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| After rescuing Clara from Christmas dinner with her family, the Doctor is drawn to the planet Trenzalore after a tolling bell is heard across the universe, a sound that strikes fear into the hearts of the cosmos. The mass forces of the universe’s deadliest species have also be drawn there, orbiting the planet, even the Daleks and Cybermen are in fear. The Doctor and Clara meanwhile track the sound to the snowy, woody and picture perfect Christmas Town on the planet, potentially the last refuge on a planet of war, a place of peace. | |||
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| There the Doctor and Clara are welcomed by Abramal and Marta and are subsequently confronted by the Weeping Angels. Attempting to take refuge in the church/clock tower, the location of the bell, the Doctor is grabbed by an Angel, his leg turning to stone before he escapes, losing it in the process. | |||
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| After confining Clara to the TARDIS to combat her ageing, the Doctor goes on a 300 year war against a menagerie of his deadliest foes – the Angels, Daleks, Cybermen and Sontarans in an effort to protect the citizens of the town, the final battle on Trenzalore spoken of in The Name of the Doctor. The episode will be “900 years long” with the Doctor visibly aging through it. The combined forces on Trenzalore will clearly be fighting for something of value, speculation online suggesting that Christmas Town and Trenzalore holds the secret to the return of Gallifrey and the Silence’s link to the Time Lords. All the while, the question is asked – Doctor Who? | |||
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| During the episode we will discover what happened to Gallifrey, what the Silence are and what the voice in the TARDIS was. Eleven and Clara must discover what the bell’s toll means for their own fate and that of the universe. | |||
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| Finding the Doctor making toys for the towns children, the Doctor is aged and has a wooden leg, replacing the one he lost. He now also has a new friend – Handles, a Cyber-head. He reveals his battles to come, the long and bitter war ahead and that he is in his last life, proclaiming in a climatic speech “I’m dying and there is nothing I can do about it,” having used up his other life in Journeys End to create the metacrisis Doctor. | |||
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| The war rages for 900 years, the Doctor defeats all except the Daleks who fear he will once again unleash the Time Lords and mark their final end. Realizing his time is up and he is near his death, the Doctor heads to one last showdown with the his deadliest enemies. The Doctor challenges them to kill him once and for all. | |||
| |serial_name=The Time of the Doctor | |||
| The Doctors actions in The Day of the Doctor in rescuing Gallifrey created the cracks in the universe seen in Series 5, at the Doctor’s final moments the crack opens again and the Time Lords appear in the heavens, gifting him a whole new set of regenerations thanks to a mysterious figure from his past – Tasha Lem (Orla Brady), presumably as he’s the only one who can bring them back into our universe in their entirety. | |||
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| In the most spectacular scenes ever shot for the show, according to The Sun, Matt Smith then regenerates into Peter Capaldi, either the 12th, 13th, 14th or 1st Doctor depending on how you look at it. The regenerative energy destroys the Daleks around him and as Clara races to the scene she finds the TARDIS door open, waiting to begin another five decades of adventure… | |||
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| *] (]) | |||
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| |guests= | |||
| *] – Tasha Lem | |||
| *James Buller – Dad | |||
| *] – Linda | |||
| *] – Gran | |||
| *Mark Brighton – Colonel Albero | |||
| *] – Abramal | |||
| *] – Marta | |||
| *Jack Hollington – Barnable | |||
| *Sonita Henry – Colonel Meme | |||
| *] – Voice of Handles | |||
| *Tom Gibbons – Young Man | |||
| *Aidan Cook – Cyberman | |||
| *] – Voice of the Cybermen/Daleks | |||
| *], ] – Daleks | |||
| *Ross Mullan – ]<ref name="BBCTimeOfTheDoctor">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mj6k8|title=Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor|work=bbc.co.uk|date=9 December 2013|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
| |writer=] | |||
| |director=]<ref>{{cite web|first=Louisa|last=Mellor|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/26049/doctor-who-christmas-special-director-announced|title=Doctor Who: Christmas Special director announced|work=DenofGeek.com|date=18 June 2013|accessdate=18 June 2013}}</ref> | |||
| |producer=Marcus Wilson | |||
| |composer=] | |||
| |executive_producer = Steven Moffat<br>Brian Minchin | |||
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| |length=60 minutes<ref name="BBCMediaCentre">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/52/doctor-who-xmas-special.html|title=Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor|work=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
| |date= 25 December 2013<ref name="BBCMediaCentre" /> | |||
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| "'''The Time of the Doctor'''"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/25104083|publisher=CBBC Newsround|title=Doctor Who Christmas special - The Time of the Doctor|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=28 November 2013}}</ref> is a forthcoming episode of the British science fiction television programme '']'', written by ] and directed by ], which is due to be broadcast on 25 December 2013 on BBC One.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011kvk4/features/highlights |title=BBC One Christmas 2013 - Schedule Highlights |author=] Christmas |publisher=] |accessdate=15 December 2013 }}</ref> It will feature the final regular appearance of ] as the ] and the first regular appearance of ] as the ] following his brief cameo in "]". The episode will feature multiple monsters, including the ], ], ]s, and ]s. | |||
| "The Time of the Doctor" is the third installment in a loose ] of episodes, following "]" and "The Day of the Doctor", which together serve as the Eleventh Doctor's ]. The episode addresses numerous plot threads developed over the course of Smith's tenure, including the prophecy of the ] and the Doctor's fate on the planet ]. "The Time of the Doctor" is also the 800th individual episode of ''Doctor Who'', the ninth Christmas special since the show's 2005 revival, and Matt Smith's fourth and final Christmas Special as the Eleventh Doctor. | |||
| ==Plot== | |||
| A synopsis released on the BBC website read: "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. Among them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his companion must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe."<ref name="BBCTimeOfTheDoctor" /> | |||
| As revealed in the first trailer, Tasha Lem, someone from the Doctor's past,<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Tasha Lem in The Time Of The Doctor?|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/28576/orla-brady-on-the-time-of-the-doctor|publisher=Den of Geek|accessdate=14 December 2013}}</ref> stands with what looks like the Church and proclaims "The Siege of Trenzalore is now begun!" This refers to the prophecy, said by the character Dorium Maldovar, stating that on the fields of Trenzalore at the fall of the Eleventh, the Silence will fall when the oldest question in the universe, "Doctor who?", is asked. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| {{double image|left|Matt Smith speaking at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.jpg|100|Peter Capaldi 2009 (cropped).jpg|100|The 2013 Christmas episode will be the last to feature Matt Smith (left) and the second to include Peter Capaldi (right) as the new Doctor}} | |||
| Matt Smith said filming would commence on the episode when he had finished work on the film '']''. He later revealed filming would start in September.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/smith-on-his-final-hour-hurt-revelations-12th-doctor-51723.htm|title=Smith on his "Final Hour", Hurt Revelations, 12th Doctor|publisher=Doctor Who TV|date=19 July 2013|accessdate=21 July 2013}}</ref> The episode will be directed by Jamie Payne, who previously directed the episode "]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/26049/doctor-who-christmas-special-director-announced |title=Doctor Who: Christmas Special director announced |publisher=Den of Geek |date=18 June 2013 |accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> The ] from the Christmas special took place on 4 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Christmas-Special-Read-Through|title=Christmas Special Read Through|publisher=BBC|date=4 September 2013|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| In August 2013, Moffat stated in an interview that the Christmas episode would tie together the remaining story strands from the Eleventh Doctor era, some of which were introduced as far back as "]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-will-tie-up-11th-doctor-loose-ends-52618.htm |title=Moffat Will Tie Up 11th Doctor Loose Ends |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=22 August 2013 |website=Doctor Who TV |publisher= |accessdate=30 August 2013}}</ref> Production on the episode was scheduled to start on 8 September. Owing to his work on the film '']'', which required him to have a ], Matt Smith had to wear a wig to mimic the Doctor's hairstyle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/09/smith-filming-040913090008.html|title=Matt Smith to start shooting Christmas Special from Sunday|publisher=Doctor Who News|date=4 September 2013|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> In August 2013, it was revealed that the ] would feature in the Christmas episode, when one of the show's regular stunt artists,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dazparker.co.uk/showreel/ |title=Daz Parker - Showreel |last=Parker |first=Darrelle "Daz" |publisher=Suunto |accessdate=29 November 2013 }}</ref> Darrelle "Daz" Parker, tweeted that she would be playing a Cyberman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cybermen-christmas-2013-tweet.jpg |title=Great to be stunting again for Dr Who in the Christmas special playing a Cyberman! |last=Parker |first=Darrelle "Daz" |work=] |publisher=Doctor Who TV |date=28 August 2013|accessdate=28 November 2013}}</ref> This would make it the second time that the Cybermen have appeared in a regeneration story, following '']'' in 1966,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/357617 |title=Cybermen set for Matt Smith/Peter Capaldi ‘Doctor Who’ special |last1= Wace Peck|first1=Matthew |last2= |first2= |date=3 September 2013 |website=Digital Journal |publisher= |accessdate=9 September 2013}}</ref> and the second time the Cybermen have appeared in a Christmas special, after "]" in 2008. | |||
| On 23 November 2013, the teaser trailer released on BBC One after "]" revealed that the ], ], and the ] would also be appearing in the episode, Sontaran ships are visible on the poster and trailer, Silurian ships are also seen, although their role, like that of the Cybermen, is unknown. Although the Daleks and the Cybermen had previously met in "]" and "]", this marks the first time that the six species have appeared in an episode together. Revealed in the trailer is the Doctor's return to Trenzalore and the tagline "Silence Will Fall", which has been repeated through Matt Smith's run as the Doctor. | |||
| It has been revealed in the Doctor Who magazine that 'The Question' has not yet been asked, and that the events in 'The Name of the Doctor' did not tie up the First Question storyline. | |||
| ===Recasting the Doctor=== | |||
| On 1 June, the BBC announced that Smith would be departing the series after almost four years, with the Christmas special episode being the episode of transition between Smith's Doctor and the next regeneration. The announcement sparked media and fan speculation as to who the next Doctor might be.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/doctor-who-season-8-matt-smith-christmas-twelth |title=‘Doctor Who’: Matt Smith Out; New Doctor Revealed in 2013 Christmas Special |publisher=Screenrant.com |date= |accessdate=19 July 2013}}</ref> It was announced on 4 August 2013, during a special broadcast – ''Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor'' – that the thirteenth regeneration, twelfth incarnation of the Doctor is to be played by ].<ref name=12thDoc>{{cite web|title=Twitter / bbcdoctorwho: BREAKING NEWS! The identity ... |url=http://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/363071905659490308|work=] |publisher=]|date=2 August 2013 |accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref> Although it was originally announced that Capaldi would debut as the new Doctor at some point during the Christmas special, he actually debuted in a cameo appearance in "The Day of the Doctor", in which only his hand and the upper part of his face are visible. | |||
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| ===Filming=== | |||
| Filming for the episode began on 8 September 2013. On 10 September, ] and ] were seen filming on location in ].<ref>{{cite web|first=|last=|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-10/doctor-who-christmas-special-filming-begins---and-matt-smiths-wig-looks-pretty-convincing|title=Doctor Who Christmas Special filming begins - and Matt Smith's wig looks pretty convincing|website=Radio Times|date=10 September 2013|accessdate=12 September 2013}}</ref> The location was Lydstep Flats, which have been previously used in ] and ] as the Powell Estate where ] lived with her mother ].<ref>{{cite web | title = Aliens of London Transcript | url=http://www.chakoteya.net/doctorwho/27-4.htm | author = Russell T Davies | date=19 December 2013}}</ref> On 19 September 2013, scenes were being filmed in the evening at ] with fake snow being scattered over certain areas.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fake snow at #Puzzlewood from the filming of #DoctorWho last night | url = https://twitter.com/RowanCharlton/statuses/381036729215381504 | author = Rowan Charlton (@RowanCharlton) | date=20 September 2013}}</ref> On 5 October 2013, ''Doctor Who'' producer Marcus Wilson revealed via ] that filming was complete.<ref>{{cite web|first=Marcus|last=Wilson|url=https://twitter.com/themarcuswilson/statuses/386557242193219584|title=So it's goodnight from me, and it's goodnight from him. That's a wrap. Christmas 2013. Thank you all.|publisher=]|date=5 October 2013|accessdate=5 October 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Marketing== | |||
| ===Trailers=== | |||
| A sneak preview for the episode was shown after the simulcast of "]", confirming the appearance of the ] and revealing the inclusion of the ], ], ] and ], as well as confirming the Doctor's return to the planet Trenzalore.<ref name="Teaser1">{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMOOLd_44Mo |title=Doctor Who Christmas Special 2013: The first TV teaser trailer - BBC One |author=] |publisher=] |date=23 November 2013 |accessdate=24 November 2013 }}</ref> The title and a poster were released on 26 November.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/Christmas-Special-Title-and-Image-Revealed|title=Christmas Special Title and Image Revealed|publisher=]|date=26 November 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> In the BBC Christmas 2013 trailer, there were clips also confirming the Daleks and the Cybermen.<ref>{{cite web|first=Emma|last=Daly|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-05/new-sherlock-and-doctor-who-footage-revealed-in-bbcs-2013-christmas-showreel|title=New Sherlock and Doctor Who footage revealed in BBC's 2013 Christmas showreel|work=]|date=5 December 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> Through the online ''Doctor Who'' "Adventure Calendar", more images were released in December.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mj6k8/features/doctor-who-adventure-calendar-2013|title=Doctor Who Adventure Calendar, 2013|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> On 11 December, the BBC released a 35 second trailer in which the Daleks pronounce "The Doctor is Regenerating!" there is also the Silence, Cybermen, members of the Church featured in "]"/"]" and "]", Clara and the Doctor featured in the clip.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njNnTDiLOd4 |title=The Time of the Doctor: Official TV Trailer - Doctor Who Christmas Special 2013 - BBC One |author=] |publisher=] |date=11 December 2013 |accessdate=15 December 2013 }}</ref> On 17 December 2013, ] released another Christmas trailer, featuring Clara calling the Doctor during a Cyberman attack on the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVIw3pPuqzs |title=BBC One's Christmas Day 2013 trailer |author=] |publisher=] |date=17 December 2013 |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ==Broadcast== | |||
| "The Time of the Doctor" will be broadcast in the United Kingdom on ] on Christmas Day 2013.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Jones|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-12-03/doctor-who-christmas-special-air-date-and-time-confirmed|title=Doctor Who Christmas special air date and time confirmed|work=]|date=3 December 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> It will also air on 25 December in the United States on ],<ref>{{cite web|first=Morgan|last=Jeffery|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a535727/doctor-who-matt-smith-christmas-exit-gets-us-air-date-on-bbc-america.html|title=Doctor Who: Matt Smith Christmas Exit gets US air-date on BBC America|publisher=]|date=4 December 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> in Canada on ],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.ca/article/time-of-the-doctor-new-pics|title=New pics revealed from the Doctor Who Christmas Special|publisher=]|date=5 December 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> in Germany on Fox and in Israel on ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152283032404239&set=a.283161979238.142775.258163944238&type=1|title=yes on Facebook|date=10 December 2013|language=he|accessdate=11 December 2013}}</ref> In Australia it will air 26 December on ],<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/12/airdate-doctor-who-the-time-of-the-doctor.html|title=Airdate: Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor|publisher=]|date=6 December 2013|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref> and in New Zealand, it will screen on ] during Boxing Day evening. | |||
| ==Home media== | |||
| "The Time of the Doctor" is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcshop.com/doctor-who/doctor-who-the-time-of-the-doctor+other-eleventh-doctor-christmas-specials-dvd/invt/bbcdvd3884 |title= Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor & Other Eleventh Doctor Christmas Specials (DVD) |publisher=bbcshop.com |date=2013-12-20 |accessdate=2013-12-20}}</ref> in Australia on 22 January 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/doctor-who-the-time-of-the-doctor-other-eleventh-doctor-christmas/dp/6148130 |title= Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor & Other Eleventh Doctor Christmas Specials (DVD) |publisher=ezydvd.com |date=2013-12-20 |accessdate=2013-12-20}}</ref> and in the United States on 4 March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Time-of-the-Doctor/19283 |title= Doctor Who - 'The Time of the Doctor: 2013 Christmas Special': Date, Cost, Extras, Art! |publisher=TVshowsondvd.com |date=2013-12-18 |accessdate=2013-12-19}}</ref> It will be accompanied with a behind-the-scenes feature and two documentaries. The UK and Australian releases will additionally come with an extra DVD featuring the Eleventh Doctor's previous Christmas specials, "]", "]" and "]". | |||
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Revision as of 12:24, 23 December 2013
After rescuing Clara from Christmas dinner with her family, the Doctor is drawn to the planet Trenzalore after a tolling bell is heard across the universe, a sound that strikes fear into the hearts of the cosmos. The mass forces of the universe’s deadliest species have also be drawn there, orbiting the planet, even the Daleks and Cybermen are in fear. The Doctor and Clara meanwhile track the sound to the snowy, woody and picture perfect Christmas Town on the planet, potentially the last refuge on a planet of war, a place of peace. There the Doctor and Clara are welcomed by Abramal and Marta and are subsequently confronted by the Weeping Angels. Attempting to take refuge in the church/clock tower, the location of the bell, the Doctor is grabbed by an Angel, his leg turning to stone before he escapes, losing it in the process. After confining Clara to the TARDIS to combat her ageing, the Doctor goes on a 300 year war against a menagerie of his deadliest foes – the Angels, Daleks, Cybermen and Sontarans in an effort to protect the citizens of the town, the final battle on Trenzalore spoken of in The Name of the Doctor. The episode will be “900 years long” with the Doctor visibly aging through it. The combined forces on Trenzalore will clearly be fighting for something of value, speculation online suggesting that Christmas Town and Trenzalore holds the secret to the return of Gallifrey and the Silence’s link to the Time Lords. All the while, the question is asked – Doctor Who? During the episode we will discover what happened to Gallifrey, what the Silence are and what the voice in the TARDIS was. Eleven and Clara must discover what the bell’s toll means for their own fate and that of the universe. Finding the Doctor making toys for the towns children, the Doctor is aged and has a wooden leg, replacing the one he lost. He now also has a new friend – Handles, a Cyber-head. He reveals his battles to come, the long and bitter war ahead and that he is in his last life, proclaiming in a climatic speech “I’m dying and there is nothing I can do about it,” having used up his other life in Journeys End to create the metacrisis Doctor. The war rages for 900 years, the Doctor defeats all except the Daleks who fear he will once again unleash the Time Lords and mark their final end. Realizing his time is up and he is near his death, the Doctor heads to one last showdown with the his deadliest enemies. The Doctor challenges them to kill him once and for all. The Doctors actions in The Day of the Doctor in rescuing Gallifrey created the cracks in the universe seen in Series 5, at the Doctor’s final moments the crack opens again and the Time Lords appear in the heavens, gifting him a whole new set of regenerations thanks to a mysterious figure from his past – Tasha Lem (Orla Brady), presumably as he’s the only one who can bring them back into our universe in their entirety. In the most spectacular scenes ever shot for the show, according to The Sun, Matt Smith then regenerates into Peter Capaldi, either the 12th, 13th, 14th or 1st Doctor depending on how you look at it. The regenerative energy destroys the Daleks around him and as Clara races to the scene she finds the TARDIS door open, waiting to begin another five decades of adventure…