December 25th, 2013
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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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Anonymous
December 26th, 2013 - 3:58pmHe may have been known as the war dr, but if you watch the end of the episode, both david tennant and matt smith including john hurt all refered to him as the doctor. So calpaldi is the 13th dr
Anonymous
December 26th, 2013 - 3:54pmThe doctor has been around for 50 years. Do you really think that just because you think america is the biggest audience that the stories should be catered to what you think is right! Dr who was popular before it hit america and it will still be popular when america gets bored with it. Does america have anything that equals Dr who and anything that is still being made and lasting as long? Dr who will be around for the next 50 years. More than likely when you’re dust in the grave
Whoisthedoctor
December 26th, 2013 - 3:51pmI was confused too
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:49pmExcuse me, Coronation Street used to be my second favourite programme, Doctor Who came first. During series 7 part 2, Doctor Who became my second and Coronation Street became my best. It is miles better than the trash that is happening on Who right now. Coronation Street is good and gets better viewing figures. CORONATION STREET!
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:46pmI thought Matt would be good. Peter, I’m not so sure, but I will give him a chance. It’s just I know the stories will be rubbish. It’ll just be a repeat of series 7 part 2.
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:43pmAgree Half-a-Whovian, although I don’t like Clara, she’s too unrealistic (at first), she’s not as bad now, but worst start to a companion EVER! Although I do like the actress, Jenna Coleman, like I mean, who couldn’t. But The Day Of The Doctor and The Time Of The Doctor were absolutely rubbish!
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:42pmI understood what you mean Booboo Jr.
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:41pmFilming starts in January!
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:40pmAnonymous I am not trying to shout the loudest, I have a cold for goodness sake! It was just a little spin on the phrase: “Car Crash”, because Doctor Who is being dragged into the ground, deeper than ever before. “The Doctor rised higher than ever before and then he will fall so much further. This is 1989 all over again.”
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:38pm?
Will
December 26th, 2013 - 3:35pmDo you even know Doctor who? They can’t just keep the same Doctor because it’s popular. Doctor who has always had to keep things changed up. They’re not going to start catering just for USA audiences as well. It’s our show and a big part of our culture. Also, Doctor who was at it’s most popular when it had David Tennant and Billie Piper according to viewing figures and toy sales. So calling this the biggest blunder in show business history has to be one of the bigger blunders of the Doctor who fanbase.
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:33pmRussell T Davies uses a magic wand every episode or a deus ex machina and made his finals bigger and bigger and better and better every year, well he tried to anyway and he kind of killed the episodes then. But Moffat is now running it into the ground, so YES! Bring back Russell T Davies, the second only person to save it! The first is me! LOL!
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:30pmseries 7 part 2 is worst series to date.
JJ
December 26th, 2013 - 3:28pmHe used to be a genius. But now he is most definitely a fool. He wrecked and ruined the 50th and Matt Smith’s final bow.
jonny scoones
December 26th, 2013 - 3:24pmAnyone else confused about claras family? A different actor was playing her dad i think, someone explain please 😉
The astronaut of death
December 26th, 2013 - 3:22pmHe is not a fool he is a genious he has come up with some of the best stories he has come up with some amazing monster come on an alien where when you are not looking at it it moves and another one where you look away you forget it that is genius he is anything but a fool
The astronaut of death
December 26th, 2013 - 3:18pmHe is kind of the 12th doctor as mr hurt was not a doctor he was the war doctor and ten was one doctor but he is in his fourteenth body so 12th doctor 14th body
DOCTOR WHO ONE
December 26th, 2013 - 3:12pmOfficially, his the 14th Doctor, and the 1st of the new 13 Doctors as part of his new regeneration cycle given to him by the Time Lord’s, but he’ll be known to us instead as the 12th Doctor.
Oh my giddy aunt!
December 26th, 2013 - 3:09pmMoffat is a fool. Sack him. The episode was dreadful.
Oh my giddy aunt!
December 26th, 2013 - 3:08pmMoffat is a fool! Somebody sack the muppet!
THE 13th Doctor
December 26th, 2013 - 3:05pmIt was a really good episode and was a great send off for matt smith who was and always will be a fantastic doctor, but the actual regeneration was a bit like blink and you will miss it, i don’t think it was perfect, but i still love it 8/10
THE 13th Doctor
December 26th, 2013 - 3:04pmi believe so
bob rapoport
December 26th, 2013 - 3:01pmWith 77 million viewers, Dr. Who became a runaway sensation since Matt Smith took over the role and the story arc about Amelia, Rory, River Song, and Clara evolved. From a sheer financial perspective, its lunacy to simply kill all that off. The UK may know Capaldi but Americans don’t and we’re the biggest audience now, how can anybody risk losing that? This decision will go down as the biggest blunder in show business history. Keeping it fresh is one thing, we can all understand that. But the ratings tell us that this cast and crew tapped into a phenomena, once in a lifetime experience for all of us. I mourn its passing.
CG
December 26th, 2013 - 2:51pmAre they going to call Peter Capaldi the 12th doctor, 14th doctor or the 1st doctor (cycle 2 version)?
The astronaut of death
December 26th, 2013 - 2:48pmI don’t get this when it was announced that Matt smith was leaving people were hoping the regeneration would be different people were. moaning how it should be different like the classic sereis and how they have had enough of the golden glow and we have now been given a new type of regeneration and now people are saying how it should not have changed’
The astronaut of death
December 26th, 2013 - 2:46pmI don’t get this when it was announced that Matt smith was leaving people were hoping the regeneration would be different people were. moaning how it should be different like the classic sereis and how they have had enough of the golden glow and we have now been given a new type of regeneration and now people are saying how it should not have changed
The astronaut of death
December 26th, 2013 - 2:40pmHis final words were “I will always remember when the doctor was me”.
CG
December 26th, 2013 - 2:35pmYes I agree, they should have kept the regeneration from the previous not just suddenly changing.
ROCKSTAR
December 26th, 2013 - 2:35pmWas the Doctor hallucinating when he saw Amy
Buy me
December 26th, 2013 - 2:32pmSteven Moffat you are going to make ratings go down. Rtd rtd