Doctor Who producer promises 'game-changing cliffhanger'

Shocking news in the world of Doctor Who today: The BBC just announced that series six will be split in two for the first time since it started in 2005, with one block of episodes airing over the spring of 2011 and the second one airing in the fall.

Well, "shocking'" seems like a bit of an overstatement - more like "interesting".  Anyway,  here's What Steve Moffat has to say regarding the Battlestar Galactica-esque season split, as well as that cliffhanger:

"Looking at the next series I thought what this show needs is a big event in the middle."I kept referring to a mid-season finale. So we are going to make it two series—seven episodes at Easter building to an earth-shattering climax, a cliffhanger we could never normally do because it would be too long before it came back. An enormous game-changing cliffhanger that will change everything.
"The wrong expression would be to say we are splitting it in two. We are making it two separate series."

via Blastr