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This story marked the first time that the [[BBC Wales]] series had not broadcast an uninterrupted thirteen-episode run for a series of ''Doctor Who''. As a result of its status as a midseries finale, the length and allotted run time of the episode was extended to 50 minutes. The episode was also given an ending that would allow for a reasonable time skip to take place in-universe, where the Doctor sets off on his own in search of Melody Pond. However, viewers can still watch Series 6 in full without any difference in the story arc progression. The major plots introduced at the beginning of this series were continued in the latter half of the broadcast and tied up in a standalone finale. | This story marked the first time that the [[BBC Wales]] series had not broadcast an uninterrupted thirteen-episode run for a series of ''Doctor Who''. As a result of its status as a midseries finale, the length and allotted run time of the episode was extended to 50 minutes. The episode was also given an ending that would allow for a reasonable time skip to take place in-universe, where the Doctor sets off on his own in search of Melody Pond. However, viewers can still watch Series 6 in full without any difference in the story arc progression. The major plots introduced at the beginning of this series were continued in the latter half of the broadcast and tied up in a standalone finale. | ||
The practice of splitting apart a 13-episode series would be repeated with [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|Series 7]], which contained further experiments with the series format. It was comprised of two different character-related story arcs that were contained in the first and second parts of Series 7, and premiered new episodes across two years, incorporating a [[Christmas special]] in between the break that bridged the two halves of the series. The singular run format, reduced to 12 episodes rather than 13, would return when the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s era began. | The practice of splitting apart a 13-episode series would be repeated with [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7]], which contained further experiments with the series format. It was comprised of two different character-related story arcs that were contained in the first and second parts of Series 7, and premiered new episodes across two years, incorporating a [[Christmas special]] in between the break that bridged the two halves of the series. The singular run format, reduced to 12 episodes rather than 13, would return when the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s era began. | ||
It wouldn't be revealed until ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' that [[Madame Kovarian]] had not been truly villainous; the "war" she spoke of wasn't simply the Doctor's enemies trying to kill him like normal, the [[Kovarian Chapter]] of the [[Papal Mainframe]] was trying to kill him before he could even take part in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] in his personal future. She believed that if the Doctor were to die before the Siege, the [[Time Lord]]s would not be released from their pocket universe, thus preventing the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] from starting anew. | It wouldn't be revealed until ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' that [[Madame Kovarian]] had not been truly villainous; the "war" she spoke of wasn't simply the Doctor's enemies trying to kill him like normal, the [[Kovarian Chapter]] of the [[Papal Mainframe]] was trying to kill him before he could even take part in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] in his personal future. She believed that if the Doctor were to die before the Siege, the [[Time Lord]]s would not be released from their pocket universe, thus preventing the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] from starting anew. | ||
