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[TimeChaser]

Thread Revival!

Now that I'm back posting on the OB and The End of Time has come and gone, with the new season approaching I'll post the currently known details of stories, authors, and casting.

Episode 1 - "The Eleventh Hour" by Steven Moffat
The first episode of the season, following directly from the conclusion to The End of Time. Introduces Karen Gillan as new companion Amy Pond and Arthur Darvill as Rory, a character connected to Amy.

Episode 2 - "The Beast Below" by Steven Moffat
Guest starring Sophie Okonedo, who previously voiced the character Alison Cheney in the animated web adventure The Scream of the Shalka opposite Richard E. Grant as an alternative Ninth Doctor.

Episode 3 - "Victory of the Daleks" by Mark Gatiss
A Dalek story set in WWII. Guest starring Ian McNeice who appears in the Dune and Children of Dune miseries as Baron Harkonnen. Mark Gatiss previously wrote The Unquiet Dead (Season 1) and The Idiot's Lantern (Season 2), as well as guest-starring as Professor Richard Lazarus in The Lazarus Experiment (Season 3)

Episodes 4 & 5 by Steven Moffat
First 2-parter of the season, featuring the return of the Weeping Angels from Blink (Season 3) and Alex Kingston as River Song, first introduced in Moffat's episodes Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead (Season 4).

Episode 6 by Toby Whitehouse
Referred to as the "Vampires in Venice" episode, this episode will see Rory join the Doctor and Amy on at least one trip in the TARDIS. Toby Whitehouse previously wrote School Reunion (Season 2).

Episode 7 by Simon Nye
No details have been released yet concerning this episode. This will be Simon Nye's first time writing for the series.

Episodes 8 & 9 by Chris Chibnal
Rumors have indicated these episodes will feature a return of the Silurians and Sea Devils from the classic series, but this has remained unconfirmed and Moffat has stated that this season would forgo the previous trends of re-inventing classic monsters. Chris Chibnal also wrote 42 (Season 3) as well as episodes of Torchwood.

Episode 10 by Richard Curtis
The 'guest historical' of the season featuring actor Tony Curran as Vincent Van Gogh. Richard Curtis is a well-known screenwriter, with the films Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, and Love Actually among his credentials. This is his first time writing for the series.

Episode 11 by Gareth Roberts
An episode supposedly focusing on Amy. Gareth Roberts has previously written The Shakespeare Code (Season 3) and The Unicorn and the Wasp (Season 4), as well as co-writing the Spring Special Planet of the Dead with former lead writer & exec. producer Russell T. Davies, as well as writing for The Sarah Jane Adventures, including The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith which guest starred David Tennant.

Episodes 12 & 13 by Steven Moffat
Season finale. No details have been released although the crew is currently filming them. Reports indicate these episodes will also feature River Song, and some filming has just taken place at Stonehenge.

Also in the latest new series news, author Neil Gaiman (Sandman graphic novels, Coraline, American Gods, Good Omens) has confirmed that he will be writing an episode for the 2011 season. Since the revival of the series, fans have often speculated if Gaiman would write for it.

[Nerdsy]

Seeing video of the Eleventh Doctor actually made his face seem even weirder. It is a most unnatural thing.

I cautiously optmistic about him. While I don't really care for what I assume is one of his catch phrases (Geronimo? Really?), his performance was most enjoyable. I approve.

[TimeChaser]

Just checking the Wiki to see if any new information was added, found this new tidbit on the Eleventh Doctor page:

In an interview with Doctor Who Magazine, Steven Moffat revealed that the Eleventh Doctor had an entirely different costume until close to the start of filming. The original look had a piratical feel which Benjamin Cook described as "a little like something Captain Jack Sparrow wears in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies". However Matt Smith was unhappy with the costume as he felt it reflected how someone else would dress the Doctor, rather than how the Doctor would dress himself. The eventual costume, in particular the bow-tie, was influenced by Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor, after Matt Smith fell in love with the Troughton story The Tomb of the Cybermen.

This certainly confirms my belief that they were going for a Troughton feel with the new outfit, and it makes me glad they chose that when I think about how it could have been. Piratical? Jack Sparrow? That would have really been a nightmare. :animestun

[SeDoc]

With the first 2 episodes aired and only 5 more to look forward to before the positively evil summer gap, I'm looking for ways to distract myself and this thread seems perfect ^^
So, a first half of Series 6 synopsis:

Episode 1: The Impossible Astronaut (Part 1 of 2) - By Steven Moffat

Episode 2: Day of the Moon (Part 2 of 2) - By Steven Moffat

Episode 3: The Curse of the Black Spot - By Steve Thompson

Episode 4: The Doctor's Wife - By Neil Gaiman

Episode 5: The Rebel Flesh (Part 1 of 2) - By Matthew Graham

Episode 6: The Almost People (Part 2 of 2) - By Matthew Graham

Episode 7: A Good Man Goes to War (Part 1 of 2) - By Steven Moffat

*edited 22nd Aug. 2011*


And here's the second half synopsis (well, most of it)



Episode 8: Let's Kill Hitler (Part 2 of 2) - By Steven Moffat

Episode 9: Night Terrors - By Mark Gatiss

Episode 10: The Girl Who Waited - By Tom MacRae

Episode 11: The God Complex - By Toby Whithouse

Episode 12: Closing Time - By Gareth Roberts

Episode 13: TBA - By Steven Moffat
*end of edit*

So many theories floating around, and only 2 episodes down... and I just keep staring at the writer of episode 4

On a side note: *drags thread to the land of the living*

Edited by SeDoc, 22 August 2011 - 10:33 AM.

[PiroMunkie]

:o I didn't realize the next season had started. I'm going to have to get on that, lol. I only somewhat recently started watching the show. I took like two weeks to just sit there and no-life it through the first five seasons (well first five of the "new" Doctor Who) several months back, lol. I was hooked pretty quick.

It was a little sad to see Tennant go, though I enjoyed the new Doctor. It was an interesting change from the suave, postured Doctor to a more scatter-brained, dorky one. And the fact that his companion wasn't just another love fool was welcome. She's awfully cute, too. ;P

Strangely one of my favorite episodes was one that featured very little of the Doctor, "Blink." Such an amazing episode. I've never been so creeped out by statues. I can watch any horror movie, play any horror game and not be phased. But Weeping Angels are just a downright frightening concept, lol.

[SeDoc]

Series 6 has an even more frightening concept, introduced in episode 1! It gave me chills.

But I will say this. The episode Neil Gaiman wrote: sublime. Just, wow ^^

Here's a question I will put to everyone: what do you guys think of River Song? Opinions, theories, etc.
(Don't forget to hide series 6 spoilers, just to be fair... )

:o I didn't realize the next season had started. I'm going to have to get on that, lol. I only somewhat recently started watching the show. I took like two weeks to just sit there and no-life it through the first five seasons (well first five of the "new" Doctor Who) several months back, lol. I was hooked pretty quick.

It was a little sad to see Tennant go, though I enjoyed the new Doctor. It was an interesting change from the suave, postured Doctor to a more scatter-brained, dorky one. And the fact that his companion wasn't just another love fool was welcome. She's awfully cute, too. ;P

Strangely one of my favorite episodes was one that featured very little of the Doctor, "Blink." Such an amazing episode. I've never been so creeped out by statues. I can watch any horror movie, play any horror game and not be phased. But Weeping Angels are just a downright frightening concept, lol.

[PiroMunkie]

Series 6 has an even more frightening concept, introduced in episode 1! It gave me chills.

Ehh, the thing about them is I wouldn't remember how terrified I was. :P Unless I was clever enough to come up with a system to do so like they did.

[SeDoc]

"There's a problem with the Daleks. They are the most famous of the Doctor's adversaries and the most frequent, which means they are the most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe," Moffat on "resting" the Daleks for the rest of Series 6.
I just thought the quote hilarious so I had to share. :D




Also, my River Song question is now redundant...

[PiroMunkie]

Toooootally called the ending to this season's finale.

But now I don't know what to do with my life until next season. ._.

[SeDoc]

Toooootally called the ending to this season's finale.

But now I don't know what to do with my life until next season. ._.

Fear not! There's still the Christmas special with Bill Bailey! Oh, and a little bit of anime goes along way
And let's not forget Moffat's "Sherlock" too... ^^


I did not see that as the ending at all. I was being distracted (quite ingeniously) by the story-telling Hooray for creative misdirection!

[PiroMunkie]

Fear not! There's still the Christmas special with Bill Bailey! Oh, and a little bit of anime goes along way
And let's not forget Moffat's "Sherlock" too... ^^


I did not see that as the ending at all. I was being distracted (quite ingeniously) by the story-telling Hooray for creative misdirection!

I haven't watched any anime in ages, lol.

Spoiler

As soon as they reintroduced the Teselecta in the episode, I knew he was going to use it to fake his own death. He could have always come up with a different plan, I guess, but the longer the episode went on, the more I was convinced I was right, lol. There's just no way they could get around actually killing the Doctor without a lot of retcon.

I still have a lot of intrigue about the significance of the Doctor's name. That very last scene did a lot to really lay out "things to come." I'm excited, haha

I'll have to keep a lookout for the Christmas special.

[Katana]

BAAAAAAH THREAD REVIVAAAAL

The big news of the day is that the trailer for season 7 has been released. If you haven't checked it out yet, then here's a link to the video on YouTube (which won't be taken off since it was put up by BBC America).

The coming season is set to air in the fall, then take a break again. We've got the Ponds departing, the new companion at Christmas, and then the big 5-0 for the show in 2013. Anyone else mildly excited?

[Sangome]

The new companion voiced a character in Xenoblade. That alone makes me more excited for the season. [And really makes me want Xenoblade even more now]

[Japan]

From the looks of it, more filming in America?

[Katana]

I heard somewhere that one episode takes place in New York, but I don't know if that means they filmed there. Probably not. And all the western stuff was shot in Spain, so I don't think so.

[Sangome]

I feel like I read somewhere that it was actually filmed in New York, but I'll be darned if I can't remember where I heard that.

[Japan]

Aww that's so lame!

[Katana]

So apparently they ARE filming that in New York, as they are there right now. Tumblr's full of pictures of them at Central Park. Makes me insanely jealous and wondering why I live where I live.