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A Centenary Special was a special episode of Doctor Who that was commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The first and currently only Centenary Special was The Power of the Doctor, which aired as part of the BBC 100 celebrations on 23 October 2022. It was written by then-showrunner Chris Chibnall as the final story for Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, and featured alongside other shows airing as part of the centenary event.

While not strictly Centenary Specials, Doctor Who has celebrated 100th milestones before.

The Stones of Blood, broadcast between 28 October and 18 November 1978, happened to be the 100th televised Doctor Who story. To commemorate this, Anthony Read asked David Fisher to write a new scene (expanded by Darrol Blake) featuring Romana and K9 surprising the Fourth Doctor with a birthday cake (and a new identical scarf), celebrating his 751st birthday. However, producer Graham Williams vetoed this idea as being too self-indulgent, and the scene was never shot. Blake had already ordered a cake, and this was eaten by the cast and crew.

Broadcast on 17 October 2015, The Girl Who Died was the 100th story of the "New Who" era.

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 == Other milestones ==
-While not strictly Centenary Specials, ''Doctor Who'' has celebrated [[100 (number)|100]]th milestones before.
+While not strictly Centenary Specials, ''Doctor Who'' has celebrated [[100 (number)|100th]] milestones before.
 ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'', broadcast between [[28 October (releases)|28 October]] and [[18 November (releases)|18 November]] [[1978 (releases)|1978]], happened to be the 100th televised ''Doctor Who'' story. To commemorate this, [[Anthony Read]] asked [[David Fisher (writer)|David Fisher]] to write a new scene (expanded by [[Darrol Blake]]) featuring [[Romana I|Romana]] and [[K9 Mark II|K9]] surprising the [[Fourth Doctor]] with a [[birthday cake]] (and a new identical [[The Doctor's scarf|scarf]]), celebrating his 751st [[birthday]]. However, producer [[Graham Williams]] vetoed this idea as being too self-indulgent, and the scene was never shot. Blake had already ordered a cake, and this was eaten by the cast and crew.