November 23rd, 2013
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What Did You Think of The Day of the Doctor?
What Did You Think of The Day of the Doctor?
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.
Day of The Doctor DVD and Blu-rays
All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
Day of the Doctor Starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt.
The DVD is available to order from www.amazon.co.uk or www.bbcshop.com
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timelord327
November 24th, 2013 - 7:35amWondering how Pete was there? The answers obvious i would have thought. Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-wimey
timelord327
November 24th, 2013 - 7:34amThis was so good I’ve made a vow to forgive Moffat for series 6!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
November 24th, 2013 - 7:10amI can’t believe Moffat clearly has found away to bring back Gallifrey and the Time Lord’s [all is forgiven Moffat, all is forgiven !!].
The only problem I have with the special is the that Doctors 1 to 8 help out save Gallifrey, when they all came before the Time War, so how exactly the got involved is confusing for me at the moment, but it was a real treat seeing them all right at the end.
And oh yeah, how come Peter Capaldi’s 12th Doctor made a brief appearance ?. His Doctor don’t exist yet.
Liason Ice
November 24th, 2013 - 5:02amGallifrey was destroyed in The End of Time, the 10th Doctor sent it back into the time war just before the War Doctor used the moment.
Elizabeth made the Doctor her sworn enemy because he abandoned her after they got married.
And Tom Baker didn’t offer the 11th Doctor a jelly baby because he ran out
Gene
November 24th, 2013 - 4:04amWonderful! It was great to see Tom Baker again!!
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 3:40amI agree! 🙂
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 3:38amI’ve tried posting this a couple of times and it’s not showing up, so I’m sorry if this comment ends up repeating. I loved that Clara was teaching at Coal Hill School. I absolutely loved the inclusion of the sign for I. M. Foreman’s Scrapyard. I think that these were lovely touches that connected the 50th as well as the current incarnation of the show with its roots.
Bob
November 24th, 2013 - 3:32amTom Baker was brilliant!!
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 3:31amLoved Clara teaching at Coal Hill School and the inclusion of the sign for I. M. Foreman’s Scrapyard. Lovely touches that connected the 50th with the roots of the show.
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 3:28amLoved Clara teaching at Coal Hill School and the inclusion of the sign for I. M. Foreman’s Scrapyard. Very nice touches.
Sandy
November 24th, 2013 - 3:14amLoved every bit of this, brilliant and fun and touching and thoughtful. I will watch it again and again. Thank you all the Drs and Moffat.
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 2:55amAnd I almost forgot… Yes, I know that it has been mentioned before that the Doctor married Elizabeth I. I always assumed that was just a joke. How is it that Elizabeth I is in love with/married to the Doctor? Yet, at the end of The Shakespeare Code during the third series of the reboot, she claimed that the Doctor was her worst enemy and wanted to have him beheaded?
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 2:45amI’m torn over the 50th. As a lifelong Whovian, there were parts that I loved and there were parts that I didn’t really care for all that much. I loved all of the Doctors being worked into the end, especially Hartnell as he’s always been one of my favorite incarnations of the Doctor. I loved the bantering between the Doctors. I loved the addition of Rose as Bad Wolf from her having absorbed the time vortex in the first series of the reboot. I loved that Clara has gone on to work as an educator. I love that Clara has a healthy friendship with the Doctor and that her life doesn’t revolve around him as opposed to many other recent companions who had very codependent relationships with him. I loved the addition of Jack’s vortex manipulator. There were a few gaping plot holes, especially inconstancies between The End of Time and the 50th… 10 and 11 already knew that Gallifrey wasn’t destroyed and was time locked, as seen previously in The End of Time. I really wish that we had gotten to actually see Jack. Why did Baker not ask Smith if he wanted a Jelly Baby?
Shockme001
November 24th, 2013 - 2:33amI loved it everything I expected
Doctor J
November 24th, 2013 - 2:29amAdventure in Space and Time told a brilliant story of how DW came to be and what it is today. The Day of The Doctor all I wanted from it was to tell a really good story and I’m very happy of how it’s turned out Matt David and John brilliant including Clara and Rose/Bad Wolf and to see Tom Baker. Love the Zygons hope to see them make future appearances
Only issue Queen Elizabeth in love with Ten.
I can’t wait for the Christmas Special and of course I’m sad for Matt Smith leaving but equally excited for Peter Capaldi and seeing him in the special.
Mike
November 24th, 2013 - 2:24amNeeds more rose
Mike
November 24th, 2013 - 2:24amNeeds more rose.
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 2:04amTimey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly…
ch5
November 24th, 2013 - 2:02am4) it was tom backer in his older year
WORON
November 24th, 2013 - 1:59am(1) NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR showed McGann regenerating to Hurt ast given a potion to drink, Then tonight when we saw Hurt starting to regenerate , he was going to change to Eccleston. We may never see that regeneration due to Eccleston not wanting to be involved in the show.
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 1:58amEastbourne? Heh, I left there to visit my mother this weekend. The look on her face when I gave her explicit instructions to leave the TV free for me to watch this….
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 1:54amDavros wasn’t around for the Time War. The rest of the Daleks were under the impression they had killed him themselves.
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 1:51amDear gods. Did nobody see Night of the Doctor? Hurt’s Doctor wasn’t a proper regeneration.
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 1:45am3) No. Hurt’s doctor was a halfway house regen brought on by those women from Night of the Doctor.
WORON
November 24th, 2013 - 1:43amYou cant serious like the new plastic looking Daleks , they are meant to be scary and military , hence as in the golden time war ones, . The new ones look like plastic toys and most people hated them
Spike Matthews
November 24th, 2013 - 1:42amWhoah. Amazing.
Laugh-out-loud moments, high action and intrigue. all with a healthy dollop of great emotional character acting.
The plot was tight (although I can imagine right away that there will be people asking what happened with the Zygons), and the pacing was superb.
I like the little bit where Tennant’s Doctor has a double-take moment when John Hurt’s mentions the ‘Bad Wolf Girl’. It could be a throwaway comment, or a hint. Either way…
Oh – and that 12-TARDIS solution? Brilliant.
One slightly off note for me, a personal thing, was seeing just how old and frail Tom Baker has become. He was MY Doctor, and to see him in this was thrilling and sad at the same time.
Vive Doctor Who!
videogamemad00
November 24th, 2013 - 1:38amWell, I obviously disagree.
videogamemad00
November 24th, 2013 - 1:36am1) Just old age, like Hartnell’s Doctor.
2) He thinks he used the moment to destroy Gallifrey.
3) Yes
4) Unknown, but it sounded like it, or possibly just an older 4th Doctor?
Silence Will Still Fall
November 24th, 2013 - 1:31amJohn hurt stole the show hands down! and it was lovely to see the 10 and 11 accept him as the doctor at the end. Did anyone else jump out of their seat when they saw mr capaldi? i know i did lol…… And does anybody else get the feeling he’s going to be the greatest doctor ever? because i do! but matt smith (my doctor) will undoubtedly be a hard act to follow. Here’s to another 50yrs. Geronimo!
Anonymous
November 24th, 2013 - 1:16amEpisode was awesome. Just a few questions though.
1) Why did john hurt regenerate, he wasn’t injured or dying?
2) Since he didn’t use the moment but forgot what happened when he got into his tardis again what did he think happened to gallifrey and the daleks?
3) is john hurt now number 9 (I think he is as he earned the title by the end)
4) was the curator a future form of the doctor?