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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

  • Imma Timelord

    January 4th, 2014 - 12:18pm

    OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!! Why did Matt leave!!!??? Surely Doctor Who was better than the job he’s got hold of now!!! Well, he had to regenerate sometime. Guys, does it scare NO-ONE that he said a timelord can only regenerate a number of 12 or 13 times… I mean, I’m sure Moffat will think of something to carry it on. BUT WHAT IF HE DOESN’T!!What IF he wants to shut the show DOWN!! #hyperventilating

    I mean – well you know – It is A BIT wierd..
    PLEASE SOMEONE HELP OUT HERE!!

  • doctorsmith12

    January 4th, 2014 - 9:46am

    here are my new ideas for series 8 part 1/2

    * the new face of the doctor ( zarbi )
    * horror of the sontarons ( sontarons )
    * time confusion ( meddling monk )
    * the flame of skaro ( daleks and thals )
    * the fat in the sky ( adipose )
    2014 xmas speacial : the curse of master ( the master )

  • The Gold Guardian

    January 3rd, 2014 - 11:32pm

    NOTE: I’ve finally changed my name in the news section too! (I was Defender of Trenzalore)
    @Badbbc
    We all have our own opinions so I’m not judging you, but that is an overreaction to something which mildly changed the character The Doctor became over the past 8 years; and considering it’s been going for 50 years now it really wasn’t a hard core, major, solid piece of his character anyway; and he already had darkness in him anyway

    and TBH this constant negativity is beginning to grate

  • Obsie

    January 3rd, 2014 - 10:58pm

    P.S No one has still come as to why a photo of Kamelion was in the Tower of London -despite the fact that’s where he should have been put for crimes against science-fiction!

  • Obsie

    January 3rd, 2014 - 10:48pm

    Yes however, the TARDIS is always landing in places with different atmospheric conditions: caves, space-ships, planets, miniaturised ships(“Carnival of…”), submarines. If Steven Moffat is going to write these types of stories , then it would be nice to offer up some kind of explanation. The likes of Terrance Dicks, Bob Baker, Malcolm Hulke et al, always seemed to have one, no matter what it was; they always had some form of basis to fall back on. Then again, perhaps I was younger back then, but watch them now and they still make some sort of sense.

  • the astronaut of death

    January 3rd, 2014 - 10:47pm

    I think steven moffat stopping the doctor from ever destroying gallifrey has taken a lot of darkness out of the doctor and that is not good

  • TheLastDoctor

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:59pm

    HOW HAS IT DESTROYED THE DOCTOR’S INTEGRITY?

  • Doyouhearthem?

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:58pm

    I’m guessing it’s something to do with the TARDIS affecting the place it’s about to land in before it does. If the Archive had the right type and of density and impurity in the air, then PERHAPS the TARDIS would be incapable of materialising in those conditions. Just an idea…

  • TheLastDoctor

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:57pm

    The MASTER USED UP ALL HIS LIVES before the Sixth Doctor, yet, he came back in David Tennant’s Series… So, maybe, just maybe, he will come back in Capaldi’s Series.

  • TheLastDoctor

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:54pm

    I have NO IDEA.

  • Doyouhearthem?

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:54pm

    Sea Devils is a must. I have a great idea for the return of the Master, but I want to see some Draconians and Eternals first.

  • TheLastDoctor

    January 3rd, 2014 - 8:53pm

    I think that Moffat should definitely bring back the Rani. She’s the Doctor’s equal, in cleverness, and in wisdom. She will be an awesome re-addition to to DOCTOR WHO Series.

  • simon

    January 3rd, 2014 - 6:33pm

    I think the next monster moffat should being back is eather be the Sea Devils or the Rani or Sil. what do you all think?

  • Anonymous

    January 3rd, 2014 - 5:04pm

    What?

  • badbbc

    January 3rd, 2014 - 4:36pm

    Posted by: Another Anom
    January 2nd, 2014 – 2:25pm

    insults and attacks… you’re not very pleasant are you. attacking people that don’t agree with you. very dogmatic and unnecessary.

    the point of the doctor is that he changes people through manipulating the time line. he is a time lord, and lords of time don’t answer to time. the entire idea of rewriting a time lord is in contradiction to the entire ethos of time lords.
    it is a mistake, and has destroyed the integrity of the doctor.

  • Hellbelly

    January 3rd, 2014 - 4:31pm

    Hang on, what has Moffat re-written that “kills” the Doctor? The only thing that’s changed is that he didn’t actually destroy Gallifrey but still took it out of the game for the most part. So that’s what, 8 out of 50 years tops. And it doesn’t really change anything anyway, beacaue the 9th and 10th Doctor’s STILL think that Gallifrey was destroyed.

  • Anonymous

    January 3rd, 2014 - 4:05pm

    Sally Sparrow? because everyone was talking about that and saying it could of been her or like sammyboi101 said

  • Anonymous

    January 3rd, 2014 - 3:59pm

    YEAH!!! Not take the mick out of them like they did TTOTD

  • Anonymous

    January 3rd, 2014 - 3:58pm

    The First Doctor didn’t know how to fly the TARDIS so maybe the 12th Doctor might be the same, selfish, tired and grumpy

  • the astronaut of death

    January 3rd, 2014 - 3:01pm

    I am not being rude here but moffat has destroyed the Sontarnans they are no longer ruthless warriors they are just funny potatoes

    It started with strax a butler nurse sontarnan working for jenny and vastra and he was a pretty funny sontarnan and I could cope with that it is only one sontarnan

    But then in the time of the doctor saw an apperence of war sontarnans and I was rather exited it had been a while since we have seen some proper sontarnans and what do we get some idiotic potatoes moffat has really ruined the sontarnans

    Now he dose have a chance to redeem himself here all he has to do is make a proper sontarnan story . mabey a story where strax has to choose between his clone batch or the doctor . but for now the really sontarnans are gone.

  • Defender of Trenzalore

    January 3rd, 2014 - 2:18pm

    The Sontarans could do with another redesign and a more tough, monster, bad-ass attitude to make them credible monsters again

  • farsighted99

    January 3rd, 2014 - 2:17pm

    I’ll just forget I even saw that bit in this Christmas episode. Totally unnecessary…

  • Obsie

    January 3rd, 2014 - 12:12pm

    Has anyone any idea how The Tower of London is meant to be TARDIS proof? Apart from the explanation given in the 50th of alien technology and earth stupidity. I know it’s a silly, petty question but I just like to know how writer’s minds work and see if they can offer a decent reasoning.

  • Obsie

    January 3rd, 2014 - 10:30am

    MaxP: I’m delighted to hear the name is popular in Australia, long may it be so! It would be fun to see how parents of “Tegans” had an Aunt Vanessa as well. Reality would blend with science fiction or science fiction blend with reality. “who knows eh! who knows! P.S: Happy New Year to you !!!!!

  • Another Anon

    January 3rd, 2014 - 9:59am

    What Colin Baker – he actually shot the Fifth Doctor and then took his job.

    Apparantly RTD had a reason for why he cast Peter Capalidi in DW and as another character in TW but never got around to putting it into a story line. However, even though he has now been cast as the Doctor, the theory still works and SM will be using it – so it will be explained why we keep seeing that face.

  • Obsie

    January 2nd, 2014 - 11:35pm

    Or it could be that Mr Capaldi simply hasn’t learnt which buttons/controls/switches are meant to what yet! Ah well, at least he’s got 9 months to brush up on old episodes. He would do well to watch “An Adventure in…” and follow William Hartnell’s example.

  • Anonymous

    January 2nd, 2014 - 11:30pm

    Oh yeah, Eve Myles starred in The Unquiet Dead before coming back in Doctor Who and Torchwood as Gwen Cooper, a descendant of the character she played in The Unquiet Dead.

  • Anonymous

    January 2nd, 2014 - 11:22pm

    In classic Who the Doctor usually suffered from temporary amnesia and disorientation following regeneration.

  • MaxP

    January 2nd, 2014 - 11:00pm

    Obsie, no it wasn’t, but since you’ve brought it up, Tegan is an extremely popular name here. I always wonder if the majority of people with that name all have parents who were kids in the 80’s watching the 5th Doc on TV!

  • Anonymous

    January 2nd, 2014 - 10:45pm

    No, it just the usual regeneration disoriantation.

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