Richard Curtis returns for Series 6/Season 32!

[Pseudo]

Your posts aren't making sense to me. It's already been confirmed a long time ago that series six is going to be split. What aren't you understanding about that? The episode list you quoted above in your post is simply pointing out the episodes that Moffat is going to be writing. Are you trying to say that because the episode numbers are in sequence to a normal series long production this somehow means the series won't be split?

I believe the quandry is wether a Split 13 episodes = 2 Series (S6 and S7); 1 of 7eps and 1 of 6 OR if it simply means Series 6 has a hiatus.

It has been confirmed by Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Magazine and numerous other sources that episodes one to seven of Series Six will air in the Spring and episodes Eight to Thirteen will air in the Autumn.

There's no quandry as to whether it's two series or one series. It's being shot as one series, it will be promoted as one series and it will be released on DVD as one series. The only quote that referred to the split as being two separate series was made by Steven Moffat when he announced the split and he was merely emphasising the nature of the split as has been made clear in numerous interviews since.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Thank you and this is what I had thought. I'm still confused by what Ar-Pharazon's original point was concerning that earlier quote. I see no contradiction.

 

[Sindatur]

I thought it was already established that series six would be split into half. With the first half being series six, then there would be a hiatus for a couple of months then the second half would air as series seven?

I don't believe that's so.

I believe it's "S6.0 and S6.5" in American terms. Same Series/Season, just a hiatus in between

 

[Admiral_Young]

Sigh. We just established this already. Okay...just never mind.

 

[Pseudo]

I thought it was already established that series six would be split into half. With the first half being series six, then there would be a hiatus for a couple of months then the second half would air as series seven?

I don't believe that's so.

I believe it's "S6.0 and S6.5" in American terms. Same Series/Season, just a hiatus in between

Sigh. We just established this already. Okay...just never mind.

From what I've heard in terms of DVD releases, rather than releasing the three-episode volumes like previous series, they'll be releasing a volume containing the spring episodes and a volume containing the autumn episodes as well as a complete series DVD. So from that perspective it could be seen as 6.0 and 6.5, but that's splitting hairs. And would logically mean that The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks constitute Series 5.1 and Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang constitute Series 5.4 because they were released as separate DVD's. Yes, this is made a little different because of the split in the Series, but its entirety from Episode One to Episode Thirteen will be advertised, marketed and considered by all who consider such things important, Series Six.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

It's not a stretch for BBC to consider 6 or 7 episodes a full series. Remember Red Dwarf.

Though as an American, I still consider 24-26 episodes to be a normal season.

 

[Admiral_Young]

Seriously what??? What point are you attempting to make? To me you're bringing up something that was talked about months ago and making random, confusing points. Yes in North America and for American shows in general (unless it's HBO or something) 22 episodes is generally considered a full season.

Moffat has stated in previous interviews that he wanted to split the series in half due to story reasons. I am seriously baffled by your posts on this subject.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

You know, you can always choose the "do not reply" option if you're so baffled by my posts.

Or at least take your brain medicine.

 

[Pseudo]

It's not a stretch for BBC to consider 6 or 7 episodes a full series. Remember Red Dwarf.

Though as an American, I still consider 24-26 episodes to be a normal season.

It's actually fairly usual for British series to have six or so episodes in a series. But, as I've already pointed out, this is not the case with he forthcoming series of Doctor Who.

 

[DimesDan]

You know, you can always choose the "do not reply" option if you're so baffled by my posts.

Or at least take your brain medicine.

But watching his brain melt is pretty fun wouldn't you say.

With the new series starting at the end of next month, we'll then be able to put the whole is it a whole season split in two or two seperate seasons to bed once and for good. Or we may have to wait till October when the new Season Seven starts.........

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ You two are comedians. I didn't know you were allowed to post random shit here or not bother explaining your posts when someone makes posts that don't make sense. Next time I will take the jack ass option.

 

[Captaindemotion]

This is undoubtedly the most agitated anyone ever has gotten about the subject of Richard Curtis. Y'all need to relax peeps.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The bizarre thing is that wasn't what we were discussing any more.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ I know but I think it was at the point of two bald men fighting over a comb. To keep with the Curtis theme, like a no-longer-floppy-haired Grant slapping a follicly-challenged Firth.

 

[DimesDan]

^ You two are comedians. I didn't know you were allowed to post random shit here or not bother explaining your posts when someone makes posts that don't make sense. Next time I will take the jack ass option.

Calmed down yet?

As for posting random shit, my post wasn't random, I just found it highly amusing you were getting your panties in a twist over a non issue. Yes it may be said that Doctor Who this year will be season six split in two. But until it starts being aired late next month and the marketing machine goes into overdrive we don't know, as I said, it's a non issue.

As for not bothering to explain things. Yes it would be great if we all took the time to explain what we meant or clarify a position on matters which some can not understand. We don't need to though and last time I checked the board rules, we are under no obligation to explain things if asked by some other poster.

Maybe if you did take the jack arse approach, you might find you'll get a lot calmer when finding yourself in such a situation where your requests for clarification goes unheeded.

 

[diankra]

To get back to the original subject, a suggestion no-one seems to have made: is it possible that Richard Curtis has written the Comic Relief Who sketch?

 

[Admiral_Young]

I was calm the entire time. As for my random posting comment, I wasn't referring to you...I was referring to Ar-Pharazon. I already explained to him several times about the episodes for what Moffat was writing and his original point was that it was somehow a contradiction to the split series. He continued to harp on that issue without furthering to clarify his meaning...despite others already confirming the split. My entire point that I attempted to address was that it was a non issue. I was wondering simply if he was confused or whatever.

 

[The Wormhole]

To get back to the original subject, a suggestion no-one seems to have made: is it possible that Richard Curtis has written the Comic Relief Who sketch?

No, I'm pretty sure that's already been confirmed to be written by Moffat.

 

[Starkers]

To get back to the original subject, a suggestion no-one seems to have made: is it possible that Richard Curtis has written the Comic Relief Who sketch?

No, I'm pretty sure that's already been confirmed to be written by Moffat.

Yeah I think that's the case as well.

 

[Pseudo]

To get back to the original subject, a suggestion no-one seems to have made: is it possible that Richard Curtis has written the Comic Relief Who sketch?

No, I'm pretty sure that's already been confirmed to be written by Moffat.

Yeah I think that's the case as well.

the new issue of DWM reveals that the Comic Relief episodes were written by Moffat and directed by Richard Senior, who also directed the NTA introduction. It also reveals that the writer of Episode Ten as Tom MacRae.