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What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?

What Did You Think of The Time of the Doctor?

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars – and amongst them, the Doctor.

Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.





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744 comments

  • Anonymous

    January 2nd, 2014 - 8:40pm

    I have a idea of why capaldi can’t fly the tardis. The doctor didn’t use the tardis for many years so he might have forgotten how to fly it.

  • the purple dalek

    January 2nd, 2014 - 5:59pm

    apparently, The first story for Capaldi is a two parter (which id like) but with the daleks.
    I’d like them to return but not first again.Also, they’ve bin in the last two episodes. Id like the Sontarons to return though

  • The Moffat Paradox

    January 2nd, 2014 - 5:23pm

    boobo
    In the classic Doctor Who era I thought “Terror Of The Autons” was genuinely scary.Especially the chair swallowing scene while the( in my view) best Master,Roger Delgado,looked nonchalantly on and the small Auton doll coming to life to claim it’s victim.

    In the classic era visibly bad things could and did happen to people and potentially everyone else before the Doctor saved the day. I thought Mark Gattis’s “Cold War” had elements of that and that’s maybe because he’s also a big Horror fan.

  • TheBritishCupOfTea

    January 2nd, 2014 - 3:42pm

    Anonymous, he will be better than Matt.

  • Another Anom

    January 2nd, 2014 - 2:25pm

    I find it so ironic tht so many DW fans are stuck in the past. The show is all about change and evolution…thats how its lasted so long. I believe SM is by far the best writter the show has had and he has injected it with life…as he has with Sherlock.

    With a show like DW, no writter will please everyone and although it quite clear that its only a tiny minoity of fans that dislike his work…they do a lot of shouting about it…its about time those that are happy with the show shouted a lot more – all the “Im cool becuase Im going to say I hate the show” type comments are a little bit samey, unfounded and tiresome.

  • badbbc

    January 2nd, 2014 - 2:13pm

    if anyone has their history rewritten – then they die and a new person is created.
    to change such a well established and loved character after 50 years, is a crime.
    it’s like hamlet or any other well know character, you cannot change the past and keep the character, moffat murdered the doctor for plot effect – a pitiful weak writer concept.
    taking the radio active spider out of spiderman and keeping him singing “catches thieves just like flies” and flying on web strands makes a complete mockery of spiderman.
    or rewriting sherlock – changing his past would destroy the real sherlock, replacing him with all new sherlock. if they send sherlock back in time and give him a wife and children – then the character is killed and replaced – jhon no longer lives with him and never can / should have – the entire back story is disrespected and destroyed without any respect for those who added to the story along the way.
    moffats shameful treatment of 50 years of history and disrespects all previous writers and actors, as it makes a mockery of them.

  • Anonymous

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:52pm

    Moffat killed the Doctor? Seriously he didn’t… He’s a genius and I don’t think he rewrote the Doctor and removed the darkness from we all related to and what the hell does Hamlet has to with this?

  • badbbc

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:31pm

    moffat killed the doctor when he changed his past. 50 years and moffat rewrites the doctor and removes the darkness we all related to.
    it’s like changing hamlets past so his father the king don’t die and hamlet doesn’t suffer. – hamlet would no longer be hamlet or make any sense at all.
    bbc needs to sack moffat now and give the doctor his “soul” back.

  • Obsie

    January 2nd, 2014 - 9:30am

    MaxP; The person you took to the train station didn’t go by the name of “Tegan” by any chance did they?

  • MaxP

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:31am

    its ok I remember now who Tash is.

  • Michael

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:24am

    I liked Time of the doctor, but it seems every time he regenerates these days he’s got to make some grand stand of it as if he’s about to die of cancer or something. He’s not dying, he’s regenerating. He’s not going anywhere. He’s still the doctor. In the old days, he’d just unexpectedly regenerate if he was close to death which is the whole point of regenerating. I don’t like the grand standing.
    Also, I could be wrong, but I seem to have a slight memory of Tom Baker once saying that he had 8 regenerations or was I just dreaming. Much more recently it’s been established at 13, so what now. In time of the doctor, clara begged the time lords to help the doctor, so did they change the rules to allow the doctor to go on. Does he have more regenerations now.

  • MaxP

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:23am

    and there are still so many unanswered questions!

  • MaxP

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:22am

    I think with so many threads that are so very, very convoluted you can forgive people for going ‘hey hold on a sec, that doesn’t seem quite right’, or ‘sorry, I just really don’t like that.’

  • MaxP

    January 2nd, 2014 - 12:00am

    Would have been great to see Mr Smith do one more season. His relationship with Clara was just starting to bloom and was nice- I liked it which is more than I can say for all the others, even Rose! And it would have been so nice to see the 11th Doc go up against villains like The Master & Davros! They should have done it like they did with the Master in the 4th Doctor’s last season, introduced them around end of the season to have them ready for the next season and new Doctor!

  • MaxP

    January 1st, 2014 - 11:15pm

    Sorry can someone remind me who Tash is?

  • Dalek the Supreme

    January 1st, 2014 - 11:07pm

    The Doctor has always had some problems flying the TARDIS. The Doctor has taught others how to fly the TARDIS before, like Nyssa, Tegan, and Adric, and even the Cybermen were flying it in Attack of the Cybermen. It’s not like this is a new thing. Besides, she said herself that she never mastered and the TARDIS was flying the Doctor.

  • MaxP

    January 1st, 2014 - 11:06pm

    Cyberman2 you’re not the only one!- the problem with Christmas specials is it’s not really the ideal day for it – too many distractions, people, noise and so forth! I missed it cause I had to take someone to the train station – fortunately here in Australia it was repeated the very next morning just as I woke up – a lovely unexpected treat!

  • Dalek the Supreme

    January 1st, 2014 - 11:01pm

    I still enjoy Doctor Who enormously, more so than in the David Tennant era, and find it just as terrifying. As much as I enjoyed The Time of the Doctor, though, revelations were way too rushed. The regeneration was excellent though.
    I would love it if two-parters returned in Series 8. The best thing, though, is to move on with the show, which is the theme of the Eleventh Doctor’s final speech. After all, the show is about change, and will never stop changing.

  • Anonymous

    January 1st, 2014 - 11:01pm

    I disagree – the monsters of the 70s and 80s were largely laughable…even for the time. The 60s shows fair pretty well (the ice warriors were a joke tho), but the production quality of the 70s and 80s was very poor even for the time. Although it’s sad to say, one of the best things that happened to the show was it getting axed otherwise we could still be watching a second rate sci fi show instead of the slick high end show we have today. It’s not without flaws, granted – there has been some shockers (esp in the David Tennant/RDT) era but on the whole I’d say the percentage of quality stories per series is far greater than it was in the old days. As a kid of the 70 and 80s I recall being scared of the show but watching those old shows as an adult now is extremely painful and I know my kids wouldn’t find the show from back then scary…they’d be too busy laughing at the wobbly sets and whilst trying to focus on long drawn out and padded stories. Whereas as we both get freaked out by the current shows which intend to be scary – the show is more than just ‘freak of the week’ so some stories don’t need to be scary. As for Time of the Doctor…. It was always going to be on a hiding to nothing after that wonderful 50th special but I think it was for the hard core fans who wanted answers from the past couple of series. It wasn’t brilliant but it was needed and fairly well done – 7/10.

  • MaxP

    January 1st, 2014 - 10:57pm

    I grew up watching the classic show and absolutely love Dr Who’s past and continuity. There’s nothing better than the little references to the classic show scattered here and there, and if the new show wasn’t linked to the old one I would never have really bothered with it. But eventually it will all be too much. What, we’re going to have a Doctor going round saying ‘I’m the 23rd Doctor.’ As the Doc himself said everything changes and ends. Even if it’s in 30-50 years it will need to end one day. But imagine how emotionally moving that finale will be!

  • the astronaut of death

    January 1st, 2014 - 10:39pm

    well mabey the trees on that planet grow differently

  • Muffin

    January 1st, 2014 - 9:47pm

    Well please explain how the town called Christmas can have green trees with only a fraction of sunlight each day!! For some reason found this fact most annoying!! Grin x(Tom Baker rules!).

  • sammyboi101

    January 1st, 2014 - 7:24pm

    River Song, maybe?

  • Anonymous

    January 1st, 2014 - 6:13pm

    Still one question unanswered who was the woman in the shop who gave clara the number in the bells of Saint John

  • Anonymous

    January 1st, 2014 - 6:12pm

    Still one question unanswered who was the woman in the shop who have clara the number in the bells of Saint John

  • The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)

    January 1st, 2014 - 5:16pm

    Whoops, sorry, above comment posted on the wrong post!

  • The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)

    January 1st, 2014 - 5:15pm

    Whovians these days are absolute moaners! I know it is a matter of opinion but a true Whovian like Matt Smity would enjoy the episodes no matter how bad they are, they would love the Doctor for who he is, not who plays him. They certainly could cry at the loss of one of the Doctor’s lives because we loved the new aspect he has brought to the show, but they should always be excited about what this new Doctor will bring. I have found pretty much every episode I’ve watched of Doctor Who brilliant, with an exeption of only a few, like Curse of the Black Spot etc. A true Whovian would think they’re way out of plot holes to seal them. In my opinion, I think The Time of The Doctor is one of Steven Moffat’s greatest stories, making me laugh and cry at the same time. If there are major problems, like no paradigm daleks, then just wait and hope, really hope, that things will work out.

  • the astronaut of death

    January 1st, 2014 - 5:13pm

    I love all episode I try not to moan

  • The11thDoctor50 (previously TheDoctorGallifrey)

    January 1st, 2014 - 5:10pm

    Whovians these days are absolute moaners! I know it is a matter of opinion but a true Whovian like Matt Smity would enjoy the episodes no matter how bad they are, they would love the Doctor for who he is, not who plays him. They certainly could cry at the loss of one of the Doctor’s lives because we loved the new aspect he has brought to the show, but they should always be excited about what this new Doctor will bring. I have found pretty much every episode I’ve watched of Doctor Who brilliant, with an exeption of only a few, like Curse of the Black Spot etc. A true Whovian would think they’re way out of plot holes to seal them. In my opinion, I think The Time of The Doctor is one of Steven Moffat’s greatest stories, making me laugh and cry at the same time. If there are major problems, like no paradigm daleks, then just wait and hope, really hope, that things will work out.

  • the astronaut of death

    January 1st, 2014 - 4:26pm

    i agree it is not as scary any more i feel the weeping angles are being over used and the sontarnans are no longer stubborn scary warriors they are just funny potatoes

    but that dalek eye stalk coming out the silence was rather scary

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