Doctor Who Magazine 431 Cover and News

The cover for Doctor Who Magazine 431 has now been revealed via their Facebook page, and tells us more about what we can expect from the issue. The issue comes with a feature about the newly designed Paradigm Daleks, and asks whether it is the most controversial Dalek design ever. There is also an interview with Mark Gatiss who reveals some details about his new episode, which is currently scheduled as the Episode 9.

The other features include all the latest news about the first half of Series 6, a brand new comic strip for the Eleventh Doctor, and an article about Janet Fielding.

DWM 431 goes on sale on 10th February 2011.

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Doctor Who Series 6 Episode Order Changed

Steven Moffat has exclusively revealed in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine that the episode order for Series 6 has now been shuffled, with the order of Episodes 3, 4 and 9 being changed.

Moffat states that the reason for the change is that there was “Not Enough Outside and Too Many Torches in the first run of seven.” The details of the episodes as printed in the magazine can be viewed below.

Episodes 1 & 2

Written by head writer Steven Moffat, this two-part season opener sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory embarking on an epic adventure in 1960s America. The team are joined once again by the mysterious River Song, played by Alex Kingston, while Stuart Milligan and Mark Sheppard guest star in major roles. The director is Toby Haynes.

Episode 3

Formerly Episode 9, this episode comes from the pen of Steve Thompson. A newcomer to Doctor Who, Steve won the Art Council’s Meyer-Whitworth award for new writing for his 2004 play, Damages. For television, he has written episodes of ITV’s Whistleblowers, and most notably the second episode of the BBC’s acclaimed Sherlock. This episode is set to go in front of the cameras early in the New Year, as part of Block Four.

Episode 4

Now moved from its original position of Episode 3 is the much-anticipated story by award-winning author Neil Gaiman. The adventure guest-stars Suranne Jones playing someone who Neil tells us “might just turn out to be an old acquaintance with a new face.” Episode 4 is directed by Richard Clark.

Episodes 5 & 6

Tentatively titled The Rebel Flesh and Gangers, this story is written by Matthew Graham and directed by Julian Simpson, while the guest cast includes Raquel Cassidy, Marshall Lancaster, Sarah Smart and Mark Bonnar.

Episode 7

Steven Moffat writes the concluding script for the first half of the season, which will form half of the fourth recording block along with Episode 3.

Episode 9

After Steven Moffat’s conclusion to the mid-season cliffhanger, the series continues with Episode 9, by Mark Gatiss. (This was previously Episode 4.) Directed by Richard Clark, the guest cast includes Daniel Mays, Andrew Tiernan, Leila Hoffman, Emma Cunniffe, Jamie Oram and Sophie Cosson.

Doctor Who Series 6 Screen Caps by Blink

Doctor Who Series 6 Trailer (2011)

There will be 10 screen caps from the trailer posted at 14:00.

Doctor Who Series 6 – Mark Gatiss Rumoured to Play the War Chief

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine featured a Production Notes articles with Neil Gaiman, who revealed some small details about his upcoming story for Series 6. The most important notes he revealed about the episode were: “Now it all starts in void-space, with something – or someone – we have not seen since The War Games, and a knock on the TARDIS door…”

This has caused many fans to speculate that the returning “something” is the War Chief, who played an important role in the epic ten-part adventure The War Games. There has also been a picture posted online by Mark Gatiss of him wearing a moustache, which was titled “Return of the War Chief!”

All of this information combined has led to many fans believing that Mark Gatiss will be playing this role in Neil Gaiman’s episode for Series 6, despite Gatiss already having acted in Doctor Who when playing Richard Lazarus in Series 3. All of this is speculation at the moment, and has been denied by Mark Gatiss. However, the possibility of the War Chief returning is plausible.

A Matter of Time: Mark Gatiss

(17/10/1966)

DESCRIPTION: Mark Gatiss has written three stories for Doctor Who, as well as starring in ‘The Lazarus Experiment’ and writing a fourth story for Series 6.

FACT: His first professional writing work was for the Virgin Publishing’s New Adventures series of Doctor Who stories, beginning with ‘Nightshade’.

Doctor Who Series 6 - New Doll Monsters Images

A few pictures of sinister-looking dolls have emerged across the internet, and it is believed that they will feature in the Series 6 episode written by Mark Gatiss, currently entitled ‘What Are Little Boys Made Of?’.

These photos were released yesterday on Trek BBS, and it was previously revealed that one of the story’s settings is in a giant dolls house.

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Richard Clark Reveals Set Image and Information

Richard Clark, who is currently directing two episodes of Series 6, has been posting many comments on the social networking site ‘Twitter’, teasing fans about what they can expect from his stories. He also exclusively released this image of one of the sets.

The latest tweets from Clark include: “I'm scared filming this. The kids are gonna freak”, and “Just rehearsed finale. Never laughed so hard as when 'bob' prepared to do battle”.

The episodes that Clark has been working on are the stories penned by Neil Gaiman and Mark Gatiss, rumoured to be the third and fourth of the series. Director of Photography Owen McPolin, who worked on ‘The Eleventh Hour’, and Designer Michael Pickwoad have joined him in the production of these stories.

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Doctor Who Series 6 Episode 4 Title Leaked

The Spotlight CV website of Jamie Oram has revealed that he will be playing the character of George, a troubled young boy who has a nervous disposition, in the story penned by Mark Gatiss for Series 6.

The website also states that this will be the fourth story of the series, and says that the name of the episode is ‘What Are Little Boys Made Of?’, although it is highly possible that this is incorrect or will change before transmission.

Emma Cunniffe and Daniel Mays have also been named as the actors to play the parents of George in the episode. This news is currently unconfirmed by the BBC, although the sources which they came from are reliable.

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Doctor Who Series 6 Begins Filming

The filming of the sixth series of Doctor Who has officially begun today, with Neil Gaiman’s episode going into production today in Cardiff. It is currently believed that this episode will be the third to be transmitted in the series, due to be broadcast in Spring 2011.

The second story to be filmed in this block is Mark Gatiss’ instalment for the series, and both stories are being directed by Richard Clark, whose previous credits include ‘The Lazarus Experiment’ from Series 3.

Mark Gatiss Writes for Series 6

It has been revealed that Mark Gatiss is writing an episode of Doctor Who for Series 6, after the director Richard Clark posted this news on Twitter. Clark previously directed ‘The Lazarus Experiment’ in Series 3, where Gatiss played the lead role.

When commenting about the story on Twitter, he said: “In the thick of Dr Who. New drafts coming along. Mark Gatiss story wonderful.” Clark also commented on Neil Gaiman’s script, saying: “Neil’s script read wonderfully. We’re on our way.”

It has been speculated that Richard Clark will direct both of these stories, and that they will be filmed in the same production block. He said that both of the scripts are “falling into place beautifully”, and that they will be some of the most anticipated stories of Series 6.

Thanks to 10thPlanet for the news.

'Sherlock: The Great Game' at 9 o'clock

The third and final episode in this series of ‘Sherlock’ is airing tonight on BBC One at 9 o’clock, and is titled ‘The Great Game’. This episode is written by Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, who is also an executive producer of the series along with Steven Moffat.


The success of this series will hopefully mean that another run of episodes will be made by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss for next year. The programme stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as his sidekick Dr John Watson.

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