May 20th, 2013
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The Final Moments of The Name of the Doctor
The Final Moments of The Name of the Doctor – Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 2013
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Clara
May 29th, 2013 - 4:32pmHow am is Clara attached to all the old doctors??? I can’t wait till the next series!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
May 29th, 2013 - 10:00amhmmmm….you don’t see his waistcoat
DoctorWhoFan
May 28th, 2013 - 1:25pmThis season hasn’t been up there with previous in terms of story telling but there were a couple great episodes like this one.
Looking forward to seeing Hurt in the anniversary episode. Obviously the doctor who ended the time war before Chris I’d say.
Loved tying all the old doctors in with Clara…why so long a wait and why so few episodes!!!!
CG
May 28th, 2013 - 12:12pmIt is on a Saturday
Anonymous
May 27th, 2013 - 3:36pmHEY THS IS MY VEIW FOR THE SERIES
ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS 7/10
DINASAURS ON A SPACESHIP 8/10
A TOWN CALLED MERCY 5/10
THE POWER OF THREE 8/10
THE ANGELS TAKE MANHATTEN 7/10
THE SNOWMEN 8/10 PS BEST SPECIAL EVER
THE BELLS OF SAINT JOHN 7/10
THE RINGS OF AKHATEN 5/10
COLD WAR 6/10
HIDE 7/10
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE TARDIS 7/10
THE CRIMSON HORROR 9/10
NIGHTMARE IN SILVER/THE LAST CYBERMEN 10/10
THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR 5/10
Lee
May 27th, 2013 - 8:41amI always hoped that meant Romana was alive. I vaguely remember he left her at the Crossroads with the Guardian and that the Crossroads was outside time and space so therefore would not have been affected by the Time Wars
Anonymous
May 26th, 2013 - 7:27pmClara is the secret he took to his grave
Adam
May 26th, 2013 - 3:11pmno,23rd November 2013 is on a saturday
River song
May 26th, 2013 - 1:27pmDoes any body know if doctor who is going to be on the actually date the 23rd or if their going to wait til saturday to show it because the 23rd is a wednesday.
the astroanut of death
May 25th, 2013 - 2:58pmmatt smith has confirmed him self for 2014 just because you have such as big as role as the doctor is dose to mean you cannot act in other stuff
Matt Smithy
May 24th, 2013 - 4:59pmIs it just me, or has it been “182 days until 23rd November” for a while now on the site banner?
Professor When
May 24th, 2013 - 7:25amJust because he is finding other Jobs in between of Who, doesn’t mean he’s ‘trying’ to leave. He’s just widening his acting range 🙂
JohnG
May 24th, 2013 - 6:38amI am very happy to have the Dr. back as a mature adult……
bob
May 24th, 2013 - 1:31amtons of people saying that he is not replacing smith, but they seem to forget that smith is looking to leave the series for other interests. looks as if he wants to do Hollywood and movies. typical actor, they have a great thing going and decide to leave it for something better and are never heard from again except for some after school special about STD’s or something.
Anonymous
May 23rd, 2013 - 8:42pmAnd some people thought the show was in trouble – pah! 7-10 million (with iPlayer) for a sci fi TV show….it’s pretty much unheard of. Even some if the better US sci if shows struggle to pull in half that and the US population is significantly bigger than ours.
DrWhoFan
May 23rd, 2013 - 8:38pmDid anyone besides me think that this might be a set up for a Dr Who feature film about the Time Wars?
From Dr Who Wikipedia
“In 2011, David Yates announced that he had started work with the BBC on a Doctor Who film, a project that would take three or more years to complete. Yates indicated that the film would take a different approach to Doctor Who,[99] although the current Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat stated later that any such film would not be a reboot of the series and a film should be made by the BBC team and star the current TV Doctor.”
Dalek: the Supreme
May 23rd, 2013 - 3:37pmThat’s what fans are like. Whatever he is, I’m excited to see what the Grand Moff will do with him.
Anonymous
May 23rd, 2013 - 3:30pmResearch project: Between now and the 50th Anniversary special – review the previous storylines and see how many references to the darker side of the Doctor/Time Lords there are?
Starting with Hartnell (‘thoughtfully picking up a rock…’ in the first story) through to McCoy’s Doctor manipulating people (and ‘Silver Nemesis’ being more than just a Doctor). Also not forgetting the Time Lord’s time scoop – plucking individuals from across the cosmos and using them for (lethal) games.
Ecclestone (needing the calming influence of Rose), Tennant (allowing himself to think he can change history with impunity ‘waters of mars’) and so on.
Anonymous
May 23rd, 2013 - 3:22pmCandidates for who John Hurt’s character is:
Pre-Hartnell version of the Doctor (before he & Susan go on the run)?
‘Time War’ Doctor (older version of McGann – or a missing regeneration?)
Future Doctor – sometime after the Valeyard?
‘Intermediate’ incarnations – already established with the likes of ‘The Watcher – Logopolis’ and ‘Valeyard – Trial of a Time Lord’. Also other Time Lords ‘Planet of Spiders – tibetan monk’s aide turns out to be his future self – Romana 1 ‘trying out’ different bodies before ending up as Romana 2.
And let’s not forget the metacrisis/Gallifreyan/human ‘but not a Time Lord’ version of David Tennant exiled to another universe.
Anonymous
May 23rd, 2013 - 2:48pmPast incarnation…probably. But don’t forget that the Doctor has crossed paths with his past & future selves before(3 Doctors 5 Doctors 2Doctors etc). They’ve also allowed telepathic contact with each other.
So don’t rule out the possibility that he’s a future version (or even a ‘half’ version – a distinct personality from between regenerations – Logopolis ‘the watcher’ / Trial of a Time Lord ‘the Valeyard’).
the astronaut of death
May 23rd, 2013 - 7:33amhere is an article I found on the viewing figures
According to early overnight viewing figures The Name of the Doctor was watched by 5.5 million viewers on BBC1.
The overnight figures are only early estimates and we can expect a sizeable increase when the final BARB figures are released next week. Unlike the overnights, the final figures also count those who recorded the show and watched it later, making them a more accurate measure of how many were watching.
The Name of the Doctor – 5.5 million (overnight) TBC (final figure)
Nightmare in Silver – 4.7 million (overnight) 6.64 million (final figure)
The Crimson Horror – 4.61 million (overnight) 6.47 million (final figure)
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS – 4.9 million (overnight) 6.50 million (final figure)
Hide – 5 million (overnight) 6.61 million (final figure)
Cold War – 5.7 million (overnight) 7.37 million (final figure)
The Rings of Akhaten – 5.5 million (overnight) 7.45 million (final figure)
The Bells of Saint John – 6.18 million (overnight) 8.44 million (final figure)
The Snowmen – 7.6 million (overnight) 9.87 million (final figure)
The Angels Take Manhattan – 5.9 million (overnight) 7.82 million (final figure)
The Power of Three – 5.5 million (overnight) 7.67 million (final figure)
A Town Called Mercy – 6.6 million (overnight) 8.42 million (final figure)
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship – 5.5 million (overnight) 7.57 million (final figure)
Asylum of the Daleks – 6.4 million (overnight) 8.3 million (final figure)
Note: Overnight and BARB figures do not include iPlayer viewings which have, in some cases, added over 2 million on top of these.
MaxP
May 23rd, 2013 - 2:15amGreat theory, would be really great if it happened. Very neat and nice.
I can assure you but it most definitely won’t happen, unfortunately.
Alas, Grant’s Doctor is to be forever resigned to be merely one the ‘alternative’ Doctors, along with Peter Cushing, Rowen Atkinson, and many others.
At least he’s a fantastic villain.
Matt Smithy
May 22nd, 2013 - 9:20pmBooboo when will the viewing figs be up?
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
May 22nd, 2013 - 8:23pmit is a bit random
iPhil
May 22nd, 2013 - 8:00pmI was confused by them being inside the TARDIS one min, then outside.
Also, where were The Silence? Last season they were desperate that the Dr didn’t get to Trenzalore, I though Silence was supposed to fall when the question was asked? They were not even referred to.
Also, Clara told the 1st Do which TARDIS to steal, but in The Dr’s Wife the TARDIS said that it chose the DR??
lepter
May 22nd, 2013 - 7:07pmI have another theory. I think richard E grant will be the next doctor.
Richard E grant is dr simeon. He then becomes the great intelegence (psycic image). Outside the tardis, he mentioned something the doctor will do, (destroy billions) he then mentioned the valeyard.
After this, he entered the doctors time stream and tried to rewrite the doctor. Clara then entered and somehow, (not explained how) stopped him but we didnt see her destroy him. Indeed clara survived so why couldnt the GI too.
Inside we meet john hurt as the doctor.
I see john hurt as an aspect of the dark doctor, affected by the great intelegence and who will energe to cause mass devistation in the doctors name, (breaking the promise).
now I think that the next episode and the christmas special will be used fighting the john hurt doctor. Then either mat smith will regenerate at christmas (possible, moffat has lied before so maybe we have been told the matt is on board another year to create a shocker at christmas day!) or will spend the next season fighting the GI inside his timestream (tardis exploding involved in this battle)leading to his regeneration at the end of series 8.
now….. I think that during the regeneration, he will beat the GI by splitting the regeneration. Half the regeneration will become the valeyard. The doctor however will be affected by the phycic image of dr simeon. He will look like him, regenerating into richard E grant.
Why would I think this? Cause he already has in the form of the official BBC dr who story, scream of the shakra! Richard E Grant is already the doctor. Explains the valeyard, explains that doctor. We ALREADY have seen a 12th doctor story.
Makes sense to me.
What ya think?
possible?
PedroPete
May 22nd, 2013 - 4:38pmAm I the only one who does not care about who john hurt is?
It is literally giving me a headache – everyone is talking about it!! Its so Annoying! We will have to wait six months anyway! 🙁 🙁 🙁
buchanon
May 22nd, 2013 - 11:48am“the doctor has a secret he will take to his grave”
only at his grave did we find his secret. to what extent will be clarified in 184 days!
Anonymous
May 22nd, 2013 - 9:12amNo one knows anything for sure….that’s the cliff hanger…everything written on this page is nothing more than specutlation and theory…the only way to know for sure is t wait until the next episode….it will be a long 6 months!
Anonymous
May 22nd, 2013 - 8:05amWell he is not replacing him