2006 (production)

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the DWU • production history • vital statistics • releases

2006 was a year in which a number of events important to the production of Doctor Who and its spin-offs occurred.

• Early 2006 - According to his book, The Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies, David Tennant and others involved in Doctor Who, following production of Doomsday, agreed that after the fourth series the program would be rested for a year, except for the occasional special. This idea evolved into the 2009 Specials season and dovetailed with the eventual departures of Davies and Tennant from the series.
• Early 2006 - The American network Sci-Fi Channel announced it had bought the rights to air the new version of Doctor Who. The first series aired beginning in March 2006, a year after their UK and Canadian broadcasts, and the network had the option of airing Series 2 as well.
• 6 January - The final mix of Murray Gold's score to New Earth was performed. (DWMSE 14)
• 27 January - New Earth was screened to international buyers of Doctor Who at the BBC Showcase Event in the Grand Hotel Brighton. (DWMSE 14)
• January-February - Post-production company The Mill worked on Tooth and Claw. (DWMSE 14)
• 13 February - A rewrite for Rise of the Cybermen known as a "yellow rewrite" was made. This added a new pre-titles sequence with Dr Kendrick. (DWMSE 14)
• 16 February - Rewrites for Rise of the Cybermen known as "green rewrites" were made. These covered a scene inside a news studio. (DWMSE 14)
• First week of March - The dub of School Reunion was finished. (DWMSE 14)
• 2 March - DWM 367 (cover dated 29 March) announced a series of short prequels for each episode of Doctor Who series 2. These were known as "Vortext" in DWM, but by the end of March, the name was changed to "Tardisodes". (DWMSE 14)
• 6 March - Rewrites for Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel covered a news studio scene in Steel and extended John Lumic's voiceover during the upgrade demonstration. (DWMSE 14)
• 15 March - The final edit and dub for Tooth and Claw was prepared. (DWMSE 14)
• 15 April - Beginning with this day's issue, the BBC's promotional magazine, Radio Times, began extensive coverage of Doctor Who, with weekly features called "Who's Watch" that ran for the duration of each new season.
• 24 April - The Times announced that an animated spinoff called K9 Adventures featuring K9 was to enter development with Jetix Europe in collaboration with Park Entertainment. (DWMSE 14)
• August - Doctor Who won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, the first time the Doctor Who franchise won an international award of this magnitude. The award was presented for the Steven Moffat two-parter The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. Two other episodes from the 2005 series were also nominated in this category: Father's Day and Dalek. The competition in the category also included "Pegasus", an episode of Battlestar Galactica; Jack-Jack Attack, an animated short spun-off from the film The Incredibles; Lucas Back in Anger, a short film; and, controversially, the opening segment of the previous year's Prix Victor Hugo Awards Ceremony. Moffat was nominated for his Doctor Who episodes for the next three consecutive years, winning the award in 2007 and 2008 and coming a close second place in 2009.
• 7 May - At the BAFTAs, Doctor Who won Best Drama Series and the Pioneer Audience Award. (DWMSE 14)
• 21 August - BBC News revealed details of a cancelled Doctor Who spinoff. Entitled Rose Tyler: Earth Defence, the special would have followed Rose Tyler from the events of Doomsday. Russell T Davies, however, vetoed the idea.