Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)

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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]] [[video:SheppardVoiceOver|thumb|250px|right|An official BBCA series 6 trailer]] Series 6 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 32 to avoid confusion with Season 6, is currently on mid-series hiatus, set to continue airing in Autumn 2011. 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 five in March 2010[1].

Filming started in July 2010. This series was preceded by a 2010 Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat. The series is split into two sections, with the first episode, The Impossible Astronaut airing on 23rd April 2011. It then paused after the seventh episode, A Good Man Goes To War was aired. The series will pick up with episode eight in the Autumn, and run through to the finale, episode thirteen. Short prequels were released on the official site to publicise the series.[2]

Cast

Matt Smith returned as the Eleventh Doctor alongside Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams, the first male companion to do a complete series since 1975. Alex Kingston also returned as River Song.

Primary cast

Secondary cast

Guest cast

Casting notes

Aliens and enemies

Notes

  • Steven Moffat stated that the unanswered questions of Series 5 - 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. (CON: Out of Time)
  • The alien appearing it Let's Kill Hitler is called the Tesselecter.[38]
  • Nazis will make an appearance in Episode 8. [39]
  • Cybermats will be reintroduced in Episode 12.[40]
  • Dorium will return in Episode 13.[41]
  • Weeping Angels will return[42]
  • Episode 9 will feature life-size dolls.[43]
  • A Minotaur will appear.[44]
  • Handbots will appear.[45]
  • Pterodactyls will appear.[46]
  • Romans will appear in Episode 13.[47]
  • Originally it was reported that there will be no monsters from the classic series returning this year.[48][49] This was proven false, as the Cybermats were seen on set for Episode 12.[50]

Production

Writers

Neil Gaiman has confirmed that he is writing an episode for the first half of this series. Gaiman told BBC News that his episode was originally titled The House of Nothing[51] and was said to be the third episode of Series 6 on Neil Gaiman's twitter page.[52] However, it was later revealed that Steve Thompson would be writing the third episode and Gaiman's episode pushed back to the fourth. Steven Moffat will return as Executive Producer and Head Writer and will write six episodes, including the 2010 Christmas special. It has been rumoured that Tom MacRae and Paul Cornell are writing for Series 6, though Cornell has denied the rumour. [53]

Directors

New crew

DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:

Production notes

Television stories

File:S6Promos-0012.jpg
Promotional postcard for the series.

The first episode aired on BBC One in the UK on 23rd April and aired in the United States on BBC America on the same day. The second half of the season will begin on August 27th, again airing on BBC America and BBC One on the same day. [62]

Christmas special

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A A Christmas Carol Steven Moffat Toby Haynes

Comic Relief mini-episodes

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Space Steven Moffat Richard Senior
N/A Time Steven Moffat Richard Senior

Regular season

The series has been commissioned for 13 episodes in two blocks; 7 episodes were broadcast during Spring 2011 from 23rd April to 4th June and the remaining 6 episodes to air in Autumn 2011. This is the first time this has happened in the 47 year history of Doctor Who, with the series usually being aired in just one block over a period of around 3-4 months.

Spring

Episode Number Title Writer Director Notes
1 & 2 Pt. 1: The Impossible Astronaut
Pt. 2: Day of the Moon
Steven Moffat Toby Haynes First appearance of the Silence and the Madame Kovarian. Return of River Song.
3 The Curse of the Black Spot Steve Thompson Jeremy Webb 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.
5 & 6 Pt. 1: The Rebel Flesh
Pt. 2: The Almost People
Matthew Graham Julian Simpson Reappearance of Kovarian.
7 Pt. 1: A Good Man Goes to War Steven Moffat Peter Hoar End of the Spring half of Series 6. Appearance of River Song. Return of the Cybermen, Sontarans, Judoon and Silurians. Henry and Toby Avery also returned, as well as Kovarian, Dorium and the Spitfire Pilot.

Autumn

Episode Number Title Writer Director Notes
8 Pt. 2: Let's Kill Hitler Steven Moffat Richard Senior[63] Start of the Autumn half of Series 6. Conclusion to A Good Man Goes to War.
9 Night Terrors [64] Mark Gatiss[65] Richard Clark[65] Changed from episode four.
10 The Girl Who Waited [66] Tom MacRae[67] Nick Hurran
11 The God Complex[68] Toby Whithouse[69][70] Nick Hurran[71][72]
12 TBA Gareth Roberts[73] Steve Hughes[74] Return of Craig Owens[75], Sophie[76], the Cybermen. Reintroduction of the Cybermats.[77][78]
13 TBA Steven Moffat[79] Richard Senior[80] Reappearance of Winston Churchill[81], River Song, Dorium[82] and the Silence.[83]

Episode notes

  • Steven Moffat has written 6 episodes: A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and Episode Thirteen.[84]
  • On-set photos for episode nine showed some new, doll-like monsters. [85]
  • There will be a three-month hiatus between the series' halves.[86]
  • It has been announced that Mark Gatiss ' episode is now episode nine. Neil Gaiman 's episode is now episode four and a new episode, written by Steve Thompson, episode three. [source needed]
  • Episode 9 was rumoured to be called What Are Little Boys Made Of?[source needed] Due to the length of the title, two alternatives were devised: House Call and Night Terrors. The episode was then confirmed as the last title, Night Terrors[87].
  • Steven Moffat confirmed that the question Amy was going to ask the Doctor in Space will return in Series 6.[88]
  • BBC America have announced that the Autumn half of the series will air begin airing on Saturday, 27th August.[89] There has been no announcement on the BBC, UK air date.

Rumours

DVD and Blu-ray release

The 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 will contain episodes one to seven will be released on 11th July 2011, shortly after the airing of episode seven.[112] Part Two will be released in the Autumn, shortly after episode thirteen is aired.[113] Both parts will be released as a box set at the end of the year.[114]

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