Series 6 (Doctor Who)


 * For the 6th season of the original series, see Season 6.



Series 6 of Doctor Who, sometimes known as Season 32 for clarity over Season 6, is expected to air on BBC One around Spring 2011. DWM Issue 419 has confirmed that it has been commissioned by the BBC, and producer Piers Wenger also announced the same at the BBC Press Launch for Series 5 in March 2010. Filming started in July 2010. This series will be preceded by a 2010 Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat. The series will be split into two pieces, the series will air sometime around easter then will stop halfway after episode seven is aired then will start again from episode 8 in autumn.

Cast
It has been confirmed that Matt Smith will return as the Eleventh Doctor and will not leave. Producers also confirmed that Karen Gillan will return as Amy Pond. This will make this the first season since the 2005 relaunch of the series when both the Doctor and companion from the previous season will carry over into the new season.

Confirmed cast

 * Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
 * Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
 * River Song - Alex Kingston (confirmed by Steven Moffat In Doctor Who Confidential)

Guest cast

 * The Captain - Pooky Quesnel
 * Eric - Nick Malinowski
 * Older Benjamin - Steve North
 * Ebenezer Scrooge - Michael Gambon
 * TBA - Katherine Jenkins
 * TBA - Danny Horn
 * TBA - Laura Rogers
 * TBA - Laurence Belcher
 * TBA - Leo Bill
 * TBA - Micah Balfour
 * TBA - Bailey Pepper
 * Julie - Sophie Cosson

Aliens and enemies
to be added

Writers
Neil Gaiman has confirmed that he is writing an episode for the first half of this series. It is highly likely that Steven Moffat will return as Executive Producer and Head Writer and if so will most likely write at least 3 episodes (The first, and finale episodes). Gaiman told BBC News that his episode was originally titled The House of Nothing It was revealed on Neil Gaiman's twitter page that his episode will be the third episode of Series 6 It has been rumoured that Tom MacRae and Paul Cornell are writing for Series 6, though Cornell denied the rumour.
 * Steven Moffat (6 episodes - Including the Christmas Special)
 * Neil Gaiman (1 episode)
 * Mark Gatiss (1 episode)

Crew
DWM 424 confirmed on page 5 the following:
 * Sanne Wohlenberg will take over as Producer for Blocks One and Two
 * Michael Pickwood will be the new Production designer
 * Barbara Kidd will be the new Costume designer
 * Di Barton will be the new Line producer
 * Piers Wenger and Beth Willis will be staying as Executive producers

Directors

 * Toby Haynes
 * Richard Clark (2 Episodes)
 * Adam Smith

Regular season
The series has been commissioned for 13 episodes. Until confirmed otherwise it is assumed that the series will follow the format of the previous five, that there will be 10 stories, with three of them being two-parters.

Rumours

 * The Sun published a rumour that Matt Smith would leave after the 2011 series, a rumour which was 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. 
 * Nicky Wire, lead guitarist of rock band MANIC Street Preachers is reportedly writing a script, which he hopes to submit, called "Do Not Go Gently" He has denied this, saying the script was 'purely for his own amusement'.
 * The Daily Star has reported that the villain for the christmas special has been confirmed by the BBC to be a CGI "Flying Shark". This looks more positive now filming pictures have emerged from filming showing a door with a bite mark in and a model sculpture of what appears to be a CGI Shark's head.
 * The Sun published a statement by Matt Smith that he was being measured for a new outfit. He was later seen on set donning a new tweed jacket, and there were no major changes to the outfit, though the elbow patches were gone.
 * It has been rumoured that Series 6 will be broadcast in the Autumn of 2011 rather than the spring. This is false as it was later proved that one half of the series will be shown in spring and the other in autumn.
 * It has been rumoured that Karen Gillan is leaving the series and Amy Pond will be killed off at the climax to the spring half of the series.
 * The Daleks will not return for Series 6. Moffat said that they would return when he had a good plot idea for them, implying they may not return in Series 6.