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Amongst fans, the story was exceedingly popular. In a 2014 poll by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'',{{note|Polls by DWM are statistically invalid, as they do not feature a random sample of people. Respondents choose to participate on their own initiative, and are made aware of the poll because they subscribe to or at least frequently buy DWM. Thus, the poll is clearly weighted towards ''Doctor Who'' fans who are also residents of the United Kingdom. The views reflected almost certainly do not represent the "casual" viewer of ''Doctor Who'', non-English speaking fans, or other groups of fans who simply don't read or have access to DWM.}} which ranked all of the ''Doctor Who'' television stories aired to date, ''The Day of the Doctor'' ranked as ''"DWM readers' favourite adventure of the first 50 years"''.<ref name="DWM 474">[[DWM 474]]{{which}}</ref> In 2023, it was additionally voted as readers' favourite Eleventh Doctor story for the second time.<ref name="DWM 593">[[DWM 593]]{{which}}</ref> | Amongst fans, the story was exceedingly popular. In a 2014 poll by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'',{{note|Polls by DWM are statistically invalid, as they do not feature a random sample of people. Respondents choose to participate on their own initiative, and are made aware of the poll because they subscribe to or at least frequently buy DWM. Thus, the poll is clearly weighted towards ''Doctor Who'' fans who are also residents of the United Kingdom. The views reflected almost certainly do not represent the "casual" viewer of ''Doctor Who'', non-English speaking fans, or other groups of fans who simply don't read or have access to DWM.}} which ranked all of the ''Doctor Who'' television stories aired to date, ''The Day of the Doctor'' ranked as ''"DWM readers' favourite adventure of the first 50 years"''.<ref name="DWM 474">[[DWM 474]]{{which}}</ref> In 2023, it was additionally voted as readers' favourite Eleventh Doctor story for the second time.<ref name="DWM 593">[[DWM 593]]{{which}}</ref> | ||
Along with Peter Capaldi's surprise cameo, ''The Day of the Doctor'' featured another surprise in the form of former Doctor [[Tom Baker]] making an appearance near the end of the story. Baker's appearance marked his first onscreen appearance in a ''Doctor Who'' story since the ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'' which depicted Baker as a future Doctor. Again, rather than Baker reprising his role as the [[Fourth Doctor]], who had been featured alongside returning incarnations through archive footage, Baker instead portrays a new character only known as the [[Curator]]. Initially believed to be a museum curator who bore a strong resemblance to one of the Doctor's past incarnations, his brief exchange and interaction with the Eleventh Doctor implied that this wasn't the case, suggesting that the Curator was actually a future incarnation of the Doctor, with the comic story ''[[The Then and the Now (comic story)|The Then and the Now]]'' confirming the Curator as an incarnation of the Doctor. | Along with Peter Capaldi's surprise cameo, ''The Day of the Doctor'' featured another surprise in the form of former Doctor [[Tom Baker]] making an appearance near the end of the story. Baker's appearance marked his first onscreen appearance in a ''Doctor Who'' story since the ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'' which depicted Baker as a future Doctor. Again, rather than Baker reprising his role as the [[Fourth Doctor]], who had been featured alongside returning incarnations through archive footage, Baker instead portrays a new character only known as the [[Curator]]. Initially believed to be a museum curator who bore a strong resemblance to one of the Doctor's past incarnations, his brief exchange and interaction with the Eleventh Doctor implied that this wasn't the case, suggesting that the Curator was actually a future incarnation of the Doctor, with the comic story ''[[The Then and the Now (comic story)|The Then and the Now]]'' confirming the Curator as an incarnation of the Doctor. | ||