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]]

For the 1968-69 series of the original Doctor Who, see Season 6.

Series 6 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 32 to avoid confusion with Season 6, was aired in 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.

Filming started in July 2010. This series was preceded by a 2010 Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat. The series was split into two sections, with the first episode, The Impossible Astronaut airing on 23rd April 2011. It 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 ran through to the final, thirteenth episode, The Wedding of River Song. Short prequels were released on the official site to publicise the series, the first time such brief productions had been made since the Tardisodes of Series 2.


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 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. Return of River Song, Madame Kovarian and The Silence.
13 The Wedding of River Song Steven Moffat Jeremy Webb Reappearance of Winston Churchill, Malohkeh, Charles Dickens, River Song, Dorium, The Silence and Madam Kovarian

Mini-episodes

Doctor Who Confidential mini-episode

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Death is the Only Answer Pupils from Oakley CE Junior School Jeremy Webb Appearance of an Ood

Children in Need mini-episode

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
N/A Children in Need special[1] Steven Moffat Richard Senior[2]

Night & the Doctor mini-episodes

Episode
Number
Title Writer Director Notes
1 Bad Night Steven Moffat

Cast

Primary cast

Secondary cast

Guest cast

Novels

Audiobooks

Aliens and enemies

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 contains episodes one to seven was 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.[3] Both parts will be released as a box set on November 22 will Night & the Doctor minisodes..[4]

Footnotes