Thursday 16 June 2011

BBC Confirms no Full Series of Dr Who in 2012





After much speculation the BBC has officially confirmed that there will be no full series of Dr Who in 2012.
 
BBC 1 controller Danny Cohen made the announcement, which was then relayed to the public via journalists on twitter, reporting:
 
“There won’t be a full series of Dr Who in 2012, but a special run for the anniversary in 2013.”
 
This means that only some of the fourteen new episodes commissioned for the next series of Dr Who, starring Matt Smith, will be airing in 2012 with the remainder in 2013.
 
Until now it had been unclear as to when these episodes would run, causing people to question what was going on behind the scenes with the much loved programme.
 
The BBC’s Entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mizimba tweeted:
 
“Danny Cohen’s comment that Stephen Moffat needed time for Sherlock hence shorter DW run wasn’t meant to be serious.”
 
But the mid-season break in the current series of Dr Who has not been popular with fans.
 
A BBC spokesman said that the decision to split the series into two parts was taken by head writer Stephen Moffat for “narrative” reasons, not for financial reasons as was first speculated.
 
What do you think, should fans be worried about the future of Dr Who?  Will there be another unpopular mid-season split?  What can be expected of the special anniversary run in 2013?

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