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* The [[Tenth Doctor]], when returning to his own timeline, tells the [[Eleventh Doctor]] that he is glad his "future is in good hands." These are the exact same words the [[First Doctor]] says to the [[Fifth Doctor]] upon the former's departure. ([[TV]]: [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]])   
* The [[Tenth Doctor]], when returning to his own timeline, tells the [[Eleventh Doctor]] that he is glad his "future is in good hands." These are the exact same words the [[First Doctor]] says to the [[Fifth Doctor]] upon the former's departure. ([[TV]]: [[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]])   
* The Tenth Doctor, upon hearing of Trenzalore, says they need to take a different direction as "I don't want to go." His successor notes that "He always says that.", being his last words before his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* The Tenth Doctor, upon hearing of Trenzalore, says they need to take a different direction as "I don't want to go." His successor notes that "He always says that.", being his last words before his [[regeneration]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
* When the War Doctor enters the Tenth Doctors TARDIS he says he really 'let it go', the Eleventh comments that this was his grunge phase. When the Eleventh Doctor enters the Tenth Doctors TARDIS Console Room he loads his own 'desktop' changing the TARDIS design, The Tenth declares he doesn't like it. Both of these reference the [[Second Doctor]] when he saw the [[Third Doctor]]'s TARDIS ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''), and the Eleventh Doctor when visited [[Craig Owens]] in his new home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') The TARDIS told the doctor that she archived past and future versions of the console room in [[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)]]. While changing the theme the Console Room briefly features a hybrid of the Tenth Doctors Console Room and the original TARDIS roundal design, the War Doctors TARDIS is later seen using this theme during the envelopment of Gallifrey.  
* When the War Doctor enters the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS he says he really 'let it go', the Eleventh comments that this was his grunge phase. When the Eleventh Doctor enters the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS Console Room he loads his own 'desktop' changing the TARDIS design, the Tenth declares he doesn't like it. Both of these reference the [[Second Doctor]] when he saw the [[Third Doctor]]'s TARDIS ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]''), and the Eleventh Doctor when visited [[Craig Owens]] in his new home. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') The TARDIS told the doctor that she archived past and future versions of the console room in [[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)]]. While changing the theme the Console Room briefly features a hybrid of the Tenth Doctor's Console Room and the original TARDIS roundal design, the War Doctor's TARDIS is later seen using this theme during the envelopment of Gallifrey.  
* This is the first televised appearance of the [[Zygons]] since [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''.
* This is the first televised appearance of the [[Zygons]] since [[TV]]: ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]''.
* Prior to regenerating, the [[War Doctor]] comments that his body is "wearing a bit thin", repeating the line spoken by the [[First Doctor]] immediately prior to his regeneration into the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')
* Prior to regenerating, the [[War Doctor]] comments that his body is "wearing a bit thin", repeating the line spoken by the [[First Doctor]] immediately prior to his regeneration into the [[Second Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'')

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The Day of the Doctor was the fiftieth anniversary special of Doctor Who. The episode featured the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, and the appearance of John Hurt as a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor; The War Doctor. The special also included a surprise cameo from an elderly Tom Baker, the former Fourth Doctor, deliberately keeping the nature of his role ambiguous as either the Doctor or someone else entirely - The Curator.

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.

Plot

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Cast

Crew


References

Story notes

  • The story uses the original opening sequence, modified to include a BBC logo.
  • With the regeneration of the War Doctor into the Ninth Doctor, every incarnation of the Doctor up to his current life has been depicted onscreen.
  • This episode marks the sixth televised Multi-Doctor story, not counting the times he meet his past or future self in the same regeneration.
  • Two specially recorded scenes were shown before the special in its showing in cinemas. The first featured Dan Starkey as Commander Strax, accompanied by his Sontaran clone batch, lecturing the viewers on cinema etiquette. The second featured Matt Smith and David Tennant as the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors instructing viewers to put on their 3D glasses.

Production errors

  • As Osgood receives a call from the Eleventh Doctor, for Kate Stewart, she is heard talking on the phone but is seen running with the phone held out from her body.

Continuity

Footnotes

  1. The BBC iPlayer notes credit John Hurt's character as "the Other Doctor"
  2. Tom plays an enigmatic character implied to be the Doctor known as "the Curator" towards the end of the episode. However, the credits only credit Tom as "the Doctor".
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Plays a Zygon duplicate as well as the original
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