the series makes references to the future Doctor's plan and his apparently final death.

The Silence was also revealed in this series; they are a religious order dedicated to eliminating the Doctor before he can answer "the Question".

Finally, River Song's true identity was revealed, a mystery that has been present ever since her introduction in Silence in the Library [+]Loading...["Silence in the Library (TV story)"] in 2008. Whilst there have subtle clues and plot points concerning a mysterious little girl, Amy's seemingly failed pregnancy and a lady with an eye patch throughout the first half of the series, the mystery was finally revealed in A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"]; River Song is Amy and Rory's daughter, raised and indoctrinated by the Silence for the sole purpose of assassinating the Doctor. Because she was conceived within the TARDIS during flight she absorbed the energy of the Time Vortex, making her human, but with a Time Lord's capability of regenerating. Her Time Lord-like physiology and abilities also made her the perfect assassin for the Doctor.

The series concluded with the final outcome of the Doctor's plan throughout the series; the spacesuit-clad figure who killed the Doctor was River Song, with the Silence-modified spacesuit forcing her to commit the deed. However, the Doctor had faked his own death and made it a fixed point in time in order to trick the Silence, getting them off his back at least for a while. Whilst most of the universe is convinced that the Doctor is dead once and for all, a handful of individuals including his companions know otherwise.

However, there were still unresolved matters following the conclusion of the series; the Silence, whilst their numbers have fallen, are still present and they may still learn later that the Doctor was not killed. This series has also addressed a mystery that has been part of Doctor Who since its creation and one that head writer Steven Moffat has mentioned in at least two episodes (The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"] and Forest of the Dead [+]Loading...["Forest of the Dead (TV story)"]). The oldest question in the Universe is revealed to be "Doctor who?"

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Producers[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Writers[[edit] | [edit source]]

Showrunner Steven Moffat wrote, as head writer, six episodes in the series. Steve Thompson debuted as a writer for Doctor Who with episode three, as did Neil Gaiman writing episode four.

Matthew Graham returned as a writer for episodes five and six.

Directors[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Filming[[edit] | [edit source]]

Filming began in July 2010, and ran through to 29 April 2011.

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Christmas special[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Toby Haynes Companion-lite episode. Debut of the Eleventh Doctor's Shetland tweed ensemble.

Spring half[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
1 & 2 The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"] / Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Toby Haynes Prequel Dedicated to Elisabeth Sladen. First appearances of the Silents and Madame Kovarian.
3 The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"] Steve Thompson Jeremy Webb Prequel
4 The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"] Neil Gaiman Richard Clark The Doctor's TARDIS is given physical form for the first time in the television series.
5 & 6 The Rebel Flesh [+]Loading...["The Rebel Flesh (TV story)"] / The Almost People [+]Loading...["The Almost People (TV story)"] Matthew Graham Julian Simpson Introduction of the Flesh. Revelation that Amy has been a Ganger.
7 A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Peter Hoar Prequel First appearance of Vastra, Jenny and Strax. Reappearance and decapitation of Dorium Maldovar. Birth of Melody Pond. River reveals her identity as Amy and Rory's daughter. Conclusion to the "Eye-patch lady" mini-arc.

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Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Prequel Notes
8 Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Richard Senior Prequel The origins of River Song are expanded upon.
9 Night Terrors [+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"] Mark Gatiss Richard Clark
10 The Girl Who Waited [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Waited (TV story)"] Tom MacRae Nick Hurran
11 The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"] Toby Whithouse First appearance of a Tivolian. Amy and Rory leave the TARDIS.
12 Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"] Gareth Roberts Steve Hughes Reintroduction of the Cybermats. Return of Craig Owens and Sophie.
13 The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"] Steven Moffat Jeremy Webb Prequel The Doctor and River are wed, and the Doctor fakes his death. First mention of Trenzalore and the "Fall of the Eleventh" prophecy. Conclusion to the "Silence" arc.

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Doctor Who Confidential mini-episode[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Death Is the Only Answer Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School Jeremy Webb Reintroduction of Albert Einstein.

Comic Relief mini-episode[[edit] | [edit source]]

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Space / Time Steven Moffat Richard Senior First multi-part made-for-charity story of the BBC Wales series.

DVD Box Set Mini-episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]

These five mini-episodes were released on the series 6 DVD boxset. They were all given an umbrella title of Night and the Doctor.

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
1 Bad Night Steven Moffat Richard Senior
2 Good Night Steven Moffat Richard Senior The effects of the crack in time on Amy's memories and the Big Bang II are explained.
3 & 4 First Night / Last Night Steven Moffat Richard Senior
5 Up All Night Tom MacRae Unknown Prequel to Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]. The Doctor does not appear.

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All episodes of Series 6 were released in 2011.

The DVD release of series 6 was issued in two parts, unlike the preceding series, which was released in four or five parts over the duration of the series. Part One, which contains episodes 1 to 7, was released on 11 July 2011, shortly after the airing of episode 7. Part Two was released in the Autumn, shortly after episode 13 was aired.[2] Both parts were released as a box set on 22 November with the Night and the Doctor minisodes and the Doctor Who Confidential cutdowns.[3] Omitted from the set, however, was the international version of the opening credits with the Amy Pond narration.

Title Number and duration
of episodes
R2 release date R4 release date R1 release date
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol [+]Loading...["A Christmas Carol (TV story)"]
1 × 60 min. 24 January 2011 3 March 2011 15 February 2011
Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 1
The Impossible Astronaut [+]Loading...["The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)"] /
Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"]
The Curse of the Black Spot [+]Loading...["The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)"]
The Doctor's Wife [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Wife (TV story)"]
The Rebel Flesh [+]Loading...["The Rebel Flesh (TV story)"] /
The Almost People [+]Loading...["The Almost People (TV story)"]
A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"]
6 x 45 min.
1 × 50 min.
11 July 2011 5 August 2011 19 July 2011
Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 2
Let's Kill Hitler [+]Loading...["Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)"]
Night Terrors [+]Loading...["Night Terrors (TV story)"]
The Girl Who Waited [+]Loading...["The Girl Who Waited (TV story)"]
The God Complex [+]Loading...["The God Complex (TV story)"]
Closing Time [+]Loading...["Closing Time (TV story)"]
The Wedding of River Song [+]Loading...["The Wedding of River Song (TV story)"]
4 x 45 min.
2 × 50 min.
10 October 2011 3 November 2011 8 November 2011
Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series
includes A Christmas Carol
1 x 60 min.
3 x 50 min.
10 x 45 min.
21 November 2011 1 December 2011 22 November 2011

Blu-ray[[edit] | [edit source]]

Series 6 released on 21 November 2023 in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to Series 13.[4]

Stories set during this season[[edit] | [edit source]]

Novels[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audiobooks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]