November 8th, 2013
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Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor 7.50pm BBC1
Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor
Saturday 23 November 7.50pm
The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th anniversary special.
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
Executive produced by Steven Moffat and Faith Penhale
Produced by Marcus Wilson
Stars: Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt
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RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
November 4th, 2013 - 6:38pmsounds intriguing…
DALEKSKITTLES
November 4th, 2013 - 6:29pmI’m guessing that the ancient battle is the time war and his “past that’s coming back to haunt him” is John hurts doctor himself. We may see a lot of daleks as it is the time war hopefully some good action scenes from it as well 🙂
the astronaut of death
November 4th, 2013 - 6:27pmI hope we get a prequel of the 8th dr regeneration into hurt
then at the end of the 50th hurts dr gets killed and we see him regenerate into the ninth and go off in the tardis
the 13th doctor
November 4th, 2013 - 6:07pmAnd about the nightmare child, if you watch the interesting Youtube video “the dalek that time forgot” it portrays the nightmare child as the giant mutated child of the emperor dalek, which is an interesting idea 😛
the 13th doctor
November 4th, 2013 - 6:02pmI know about the pics but the synopsis also refers to his past coming back to haunt him, which could be referring the time war as well in some way (especially regarding the pretty much confirmed identity of the hurt doctor) so I was wondering if the ancient battle refers to the time war or maybe another conflict
greyzinychimp
November 4th, 2013 - 5:32pmcan’t wait:)
Anonymous
November 4th, 2013 - 5:31pmso exiting
doctorwhonerd
November 4th, 2013 - 5:22pmThe episode sounds great but one thing would make it the best. Paul McGann’s regeneration.
We’ve only been waiting since 1996 for it.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
November 4th, 2013 - 5:14pmMeh, good enough. It makes the episode sound mysterious. I just can’t wait to see it in the cinemas! 19 more days! 😀
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 4th, 2013 - 4:46pmObsie – Yeah, very true.
Humanity – Total Moaners 😀
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 4th, 2013 - 4:45pmThat’s right, we will indeed be seeing the last great and final Time War.
The Dalek’s will be seen on Gallifrey itself, and hopefully will answer some questions us fan’s have been asking for ages, like ‘What was the Nightmare Child ?’, and ‘What exactly was the Cruciform the Master was resurrected to protect ?’.
Who knows, we might even see Davros’ command ship flying into the jaws of the Nightmare Child, or see the Cult of Skaro steal the Genesis Ark, who knows ! 🙂
Dalek 105
November 4th, 2013 - 4:43pmthanks booboo
Dalek 105
November 4th, 2013 - 4:42pmoh! sorry.
booboo
November 4th, 2013 - 4:41pm18 + the rest of today +19
Dalek 105
November 4th, 2013 - 4:39pmbooboo the 50th anniversary timer on the front page is wrong i think.because its the 4th today so the 23rd of november must be in 19 days.
Some bloke
November 4th, 2013 - 4:39pmthey are talking about the time war! There were pictures of the daleks during it released officially ages ago 🙂
cyberman2
November 4th, 2013 - 4:28pmso excited
Obsie
November 4th, 2013 - 4:15pmIt’s always the same, give some people the world on a plate and they’ll complain about the pattern !
the 13th doctor
November 4th, 2013 - 4:13pmI wonder if by “ancient battle” it somehow means the time war; although thats’ supposed to be over and timelocked
The TARDIS
November 4th, 2013 - 3:45pmGuessing this is where the “paintings” comes in?
Callum Metcalfe
November 4th, 2013 - 3:26pmThis looks amazing! Can’t wait
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 4th, 2013 - 3:15pmNot a very interesting synopsis, but I’m sure the story will be EPIC !!!!!!!!!!! 😀
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 4th, 2013 - 3:14pmYeah, I hate so called Doctor Who fan’s who moan about things so much these days, give the rest of us Doctor Who fan’s a bad name. Look at comments on YouTube on Doctor Who videos for example, and a lot of the comments is nothing but moaning.
I used to feel there was a sense of a Doctor Who fan community on YouTube, now it’s just a bunch of squabbling children who think their fan’s but clearly arn’t.
Booboo Jr
November 4th, 2013 - 3:08pmNot long to go now, can’t wait for the 23rd!
DebbYohanne
November 4th, 2013 - 2:40pmi want to break in tears, see characters die, have to say goodbye again to Tennant, and basically cry a lot . because it requires so much awesomeness to make me cry like a baby, and i want it .
Anonymous
November 4th, 2013 - 2:15pmIts always the way with DW fans 🙂
badblokebob
November 4th, 2013 - 2:04pmChrist almighty, trust Doctor Who fans to find something to moan about in even a short synopsis!
drjakeyoung
November 4th, 2013 - 2:01pmI hope they will be able to fit 3 different story lines into 1 hour and 15 minutes without making it rushed.
Dalek The Supreme
November 4th, 2013 - 1:54pmWell, it’s very basic, to say the least…Oh well, at least this way there aren’t too much spoilers…
Some bloke
November 4th, 2013 - 1:31pmNothing new then, just information we already knew 🙁 GIVE US SOMETHING MORE JUICY MOFFAT!