from the BBC press office...

[beingfacetious]

So, starwhales, I spotted this article on miracleofmercy's facebook and thought it was worth sharing with all of you.

S6 to be Split Transmission

Hmm. Hmmmmmmmmm.

The Moff says excitedly, "it will never be more than a few months to the next Doctor Who! Easter, Autumn, Christmas!" I say, with more trepidation, "it will never be more than a couple of

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[papilio_luna]

Meh. I haven't been really all that bowled over with the Moff plottiness, so changing the transmission schedule just so there can be more of that is not exactly music to my ears.

[beingfacetious]

Yeeeeeeeah. I'm with you.

[clarice]

Several of the shows I watch use this format (Burn Notice just had it's midseason finale and is coming back in November) and I typically like it, but Doctor Who's seasons are really too short to justify this. For a split season you need at least 20 episodes total so each half doesn't feel like a miniseries with a random one-shot tacked on.

...I guess that and I'm already distrustful of Moff, so I'll be a fence-sitter on this until I see how it plays out.

[beingfacetious]

That's pretty much my reaction, too. I actually had thought how cool it would be two get to have two seasons of Who, like if they did 10 eps in the spring and 10 in the fall. But leaving the count at about 13 and then splitting up anyway...I'm hesitant.

[anonymouscatt]

Yeah, I would probably get behind this if it meant more episodes, like ten, a break, and ten more. But I don't want to get sucked into the show after six episodes and then be told I have to wait four months for the rest of the season. -_-

[_thirty2flavors]

Right now I am in the WTF R U DOIN camp but I might warm up to the idea the more I think about it. IDK.

[beingfacetious]

My problem with it is that my initial reaction is "oh, that could actually possibly work with the way Moff does things!" but then I think "this would never work with the way RTD did things," and then I get kind of angsty about What Is To Become Of My Show.

[_thirty2flavors]

LOL Yes I feel you. It means more and more emphasis on plotty WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT!!! stuff and probably less emphasis on big character arcs and I dunno, I love me some big character arcs.

on the other hand, I DID really enjoy speculating and reading theories during series 5 and reading all the meta/theories became my way of interacting with the s5 fandom (versus fic and shipping for s1-s4). The downside to that was that once Big Bang aired I had no real way or need to keep interacting with s5 fandom -- this will mean that in the "downtime" between s6.1 and s6.2 there'll still be stuff to keep me interested.

[beingfacetious]

Yeah, I long for intense character development. Ahaha. But maybe there will be both! We'll see!

The thing is I can really get behind cliffhangers. Like, they're cool! It's fun to speculate with fandom! It's fun to have something to wonder about! I just don't know how I feel about that meshing with all the things I love about Who. BUT I DO NOT KNOW. I'm trying not to judge too harshly. It's early yet. Maybe it will be fabulous!

[the_gabih]

Meh. You know what I want? Old!Who-style length, four-episode storylines and all.

But really, I'd rather they didn't split it. It works better as a run, generally- though it might be nice to have something to look forward to before Merlin gets here.

[probing_grays]

It will probably work better with the plot. It would be a little bit silly to have a SUPER dramatic cliffhanger and then just have everything resolved the next week.

At the same time, I will probably be screaming "DAMN YOU MOFF" after that last episode and suffering from show withdrawal. :\