The Time of the Doctor
- Episode aired Dec 25, 2013
- TV-PG
- 1h 1m
The Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.The Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.The Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is the 800th individual episode since the original Doctor Who (1963) started.
- GoofsWhen a man comes into the tower to tell The Doctor about the arrival of the Daleks, he replies saying: "It's okay Barnable, don't worry. I have got a plan". However, when the man leaves, The Doctor secretly tells Clara: "I haven't got a plan, but people love it when I say that". Since he was still inside the "truth field" that covered the entire town, he shouldn't be capable of lying at all.
- Quotes
Clara: Doctor!
The Doctor: Hello.
Clara: You're young again. You're okay... You didn't even change your face.
The Doctor: Ha! It's started, I can't stop it now, this is just the reset, a whole new regeneration cycle, ooh. Taking a bit longer, just breaking it in. It all just disappears, doesn't it? Everything you are, gone in a moment; like breath on a mirror. Any moment now, he's a comin'.
Clara: Who's comin'?
The Doctor: The Doctor.
Clara: You, you are The Doctor.
The Doctor: Yup, and I always will be. But times change, and so must I... Amelia.
Clara: Who is Amelia?
The Doctor: The first face this face saw. We all change, when you think about it, we're all different people; all through our lives, and that's okay, that's good, you've gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this, not one day, I swear. I will always remember when The Doctor was me.
Amy Pond: Raggedy Man... Goodnight.
Clara: No, no...
The Doctor: Hey...
Clara: Please don't change...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Blue Peter: The 12th Doctor (2014)
This year, Doctor Who followed immediately on from popular saccharine crap Call the Midwife, which could make almost anything seem good in comparison, and for a while I was content to see Matt Smith do his usual routine, flapping about and spinning on his heel while spouting nonsensical Who-isms. Plus, in the first few minutes they threw in Daleks, Cybermen AND Weeping Angels to keep fans happy.
Then it all went a bit Pete Tong
The Doctor went to a twee Victorian-style town called Christmas where he stayed for 300 years, protecting the citizens from aliens while refusing to reveal his real name to the Time Lords on Gallifrey through an inter-dimensional crack in a wall. Meanwhile, Clara pulled a few confused expressions (she wasn't the only one) and I had to fight nodding off despite not having touched a drop of alcohol all day long. To make matters worse, Doctor Who eventually vanquished his enemies via an embarrassing 'deus ex machina' served up liked so much week-old turkey, but which in turn at least heralded the arrival of Peter Capaldi, who we can only hope will breathe some new life into this tired show.
- BA_Harrison
- Dec 25, 2013
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- Lydstep Flats, Lydstep Crescent, Cardiff, Wales, UK(Exterior of Clara's flat)
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
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