Christmas Special: A Christmas Carol by Steven Moffat
Amy and Rory are on their honeymoon during the episode, and run into trouble when the pleasure cruise spaceship they’re travelling on finds itself under attack from “something very nasty”. The spaceship is orbiting an alien planet, which is where the Doctor is for a considerate part of the story. This therefore causes Amy and Rory to be separated from the Time Lord for the majority of the episode.
Series 6: Episodes 1 & 2 by Steven Moffat
River Song appears in the opening two-parter, which is set in 1960’s America. Doctor Who Magazine says "speculation is mounting that River, who in the future is serving time for killing "a hero to many", may be responsible for the assassination of President John F Kennedy! Although probably not".
Some of the storyline is also revealed:
"The story sees the Doctor and his friends answering a secret summons that takes them on a continent-hopping adventure from the desert in Utah all the way to the Oval Office of the Whitehouse in Washington DC"
Series 6: Episodes 5 & 6 by Matthew Graham
All information is taken from Doctor Who Magazine issue 428, which is out today.
The list of confirmed cast members for these episodes can be found here.
Series 6: Episode 3 by Neil Gaiman
Doctor Who Magazine then elaborates on the character of Idris:
"It’s rumoured Idris and the Doctor have met before, so who could she be? A new incarnation of the Rani, perhaps? Maybe the Master? Or a future version of the Doctor him. . . er, herself?"
Series 6: Episode 3 by Neil Gaiman
In this episode, the TARDIS breaks down on an alien junkyard world, which is where the Doctor encounters Idris (played by Suranne Jones).
Idris is preparing for death when the story begins, but lives and "by the time the Doctor and friends meet her, she’s gone mad and ends up biting the Time Lord. . . but not on the bum, DWM can exclusively reveal".
Doctor Who Magazine then elaborates on the character of Idris:
"It’s rumoured Idris and the Doctor have met before, so who could she be? A new incarnation of the Rani, perhaps? Maybe the Master? Or a future version of the Doctor him. . . er, herself?"
Series 6: Episodes 5 & 6 by Matthew Graham
Steven describes the episodes as "a thrilling and terrifying two-parter" and says that "the Doctor will face a dilemma the like of which he’s never seen before".
This month’s Production Notes takes the form of a conversation between Steven Moffat, Matthew Graham, Beth Willis and Marcus Wilson (producer of Block Two, and "the opening two-parter of Series -um- Thingy") Here’s an interesting segment:
Steven: Leela never met the Daleks.
Beth: Sorry, what?
Matt: Yes, she did. Of course she did.
Beth: What are you talking about?
Steven: The scene in the second half. Where the Doctor’s having flashbacks.
Marcus: Before he dies?
Steven: Yeah, before he dies. It says he’s remembering being with Leela on Skaro.
Matt: Yeah, on Skaro, with Davros. No, Sarah. I’m thinking of Sarah Jane.
Episode 4 of Series 6 will be written by Mark Gatiss, while, as earlier reported, Steven Moffat will write Episode 7, which is the first episode of a two-parter that will be concluded in the Autumn with Episode 8.
All information is taken from Doctor Who Magazine issue 428, which is out today.
7 comments :
Hmmm, I wonder if the 'hero to many' reference is rather unsurprisingly, actually The Doctor. Maybe, River Song is the cause of a regeneration and was incarcarated for what seemed like the death of the Doctor? I still can't believe River Song is so low down on the recent RT companions poll!!
alright, i'm gonna go off on a total tangent and say that river song is susan foreman, and the "hero to many" that she killed was her husband who, if i recall correctly, fought against the daleks. it explains her imprisonment, it explains why the dalek in the museum begged her for mercy, and it explains why, once her consciousness was downloaded into the library's computer way back in season 4 that she had 3 children in the false world.
ADMIN -- what I've been saying all along.
yesha -- fanwank.
All -- this all looks like great news, and no insufferable Toby Whithouse in sight!
Toby Whithouse wrote two good episodes for who, I almost gave up on season two before I got to "School Reunion", and in a very experimental fifth series, "vampires of venice" was a solid, traditional episode. I think it'd be good if Toby wrote some more.
Oh I LOATHE those two episodes.
I regard the whole of season 5 as traditional, and Whithouse's scripts as "traditional" only in the sense of the tradition for dreck that RTD established.
I think its weird how many Doctor Who fans hate Doctor Who. I'll just never understand it.
Well, harry, to be fair there's a lot of awful parts of doctor who. My position has always been that when doctor who is good it is better than any other show.
And I don't quite see series 5 as traditional, it was clearly trying its best with a certain level of success to shake things up. AKA, multi-season villain, a couple in the TARDIS, only one episode centered around recurring villains. It wasn't great, but it was much better than RTD's last series.
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