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 being aired. Its second half started on the 27th of August 2011, with the episode Let's Kill Hitler.[1][2]. 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[3].

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, in the Autumn 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.[4]

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

  • There are currently no plans to bring back Paul McGann or any other Doctors. [23]

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)
  • Cybermats will be reintroduced in Episode 12.[24]
  • Dorium will return in Episode 13.[25]
  • Weeping Angels will return[26]
  • Daleks will also appear at some point.[27]
  • A Minotaur will appear.[28]
  • Pterodactyls will appear.[29]
  • Romans will appear in Episode 13.[30]
  • Originally it was reported that there will be no monsters from the classic series returning that series.[31][32]
    • This was proven false, as Cybermats were seen on set for Episode 12.[33]

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[34] and was said to be the third episode of Series 6 on Neil Gaiman's twitter page.[35] 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.

Directors

New crew

DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:

Production notes

Television stories

Promotional postcard for the Autumn half of 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 began on August 27th, again airing on BBC America and BBC One on the same day. [40]

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 was 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 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 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[41][42] 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[43] Gareth Roberts[44] Steve Hughes[45] Reintroduction of the Cybermats[46][47] and return of Craig Owens[48], Sophie[49] and the Cybermen. Reappearance of River Song[50] and Madame Kovarian[51].
13 The Wedding of River Song[52] Steven Moffat[53] Richard Senior[54] Reappearance of Winston Churchill[55], River Song, Dorium[56] and the Silence[57].

Mini-episode

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Death is the Only Answer[58] Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School[59] TBA Winning entry of the BBC Learning and Doctor Who Confidential competition[60]

Episode notes

Rumours

  • In The Brilliant Book 2011, several "hints" about Series 6 were revealed.[64]
  • Skaro may be revisited.[65]
  • There will be an episode with an Egyptian theme.[66][67][68]
    • 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. [69]
    • An Egyptian style pyramid, albeit adorned with a US flag is seen in the latest trailer for the second half of the season [70]
  • Cybermen will also appear in episode twelve [71]
  • Craig Owens may travel in the TARDIS.[72]
  • Craig Owens has had a baby.[73]
  • Paul McGann may return as the Eighth Doctor. [74]
  • The Doctor will revisit the lake in Utah.[75]
  • The Doctor will get married in the finale.[76]

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.[77] Part Two will be released in the Autumn, shortly after episode thirteen is aired.[78] Both parts will be released as a box set in November.[79]

Footnotes

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2011/wk35/sat.shtml#sat_doc
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/08_august/16/doctor.shtml
  3. The Doctor Who News Page: 2011 Series Confirmed accessed 10th May 2010
  4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00fxf06
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110225_02/Casting_News_James%20Corden_Back
  6. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/corden-back-in-the-lodger-2-15978.htm
  7. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a305928/james-corden-returning-to-doctor-who.html
  8. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/little-shop-of-horrors-16182.htm
  9. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a307521/lynda-baron-for-doctor-who-role.html
  10. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/whos-in-closing-time-25881.htm
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  22. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-wedding-of-river-song-details-24686.htm
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  26. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/videos/p00jb05r
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  29. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-meets-primeval-18847.htm
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  35. http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2010/06/neil-gaiman-reveals-more-episode-tidbits/
  36. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a253026/moffat-reveals-new-who-details.html
  37. http://twitter.com/steven_moffat
  38. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/gareth-roberts-back-15803.htm
  39. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm
  40. http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/2011/07/24/series-6-resumes-august-27/
  41. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/doctor-who-series-6-autumn-preview-20767.htm
  42. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-so-far-march-update-16960.htm
  43. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_110725_02
  44. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/corden-back-in-the-lodger-2-15978.htm
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  50. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/whos-in-closing-time-25881.htm
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  55. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-6-finale-filming-18683.htm
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  58. http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/death-is-the-only-answer-24794.htm
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