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240 – "The Day of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
File:Poster Day-of-the-Doctor.jpg
Official poster
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byNick Hurran
Written bySteven Moffat
Script editorRichard Cookson
Produced byMarcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)
  • Steven Moffat
  • Faith Penhale
Music byMurray Gold
SeriesSpecials (2013)
Running time76 minutes[1]
First broadcast
  • 23 November 2013 (2013-11-23) (International)
  • 24 November 2013 (Australia & New Zealand)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Last Day" 		Followed by →
2013 Christmas special
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Day of the Doctor"[2][3][4] is the fiftieth-anniversary episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It is written by Steven Moffat,[5] an executive producer alongside Faith Penhale.[6] It has been described by series producer Marcus Wilson as a "love letter to the fans" and by the controller of BBC One, Danny Cohen, as an "event drama".[5][7] It was shown on BBC One on 23 November 2013, in both 2D and 3D.[8][9] The special was broadcast simultaneously in 94 countries,[9][10] and was shown concurrently in 3D in some cinemas.[11] It received the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama.[10]

David Tennant and Billie Piper reprised their roles as the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, respectively, the latter by proxy.[12] John Hurt appeared as a previously unknown, past incarnation of the Doctor, the "War Doctor", introduced at the end of the Series 7 finale "The Name of the Doctor". Peter Capaldi made his brief, surprise debut as the Twelfth Doctor. Joanna Page starred as Queen Elizabeth I.[12] Jemma Redgrave returned as Kate Stewart.[13] The special featured the return of the Daleks,[14] as well as the return of the Zygons, shape-shifting aliens who had previously only appeared in the 1975 serial Terror of the Zygons.[15]

Publicity

Steven Moffat previously stated, "Most things that have been said about the 50th are not true... Normally I am responsible for the disinformation and the rubbish rumors - I usually put them out myself, but I haven't needed to for this one."[16] On the importance of the episode, Moffat has stated that it will "change the narrative" of Doctor Who.[17]

"The Night of the Doctor", an additional 7-minute special, was released on 14 November 2013, and featured the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann)'s regeneration into the War Doctor (John Hurt).[18] Another 4 minute special, entitled "The Last Day", was released on 20 November 2013 and saw the start of the Fall of Arcadia.[19]

On 4 November 2013, the BBC released the official synopsis: "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."[20]

On 22 November 2013, Billie Piper stated on BBC Radio 2 "I can say something about my character; it's not Rose as we know her" to Chris Evans about the episode.[21]

Plot

Mini-episodes

See also: The Night of the Doctor and The Last Day (Doctor Who)

Two mini-episodes written by Steven Moffat, "The Night of the Doctor" and "The Last Day" were released prior to the episode. They showed events occurring during the Time War. Paul McGann reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie and subsequent Big Finish audio plays in "The Night of the Doctor". He is a conscientious objector to the ongoing Time War and intends to take a spaceship crew member away from the crashing ship via the TARDIS. Realising that he is a Time Lord, she refuses to comply, preferring to die than go with him. She and the Doctor die as the ship crashes on Karn. The Doctor is briefly resurrected by the Sisterhood of Karn and offered a regeneration in exchange for ending the War. After some convincing, the Doctor agrees and takes a potion designed to initiate his regeneration into a "warrior".

"The Last Day" is filmed from the first-person perspective of a Gallifreyan soldier who has had a camera implanted into his head. They are at Arcadia, the safest place on Gallifrey, and scan for Daleks. Surprisingly, the soldiers identify a fleet of invading Daleks, which kill them. The Fall of Arcadia becomes the central battle of the Time War around which "The Day of the Doctor" is centred.

Synopsis

The plot intertwines three threads related to present day England, Elizabethan England, and the fall of Arcadia, Gallifrey's second city, and the last day of the Time War.

At Coal Hill School, teacher Clara Oswald receives a message from the Eleventh Doctor and returns to the TARDIS, which is then unexpectedly airlifted by UNIT helicopter to Trafalgar Square. Preserved instructions from Elizabeth I of England (confirmed to have been married to the Doctor) are shown to the Doctor, along a secret vault at the National Gallery that he is entrusted to curate containing dangerous artworks that include various pieces of Time Lord art: moments of time preserved in stasis that take the form of "3-D pictures", including a painting of the last day of the Time War known as both No More or Gallifrey Falls. The glass frames of several of these pictures have broken from within and figures in the paintings have disappeared. It transpires that the shape-shifting Zygons, preserved in stasis in the pictures, are invading. To defeat them, UNIT plan to detonate a nuclear warhead in London, from within their base, which contains a number of artefacts and is TARDIS-proof.

In the meantime, in the midst of the Time War, the War Doctor—a hitherto-unknown "hidden" or "dark" incarnation of the Doctor (who bridges the gap between the original and 2005 series, and is unrevealed until this season)—watches Gallifrey falling to a Dalek invasion, and decides to trigger a weapon of mass destruction called the "Moment", which is described as a "galaxy eater" and will destroy both races completely. The weapon is sentient—it appears with the form of future assistant Rose Tyler (companion of the Ninth and Tenth Doctors) to challenge whether this mass killing is truly right, by showing him what will become of him and the consequences, if he proceeds.

When a fissure in space and time opens at these two points in the timeline, the Eleventh Doctor and the War Doctor are deposited in Elizabethan England, where they meet the Tenth Doctor and a young Elizabeth I, also under threat from Zygons. All three Doctors are captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London, where the Moment encourages the War Doctor to form a plan centred around doing calculations which would take "centuries" on the sonic screwdriver, starting the calculations on the War Doctor's screwdriver and finishing on the Eleventh's, four hundred years its senior. The Eleventh Doctor, meanwhile, inscribes the code necessary to activate a vortex manipulator—previously owned by Captain Jack Harkness and donated to UNIT following one of his deaths—into the Tower's stone wall. Found by his allies in the present day, it allows Clara to escape the Zygons by travelling into the past, where she then frees the Doctors. Knowing they will be unable to use their TARDISes to enter UNIT's base, they instead use the Zygons' technology to seal themselves within Gallifrey Falls, which the Eleventh Doctor arranges to be moved to into the Tower in the present day. Emerging through the picture in the present day moments before the nuclear warhead is detonated, the Doctors erase the memories of the humans and Zygons present, causing them to forget which of them is human and which merely shape-shifting human appearance and forcing them to discuss peace rather than extreme solutions.

The War Doctor, believing he now knows the consequences and has decided what is right, returns to his time with the intent of activating the Moment. His other two present incarnations appear with the intention of detonating the device alongside him so that he doesn't have to do it alone. Current companion Clara Oswald convinces the Eleventh Doctor to "be a Doctor" and change his mind and seek an alternative resolution. Subsequently, with advice from The Moment, they summon all of the Doctor's incarnations (including a previously unseen future incarnation) from throughout history, who, working together, are able to again use the Zygons' technology to seal Gallifrey away in another place and time, causing the Daleks to inadvertently obliterate themselves in the crossfire. The War Doctor expresses approval of the incarnations he will become; as both he and the Tenth Doctor depart in their respective TARDISes, the War Doctor is seen beginning to regenerate, echoing the First Doctor by saying that his body is "wearing a bit thin". Due to the disruption of time streams, they know they will not remember the War Doctor saving Gallifrey; both will remember him as destroying it.

At the end, the Eleventh Doctor meets the mysterious curator of the museum, who appears to be aware that he resembles an older version of the Fourth Doctor. The curator tells the Doctor that the painting's actual name is neither No More nor Gallifrey Falls, but the singular Gallifrey Falls No More. The Doctor surmises that the plan to save Gallifrey was successful, and that he must now find his home planet and rescue the Time Lords. The episode ends with a nod to the programme's history when the Doctor describes a dream he's had—one where the entire range of the Doctor's incarnations are seen together and the Doctor determines he will seek out Gallifrey once more.

Continuity

As the show's 50th anniversary special, the episode contains a number of references to previous episodes. It opens with the title sequence and theme arrangement used upon the series' debut in 1963. Echoing the opening of the very first story, An Unearthly Child, a policeman is shown walking past the sign for I.M. Foreman, the scrap merchant in whose yard the TARDIS was located. Coal Hill School was the Doctor's granddaughter Susan Foreman's school when they were on Earth in 1963, also featured in both the original story and the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks. The chairman of the governors is now Ian Chesterton, formerly one of the First Doctor's original three companions and a science teacher at the school, and the headmaster is W. Coburn, a reference to Anthony Coburn, who wrote An Unearthly Child. Clara rides out of Coal Hill School on the Eleventh Doctor's anti-gravity motorcycle from "The Bells of Saint John" at 5:16, the time An Unearthly Child originally aired on 23 November 1963. This was also the activation code of the vortex manipulator, 1716231163. When the TARDIS is picked up by UNIT, the UNIT call sign given is 'Greyhound', formerly the call sign of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.

The UNIT dating controversy, regarding whether the Third Doctor era stories took place in the 1970s or 1980s, is referenced in dialogue by Kate Stewart, when she mentions that events occurred in "the '70s or '80s depending on the dating protocol used". Kate's father, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, a central character in the Third Doctor's era, originally appearing in the Second Doctor serial The Web of Fear and making his last appearance in Doctor Who in Seventh Doctor serial Battefield, is also referenced. An image of the Brigadier is seen alongside images of various companions of the Doctor. Kate's assistant, Osgood, is presumably related to UNIT technician Osgood from The Dæmons and her scarf is identical to that worn by the Fourth Doctor; the Eleventh Doctor remarks that it is a "nice scarf". Kate Stewart twice mentions her subordinate, Malcolm, presumably the same UNIT scientist named Malcolm played by Lee Evans in "Planet of the Dead".

The Tenth Doctor's era is also heavily referenced, elaborating on his marriage to Queen Elizabeth I originally mentioned in his final story, The End of Time and first referred to in "The Shakespeare Code". The Tenth Doctor mentioned the Fall of Arcadia in "Doomsday". Then he leaves and after learning of Trenzalore, the Tenth Doctor remarks, "I don't want to go.", his incarnation's final words from The End of Time. The Eleventh Doctor tells Clara that "he always says that". The Eleventh Doctor's fixation with fezzes begins in "The Big Bang" and reappears in "A Christmas Carol", "The Impossible Astronaut", and "The Bells of Saint John". The Moment device was originally mentioned in The End of Time, but not explored in depth. Here, it takes the form of Bad Wolf, a seemingly omnipotent being created by Rose Tyler when she absorbed the Time Vortex in the series one finale, "The Parting of the Ways". The freezing in time of Gallifrey also sets up The End of Time.

In trying to compensate for the presence of three Doctors who utilise different console rooms, the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS console briefly changes to the War Doctor's console room, seen again later in the episode, before settling on the Eleventh's. Seeing the white roundels in the wall of the War Doctor's TARDIS, the Tenth Doctor is pleased, but is uncertain as to what they are. The white roundels were featured in the classic series TARDIS console rooms from 1963—1989 before being removed for the more elaborate TARDIS console used by the Seventh and Eighth Doctors in the TV movie. Upon seeing the Eleventh Doctor's console, the Tenth Doctor echoes the Second Doctor when he says: "Oh you've redecorated! I don't like it.". The line was originally used by the Second Doctor speaking to the Third in The Three Doctors and was later reused by the Fifth and Eleventh Doctors in The Five Doctors and "Closing Time". The Eleventh Doctor also mirrors the First when describing the Tenth Doctor and War Doctor as "the sandshoes and grandpa", referring to the Tenth Doctor's distinctive converse trainers and the War Doctor's age and echoing the First Doctor's line: "So you're my replacements, eh? A dandy and a clown!" from The Three Doctors.

Additionally:

  • The Moment tells the Doctors to "Run you clever boys", suggesting that she is an aspect of Clara scattered throughout the Doctor's timeline.
  • The sound of the explosion when Gallifrey is frozen in time is the same note as at the end of the 1980s Doctor Who theme music.
  • The War Doctor's last words are "I hope the ears are a bit less conspicuous this time." The Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), seeing himself in a mirror in Rose (his first episode), says "Ah could have been worse. Look at the ears!".
  • Freezing Gallifrey sets up the Tenth Doctor episode The End of Time.

Cast

Casting

On 30 March 2013, a distribution error occurred, and many subscribers to Doctor Who Magazine received the issue five days before the official release date.[12] The issue of the magazine included the official announcement that David Tennant and Billie Piper, who previously played the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler in Doctor Who respectively, were lined up to appear in the special, along with actor John Hurt.[12]

John Hurt did not actually audition for the part, but had been asked by the production team and "said yes with remarkable speed".[33] His costume was meant to signify that he was "rougher, tougher", and had been around for a while; the audience had missed a lot. Hurt's request to keep his beard adds to this effect, and makes him the first bearded Doctor.[33]

Christopher Eccleston discussed plans for the anniversary episode with Moffat, but eventually declined to return as the Ninth Doctor.[34] Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor, claimed that none of the surviving actors who portrayed the Doctor prior to Eccleston were contacted regarding the special.[35] Colin Baker confirmed this while being interviewed on Australian television alongside McCoy and Paul McGann.[36] However, McGann went on to say that he could still be in the 50th but at the last moment.[37] Radio Times reported rumours that a Doctor from the classic era would feature in the special, citing unknown sources.[38] Freema Agyeman[39] and John Barrowman,[40] who played Tenth Doctor companions Martha Jones and Jack Harkness, respectively, both stated they would not be in the 50th, but may return to the show at some point. Barrowman stated that he would have liked to be in it, but speculated that the producers wanted to try some different things.[40]

Production

Writing

"The Day of the Doctor" was written by Steven Moffat,[5] current head writer of Doctor Who, and produced by Faith Penhale[6] in 3D, with Nick Hurran directing.[41] Moffat began writing the script for "The Day of the Doctor" in late 2012, announcing that, as a security precaution, he had not produced any copies, instead keeping it on his computer "under lock and key" until it was needed.[42] Moffat had often thought about featuring a "mayfly Doctor" who appears for a single episode, asking, "Would it be weird in the run of the series to have the 45th Doctor turn up and be played by Johnny Depp or someone? Would that be a cool thing to do?" He also indicated that the "classic Doctor" he would most like to feature in a new story was William Hartnell's First Doctor, stating, "You'd want him to come and say 'What in the name of God have I turned into?' That's the confrontation that you most want to see, to celebrate 50 years. Going round and round in circles on it I just thought, 'What about a Doctor that he never talks about?' And what if it is a Doctor who's done something terrible, who's much deadlier and more serious, who represents that thing that is the undertow in both David and Matt. You know there's a terrible old man inside them. Well, here he is, facing the children he becomes, as it were."[43]

Typically, Doctor Who's anniversary stories are named after the number of returning Doctors, as with The Three Doctors and The Five Doctors. Moffat explained his choice of title to SFX magazine, commenting that "... it's very rare in Doctor Who that the story happens to the Doctor. It happens to people around him, and he helps out – he's the hero figure who rides in and saves everybody from the story of the week. He is not the story of the week. In this, he is the story of the week. This is the day of the Doctor. This is his most important day. His most important moment. This is the one he'll remember, whereas I often think the Doctor wanders back to his TARDIS and forgets all about it."[44]

Filming

Because "The Day of the Doctor" was filmed in 3D, the episode took longer than usual to shoot, especially as every CGI shot had to be done twice.[45] Filming began on 2 April 2013 in Neath, Wales.[28] On 9 April 2013 scenes were filmed for the special in Trafalgar Square, London.[46] On 17 April 2013 Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and David Tennant filmed scenes in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, and some scenes were shot in Chepstow Castle.[47] On 2 May 2013, scenes in Cardiff were being filmed for scenes that take place at Totter's Lane and Coal Hill school, locations which had previously featured in the first 1963 serial An Unearthly Child, the 1985 serial Attack of the Cybermen, and the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks.[48] Filming for the special was completed on Sunday 5 May 2013. From 4–5 May 2013, Paul McGann returned to Doctor Who alongside John Hurt's War Doctor, to record "The Night of the Doctor".[49]

Marketing

Trailers

The first trailer for the special was shown to attendees of San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013.[50] The BBC's decision not to release the trailer online to international fans was met with controversy.[51][52][53] On 26 July, the BBC responded to criticisms by saying the trailer was intended to be exclusive to Comic-Con attendees and that content for all other audiences would be forthcoming at a later date.[54] The trailer was also screened at The Edinburgh International Television Festival, at the end of Charlotte Moore's "Meet The Controller" session.[citation needed] On 28 September, the BBC revealed that the trailer for the special had been specifically shot and was currently in post-production.[55] On 19 October 2013, a specially-made teaser trailer, directed by Matt Losasso, was shown on BBC One, and was then subsequently posted online. It contained icons from the history of the show and had a monologue by Matt Smith, as well as body doubles and CGI to create shots of previous Doctors.[56][57] A clip from "The Day of the Doctor" was shown at the BBC's Children in Need show on Friday 15 November.[58] The official trailer for the episode aired in the United Kingdom at 8 pm GMT on 9 November. Due to the leak of a trailer earlier on 9 November on BBC Latin America's Facebook page, the BBC officially released it ahead of schedule.

Furthermore, before the release of the main trailers, a short clip previewed the Eleventh Doctor and Clara examining a seemingly impossible painting. On 10 November 2013, a short clip of the Eleventh Doctor announcing "The clock is ticking" interrupted a BBC One ident.[59] This was followed on Monday 11 November by another ident interruption, with the Eleventh Doctor stating "It's all been leading to this..."[60]

Viral marketing

On 28 September, the BBC unveiled a Twitter hashtag (#SaveTheDay) and an ident that was used to promote the special.[61] Respectively, the hashtag and the ident were shown before and after the premiere of Atlantis on BBC One. The hashtag was used to reveal all subsequent promotional material. On 7 November 2013, a video starring Smith in character as the Doctor was released promoting the hashtag, promising exclusive content. A website was launched to reveal the content.[62]

Broadcast

Countries that screened "The Day of the Doctor" simultaneously.
  Countries that screened on TV.
  Countries that screened in cinemas.
  Countries that screened both on TV and in cinemas.

The BBC broadcast the episode in 94 countries simultaneously,[63] in order to avoid plot leaks.[9][64] It earned a Guinness World Record for the world's largest ever simulcast of a TV drama.[10]

The British Board of Film Classification rated the episode PG for mild violence and threat.[1] The Australian Classification Board also rated the episode PG for "mild science fiction themes and violence", noting there was "very mild impact" with regards to sexual themes.[65] The episode broadcast at 7:50pm in the UK,[66] and was preceded and followed by other Doctor Who related programmes and broadcasts, including broadcast of an after-party.

Canadian provincial film censors rated "The Day of the Doctor" PG in Alberta,[67] G in Manitoba[68] and G in Quebec.[69]

Broadcasters

The following is a list of some broadcasters that aired "The Day of the Doctor" on 23 or 24 November 2013, depending on time zones.[70]

Country Channel
 Argentina BBC Entertainment and BBC HD (television)
Cinemark and Hoyts (cinema)
 Australia ABC1 (television)
Hoyts, Event Cinemas and Village Cinemas (cinema)
 Austria Haydn and UCI (cinema)
 Belgium BBC One
 Bolivia
 Costa Rica
 Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Nicaragua
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
 Venezuela 		BBC Entertainment and BBC HD
 Botswana
 Cameroon
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Eritrea
 Gambia
 Ghana
 Hong Kong
 Kenya
 Liberia
 Malawi
 Malaysia
 Mauritius
 Namibia
 Nigeria
 Poland
 Rwanda
 Seychelles
 Sierra Leone
 Singapore
 South Africa
 South Sudan
 Eswatini
 Uganda
 Zambia
 Zimbabwe 		BBC Entertainment
 Brazil
 Chile
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Mexico
 Panama
 Peru 		BBC Entertainment and BBC HD (television)
Cinemark (cinema)
 Canada Space (television)
Ztele (television)
Cineplex (cinema)[71]
 Denmark Cinemaxx (cinema)
 Finland Yle (Yle TV2 and Yle HD)
 France France 4
 Germany Fox (television)
Cinemaxx, Cine Star and UCI (cinema)
 Iceland Bíóparadís (cinema)
 Israel yes Action
 Italy RAI (not simultaneous, 20 minute delay and commercial breaks)
 Kazakhstan Kinopark and Chaplin Cinema (cinema)
 Netherlands BBC One
 New Zealand Prime (not simultaneous, 10 minute delay)
Event Cinemas (cinema)
 Norway Fredrikstad Kino, Kristiansand Kino, Trondheim Kino,
Volda Filmteater, Ringen Kino and Bergen Kino (cinema)
 Russia Carousel and NST (television)
CoolConnections (cinema)
 South Korea BBC Entertainment Asia
 Spain Cinesa (cinema)[72]
 Sweden Bio Roy and Tumbascenen Bio (cinema)
 Switzerland BBC One
 Turkey CNBC-e
 Ukraine Kronverk Cinema (cinema)[73]
 United Kingdom BBC One, BBC One HD and BBC 3D (television)
Cineworld, Vue and Odeon (cinemas), as well as independent cinemas around the UK.
 United States BBC America (television)
AMC, Century Theatres, Cinemark and Regal (cinema)

Home media

"The Day of the Doctor" is planned to be released on DVD and 3D Blu-ray on 2 December 2013 in the UK.[74][75] It will be released on 4 December 2013 in Australia and 10 December 2013 in North America.[76]

Reception

"The Day of the Doctor" received instant positive reactions. Ben Lawrence of The Daily Telegraph gave the special five stars, calling it "charming, eccentric and very, very British."[77] Den of Geek's Simon Brew praised the special, calling it "terrific", and stating that it was "pulsating with comedy, ambition, and top to bottom entertainment."[78] Jon Cooper of The Mirror gave the episode five stars, stating that it "not only gives hardcore fans a beautiful reinvention of their favourite show but also gives casual viewers a stonking story and a reminder why we all love this show so much."[79]

Jim Shelley of The Daily Mail called the episode "a clever, chaotic, infuriating combination of nifty, knowing tiny detail and big, hollow, pompous bluster." However, he disliked the effects, accusing the BBC on pandering to the American audience, as well as disliking the Zygons, deeming them not "scary enough," and naming Matt Smith and David Tennant "irritating."[80] Mashable's Chris Taylor stated that the episode is "one designed to please fans and newcomers alike," and that it "shows why the Doctor is finding his way into ever more homes and hearts."[81] The Guardian's Viv Grospok criticised various elements of the episode, though concluded that "it was all worth it."[82]

Social analytics website SecondSync revealed that Doctor Who generated almost 500,000 "tweets" on Twitter during its broadcast, with the peak number of tweets occurring at the beginning of the broadcast, at 12,939 tweets per minute.[83][84]

Overnight figures revealed that the episode had a total of 10.18 million viewers for the live broadcast in the United Kingdom.[85]

"The Day of the Doctor" won a Guinness World Record for the world's largest simulcast of a television drama, following its broadcast in 94 countries and over 1500 cinemas worldwide.[86][87]

See also

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