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 on mid-series hiatus, set to continue airing at the 27th of August 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 then paused after the seventh episode, A Good Man Goes to War was aired. The series will pick up with 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
 * Madame Kovarian - Frances Barber

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
 * 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
 * Lorna Bucket - Christina Chong
 * Thin Man - Dan Johnston
 * Fat Man - Charlie Baker
 * Lucas - Joshua Hayes
 * Arthur - Henry Wood
 * Eleanor - Annabel Cleare
 * Headless monk - Claudio Laurini
 * Adolf Hitler - Albert Welling
 * 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
 * Professor - Paul Bentley
 * The Creature - Spencer Wilding
 * 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 - Peter Bowles
 * TBA - Jimmy Vee
 * TBA - Fern Deacon
 * TBA - Frances Encell
 * TBA - Lynda Baron
 * TBA - Mark Gatiss

Casting notes

 * There are currently no plans to bring back Paul McGann or any other Doctors.

Aliens and enemies

 * Kazran Sardick
 * Sky shark
 * Sky fish
 * The Silence
 * Little Girl
 * Madame Kovarian
 * Siren
 * House
 * Nephew
 * Auntie
 * Uncle
 * Gangers
 * Headless monks
 * Dorium
 * Cybermen
 * Judoon
 * Sontarans
 * Silurians

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 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 was rumoured that Tom MacRae and Paul Cornell are writing for Series 6. MacRae confirmed to be writing for the series, though Cornell has denied the rumour, and will not.
 * Steven Moffat (6 episodes - Including the Christmas Special)
 * Steve Thompson (1 episode)
 * Neil Gaiman (1 episode)
 * Matthew Graham (2 episodes)
 * Mark Gatiss (1 episode)
 * Tom MacRae (1 episode)
 * Toby Whithouse (1 episode)
 * Gareth Roberts (1 episode)

Directors

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

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 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 will begin on August 27th, again airing on BBC America and BBC One on the same day.

Regular season
The series has been 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 to air 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.

Episode notes

 * Steven Moffat has written 6 episodes: A Christmas Carol, The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, A Good Man Goes to War, Let's Kill Hitler and Episode 13.
 * On-set photos for episode nine showed some new, doll-like monsters.
 * There will be a three-month hiatus between the series' halves.
 * It has 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, episode three.
 * Episode 9 was rumoured to be called What Are Little Boys Made Of? Due to the length of the title, two alternatives were devised: House Call and Night Terrors. The episode was then confirmed as the last title, Night Terrors.
 * Steven Moffat confirmed that the question Amy was going to ask the Doctor in Space will return in Series 6.
 * The BBC have announced that the second half of the series, starting with Let's Kill Hitler will air on Saturday 27th August. BBC America will also air Let's Kill Hitler on the same day.

Rumours

 * In The Briliant Book, several "hints" about Series 6 were revealed.
 * 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.
 * Karen Gillan speaks about "scary children's toys" in a prequel video.
 * Skaro may be revisited.
 * There will be an 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.
 * An egyptian style pyramid, albeit adorning a US flag is seen in the latest trailer for the second half of the season
 * Cybermen will also appear in episode twelve
 * Rory 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.
 * Episode 10 was rumoured to be titled The Green Anchor.
 * This was denied by its writer, Tom MacRae, who stated that this was never even the working title. However, he confirmed that a "green anchor" is important in the episode.
 * The Doctor will revisit the lake in Utah.
 * The Doctor will get married in the finale.
 * The Daily Star have announced that episode 13 will be called The Wedding. The BBC is still to confirm this.
 * This was later proven false, as Doctor Who Magazine announced via their Twitter account that the episode was five words long.

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. 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.