The Doctor Who Series Six News

With more and more news trickling out about the next series of Doctor Who, here's a page that we will constantly update with all the facts and rumours as they unfold, so have all the info in one handy document

Okay, this page is looking pretty empty at the moment, but hopefully, now that production on the new series is underway it'll start to fill out quickly. Or maybe not. Whenever this page is updated, we'll bump it to the top of the news stories on the main page, but hey, you could always do something revolutionary like bookmark it!

Note on rumours - we'll strive not to give away anything other than very mild spoilers. If we learn on the grapevine that Matt Smith is going to regenerate into an otter or the Chumblies are coming back or something we'll keep schtum. Unless the story title comes out and it's "Return Of The Chumblies" anyway.

Confirmed writers:

Steven Moffat
Probably writing episode one, and five others including twelve and thirteen, but that's all educated guesstimation at the moment.

Mark Gatiss ("The Unquiet Dead", "The Idiot's Lantern", "Victory Of The Daleks")
Confirmed by director Richard Clark on his Twitter feed ("In the thick of Dr Who. New drafts coming along. Mark Gatiss story wonderful.").

Neil Gaiman
Confirmed by Neil himself at the SFX Awards last February

Confirmed directors:

Richard Clark ("Gridlock", "Lazarus Experiment")
Adam Smith ("The Eleventh Hour", "The Time Of Angels", "Flesh And Blood")

Rumours and speculation:

In this section we'll mention stuff that seems to be based on some substantiated facts, rather than just the tabloids making up rubbish

. There may be an episode set in Egypt (go here, then do a text search for Doctor Who) although maybe the "interactive DVD" is for a deluxe edition of "The Pyramids Of Mars" (seems unlikely, though, don't you think?)

. There may be an episode involving a giant Dollhouse (which sounds very Gaiman-esque, but let's not jump to conclusions)

. Toby Haynes is directing the 2010 Christmas special and the director the Christmas special usually handles that as a block with another episode in the following season, but as yet there is no 100% confirmation of this.

. There is the very tenuous chance that Toby Whithouse may be writing for series six, if you want to read anything into this story.

Episode One:

Written by: Steven Moffat (yeah, we all pretty much guessed this would be the case but the bwlow Tweet appears to prove it)
Directed by:

Other info: Apparently the episode has a cheesy title (for the moment, anyway) according to this Tweet from Moffat: "Told my son the title of ep 1 of the next run of Dr Who. A pause. 'I think we can do better, Daddy.' Then: 'We need clever. Not cheesy.'"

Episode Three:

Written by: Neil Gaiman
Directed by: Richard Clark
Other info: Rory is definitely in this episode (confirmed on Twitter by Neil himself)

Guest Starring: Suranne Jones (Karen McDonald in Coronation Street) as Idris

Episode Four:

Written by: Mark Gatiss
Directed by: Richard Clark

Guest Starring: Daniel Mays (the villainous guy from the final series of Ashes To Ashes) and Emma Cunniffe (The Lakes) who play the parents of Harry, played by child actor Jamie Oram.

Episode Seven:

Written by:
Directed by:
Other info: "Game-changing cliffhanger," says Moffat
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