Comments on: BBC confirms Series 6 to be split into two halves

By: TE

TE — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:01:14 +0000

@TE Sorry about that ;)

By: TE

TE — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:34 +0000

Please don’t post potential spoilers in comments. Thanks!

By: e.p

e.p — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:49:12 +0000

Moving to the “American way” would mean that there would be around 24 episodes in a series, and then that would be split in half.
I don’t see any reason to panic. I can think of at least two terrific shows (Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes) where there were only 8 episodes in a series. Torchwood had spectacular ratings for Children of Earth and that was only five episodes.
In fact most of the good BBC shows (this is only my opinion, of course) have relatively short series.
Honestly I prefer this way because it means less time waiting between series!

By: TE

TE — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:22:50 +0000

@Steve
As a Heroes fan, I would know that they split Season Three into two volumes – Volume Three: Villains, and Volume Four: Fugitivies. Just like the plan was to split Season Two into three volumes, until the Writer’s Guild strike struck. Do your research properly, next time.

Also, he said, “I suppose” not “This second half will definitely be labelled ‘Series Seven’”. Just like he’s been calling Series Five “Series One” and Series Six “Series Two”. However, the BBC have said the series will be split into two halves, not series.

By: Kristian Barry

Kristian Barry — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:25:07 +0000

I’m not happy about this at all. I want more Doctor Who not what we have being diluted throughout the year. Its a disgrace. If this were a 20 episode season then giving out time off would be fine but this is just nonsense. A cliffhanger is a cliffhanger. Its always resolved whether its over a few episodes or a further six. This smacks to me of an experiment to see whether Doctor Who would get bigger figures during the autumn. Thats fine because if it isn’t then don’t do it at all unless your going to increase the amount of episodes produced.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:08:29 +0000

Wait, did someone really just star out those words?! By ‘eck!

By: TWWL

TWWL — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:07:55 +0000

@Steve The reason for calling it series six and seven, at a guess, would be because the two halves would be quite different, Moffat himself says the end of the first half would be 'game changing', so like two different series. Also, as there would be a gap, most people would think of it as a new series rather than a continuation of what was on months before. Also, they're both on in the same year, rather than just six episodes a year, so who cares?

By: TWWL

TWWL — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:05:03 +0000

Apologies for using the word ********there, I actually meant to put the much milder ********; I guess I’m just a potty mouth.

By: TWWL

TWWL — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:02:08 +0000

@Steve I'm not being naive, and the 'explore a different way' thing you quote me as saying is from Moffats own mouth. HE wants this to have a go at doing something new. This is a good thing, an exciting thing for anyone interested in seeing something new. The idea that it's in any way the BBC trying to gently pave the way for axing the series is absurd paranoid ********.

By: Lee 'Spikey' Nethersole

Lee 'Spikey' Nethersole — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:56:12 +0000

If its just a one off to accomodate clever storytelling its a good thing. If it’s a sneaky way to move into the moronic American way of messing with TV then it’s a bad thing.