Doctor Who: Series 6
Series, 2011, Eleventh Doctor, Set in River Song
Doctor Who: Series 6 is #10 of 21 in release order and #10 of 21 in chronological order in the Doctor Who.
The story
The Doctor returns, alongside newly weds Amy and Rory, to face monsters and mysteries and adventures all across time and space. Together they find themselves in sixties America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then aboard a pirate ship on the high seas of 1696, to solve the mystery of the Siren. In a bubble universe at the edge of reality, the Doctor meets an old friend with a new face.
Doctor Who: Series 6 recap
Amy, Rory and River watch a 1,100-year-old future Doctor shot dead at Lake Silencio in Utah by an astronaut rising from the water. The younger Doctor does not know, and they travel with him to 1969 America, where an alien order called the Silence, which you forget as soon as you look away, has been shaping human history. Amy turns out to have been a copy for months while the real Amy, pregnant, is held prisoner. Her baby, Melody Pond, is stolen by Madame Kovarian, and River reveals that she is Melody, Amy and Rory's daughter, raised to kill the Doctor. In Let's Kill Hitler, River gives up her remaining lives to save him. The Doctor drops Amy and Rory home and goes to meet his death.
Doctor Who: Series 6 ending explained
River refuses to kill the Doctor at the lake, causing all of history to happen at once, and the Doctor marries her to put time right. The Doctor who died at the lake was really a shape-changing robot with the Doctor inside, so the universe thinks he is dead. He goes into hiding, leaving the warning that the question Doctor who must be answered at the Fields of Trenzalore.
Where to watch Doctor Who: Series 6
Doctor Who: Series 6 is streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Hoopla, and Spectrum On Demand in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Google Play, and Fandango At Home.
Ratings
IMDb 8.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Doctor Who: Series 5, before Doctor Who: Series 7.
- Chronological order: after Doctor Who: Series 5, before Doctor Who: Series 7.
What to watch before Doctor Who: Series 6
In release order, 7 Doctor Who essentials come before Doctor Who: Series 6 (2011), from Doctor Who (1963) (1963) to Doctor Who: Series 5 (2010).
Cast
- Matt Smith as The Doctor
- David Tennant as The Doctor
- Karen Gillan as Amy Pond
- Nicholas Briggs as Daleks (voice) / Judoon (voice)
- Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald
- Peter Capaldi as Caecilius
- Billie Piper as Rose Tyler
- Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor
- Mandip Gill as Yasmin 'Yaz' Khan
- Arthur Darvill as Rory Williams
- Paul Kasey as Forest of Cheem Tree
- Bradley Walsh as Graham O'Brien