Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)

For the 6th season of the original series, see Season 6.

Series 6 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 32 for clarity over Season 6, is expected to air on BBC One around Spring 2011. DWM Issue 419 has confirmed that it has 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 started in July 2010. This series will be preceded by a 2010 Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat. The series will be split into two pieces, the series will air sometime around easter then will stop halfway after episode seven is aired then will start again from episode 8 in autumn.

Cast

It has been confirmed that Matt Smith will return as the Eleventh Doctorand will not leave. Producers also confirmed that Karen Gillan will return as Amy Pond. This will make this the first season since the 2005 relaunch of the series when both the Doctor and companion from the previous season will carry over into the new season.

Confirmed cast

• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
• Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
• Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
• River Song - Alex Kingston (confirmed by Steven Moffat In Doctor Who Confidential)

Guest cast

• The Captain - Pooky Quesnel
• Kazran - Michael Gambon
• Middle Kazran - Danny Horn
• Young Kazran - Laurence Belcher
• Co-Pilot - Micah Balfour
• Eric - Nick Malinowski
• Older Benjamin - Steve North
• TBA - Katherine Jenkins
• TBA - Laura Rogers
• TBA - Leo Bill
• TBA - Bailey Pepper
• Julie - Sophie Cosson
• Mrs Rossiter - Leila Hoffman

Notes

• Steven Moffat confirmed in Doctor Who Confidential that River Song's identity and background story will be revealed in Series 6, and that the unanswered questions of Series 5 concerning the Time Field cracks, the silence, and the mysterious external force that took control of the TARDIS and tried to make it explode, will play a role.

Aliens and enemies

• The Silence

Notes

• The Daleks will not be appearing.

Production

Writers

Neil Gaiman has confirmed that he is writing an episode for the first half of this series. Steven Moffat will return as Executive Producer and Head Writer and will write at six episodes. Gaiman told BBC News that his episode was originally titled The House of Nothing It was revealed on Neil Gaiman's twitter page that his episode will be the third episode of Series 6 It has been rumoured that Tom MacRae and Paul Cornell are writing for Series 6, though Cornell denied the rumour.

• Steven Moffat (6 episodes - Including the Christmas Special)
• Neil Gaiman (1 episode)
• Mark Gatiss (1 episode)

Crew

DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:

• Sanne Wohlenberg will take over as Producer for Blocks One and Two
• Michael Pickwood will be the new Production designer
• Barbara Kidd will be the new Costume designer
• Di Barton will be the new Line producer
• Piers Wenger and Beth Willis will be staying as Executive producers

Directors

• Toby Haynes
• Richard Clark (2 Episodes)
• Adam Smith

Notes

• Richard Clark will direct two episodes; the third episode, written by Neil Gaiman, and the fourth episode, written by Mark Gatiss.

Television stories

Christmas special

#	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
N/A	TBA	Steven Moffat	Toby Haynes

Regular season

The series has been commissioned for 13 episodes, with 7 episodes being broadcast in Spring 2011 and the remaining 6 episodes in Autumn 2011.

Spring

#	Title	Writer	Director	Production Block	Notes
1	TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA	TBA
2	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	TBA	Neil Gaiman	Richard Clark	1
4	TBA	Mark Gatiss	Richard Clark	1
5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	End of the Spring half of Series 6

Autumn

#	Title	Writer	Director	Production Block	Notes
1	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Start of the Autumn half of Series 6
2	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
4	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	TBA	Steven Moffat	TBA	TBA

Notes

• During an interview with Neil Gaiman on BBC breakfast he revealed that his episode is "Very spooky" and that fans "Are likely to be biting their nails off by the end".
• Steven Moffat has said that the Christmas Special will be the most " Christmassy Christmas special ever." and " We're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters and the Doctor and a honeymoon and – oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything. I was laughing madly as I typed along to Christmas songs in April. My neighbours loved it so much they all moved away and set up a website demanding my execution. But I'm fairly sure they did it ironically."
• Controller of drama commissioning Ben Stephenson revealed that the episode, which guest stars Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins, will be based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol.
• On August 20th 2010, The One Show on BBC1 showed a behind the scenes picture from the Christmas special for five seconds, confirming that there would be snow.
• Karen Gillan confirmed that viewers would get to see a glimpse of Amy and Rory's honeymoon in the Christmas Special.
• On his blog, writer Neil Gaiman released a short conversation between Amy and the Doctor that did not meet the final cut in the episode wrote, also confirming that he had finished it.

Rumours

• The Sun published a rumour that Matt Smith would leave after the 2011 series , a rumour which was picked up by several other media sources . This has been denied by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan Another BBC insider said that Smith will stay until the 50th anniversary of the show, in 2013.
• It has been rumoured that Karen Gillan is leaving the series and Amy Pond will be killed off at the climax to the spring half of the series.
• The Daily Star has reported that the villain for the christmas special has been confirmed by the BBC to be a CGI "Flying Shark". This looks more positive now filming pictures have emerged from filming showing a door with a bite mark in and a model sculpture of what appears to be a CGI Shark's head .
• The Sun published a statement by Matt Smith that he was being measured for a new outfit. He was later seen on set donning a new tweed jacket, and there were no major changes to the outfit, though the elbow patches were gone.
• It has been rumoured that Series 6 will be broadcast in the Autumn of 2011 rather than the spring. This is false as it was later proved that one half of the series will be shown in spring and the other in autumn.
• There are numerous rumours about Neil Gaimans story being set in a giant doll's house this also seems more likely due to the previous title of his story being named "The House of Nothing". There will also be another 2 earlier stories, one with an Egypt theme and another possibly set in an Ice Base.
• The Doctor will pose as the ghost of christmas past.

Footnotes

Previous season: Series 5

Next season: TBA