Another day , another rumor about a change toDoctor Who‘s data formatting for the first twelvemonth of theSteven MoffatandMatt Smithera . The later newsworthiness suggests you may have to wait until tardy 2010 for the second half of series five .
Apparently , there are grumble that fountain 2010 will only see the transmission of the first six episodes of the 11th Doctor ’s debut series . The show would then take a break until around October , at which time the BBC would broadcast the remain seven episode . A Christmas special would then shut out the class .
If I had to think , this could have something to do with the World Cup , which will take place from June 11 to July 11 in 2010 . The BBC might well remember the last instalment to come into conflict with a big World Cup match . The serial publication two installment “ The Satan Pit ” , which faced off against England ’s first lucifer in the 2006 tourney , was the lowest rated episode of the new series . The move to break the serial in two might also be mean to fend off the more ecumenical evaluation drop MD Who live in the summer , as the weather come nicer and more families drop Saturday evenings out of doors .
On a less pragmatic and more originative spirit level , this could allow for the series to put in a truly massive , months - spanning cliffhanger at the midseason break , something the serial has never really done before . in the main speaking , the need to save the Christmas special as issue unto themselves has meant they had to be separate from the tale before and after them , precluding the possibility of a handsome cliffhanger at the end of either the late episode thirteen or the special itself . ( true , “ Doomsday ” and “ Last of the Time Lords ” shake off in random teasers for their subsequent Christmas specials , and “ Journey ’s ending ” almost did the same . But those were all incidental to the report that had preceded it and neither of the two that really publicize placed the Doctor in danger . )
There ’s something wonderfully cruel and perverse ( and thus very Steven Moffat ) about the thought of terminate episode six with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in deadly riskiness from some dire opposition , only to suddenly trim to the words , “ See you in six month ! ” candidly , I ’d be disappoint if Moffat did n’t do it .
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