Re: Series 6 to be split into two

by Starfighter Pilot Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:45 am

Lucy McGough wrote:I like Amy.

Me too.

by Kate Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:57 pm

Rich Flair wrote:The annoying one who can't act and ends every sentence LIKE THIS, MA BOYS!

That'd be the one....

by Lucy McGough Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:35 pm

I didn't notice her doing that. Mind you, it sometimes worries me how uncritical I am.

by **Patrick** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:50 am

Anyway, back to the split season discussion...

I wonder how this will affect transmission of series 6 over here. Since 2007, when BBC-America picked up the rights to first transmission of new Doctor Who series on this side of the pond, They've aired them fairly close to the original airdate. With Series 5, we got a new episode roughly three weeks after it was shown in the UK.

So does BBC-America continue that three week delay, or do they make the same decision they've made about other shows split into to two (like Top Gear) and wait for both to air in the UK before airing them here?

by **The Co=Ordinator** Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:24 am

Which would you prefer Patrick?

by **Patrick** Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:34 am

The Co=Ordinator wrote:Which would you prefer Patrick?

I hate the wait, personally. The 2010 series of Top Gear, for instance, won't be shown over here until some time in January 2011. I'd rather they show each of the two halves of Series 6 shortly after the UK transmission.

The problem is that programmers for television networks in the US want more than six or seven episodes of a regular television program in order to help build an audience around the show. This is why new television programs, when commissioned by a network, generally get a 13 week committment. I fear BBC-America may have this mindset when it comes to a decision as to how to broadcast Series 6.

If BBC-America does this, I at least hope what they do is hold over the initial spring half of Series 6, and begin transmitting it on a schedule that will allow them to continue on showing the newer fall episodes shortly after UK transmission. That way, we still get a 13 episode run of episodes, but only have to wait four or five months.

by Rich Flair Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:55 am

Johnstone McGuckian wrote:
Rich Flair wrote:The annoying one who can't act and ends every sentence LIKE THIS, MA BOYS!

Umm, Adam was put off the TARDIS quite a while ago...

Boy, you gottta practise your cutting comebacks!

by Lucy McGough Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:11 am

And I will have to practice avoiding spoiler/speculation threads. Some annoyingly clever person nearly always correctly guesses the series' resolution.

by **Patrick** Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:54 am

I come bearing some news regarding series 6. It's probably not new information, but I'm going to put it in spoiler wraps anyway.

First, however, there's this:
Series 6 to be split into two - Page 2 Dr-who-wide

Series 6 to be split into two - Page 2 Dr-who-wide

That's the artwork that accompanies a feature article on Doctor Who in the current issue of The Altantic magazine. Writer James Parker pens the article, and admits to having been a Tom Baker fan back in the day (which explains why he seems to know the history of the show so well.) It's worth a read.

LINK TO ATLANTIC ARTICLE

Now for the spoilery bit of news. According to BBC-America's Anglophenia blog, even though Doctor Who has been a staple of the cable network since BBC-America aquired the rights to air the show starting with Series 3 in 1007, Series 5 of Doctor Who delievered the highest ratings BBC-America has ever seen.

And, perhaps in response to that, a creative decision was made for Series 6. This is a press release dated 10 October 2010:

Spoiler:

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