Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)

[[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 being aired. 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.

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 picked up with the eighth episode, Let's Kill Hitler, at the end of August and will run through to the final, thirteenth episode, The Wedding of River Song. Short prequels were released on the official site to publicise the series.

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

Captain - Pooky Quesnel
Kazran Sardick - Michael Gambon
Abigail Pettigrew - Katherine Jenkins
Co-Pilot - Micah Balfour
Eric - Nick Malinowski
Older Benjamin - Steve North
Chief Servant - Tim Plester
Isabella - Laura Rogers
Canton Delaware - Mark Sheppard
Richard Nixon - Stuart Milligan
Grant - Jeff Mash
Henry Avery - Hugh Bonneville
Toby Avery - Oscar Lloyd
Boatswain - Lee Ross
Siren - Lily Cole
Mulligan - Michael Begley
Idris - Suranne Jones
House - Michael Sheen
Uncle - Adrian Schiller
Auntie - Elizabeth Berrington
Nephew - Paul Kasey
Jennifer Lucas - Sarah Smart
Dicken - Leon Vickers
Miranda Cleaves - Raquel Cassidy
Jimmy - Mark Bonnar
Dorium - Simon Fisher Becker
Colonel Manton - Danny Sapani
Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
Jenny - Catrin Stewart
Strax - Dan Starkey
Lorna Bucket - Christina Chong
Thin Man - Dan Johnston
Fat Man - Charlie Baker
Lucas - Joshua Hayes
Arthur - Henry Wood
Eleanor - Annabel Cleare
Headless monk - Claudio Laurini
Adolf Hitler - Albert Welling
Mels - Nina Toussaint-White
Young Amy Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
Young Rory Williams - Ezekiel Wigglesworth
George - Jamie Oram
Alex - Daniel Mays
Claire - Emma Cunniffe
Mrs Rossiter - Leila Hoffman and Louise-Marie Bowmen (Peg Doll)
Julie - Sophie Cosson
Check-in-girl - Josie Taylor
Gibbis - David Walliams
Rita - Amara Karen
The Minotaur - Spencer Wilding
Craig Owens - James Corden
Sophie - Daisy Haggard
Val - Lynda Baron
NASA Man - Geoffrey Burton^[1]
News anchor - Meredith Viera^[2]
Charles Dickens - Simon Callow^[3]^[4]
Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice^[5]^[6]
Eldane- Stephen Moore^[7]
Professor - Paul Bentley^[8]
Dr Kent - Emma Campbell-Jones^[9]
Gantok - Mark Gatiss^[10]

Casting notes

There are currently no plans to bring back Paul McGann or any other Doctors. ^[11]

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)

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Dorium will return in Episode 13.^[13]
Daleks will also appear in the The Wedding of River Song.^[14]
Pterodactyls will appear.^[15]
Romans will appear in Episode 13.^[16]
Originally it was reported that there will be no monsters from the classic series returning that series.^[17]^[18]
- This was proven false, as Cybermats appeared in Episode 12.

Production

Writers

During production, Neil Gaiman confirmed that he was writing an episode for the first half of this series. Gaiman told BBC News that his episode was originally titled The House of Nothing^[19] and was said to be the third episode of Series 6 on Neil Gaiman's twitter page.^[20] 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 returned as Executive Producer and Head Writer and wrote six episodes, including the 2010 Christmas Special.

Steven Moffat (6 episodes - Including the Christmas Special) ^[21]
Steve Thompson (1 episode)
Neil Gaiman (1 episode)
Matthew Graham (2 episodes)
Mark Gatiss (1 episode)
Tom MacRae (1 episode)
Toby Whithouse (1 episode)
Gareth Roberts (1 episode)

Directors

New crew

DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:

Sanne Wohlenberg took over as Producer for Blocks One and Two.
Michael Pickwoad took over as the new Production designer.
Barbara Kidd became the new Costume designer.
Di Barton became the new Line producer.

Production notes

Piers Wenger and Beth Willis remained as Executive producers.

Television stories

Promotional postcard for the Autumn half of the series.

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

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 and introduction of the Flesh concept.
7	Pt. 1: 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 Cybermen, Sontarans, Judoon, Silurians, Kovarian and Dorium

Autumn

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
8	Pt. 2: Let's Kill Hitler	Steven Moffat	Richard Senior	Start of the Autumn half of Series 6. Conclusion to A Good Man Goes to War.
9	Night Terrors	Mark Gatiss	Richard Clark	Changed from episode four.
10	The Girl Who Waited	Tom MacRae	Nick Hurran
11	The God Complex	Toby Whithouse	Nick Hurran	Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; refs with no name must have content Amy and Rory leave the Doctor. Cameo appearance of the Weeping Angels.
12	Closing Time	Gareth Roberts	Steve Hughes	Reintroduction of the Cybermats and return of Craig Owens, Sophie and the Cybermen. Reappearance of River Song, Madame Kovarian and The Silence.
13	The Wedding of River Song^[22]	Steven Moffat^[23]	Richard Senior^[24]	Reappearance of Winston Churchill^[25], River Song, Dorium^[26] , The Silence and Madam Kovarian^[27].

Mini-episode

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
N/A	Death is the Only Answer^[28]	Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School^[29]	Jeremy Webb^[30]	Winning entry of the BBC Learning and Doctor Who Confidential competition^[31]

Episode notes

Steven Moffat has written six episodes: A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and The Wedding of River Song.^[32]
Steven Moffat confirmed that the question Amy was going to ask the Doctor in Space will return in Series 6.^[33]

Rumours

In The Brilliant Book 2011, several "hints" about Series 6 were revealed.^[34]
Skaro may be revisited.^[35]
There will be an episode with an Egyptian theme.^[36]^[37]^[38]
- This looks more positive now that a rumour has surfaced about the redesigned classic Cybermen returning, mummified in an Egyptian tomb, which will be written by Steven Thompson. ^[39]
- An Egyptian style pyramid, albeit adorned with a US flag is seen in the latest trailer for the second half of the season ^[40]
Paul McGann may return as the Eighth Doctor. ^[41]
The Doctor will get married in the finale.^[42]

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. Part Two will be released in the Autumn, shortly after episode thirteen is aired.^[43] Both parts will be released as a box set in November.^[44]

Footnotes

[1] ttp://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/M80306.html

[2] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/behind-the-scenes-series-6-finale-19712.htm

[3] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-wedding-of-river-song-details-24686.htm

[4] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-wedding-of-river-song-previewed-26320.htm

[5] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-finale-filming-18683.htm

[6] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/behind-the-scenes-series-6-finale-19712.htm

[7] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/behind-the-scenes-series-6-finale-19712.htm

[8] ttp://www.bcltd.org/actors/paul-bentley

[9] ttp://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/F85601.html

[10] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/whos-in-the-wedding-of-river-song-26156.htm

[11] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/more-doctor-who-series-6-titbits-12153.htm

[12] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/hello-cyber-matt-16302.htm

[13] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-demons-run-15135.htm

[14] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/daleks-are-back-in-series-6-24295.htm

[15] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-meets-primeval-18847.htm

[16] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-meets-primeval-18847.htm

[17] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/more-doctor-who-series-6-titbits-12153.htm

[18] ttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a290908/who-exec-no-old-monsters-in-series-six.html

[19] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10146657.stm

[20] ttp://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2010/06/neil-gaiman-reveals-more-episode-tidbits/

[21] ttp://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a253026/moffat-reveals-new-who-details.html

[22] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110725_02

[23] ttp://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/cult/spoilers/v/11666-doctor-who-series-6-episode-guide.html

[24] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm

[25] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-finale-filming-18683.htm

[26] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-finale-filming-18683.htm

[27] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-finale-filming-18683.htm

[28] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/death-is-the-only-answer-24794.htm

[29] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/death-is-the-only-answer-24794.htm

[30] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014w22h/Doctor_Who_Confidential_Series_6_Heartbreak_Hotel/

[31] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/death-is-the-only-answer-24794.htm

[32] ttp://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/cult/spoilers/v/11666-doctor-who-series-6-episode-guide.html

[33] ttps://twitter.com/#!/steven_moffat/status/49137869557735424

[34] ttp://blastr.com/2010/09/14-awesome-doctor-who-season-6-teasers-revealed.php

[35] ttp://tardisspoilers.blogspot.com/2010/11/skaro-revisited.html

[36] ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/18/tutankhamun-website-howard-carter-tomb

[37] ttp://tardisspoilers.blogspot.com/2010/12/easter-special-for-2011.html

[38] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-comic-con-trailer-breakdown-23371.htm

[39] ttp://gallifreybase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3475868#post3475868

[40] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00jm429

[41] ttp://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/24998

[42] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/whos-getting-married-24283.htm

[43] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-dvd-releases-15635.htm

[44] ttp://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-complete-sixth-series-details-25721.htm

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