Farewell to Matt Smith

Farewell to Matt Smith
Broadcast on:	BBC America
Broadcast with:	The Time of the Doctor
Broadcast date:	25 December 2013
Runtime:	60 minutes
Key crew
Interviewees:	Matt Smith, Steven Moffat, Karen Gillan, Jenna Coleman, David Tennant, Chris Hardwick
Narrator:	Alex Kingston
Director:	Scott Saunders
Producer:	Scott Saunders
Official trailer
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith was a 2013 television documentary to celebrate the Matt Smith era and say goodbye to him. It aired on BBC America before the Eleventh Doctor's swan song The Time of the Doctor was broadcast on 25 December.

Topics covered

• The history of Doctor Who
• Regeneration, and the different actors who have played the role of the Doctor
• Matt Smith's first day on set
• Initial reactions to the casting
• Fish fingers and custard
• The Eleventh Hour
• The Eleventh Doctor's costume
  • Bow ties
• The companions: Amy Pond and Rory Williams
• River Song
• The Doctor's hats
• The TARDIS
• The monsters
  • The Weeping Angels
  • The Daleks
• Jammie Dodger
• Two Doctors in The Almost People.
• Children in Doctor Who
• Craig Owens
• Paternoster Gang: Strax and Vastra
• Destinations of Doctor Who
  • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
  • The United States of America
  • New York City
• Filming A Town Called Mercy in Spain
• San Diego Comic-Con
• Matt Smith and Doctor Who fans
• The Angels Take Manhattan: farewell to Rory and Amy
• "Retirement" in Victorian London
• Clara Oswald
• The Day of the Doctor
• The decision to leave

People interviewed

• Steven Moffat
• David Tennant
• Matt Smith
• Paul F. Tompkins
• Noeline Clark
• Jenna Coleman
• Karen Gillan
• Chris Hardwick
• Caroline Skinner
• Arthur Darvill
• Alex Kingston
• Jamie Oram
• Mark Sheppard

Home video releases

The documentary is included with The Time of the Doctor in the 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition set.