Series 6 (Doctor Who)

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Series 6 of Doctor Who, occasionally 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.

Overview

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Television stories

Promotional postcard for the Autumn half of the series.

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
Christmas special	A Christmas Carol	Steven Moffat	Toby Haynes
Comic Relief mini-episodes	Pt. 1: Space Pt. 2: Time	Steven Moffat	Richard Senior
Spring Half
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. First appearance of Henry Avery and Toby Avery. 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, The Church, Headless monks, Henry Avery, Toby Avery and Dorium.
Autumn Half
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. Return of River Song. First appearance of the Teselecta.
9	Night Terrors	Mark Gatiss	Richard Clark	Changed from Episode 4.
10	The Girl Who Waited	Tom MacRae	Nick Hurran
11	The God Complex	Toby Whithouse	Nick Hurran	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, the Cybermen, River Song, Madame Kovarian and the Silence.
13	The Wedding of River Song	Steven Moffat	Jeremy Webb	Reappearance of River Song, Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens, Dorium, the Silence and 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

DVD Box Set Mini-episodes

These five mini-episodes were released on the Series 6 DVD boxset. They were all given an umbrella title of Night and the Doctor.

Episode Number	Title	Writer	Director	Notes
1	Bad Night	Steven Moffat	Richard Senior
2	Good Night	Steven Moffat	Richard Senior
3 & 4	Pt. 1: First Night Pt. 2: Last Night	Steven Moffat	Richard Senior	Reappearance of River Song.
5	Up All Night	Tom MacRae	Unknown	Prequel to Closing Time. Reappearance of Craig Owens and Sophie.

Cast

Primary cast

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

Secondary cast

• River Song - Alex Kingston
• Madame Kovarian - Frances Barber
• Silents - Marnix Van Den Broeke

Guest cast

• Kazran Sardick - Michael Gambon
• Abigail Pettigrew - Katherine Jenkins
• Canton Delaware - Mark Sheppard
• Richard Nixon - Stuart Milligan
• Henry Avery - Hugh Bonneville
• Toby Avery - Oscar Lloyd
• Idris - Suranne Jones
• House - Michael Sheen
• Jennifer Lucas - Sarah Smart
• Miranda Cleaves - Raquel Cassidy
• Dorium - Simon Fisher Becker
• Colonel Manton - Danny Sapani
• Madame Vastra - Neve McIntosh
• Jenny - Catrin Stewart
• Strax - Dan Starkey
• Lorna Bucket - Christina Chong
• Adolf Hitler - Albert Welling
• Mels - Nina Toussaint-White
• Young Amy Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
• Young Rory Williams - Ezekiel Wigglesworth
• George - Jamie Oram
• Alex - Daniel Mays
• Gibbis - David Walliams
• Rita - Amara Karan
• Craig Owens - James Corden
• Sophie - Daisy Haggard
• Val - Lynda Baron
• Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
• Gantok - Mark Gatiss

Adaptations and merchandising

Home media

DVD

All episodes of Series 6 were released in 2011.

Episode name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol	1 × 60 min.	24 January 2011	3 March 2011	15 February 2011
Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 1 The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon The Curse of the Black Spot The Doctor's Wife The Rebel Flesh / The Almost People A Good Man Goes to War	6 x 45 min. 1 × 50 min.	11 July 2011	4 August 2011	19 July 2011
Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 2 Let's Kill Hitler Night Terrors The Girl Who Waited The God Complex Closing Time The Wedding of River Song	4 x 45 min. 2 × 50 min.	10 October 2011	3 November 2011	8 November 2011
Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series	1 x 60 min. 3 x 50 min. 10 x 45 min.	21 November 2011	1 December 2011	22 November 2011

Novels

• Dead of Winter
• The Way Through the Woods
• Hunter's Moon
• Touched by an Angel
• Paradox Lost
• Borrowed Time
• The Silent Stars Go By

Audiobooks

• The Eye of the Jungle
• Blackout
• The Art of Death
• Darkstar Academy

DVD and Blu-ray release

The DVD release of Series 6 was issued in two parts, unlike the preceding series, which was released in four or 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 was released in the autumn, shortly after episode thirteen was aired. Both parts were released as a box set on November 22 with the Night and the Doctor minisodes and the Doctor Who Confidential cutdowns.