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The Night Of The Doctor is Here – But Which Doctor?

The Night Of The Doctor

The Bringer of Darkness, the Oncoming Storm, the Doctor, the Warrior – A Time Lord! The 50th Anniversary features Matt Smith, David Tennant and a mysterious incarnation played by John Hurt. Only one appears in the mini episode, The Night Of The Doctor. But which?


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201 comments

  • Blue box

    November 14th, 2013 - 4:19pm

    I like this mine but I don’t like the numbers getting changed my fav is ten and if they do change the numbers David will always be ten

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  • KORSAIR

    November 14th, 2013 - 4:17pm

    Now I def wasn’t expecting that

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  • INJUSTICE

    November 14th, 2013 - 4:08pm

    OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!

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  • Scott’s TARDIS

    November 14th, 2013 - 4:02pm

    New title sequence colours!

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    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:09pm

      Out of everything to comment on, you comment on that?! 😀

    • Scott’s TARDIS

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:12pm

      Everything else has been said!

    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:16pm

      fair point 😀

  • The TARDIS

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:56pm

    Brilliant! My only complaints being I think it’s a shame that the mystery about McGanns regeneration has been lost, and I was hoping a moffat would prove to be rather less predictable regarding the identity of Hurt. Other than those, I can pick no faults!

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  • 100000BC

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:47pm

    It’s official – John Hurt is the 9th Doctor! Loving the appearance of McGann, and the Sisterhood. What next? Eccleston and the Kinda?!

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    • Timelord3

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:49pm

      YES! That MUST happen

    • doctorpond393

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:06pm

      He isn’t the 9th Doctor, he’s the war doctor.

    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:10pm

      yes, he’s 8.5 doctor. Like the watcher is the 4.5 doctor

    • doctorpond393

      November 14th, 2013 - 5:42pm

      Technically, he’s not the doctor at all. He’s an incarnation between 8 & 9.

    • Anonymous

      November 14th, 2013 - 5:44pm

      yeah some bloke and doctorpond393 are right he is the 8th Doctor still he just altered is appearance to become the War Doctor so no he not the 9th Doctor

    • drjakeyoung

      November 14th, 2013 - 5:47pm

      The sisterhood said it was a regeneration, so it is a completely new incarnation. I guess it’s all down to personal preference when it comes to where Hurt fits in. I am not gonna class him as anything until i see the day of the doctor, and i suggest you lost don’t either.

    • doctorpond393

      November 14th, 2013 - 11:36pm

      Moffat has stated that the numbers will not change and McGann will still be 8 and Eccleston will still be 9. Hurt isn’t the doctor. He’s the war doctor.

  • pwilc1967

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:35pm

    Paul McGann has two official onscreen adventures.

    Will BBC release a DVD of The Night of the Doctor? Possibly an extended edition, making of documentary, cast commentary, production subtitles an listings. Can’t wait.

    (Tongue firmly in cheek)

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  • Tardis’nt

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:34pm

    truly amazing!

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  • Mister

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:34pm

    It’s John Hurt, just without a beard.

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    • #savetheday

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:44pm

      I think that this is the best minsode yet because it is something that we were missing (but it’s better waiting until now, as it is more special)

  • paul cox

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:31pm

    (jaw hits floor!) OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! Got to watch that again! if that is the standard of what is to come we are in for some fun!
    Roll on the 23rd! 😀

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  • Timelord3

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:23pm

    Amazing, more Paul McGann and the sisterhood of karn! But does mentioning the big finish companions bring it officially into cannon?

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    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:24pm

      YES!!! Of course it does

    • DOCTOR WHO ONE

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:45pm

      Yes, all 8th Doctor adventures, the TV Movie, Big Finish Audios, Comic-Strips and Novel’s, are all canon.

    • Timelord3

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:49pm

      Hooray!

    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:10pm

      comic strips and novels?

    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:13pm

      I don’t think we can include the comics and books, because he only mentioned his companions from the big finish audios, so… Only audios are counted as canon

  • DOCTOR WHO ONE

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:18pm

    Well, I wasn’t expecting this 😀

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  • TheBritishCupOfTea

    November 14th, 2013 - 3:09pm

    I’m blown away. Truly am. Thank you so much Moffat…now the intriguing thing is…McGann denied ANY involvement…

    ….Could this mean we will see other classic Doctors?

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    • Maff

      November 14th, 2013 - 3:54pm

      He denied any involvement in the Day of the Doctor. I guess no one asked him if he’d be in a prequel!,

  • Some bloke

    November 14th, 2013 - 2:57pm

    WHO ON EARTH VOTED ‘I didn’t like it’!

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    • cyberman2

      November 14th, 2013 - 4:09pm

      people who started at series 5

  • Cyberking281

    November 14th, 2013 - 2:45pm

    That was brilliant! I cant believe Paul McGann returned for one last time (but who knows), theres now hope that Christopher Eccleston will return when John Hurt has to regenerate 😀

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  • dalek eternal

    November 14th, 2013 - 2:15pm

    that was brilliant we’ve finally seen how the 8th dr regenerated all we need to see now is hurt regenerate into the eccleston

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  • booboo

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:50pm

    I thought that was amazing

    hate to say it but that 6 mins alone knocked spots off anything i have seen since 2005

    Paul McGann was brilliant in that

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    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 2:17pm

      I second that! It was amazing. I can’t believe Paul came back for this. To be honest we were all suspicious of him being involved in some way shape or form, but this is amazing. If this six minute prequel is considered to be the best thing since 2005, then god knows what an hour and 15 min special is going to be like. After this, it better be good 😀

    • simon

      November 14th, 2013 - 2:56pm

      All i can say is WOW I just cant wait for the 50th Annervesary story. I only hope this story is as good as this 6 min story

    • KORSAIR

      November 14th, 2013 - 8:55pm

      I totally agree. Paul McGann’s Doctor should’ve had a series of his own

  • Anonymous

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:49pm

    Who is that at the end in the reflection? It’s not John Hurt, is it?

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    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:50pm

      yes it is

    • booboo

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:50pm

      yes but much much younger

    • The 13th Doctor

      November 14th, 2013 - 6:32pm

      It makes you wonder if Matt smith’s Doctor can journey alone for 200 years and not seem to age, how long did the time war go on for?

    • Whiteknightanddog

      November 17th, 2013 - 2:35pm

      It looks as though the young War Doctor’s face is taken from John Hurt’s appearance as Caligula in “I Claudius” which I think dates back to the 1980’s.

    • Whiteknightanddog

      November 17th, 2013 - 3:06pm

      Actually, thinking more of “I Claudius”, which I think was actually made in the late 1970’s, the vaguely heroic Claudius was of course played by Derek Jacobi, a latter day Master, whereas Hurt was the evil Caligula and is now a sort of hero (I expect the War Doctor will come good in the end). Co-incidence and irony?

  • Anonymous

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:45pm

    John Hurt’s character is a Doctor and at the same time isn’t.

    His character is very much like the watcher (Logopolis) and the Valeyard (The Trial of a Time Lord), so no. Hurt is not the ninth Doctor, but is more like Doctor 8.5, in a way, it’s like a spilt time line of the doctor’s life.

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    • Some bloke

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:51pm

      I’ve never thought of it like that and that seems much better and more plausible than saying he’s the 9th doctor. To be honest, I would prefer him to be a sort of 8.5 watcher like doctor 🙂

  • matparks08

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:43pm

    Sent a shiver down my spine – followed Paul McGann through the BBC books and then into audio and so fantastic to see him back in the role – what a really unexpected treat. I’m going to guess that will be it for the older doctors now this anniversary – but who knows….

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  • drjakeyoung

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:40pm

    This beats time crash by miles for being the best minisode of dr who ever. Hell, it’s better than most normal episodes!

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  • Liam

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:40pm

    Wow such much in few minuets

    anyone spot the man or woman bit

    just amazing from Paul McGann as well

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  • Sea Devil

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:38pm

    absolutely brilliant, lost for words

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  • The master

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:38pm

    Best piece of Doctor Who I have seen in over 20 years

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  • Anonymous

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:36pm

    John Hurt is the Valyard

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    • Dalek The Supreme

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:45pm

      Nope, we have it pretty much confirmed he’s the incarnation who fought in the Time War between the 8th and 9th Doctors we’re used to. The Valeyard is an amalgamation of everything dark or evil about the Doctor from between his twelfth and thirteenth incarnations. Actually, that means they could have a Valeyard subplot in the Christmas special or Series 8.

  • Dalek The Supreme

    November 14th, 2013 - 1:02pm

    That was AMAZING! Not only do we see the 8th Doctor and get mentions of some Big Finish companions, but also we have the Sisterhood of Karn, and the regeneration! Very interesting plot, and I can’t wait to see the actual Time War now! 😀

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  • Paul

    November 14th, 2013 - 12:51pm

    Absolutely speechless. Brilliant.

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  • NCC-1701-D

    November 14th, 2013 - 12:19pm

    That was AWESOME, the eighth Doctor, woooooo. So John Hurt IS the real Ninth Doctor, or the ‘War Doctor’. Interesting that they’ve told us this now and not made us wait until the 23rd, at least we finally know what happened to the eighth Doctor, presuming that was the real eighth doctor, also, this technically makes Peter Capaldi the Thirteenth Doctor, so does that mean he’ll be the last?

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    • Anonymous

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:06pm

      It had already been confirmed a while back that was who he was.

      As is explained in both this mini episode and in The Name of the Doctor, Hurt’s incarnation is an actual incarnation of the Doctor, however he is not a “Doctor” (rather he is a “Warrior” as we now know). So he is the Doctor’s ninth incarnation but not the Ninth Doctor (that still goes to Eccelston).

      However, this still gets the net result that Capaldi’s 12th Doctor is the 13th incarnation so would in theory be the final incarnation. However, the limit will be dealt with once and for all in the anniversary special (to as Moffat put it “ensure the show runs for another 50 years”).

    • Dalek The Supreme

      November 14th, 2013 - 1:47pm

      Actually, if you think about it, the Tenth Doctor wasted a regeneration in Journey’s End, so technically, Matt Smith is still the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor, but he wouldn’t have anymore natural regenerations. Unless, of course, they decide to utilize the fact that River Song gave him her remaining regenerations.

  • Guff

    November 14th, 2013 - 12:17pm

    :D:D:D:D:D

    That was incredible! Just wish we saw the actual facemorph…

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  • 1969DOCTOR

    November 14th, 2013 - 11:34am

    Can’t wait

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    • booboo

      November 14th, 2013 - 11:35am

      half an hour to go

    • Danny Brown

      November 16th, 2013 - 3:43pm

      half an hour to what?

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