Series 6 (Doctor Who 2005)

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Series 6 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 32 to avoid confusion with Season 6, is expected to air on BBC One in Spring and Fall 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[1]. Filming started in July 2010. This series will be preceded by a 2010 Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat.[1] 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 Doctor[1]. Producers also confirmed that Karen Gillan will return as Amy Pond[2] and Arthur Darvill will stay for the full series asRory Williams (the first male companion to do so since 1975).

Primary cast

Secondary cast

Guest cast

  • The Captain[4] - Pooky Quesnel[5]
  • Kazran Sardick[6] - Michael Gambon
  • Middle Kazran[7] - Danny Horn[8]
  • Young Kazran - Laurence Belcher[9]
  • Co-Pilot[10] - Micah Balfour[11]
  • Eric - Nick Malinowski [12]
  • Older Benjamin - Steve North [13]
  • Chief Servant - Tim Plester[14]
  • Abigail Pettigrew[15] - Katherine Jenkins
  • TBA - Laura Rogers [16]
  • TBA - Leo Bill[17]
  • TBA - Bailey Pepper[18]
  • TBA - Peter Bowles[19]
  • Julie - Sophie Cosson[20]
  • Mrs Rossiter - Leila Hoffman[21]
  • Mrs Rossiter (China Doll) - Louise-Marie Bowmen[22]
  • TBA - Nancy Baldwin
  • George - Jamie Oram[23][24]
  • TBA (George's Mother) - Emma Cunniffe[25]
  • Alex (George's Father) - Daniel Mays[26][27]
  • Mr. Purcell - Andrew Tiernan[28]
  • Idris - Suranne Jones[29]
  • Dr Shepherd - Peter Banks[30]
  • TBA - Alex Gianinni[31]
  • TBA - Kerry Shale[32]
  • Guard - Kieran O'Connor[33]
  • Canton Everett Delaware III - Mark Sheppard[34]
  • Busboy - Emilio Acqunio [35]
  • The Silent - Marnix Van Den Broeke [36]
  • Sergeant - Tommy Campbell [37]
  • TBA - Stuart Milligan[38]
  • Jennifer Lucas - Sarah Smart[39][40]
  • Buzzer - Marshall Lancaster[41]
  • Uncle - Adrian Schiller[42]
  • Auntie - Elizabeth Berrington[43]

Casting notes

  • Steven Moffat confirmed on Doctor Who Confidential that River Song's identity and background story will be revealed in Series 6.
    • Steven also 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.[additional sources needed]
  • There are currently no plans to bring back Paul McGann or any other Doctors.[44]

Aliens and enemies

File:Doctor-who-series-6-trailer-31-176x99.jpg
The Ood shown in the Series 6 trailer

Notes

  • The monster in the opening episodes is said to be "the scariest monsters yet".[45]
  • Episode 4 will feature life-size dolls.[46]
  • Episode 5 and 6 will feature incomplete clones.[47]
  • There will be no monsters from the classic series' returning this year.[48][49]
  • Nazis will make an appearance.[50]
  • The inside of Number 79B, Aickman Road can be seen in the "Coming Soon" trailer for this season. [51]

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[52] It was revealed on Neil Gaiman's twitter page that his episode will be the third episode of Series 6 [53] 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, [54] though Cornell denied the rumour.

Crew

DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:

Directors

Production notes

  • Richard Clark will direct two episodes; the third episode, written by Neil Gaiman, and the fourth episode, written by Mark Gatiss.[65]
  • Matt Smith mentioned in his appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that they filmed an episode in Utah, which was why he was in LA for the interview. As it turned out, according to two previews aired during A Christmas Carol, it appears that the entire series takes place in the United States.

Television stories

Christmas special

Episode Number Title Writer Director Notes
0 A Christmas Carol[66][67] 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

Episode Number Title Writer Director Notes
1 & 2 Pt. 1: TBA
Pt. 2: TBA
Steven Moffat[68] Toby Haynes[69] Return of River Song[70]
3 TBA Neil Gaiman[71] Richard Clark[72]
4 What are Little Boys Made of?[73] Mark Gatiss[74] Richard Clark[74]
5 & 6 Pt. 1: The Rebel Flesh
Pt. 2: Gangers[75]
Matthew Graham[76] Julian Simpson[77]
7 Pt. 1: TBA Steven Moffat[78] TBA End of the Spring half of Series 6, Appearance of River Song[79][80][81]

Autumn

Episode Number Title Writer Director Notes
8 Pt. 2: TBA Steven Moffat TBA Start of the Autumn half of Series 6
9 TBA TBA TBA
10 TBA TBA TBA
11 TBA TBA TBA
12 & 13 Pt. 1: TBA
Pt. 2: TBA
TBA TBA

Episode 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".
  • 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. [82]
  • On set photos for episode four showed some new doll-like monsters which may be featuring in episode three as that was due to be set in a doll's house. [83]
  • For the first time in the revived series, it will open with a two-parter, in which the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Utah in the 1960′s and get caught up in an adventure that marks the return of River Song. [84]
  • There will be a three month wait between the series spilt[85]
  • A rumoured syopsis of "The Rebel Flesh" and "Gangers" has been realeased:
    An army of monsters from outer space will make a carbon copy of the handsome doctor as they invade Earth.However, the Time Lord will only discover the clone when he comes face to face with himself as he investigates the alien invasion, and tries to foil the extra-terrestrial beings’ plans to take over the world. His companions Amy and Rory also become confused when they can’t work out which is the real Doctor and which is his double, and whom they should be taking instructions from.[86][87]

Rumours

  • In The Brilliant Book, several "hints" about Series 6 were revealed.[88]
  • Matt Smith will leave after the 2011 series [89], a rumour picked up by several other media sources [90][91]. This has been denied by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan[92] Another BBC insider said that Smith will stay until the 50th anniversary of the show, in 2013.[93]
  • Karen Gillan is leaving the series and Amy Pond will be killed off at the climax to the spring half of the series.[94] Matt Smith has denied the rumours that Amy will die, or that Karen is leaving.[95]
  • Matt Smith was being measured for a new outfit.[96] 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.[97]
  • 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.
  • River Song will die.[98]
  • The Celestial Toymaker will return.[99]
  • The Daleks may return in their "old" form.[100] Steven Moffat has stated that the Daleks are not likely to return for Series 6, but, when they do return, the "old" Daleks will feature.
  • Viewers will see more of the Doctor's TARDIS.[101]
  • We will see River Song as a child.[102]
  • Dutch actor Marnix Van Den Broek is rumoured to play a character known as "The Silent". Given the similarity in name to the Silence, it is rumoured that they are the same character.[103]
  • We will learn of the identity of River Song.[104]This is rumoured to be the cliffhanger to the Spring season.[105]
  • The Doctor will meet a President of the USA.[106] This is rumoured to be Richard Nixon or John F. Kennedy.[107][108]
  • The Doctor will wear a Fez again.[109]
  • Skaro may be revisited.[110]
  • One of the episodes will feature a "future Doctor".[111]
  • There are numerous rumours about Neil Gaiman's story being set in a giant doll's house[112][113] this also seems more likely due to the working title of his story being "The House of Nothing".
  • There will be a episode with an Egyptian theme.[114][115][116] This looks more positive now that a rumour has surfaced about the redesigned classic Cybermen returning, mummified in a egyptian tomb, which will be written by Steven Thompson (Who previously wrote for Sherlock). [117][118]
  • There will possibly be an episode set in an Ice Base.[119]
  • The Mara will return.[120]
  • Episodes 5 & 6 will feature incomplete clones and robot droids from the future, who also accuse the Doctor of being a clone.[121]
  • The Weeping Angels will return.[122]
  • There will be a one-off Easter special.[123]
  • The TARDIS will be cloned.[124]
  • We will find out who River Song killed. Steven Moffat has said "a good man will die – a good man, and a hero to many."[125]
  • The Ood will return. The COMING SOON trailer confirmed this.[126]
  • The Silence will be a completely new enemy, and won't be a villain that has seen before. [127]
  • Neil Gaiman's story will contain something - or someone - that we have not seen since The War Games.[128]

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