One of the big tidbits coming out of this weekend’s Doctor Who panel at ComicCon was when series six will pick up again. Actors Matt Smith and Karen Gillan were joined by writer Toby Whitehouse and producers Piers Wenger and Beth Willis on the panel with Smith confirming that the series will be back August 27. And the good news for American fans is that BBC America will continue to air new installments the same day they premiere in the United Kingdom.
Gillan confirmed that she will be back for part of next year’s block of episodes.
Smith also said he’d like to explore the darker side of the Doctor as delved into in “A Good Man Goes to War.”
“I think there’s a lot of blood on the Doctor’s hand. I think that’s why he’s so bright and effervescent and mad,” Smith said. ” If he sat down, he’d have to contemplate losing the Roses, losing the Sarah Janes, losing all these people and letting them go. I think that’s a very interesting area for him to explore, and I know Steven is interested in exploring that.”
Gillan added that the 10th episode of the season will delve a bit more into that.
There was a reel of clips from upcoming episodes for the second half of series six shown. BBC America has released a copy of it and we’ve got it below:
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Typo in the article. The trailer lists the return date as Aug 27. Not Aug 29 as written above.
The article says that Doctor Who is returning August 29, however the promo trailer says August 27. I think it should be August 27, which is a Saturday.
Thanks guys…Fixed.
The Fall 2011 Trailer made me laugh and squee like a little girl.
A 6’2″ little FanGirl.
Bloody hell… The clip of River with the eye patch gave me a horrified chill for some reason.
Oh dear god… That trailer has me totally freaked out! It looks pretty good, we definitely revisit events from “The Impossible Astronaut,” and River wearing an eye patch???
Oh my… What has Stephen Moffatt done this time???