'Doctor Who' Series 6 Will Have 13 Episodes

Doctor Who will be returning in 2011 along with showrunner Steven Moffat and starsMatt Smith and Karen Gillan (and hopefully Arthur Darvill) for thirteen episodes, confirmed a spokesman for the BBC.Meanwhile, Moffat has confirmed that he'll be writing five episodes of the sixth series, as well as this year's Christmas special.

"I’m doing the Christmas special plus five [episodes], so it’s the same. Six again," the writer told Den of Geek.

"I’m basically following what Russell did," Moffat said, referring to his writing schedule.. "Having worked out the sums and worked out how he does it, I thought that’s a perfect way of doing it."

In addition to Moffat's five episodes of series six, acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman will be writing the third episode of the series, which is still very shrouded in mystery. That means seven episodes remain without confirmed writers.

Source: TVOvermind