June 14th, 2011
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No full Doctor Who Series for 2012 – update
No full 2012 Doctor Who series
From Steven Moffat via twitter…
Dr Who: misquotes and misunderstandings. But I’m not being bounced into announcing the cool stuff before we’re ready. Hush, and patience.
lizo_mzimba said via his twitter feed that “There will not be a full series of Dr Who in 2012! BBC confirms that BBC One Controller said this earlier today”
The news was originally revealed by Wayne Clarke who was at a conference where Danny Cohen was speaking.
This may mean that although 14 new episodes are to be made, they may be spread over 2 years. This may be nothing more than a build up to 2013, the shows 50th anniversary.
He also said: “Worth repeating, BBC says Danny Cohen’s comment that Steven Moffat needed time for Sherlock hence shorter DW run wasn’t meant to be serious.”
later adding “Bit of confusion, to summarise: no FULL 13 episode series of Dr Who in 2012. So some episodes will still go out in 2012. Remainder in 2013.”
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Andrew Hall
June 15th, 2011 - 8:56pmGet RTD back in. If Moffat cares more about Sherlock then he should step down and let someone in who loves Doctor Who. Hes actually destroying all the good work that Russell did. IM VERY ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
JOHN
June 15th, 2011 - 8:44pmPLUS, ALL THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IS MONEY!ABOVE AN AMAZING AND MEANINGFUL SHOW LIKE DOCTOR WHO!!
REALLY ANNOYED………….
JOHN
June 15th, 2011 - 8:42pmREALLY, REALLY ANNOYED BY THIS!!!!!!
LOOK AT WHAT THE LAST FEW YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO HAVE BEEN:
2009-GAP YEAR
2010-FULL SERIES
2011-SPLIT SERIES; BUT STILL SAME AMOUNT OF EPISODES
2012-GAP YEAR; AGAIN!!!!!!!
2013-FULL SERIES
THIS IS GETTING PATHETIC-I’LL HELP MAKING IT IF THE CURRENT PRODUCERS ARE NOT CAPABLE!
HOPE THE 2013 SERIES WILL BE DECENT, CONSIDERED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
king gerbil
June 15th, 2011 - 7:32pmWas that paper the terrible daily mail? If it was dont listen to them-they keep making up lies.
It hasn’t lost any viewers at all-thats a fact.
If it was because of doctor who being bad then they would get a different writer/doctor.
the man of 11 lives
June 15th, 2011 - 7:31pmyeah i agree i mean whats the point of watching it if you only have to wait a year they should not have split the series in two i mean for younger kids like myself it is going to be boring to wait a year because you probaly lost the urge to watch it
king gerbil
June 15th, 2011 - 7:28pmTotally-Johnny Depp or Jim Carey as the doctor
king gerbil
June 15th, 2011 - 7:25pmWell yes, but does anything else have such a high product profit?
king gerbil
June 15th, 2011 - 7:24pmDear RORYDOCTORRIVERPOND to me it seems like you don’t like the show so maybe you should stop complaining and realise that its awesome!
harold saxon
June 15th, 2011 - 6:54pmPossible reasons for SPLIT SEASON 2012/2013 could be piers wegner leaving,costs and karen gillan & arthur darvill being unavailable for a while due to other work.
Anonymous
June 15th, 2011 - 6:41pmApparently most of the episodes are being broadcast in 2012 with the remainder in 2013, I think it may be a red herring and we will be getting an extra long series in 2013 with the extra episodes from what would have been the 2012 series added on to the beginning of the next series. Steven Moffat has said his workload is remaining the same over the two years meaning he is writing the same number of episodes so that would sugest that by the end of 2013 we will have got all 28 episodes we would normally have got but not in an exact split.
DoctorWho2011
June 15th, 2011 - 6:38pmThis sounds like there will be no more doctor who very angry with this cos sometimes they don’t know what they want to do with doctor who this year spilitting it up and this time spiltting the series for 2012 and see the other half next year thats a joke it should be one hole series like series 1,2,3,4 & 5
harold saxon
June 15th, 2011 - 6:29pmwhy would they want to cut back episodes on bbc’s flagship show[better than beatenders!],makes no sense,the beeb make a fortune out of this show in merchandise,dr.who live,dr.who experience! bonkers beeb you owe us,we are loyal fans!
TARDIS
June 15th, 2011 - 6:28pmno i meant one break in 2012 leading to 2013 and i think it a rubbish idea
josephdocwhofan
June 15th, 2011 - 5:00pmthis is stupid eventually in a few years they will cut it top one ep a year!!
CYBERLEADER
June 15th, 2011 - 4:41pmEVERYONE SERIES 6 WILL BE COMING BACK AT AUTUM!!!!!!!!!!:lol:
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
June 15th, 2011 - 4:01pmDOCTOR WHO HAS BEEN LOSING VIEWERS, COS THERE WAS A ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER SAYING THAT DOCTOR WHO IS TO SCARY AND COMPLICATED FOR YOUNGER KIDS, SO THAT MIGHT BE WHY…
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
June 15th, 2011 - 3:58pmOR MAYBE THE 11TH DOCTOR REGENERATES ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, THAT COULD HAPPEN! HE COULD JUMP FOWARD IN TIME??…
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
June 15th, 2011 - 3:55pmI THINK THE TIME LENGTH OF DOCTOR WHO AT THE MOMENT IS PERFECT FOR THE SHOW, A 90 MINUTE EP WOULD BE QUITE BORING WOULDN’T YOU SAY?
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
June 15th, 2011 - 3:54pmI DON’T LIKE THE WAY THE WAY THE SPLIT SERIES 6, NOW THEY ARE GOING TO SPLIT A SERIES OVER 2 YEARS!! THAT IS ABSELOUTE RUBBISH! HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE YEAR BEFORE?? AS WELL AS THIS YEAR!!
WOWHO
June 15th, 2011 - 3:52pmWHY WHY WHY can’t the BBC show 13 episodes of Doctor on 13 consecutive Saturday nights?!?!!?
And where is the official press release? The news is out there!
TARDIS
June 15th, 2011 - 3:42pmfor goodness sake first we only get four specials then season six is split now seasons might be being split over two years.
Mels
June 15th, 2011 - 1:53pmIt would be interesting if they did some 90 minute episodes, like what they’re doing with Sherlock.
…Not that I’m sure Doctor Who actually suits that format, but I think the BBC/Mofatt will pounce something new on us at any rate… After watching the whovians out there implode from guessing first of course…
booboo
June 15th, 2011 - 12:46pmyes, to much misinformation going about now, hopefully this all about a big 2013 plan as others have said
KORSAIR
June 15th, 2011 - 12:45pmEchoes of 1989 I’m thinking here.(God I hope not!!!!)
Harry
June 15th, 2011 - 12:44pmI wonder if they are building up to some really major stuff in 2013 for the 50th anniversary
Ian
June 15th, 2011 - 12:36pmComment on Twitter from Steven Moffatt – Dr Who: misquotes and misunderstandings. But I’m not being bounced into announcing the cool stuff before we’re ready. Hush, and patience.
Daleks on Ice
June 15th, 2011 - 12:04pmBecause an hour of Dr Who costs significantly more than an hour of anything else on the BBC so sadly is likely at the top of the list for savings.
I Love Cybermen
June 15th, 2011 - 11:43amThis better not be true! I’m going to explode with rage! When everything else is rubbish on tv, why pick on good old Dr Who?!!!
Ian
June 15th, 2011 - 11:32amThe thing on the merchandising is that it would tick over as well with 6eps next year as it would with 13 so as long as the show has explosure to the public to keep the brand awareness up they wont look at it as a potential loss. The money that comes in doesnt go to a specific Dr Who money pot, it goes to fund the entire BBC so from a commissioning point of view they would look at cost of sets, actors, scripts, fx, technical aspects (music, location costs etc) and that wouldnt be valued against Dr Who related income. The main thing here is its not cancelled and remains a big BBC flagship brand so we are at least guaranteed that there will be some Dr Who in the next year, albeit not as much as we would like.
YT
June 15th, 2011 - 11:11amI have seen one big site say there will be a full series in 2013 but i dont think anyone actually said that. Confused