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Revision as of 17:29, 31 May 2010

Doctor Who
Series 5
Redesigned title card for Series 5.
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkBBC One
Original release3 April (2010-04-03) –
26 June 2010 (2010-06-26)[1]
Series chronology
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List of episodes

The current series of Doctor Who started on BBC One on 3 April 2010. This is the first series with Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond his companion, Steven Moffat as executive producer and head writer and Piers Wenger as executive producer. Referred to by Doctor Who Magazine as Series Thirty-One, the series was produced as Series One, although BBC Programme listings, iPlayer, DVDs and Blu-rays refer to it as Series 5.

Production

The programme returned on 3 April 2010 with a new 13-episode series starring Matt Smith[2] as the Eleventh Doctor,[3][4] and Karen Gillan as his new companion, Amy Pond, following David Tennant's departure from the series in The End of Time.[5][6] Russell T. Davies has been succeeded by Steven Moffat as executive producer and head writer,[7] and Julie Gardner has been replaced as executive producer by Piers Wenger,[8] who had previously replaced Gardner as Head of Drama for BBC Wales.[9] Beth Willis also serves as an executive producer,[10] and the series is produced by Tracie Simpson and Peter Bennett.[10]

When Doctor Who was relaunched in 2005, the new series was marketed as series 1, although it had been on BBC television for 26 years from 1963 to 1989. When this series was confirmed by the BBC in September 2007 it was referred to as 'series five',[11] following on from series 4 in 2008. In August 2009 Doctor Who Magazine announced that this series was to be produced and marketed as 'Series One'.[12] The January 2010 edition featured an interview with Steven Moffat, the new lead writer and executive producer, in which he called Series One "exciting", Series Thirty-One "awe-inspiring" and Series Five "boring and a lie". In the same issue, he jokingly referred to the season as 'series Fnarg', on ongoing joke in subsequent issues.[13] The March edition of Doctor Who Magazine, referring to this as Series Thirty-One, confirmed production codes in the range 1.1 to 1.13.[14] BBC Programme listings[15] iPlayer[16] and DVDs,[17] refer to this as Series 5.

Steven Moffat will write six episodes for the 2010 series,[18] and Richard Curtis has stated that he is to write an episode featuring "Van Gogh stabbing a yellow monster".[19][20] Mark Gatiss, Simon Nye, Gareth Roberts and Toby Whithouse will each write one episode. Chris Chibnall will write two.[21] Murray Gold stayed on as composer for the new series, and has again rearranged and composed the theme tune.[22] In a radio interview, Steven Moffat confirmed that the Weeping Angels will return.[23]

Doctor Who filming, with Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond

Ashley Way will direct two episodes.[24] According to director of photography Graham Frake's CV, Andrew Gunn will direct two episodes, which will guest star Bill Paterson, Ian McNeice and Sophie Okonedo.[25] According to director of photography Tony Slater's CV he has worked on two episodes called "Vampires in Venice" and "Vincent and the Doctor" with director Jonny Campbell and producer Tracie Simpson.[26] Adam Smith will direct at least one of the episode blocks,[27] and Jonny Campbell will be directing at least one episode.[28]

Casting

For this new series, Karen Gillan plays Amy Pond,[29] the Doctor's companion.[30] Alex Kingston (River Song) returns in several episodes.[31] Sophie Okonedo appears in episode two, and Bill Paterson and Ian McNeice appear in episode three.[31] Richard Curtis revealed in an interview that in his story, Tony Curran will play Van Gogh. Bill Nighy will also appear in the Van Gogh episode, playing the museum curator.[32] In November 2009, period filming took place in Trogir, Croatia, with actor Arthur Darvill portraying Rory Williams, Amy Pond's boyfriend.[33] Neve McIntosh revealed that she has been cast as a pair of twin Silurians.[34] Moffat told media that Helen McCrory had been cast, and will play "a sexy scary vampire-woman".[35]

Trailers

A trailer shown on television and released online shortly after the broadcast of the second part of The End of Time on 1 January 2010 shows clips from the next series, including the Eleventh Doctor punching a man and firing a handgun, redesigned (as of 2009) Daleks, the Weeping Angels, the tenth Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver exploding, a reptilian species and vampiric humanoids in Renaissance dress.[36]

A second teaser trailer was released online on 20 February 2010.[37] It shows the Doctor and Amy falling through the Time Vortex, passing a Dalek and a Weeping Angel on the way down, culminating with the reptilian face glimpsed in the first trailer bursting out of the ground. This trailer confirmed that the new series will commence transmission at Easter. A 3D version has been commissioned to be shown in cinemas with Alice in Wonderland.[38] A version was shown on BBC Two during the evening of 21 February giving a transmission date of 3 April, but the BBC subsequently stated that the exact date was still to be confirmed.[39]

A new trailer shown at the press screening of episode one was released online on 19 March 2010. The trailer showed Weeping Angels, a Cyberman with his left arm missing, a Dalek, barrage balloons, horses, Stonehenge, battling spaceships, and various shots of the new TARDIS interior.[40]

Episodes

Story number # Title Director Writer Viewers (in millions)[41] AI Original air date Production code and block
2031"The Eleventh Hour"Adam Smith[43]Steven Moffat[43]9.59[44]863 April 2010[45]1.1 [14]3[31]
The Eleventh Doctor and new companion Amy Pond attempt to save the world in twenty minutes from the Atraxi, a group of galactic policemen who are after Prisoner Zero, a shapeshifting alien that has escaped from the prison of the Atraxi.[42]
2042"The Beast Below"Andrew Gunn[43]Steven Moffat[43]7.93[44]8610 April 2010[46]1.2 [14]2[31]
The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where she finds Britain in space.[46]
2053"Victory of the Daleks"Andrew Gunn[43]Mark Gatiss[43]7.82[44]8417 April 2010[48]1.3 [14]2[31]
The Doctor and Amy are in London during World War II, and meet the Daleks and Winston Churchill.[47]
206a4"The Time of Angels"Adam Smith[43]Steven Moffat[43]8.13[44]8724 April 2010[48]1.4 [14]1[31]
206b5"Flesh and Stone"Adam Smith[43]Steven Moffat[43]8.02[44]861 May 2010[48]1.5 [14]1[31]
In this two-parter, the Doctor and Amy meet River Song, a spaceship crashes and the Doctor hunts a Weeping Angel in the ruins of Alfava Metraxis.[47]
2076"The Vampires of Venice"Jonny Campbell[43]Toby Whithouse[49]7.28[44]TBA8 May 2010[50]1.6 [14]5[31]
In Venice, which is protected by the House of Calvierri, bodies are being found with their blood drained out of them. There's something in the Canal, and the beautiful Calvierri girls cannot be seen in mirrors.[47]
2087"Amy's Choice"[51]Catherine Morshead[31]Simon Nye[49]7.06[44]TBA15 May 2010[46]1.7 [14]7[31]
The Doctor, Amy and Rory are travelling between two dimensions, each with a different deadly danger. One is real, the other is fake, and it is up to Amy to choose which is which.
209a8"The Hungry Earth"[52]Ashley Way[43]Chris Chibnall[43]TBATBA22 May 2010[53]1.8 [14]4[31]
209b9"Cold Blood"[53]Ashley Way[43]Chris Chibnall[43]TBATBA29 May 2010[53]1.9 [14]4[31]
In 2020, Dr Nasreen Chaudhry is leading the deepest drilling of Earth's crust in history. But deep beneath, something is drilling up.[47]
21010"Vincent and the Doctor"[54]Jonny Campbell[43]Richard Curtis[49]TBATBA5 June 2010[55]1.10 [14]5[31]
In Provence, the Doctor, Amy and Vincent van Gogh join forces to fight a dangerous alien.[47]
21111"The Lodger"[56]Catherine Morshead[31]Gareth Roberts[49]TBATBA12 June 2010[57]1.11 [14]7[31]
The Doctor shares a flat in Aickman Road and tries to solve mysterious disparitions up a staircase.[47]
212a12"The Pandorica Opens"[58]Toby Haynes[31]Steven Moffat[13]TBATBA19 June 2010[58]1.12 [14]6[31]
212b13"The Big Bang"[56]Toby Haynes[31]Steven Moffat[13]TBATBA26 June 2010[1]1.13 [14]6[31]
The Doctor is dealing with a message on a cliff, a mysterious box and a love story which spans over millennia.[47]

Broadcast

International broadcast

The series is being shown in Australia on the ABC's iView service, launching 16 April 2010[59] before airing on ABC1 on 18 April 2010. In New Zealand, this series began airing on Prime from 1 May 2010. Starting 17 April 2010 it is showing in the US on BBC America[60] and in Canada on Space.[61]

DVD release

Region 2 DVDs and Blu-rays[62] of the new series are planned to be available from 7 June 2010.

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