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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the astronaut of death
November 7th, 2013 - 9:16pmSteven moffat has ruled out an 8.5 doctor.
the 13th doctor
November 8th, 2013 - 3:52pmReally!? Where did you get this from? If this is true then I’m even more excited; as I was working on the basis that we had discovered he was the 8.5 doctor, and the excitement and mystery had worn off…
but this changes everything!!! 😀
Anonymous
November 8th, 2013 - 3:52pmit is from an interview i found in a mag
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 7th, 2013 - 10:14amIn the run up to the 50th Anniversary, I’ve decided that this Saturday I’m going to watch ‘Dr.Who & the Daleks’, followed by ‘Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.’, and then watch 1 story for each Doctor, counting down from 11 to 1 –
11th Nov – The Doctor’s Wife
12th Nov – Planet of the Ood
13th Nov – Boom Town
14th Nov – The Movie
15th Nov – Remembrance of the Daleks
18th Nov – The Mark of the Rani
19th Nov – Earthshock
20th Nov – Genesis of the Daleks
21st Nov – Carnival of Monsters
22nd Nov – The Tomb of the Cybermen
23rd Nov – An Unearthly Child
Anyone else planning to do a similar countdown of their own ? 🙂
Adam is cool
November 9th, 2013 - 12:00amYeah
DALEKSKITTLES
November 6th, 2013 - 5:18pmThe doctor always new this day would come the john hurts doctor may have done something to the time lock whilest he was in the time war to let them go back to it , anyway we know it’s not entirely impossible (dalek caan) and also Clara went throught the doctors time stream although its time locked the time war is still in the doctors past which means Clara could still enter it , it maybe possible dalek caan somehow got into the doctors time steam as he could predicted the future or something like that maybe dalek caan fell into his own time stream as he was in the time war (before escaping into the void ship) and so maybe he saw his own future but it was too much and drove him in sane? , there’s definitely a VERY big secret about the time war!
100000BC
November 5th, 2013 - 10:14pmI just can’t wait!!!
Obsie
November 5th, 2013 - 7:49pmDalek sec.
I like you, you’re a hoot ! Keep the Dalek home fires burning !
hayden7257
November 5th, 2013 - 6:44pmthe paintings are of all the doctors and they come
alive, the war is the time war.
Dalek Sec
November 5th, 2013 - 7:48amJohn Hurt could be the valeyard or something. Anyway besides Elizabethan England and a mysterious painting, this plot doesn’t really give us much. Nevertheless the 50th is looking pretty good. I hope to see a lot of Daleks in here.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
November 5th, 2013 - 1:36pmi think john hurt is the valeyard and blew up the tardis
Dalek 105
November 5th, 2013 - 7:34amthis sounds brilliant. i can not wait!
RYCBAR123
November 4th, 2013 - 9:36pmAn ancient battle in space, eh? I’m guessing Time War? :3 as for the modern and Elizabethan ones… No idea! I wonder if they’re all going to be linked to The Doctor’s past, like a secret painting of the Time War comes to life in 2013, an alien race start murdering people in Elizabethan times, but they’re actually abducting them and leaving behind fake bodies. And the abductees are used as meat shields in the Time War! Completely wild guessing here, but who knows?! However it plays out, it”s gonna be molto bene, fantastic, brilliant, good and cool!
RYCBAR123
November 4th, 2013 - 9:39pmMaybe the painting is even a secret Van Gogh one that he imagined after he and Amy left? Who knows! :3
the 13th doctor
November 5th, 2013 - 4:00pmI’m guessing the “murderous Elizabethan plot” is where the zygons come in – since that’s where they were seen in the pics of them 🙂
ROCKSTAR
November 4th, 2013 - 7:58pmI can t wait any longer !
JOR EL
November 4th, 2013 - 7:31pmSounds brilliant! Three different arcs at once? Now that’s something new!!!
doctor3000
November 4th, 2013 - 6:45pmis there the silence in this episode? if not I hope they return next year
the astronaut of death
November 4th, 2013 - 6:50pmdon’t think so but they might be in the xmas special
the 13th doctor
November 4th, 2013 - 7:42pmI would like to see them back since this looks to be the conclusion of their story arc 🙂 and cybermen are rumoured to be in the christmas special 🙂
Dalek The Supreme
November 4th, 2013 - 7:51pmHere, the Christmas special, I don’t particularly mind which, as long as they get an appearance in before the 11th Doctor regenerates.
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 13th doctor
November 4th, 2013 - 7:14pmI was just talking about that further down and I agree with you there! I wonder how the time war will be brought in though, as it is supposed to be over and time locked?
DALEKSKITTLES
November 6th, 2013 - 5:16pmThe doctor always new this day would come the john hurts doctor may have done something to the time lock whilest he was in the time war to let them go back to it , anyway we know it’s not entirely impossible (dalek caan) and also Clara went throught the doctors time stream although its time locked the time war is still in the doctors past which means Clara could still enter it , it maybe possible dalek caan somehow got into the doctors time steam as he could predicted the future or something like that maybe dalek caan fell into his own time stream as he was in the time war (before escaping into the void ship) and so maybe he saw his own future but it was too much and drove him in sane? , there’s definitely a VERY big secret about the time war!
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
pug dalek
November 4th, 2013 - 10:15pmHe may kill himself for hes rage and anger and destroying hes home
Anonymous
November 4th, 2013 - 5:31pmso exiting
greyzinychimp
November 4th, 2013 - 5:32pmcan’t wait:)
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! 😀
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.
booboo
November 4th, 2013 - 4:41pm18 + the rest of today +19
Dalek 105
November 4th, 2013 - 4:42pmoh! sorry.
Dalek 105
November 4th, 2013 - 4:43pmthanks booboo
cyberman2
November 4th, 2013 - 4:28pmso excited
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
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 🙂
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 ! 🙂
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
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 😛
Dalek The Supreme
November 4th, 2013 - 7:44pmIt seems highly likely, but Moffat is known for his unpredictability. However, it seems ever more likely it’s the Time War with each and every spoiler. We’ve been waiting since 2005 to see this event, and now we will!
The_Judge
November 6th, 2013 - 8:55pmAs the consensus is that this is about the time war, then I guess this means timelords (Timothy Dalton et. al) or HOPEFULLY Derek Jacobi playing the Master before he used the Chameleon Arch 🙂
Anyway, the possibilities are endless….
The TARDIS
November 4th, 2013 - 3:45pmGuessing this is where the “paintings” comes in?
geronimo2605
November 4th, 2013 - 9:20pmI hadn’t thought of that, and I thought I had paid attention, turns out I’m a little slow!!!
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 !!!!!!!!!!! 😀
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 .
badblokebob
November 4th, 2013 - 2:04pmChrist almighty, trust Doctor Who fans to find something to moan about in even a short synopsis!
Anonymous
November 4th, 2013 - 2:15pmIts always the way with DW fans 🙂
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.
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 !
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 4th, 2013 - 4:46pmObsie – Yeah, very true.
Humanity – Total Moaners 😀
Dalek sec
November 5th, 2013 - 11:41amUsually it’s all about who’s the best doctor or disagreeing on whether Classic who is better than New Who and visa versa. This flaming will be the downfall to humanity. And you shall bow down to your masters. Daleks shall rein supreme!!!
pug dalek
November 9th, 2013 - 9:57pmI do not like moaning
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!