July 23rd, 2017
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This Christmas – Twice Upon a Time Trailer / Screenshots
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prototype dalek
July 24th, 2017 - 6:53pmReally looking forward to this, will miss him when he goes
Dalek Eye Stalk
July 24th, 2017 - 10:45pmYeah…I will miss the 1st Doctor too… 🙂
Hulk
July 24th, 2017 - 5:17pmI Hope The Doctor Regenerates In The Tardis
Doctorfan
July 24th, 2017 - 3:59pmOnce upon a time the doctor began.
Twice upon a time the doctor died.
The Dalek Whovian
July 24th, 2017 - 2:37pmWow it looks great
Demdike@CultLabs
July 24th, 2017 - 1:06pmIt looks okay, but who or what are the enemies?
Anonymous
July 24th, 2017 - 4:32pmI think they will be against a situation rather than a villain ie. The fact time has stopped and the doctors must start it again. I’d say the original mondasian cybermen might make a cameo, but I dont think they’ll be the main obstacle.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 24th, 2017 - 4:35pmI actually hope we don’t find out until Christmas.
Weeping Angel
July 24th, 2017 - 10:08pmThere seems to be some strange looking things in the background of the third last screenshot
Ralph
July 28th, 2017 - 8:19pmMoffat did say the harmony shoal would be back
Ismael
August 17th, 2017 - 4:12pmI saw a trailer and it seems like theirs something wrong with time… They’re trapped inside a single moment…
Adam
July 24th, 2017 - 10:05amLovely to see the original tardis again..but is Bradley not the new Master…Leather gloves!?
Thomas
July 24th, 2017 - 2:51pmNo. He’s playing the First Doctor. Originally played by William Hartnell.
Adam
July 25th, 2017 - 1:40pmBut the first Doctor never wore leather gloves….only the Master and the Rani did..and of course the third Doctor..No i think all is not what it seems..
Dalek Eye Stalk
July 24th, 2017 - 9:41amBrilliant trailer…but it’s still another 5 months until we actually see the episode!
The Living Shadow
July 24th, 2017 - 3:19pmOof. Don’t remind me!
DalekAgent
July 24th, 2017 - 9:08am“Everything ends, and it’s always sad. But everything begins again too, and that’s… always happy”
Im really looking forward to this years christmas special but at the same time its going to be sad watching it knowing hes going to regenerate at the end of it
Tim M
July 24th, 2017 - 9:06amGreat trailer! ‘Twice Upon A Time’ Looks very promising. Loved the opening sequence, with Hartnell morphing into Bradley. Great to see Pearle Mackie again, and good to see the Police Box design is the right one for each Doctor’s era. I just hope it lives up to all the hype. But being a Moffat script, it will no doubt be convoluted and leave you short changed.
Anonymous
July 24th, 2017 - 8:37ami think its some sort of projection as claras returning and this will be a trap.
Pats86
July 24th, 2017 - 6:46amAt last a xmas episode worth watching? Looks good and I hope it is the send of the great Capaldi deserves.
Bushboy
July 24th, 2017 - 6:35amAwsome Trailer. I have so many mixed feelings for Doctor Who right now.
So excited for the Christmas Special and so anxious about Series 11. I really hope that Chris Chibnal and Jodie Whittaker can pull one out of the bag and convince me that she really is my Doctor. After all a cosmos without The Doctor scarcely bares thinking about.
Neal T
July 24th, 2017 - 5:10amThis so makes up for all the media rubbish of the last week! Doctor Who showing the fans united not split by press sensationalism!! The future is bright and looks a fitting end to the Capaldi era.
Mr. J
July 24th, 2017 - 1:27amI also hope it’s extended longer than the usual 1 hour special! Would love to see it be 75 mins. like Day of the Doctor and Deep Breath!
Anonymous
July 24th, 2017 - 4:35pmI wouldn’t count on it, Christmas day can be busy enough schedule-wise
Mr. J
July 24th, 2017 - 11:26pmAnonymous, unfortunately that is the truth, one can only hope though
Mr. J
July 24th, 2017 - 1:25amWow!! Just wow! I just hope Twice Upon a Time is as good as this trailer would suggest!! Absolutely love the title!! Fingers crossed this will be a magical farewell to Peter and Steven!! What I hope? I hope it’s Christmassy, I hope it’s sad, I hope it’s exciting, I hope it’s not confusing or “clever”, I hope Clara shows up and I hope the regeneration has me in tears!!
Anonymous
July 24th, 2017 - 12:45amwhy has the first doctor got the fourth doctors sonic screwdriver in his hand in that screenshot of him and the chain?
Mark Belsom
July 24th, 2017 - 11:11pmThe fourth doctors sonic does appear in the first episode of Series ten,so maybe twelve gives it to him.
Borg
July 24th, 2017 - 12:45amIs it…. Hitler!?
the ergon
July 24th, 2017 - 8:22pmIt has that stereotypical look of an officer from the 1st world war. I was thinking more captain darling from blackadder meets the guy who assassinated franz ferdinand.
Ismael
August 17th, 2017 - 4:20pmIt can’t be Hitler because the WWI German uniform has a red band on the hat like the other soldier across…
Harold Saxon
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:49pmWill be very exciting ! I read it was meant to be called ‘The Doctors’ ? I like that title better?
whovian
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:21pmOh wow. Ive now watched it 4 times in a row and its not getting boring at all! And Twice Upon A Time is a better title than The Doctors. David Bradley has won me over as the Doctor, the original you might say, and so happy that the brilliant Pearl Mackie is back as Bill! Please let her be with the Doctor in 2018’s series 11, please!!!!!!!!
One thing though, who in the heck is Mark Gatiss playing? The Brigadier?
Sam Robinson
July 24th, 2017 - 12:04amThat would be a great way to round everything off the brigadier there to way the doctor off.
The Outcast
July 24th, 2017 - 8:23amI agree, I love this trailer. I love all the stuff set in the Tenth Planet. I’m also glad Bill is back, I hated her last ending (where she left with Heather), hopefully she’ll get an ending that isn’t a rehash of Clara’s this time.
Also, apparently Mark is playing Hitler.
Adam
July 24th, 2017 - 10:17amGoing from the uniforms Gatiss is Royal Field Artillery..and the chap pointing the gun is an Imperial German Soldier
The Outcast
July 24th, 2017 - 11:22amYeah, I now doubt it. I reckon it will be the Brig, a relative of the Brig or a version of the Master in disguise.
Demdike@CultLabs
July 24th, 2017 - 1:06pmAccording to sources Gatiss character is called The Captain.
Jackson
July 24th, 2017 - 1:48pmFrom news stories, Mark is playing a character called, simply… the Captain.
Could he be the Brigadier as a soldier in the First World War? I can’t wait to see him in action!
The Moffat Paradox
July 24th, 2017 - 6:09pmThat’s my theory.The great/grandfather/uncle of good old Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart?
Mick181
July 24th, 2017 - 11:49pmThe Brigader was not quite that Old, the Captain above looks somewhere between 30&40, that would make the Brigader about 80 when he 1st appeared, so maybe his Father?
Hitler did serve in the German Army during WW1 but at that time had a full lip Moustache, didn’t cut it down until the mid 1920s, so would be historicaly inaccurate.
whovian
July 25th, 2017 - 12:15pmWell if it is Hitler, we know who the episode enemy is! Never mind Daleks, Cybermen or the Master, Hitlers more evil than all of them put together, Hitler was a monster.
The Moffat Paradox
July 26th, 2017 - 1:33amTerry Nation did did say that the Daleks WERE inspired by the Nazis and “Genesis Of The Daleks” does implicitly deal with Nazi inspired themes and beliefs.
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:19pmOk but why is the first doctor glowing in the picture with Polly
T.A
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:25pmHis regenerating.
Sam Robinson
July 24th, 2017 - 12:07amMaybe he is regenerating into Patrick Troughton again.
the ergon
July 24th, 2017 - 1:27amProbably the start of his regeneration from the tenth planet before that meeting with the 12th doctor. A missing scene we never saw perhaps.
Pats86
July 24th, 2017 - 6:44amWhy indeed?
the ergon
July 24th, 2017 - 9:37amBy missing scene, one that wasn,t shown on original transmission that fans won,t have seen if they had watched the tenth planet in its entrity.
Dalek Eye Stalk
July 24th, 2017 - 10:51pmWhy is the 1st Doctors hand glowing? The Doctor didn’t start doing his firework hands until his 9th incarnation! This is Moffat clearly not happy enough with rewriting his own mythology, he now wishes to rewrite classic series mythology.
the ergon
July 25th, 2017 - 11:13amBut it was a white out crossfade. It could easily have meant to represent some form of pregenerative glow. It was the same you might say with the crossover from peter davison to colin baker. I,m not suggesting its always a good thing to keep amending the shows mythology, but that doesn,t mean each regeneration has to be the same. The weakest example was the crossfade from jon to tom. Ideally it would be better if they tried something different Occasionally but it seems the firework display is very much part of the current form of regeneration and can it seems be incorporated into a new version of the classic series.
Adam
July 25th, 2017 - 1:50pmMoffat just can’t help himself messing around and rewriting the shows mythology…and NO it’s not clever!
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 25th, 2017 - 5:05pmI actually think it kind of fits with the 1st Doctor’s regeneration. The original scene shows his face glowing and, in colour, that could well be golden energy. Therefore it doesn’t contradict any previously established mythology in my eyes.
the ergon
July 26th, 2017 - 11:56amMy very thoughts exactly.
Jordan Scott
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:00pmThis looks absolutely superb!
Tom
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:47pmJust watched this trailer for the forthcoming Xmas Special. This looks as if the 12th doctor’a final adventure will be a good send off for him. David Bradley does an excellent take of the 1st doctor.Not surprised to see that Mark Gatiss has turned up starring in this episode. I thought it would be more than Likely after his excellent contribution with the dramatic behind the scenes origins of the story of the making of Doctor Who and how William Hartnell portrayed the 1st doctor in An adventure in Space and Time.Also Bill appearing means that all the loose ends of the story arcs of the series 10 and the era of the 12 doctor will now have been resolved and will now come to a satisfying conclusion. Peter Capaldi can now leave and hand over the keys of the Tardis to Jodie Whittaker knowing that his swansong will be one to remember.
The Living Shadow
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:46pmNice to see Gatiss back (is this the 3rd time now?). I kind of want to see Gatiss meet every Doctor in some way from now on! It seems like he could playing the Brigadier from this the looks of this trailer. Not too sure how I’d feel about that, but it’ll be worth a watch!
Having Pearl Mackie as Bill credited in this trailer has made me hopeful that she’s back for a narrative purpose rather than to just say goodbye to Capaldi…
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:20pmI have a feeling that it could be the Brig’s father.
the ergon
July 24th, 2017 - 1:21amThats a point. And a bit ‘ the War Games’. Mark Gatiss does like his victorian/ georgian dress up. He has that look for that particular era. The picture of the doctor with polly might be those missing scenes from The tenth planet and more to bring those final scenes full circle. Looks perfectly reconstructed using hartnells face from that story to blend into colour to david bradleys adventure with peter capaldis for their final swansongs.2 regenerations for the price of one. Well it is christmas. And a new doctor to boot. Can,t wait.
Mark Belsom
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:40pmHope it’s as good as it looks. Looks quite interesting.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:40pmThat is one of the best trailers I have ever seen…
…for anything.
This episode has the potential to be truly awesome. It also has the potential to fall flat on its face. I really hope it’s the former!
T.A
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:36pmAre you trying to be funny.
Doctor Stu
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:35pmI was hoping for cybermen please let there cybermen, I hope the beginning bit is part of an actual scene from the episode where it recreates the first Doctor talking to a mondasian cybermen rather than something done just for the trailer. And also Bill, Bill, Bill are we going to find out she’s actually the new companion, is she a figment of the Doctors imagination, him inside her subconscious and now her inside his subconscious or just an effect of time going all wrong and she’ll be dead again by the end of the episode. At least this gives her and the Doctor chance to say goodbye to each other. Gaaaah I have so many questions
Doctor you
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:00pmI think like heather bill left the doctor her tears when she cried on him, so if he cries she can find him
Doctor Stu
July 23rd, 2017 - 11:43pmOh that’s actually quite a good theory, puts a dampener on my head canon that Bill is dead and floating around the afterlife and not actually a puddle creature
Exterminator
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:34pmWow, it looks amazing. Great title too.
The Doctor 2017
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:33pmBill and the first doctor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When The Doctor Was Me
July 23rd, 2017 - 10:30pmWow! Looks great!