Series 6 (Doctor Who)

thumb|250px|right|An official [[BBC One series 6 trailer]] 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 airing on BBC One through Spring and later again in Autumn 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 is split into two sections, with the first episode, The Impossible Astronaut airing on 23rd April 2011. It will then stop after the seventh episode, A Good Man Goes To War is aired. The series will pick up from episode eight in the Autumn, and run through to the finale, episode thirteen. 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

 * Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Secondary cast

 * River Song - Alex Kingston

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
 * Eye Patch Lady - Frances Barber
 * 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
 * Thin Man - Dan Johnston
 * Fat Man - Charlie Baker
 * Julie - Sophie Cosson
 * Mrs Rossiter (China Doll) - Louise-Marie Bowmen
 * Young Amy Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
 * Young Rory Williams - Ezekiel Wigglesworth
 * NASA Man - Geoffrey Burton
 * Gibbis - David Walliams
 * News anchor - Meredith Viera
 * Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
 * Eldane- Stephen Moore
 * Mels - Nina Toussaint-White
 * Craig Owens - James Corden
 * Sophie - Daisy Haggard
 * Rita - Amara Karen
 * Mrs Rossiter - Leila Hoffman
 * Lorna Bucket - Christina Chong
 * Professor - Paul Bentley
 * The Creature - Spencer Wilding
 * Eleanor - Annabel Cleare
 * Arthur - Henry Cleare
 * Lucas - Joshua Hayes
 * Headless Monk - Claudio Laurini
 * Dr Kent - Emma Campbell-Jones
 * Check-in-girl - Josie Taylor
 * George - Jamie Oram
 * Alex (George's Father) - Daniel Mays
 * TBA (George's Mother) - Emma Cunniffe
 * TBA - Leo Bill
 * TBA - Bailey Pepper
 * TBA - Peter Bowles
 * TBA - Jimmy Vee
 * TBA - Fern Deacon
 * TBA - Frances Encell
 * TBA - Lynda Baron
 * TBA - Mark Gatiss

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.
 * There are currently no plans to bring back Paul McGann or any other Doctors.
 * James Corden will be reprising his role as Craig Owens in an expected sequel to The Lodger. Gareth Roberts will be writing the episode, so it will be the episode before the series finale.
 * Hugh Bonneville who plays Henry Avery and Oscar Lloyd who played Toby Avery in The Curse of the Black Spot will return in episode seven, A Good Man Goes to War.

Aliens and enemies

 * Kazran Sardick
 * Sky shark
 * Sky fish
 * The Silence
 * Little Girl
 * Eye Patch Lady
 * Siren
 * House
 * Nephew
 * Auntie
 * Uncle
 * Gangers

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 and was said to be the third episode of Series 6 on Neil Gaiman's twitter page. 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 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, though Cornell has denied the rumour.
 * Steven Moffat (6 episodes - Including the Christmas Special)
 * Steve Thompson (1 episode)
 * Neil Gaiman (1 episode)
 * Matthew Graham (2 episodes)
 * Mark Gatiss (1 episode)
 * Toby Whithouse (1 episode)
 * Gareth Roberts (1 episode)
 * Tom MacRae (1 episode)

Directors

 * Toby Haynes
 * Richard Clark
 * Adam Smith
 * Peter Hoar
 * Jeremy Webb
 * Nick Hurran
 * Steve Hughes
 * Richard Senior
 * Julian Simpson
 * Edgar Wright

New crew
DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:
 * Sanne Wohlenberg will take over as Producer for Blocks One and Two.
 * Michael Pickwoad will be the new Production designer.
 * Barbara Kidd will be the new Costume designer.
 * Di Barton will be the new Line producer.

Production notes

 * Piers Wenger and Beth Willis will be staying as Executive producers.
 * Richard Clark will direct two episodes; the episode written by Neil Gaiman (originally third, moved to fourth), and the episode written by Mark Gatiss (originally fourth, moved to ninth).

Television stories
The first episode will air in the UK on the 23rd April It will air in the United States on BBC America on the same day.

Regular season
The series has been commissioned for 13 episodes, with 7 episodes being broadcast in Spring 2011 from 23rd April 2011 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 usally being aired in just one block over a period of around 3-4 months.

Episode notes

 * Steven Moffat will write 6 episodes: A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and Episode Thirteen.
 * 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 he wrote, also confirming that he had finished it.
 * On-set photos for episode nine showed some new doll-like monsters.
 * There will be a three-month wait between the series' halves.
 * It was been announced that Mark Gatiss' episode is now episode nine, Neil Gaiman's episode is now episode four and a new episode, written by Steve Thompson, was be episode three.
 * Episode 9, which was rumoured to be called What are Little Boys Made of? will now be called either House Call or Night Terror
 * Matt Smith has stated that there will be a 2011 Christmas Special.
 * It was announced that three prequels have been made. There is a prequel to the series opener and another for "The Curse of the Black Spot". The third prequel was then released. It is revealed it is a prequel to the mid-season finale, "A Good Man Goes to War".
 * Steven Moffat confirmed that the question Amy was going to ask the Doctor in Space will return in Series 6.

Rumours

 * In The Brilliant Book, several "hints" about Series 6 were revealed.
 * Matt Smith will leave after the 2011 series, a rumour picked up by several other media sources..
 * This has been denied by Matt Smith and Karen Gillan
 * Another BBC insider said that Smith will stay until the 50th anniversary of the show, in 2013.
 * In a newspaper it was revealed Matt Smith has stated he would continue for at least two more years to try and become one of the fan's favourite doctors.
 * Karen Gillan is leaving the series and Amy Pond will be killed off at the climax to the spring half of the series.
 * Matt Smith has denied the rumours that Amy will die, or that Karen is leaving.
 * However, the rumours have resurfaced after Matt Smith gave an interview for Big Issue, which hinted at her departure
 * Matt Smith was being measured for a new outfit.
 * He was later seen on set donning a new tweed jacket, but there were no major changes to the outfit, though the elbow patches were gone.
 * A new outfit will appear, which removed the tweed jacket and is replaced with a green coat
 * The Celestial Toymaker will return.
 * The Daleks may return in their "old" form.
 * 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.
 * Skaro may be revisited.
 * There will be a episode with an Egyptian theme.
 * 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.
 * The Weeping Angels may return.
 * Cybermen will appear.
 * Cybermen will also appear in episodes twelve
 * Rory and Amy will leave the Doctor.
 * Amy and Rory will have a major fallout
 * Craig Owens may travel in the TARDIS.
 * Craig Owens has had a baby.
 * Paul McGann may return as the Eighth Doctor.
 * Adolf Hitler will be in an episode this series
 * Episode 10 is rumoured to be titled 'The Green Anchor'

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 in Summer, shortly after the airing of episode seven. Part Two will be released in the Autumn, shortly after episode thirteen is aired. Both parts will be released as a box set at the end of the year.