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From above, a huge Dalek mothership and several Dalek fighter pods surround the clock tower. A booming Dalek voice from the mothership demands for the Doctor to show himself. Suffering memory issues, he mistakes a young man for Barnable who comes into his tower dwelling to warn him of the Daleks' arrival. Sadly, Barnable is long gone and the Doctor can't recognise that fact, and buys him off with the notion he has a plan. Unfortunately, the senescent Doctor has no more plans left after his 900 years on Trenzalore. At the very brink of his final incarnation's death from natural causes, he still won't release the Time Lords, knowing that it would mean hell for all the universe. All his enemies have withdrawn save for the Daleks, whom he has been fighting with the aid of the Silence. Only the Daleks have chosen to remain in battle with the Doctor, because unlike the other alien races who have fought the Doctor, they have a very personal stake in the siege. The Doctor is threatening to unleash their nemesis species from the crack in time. After experience the fury of the warring Time Lords once, the Daleks will see this battle through to the end if it means preventing another Time War with their greatest enemies. | From above, a huge Dalek mothership and several Dalek fighter pods surround the clock tower. A booming Dalek voice from the mothership demands for the Doctor to show himself. Suffering memory issues, he mistakes a young man for Barnable who comes into his tower dwelling to warn him of the Daleks' arrival. Sadly, Barnable is long gone and the Doctor can't recognise that fact, and buys him off with the notion he has a plan. Unfortunately, the senescent Doctor has no more plans left after his 900 years on Trenzalore. At the very brink of his final incarnation's death from natural causes, he still won't release the Time Lords, knowing that it would mean hell for all the universe. All his enemies have withdrawn save for the Daleks, whom he has been fighting with the aid of the Silence. Only the Daleks have chosen to remain in battle with the Doctor, because unlike the other alien races who have fought the Doctor, they have a very personal stake in the siege. The Doctor is threatening to unleash their nemesis species from the crack in time. After experience the fury of the warring Time Lords once, the Daleks will see this battle through to the end if it means preventing another Time War with their greatest enemies. | ||
The Daleks launch their final attack and the Doctor, finally out of ideas, weapons and regenerations, goes to meet them. The Doctor is committed to dying, thinking this is the way things are fated to happen. Clara refuses to let him do this, but the Doctor believes death is unavoidable now that the Time Lords are removed from the universe and cannot change the course of events. He asks Clara to promise she will stay hidden and safe, calling it "one last victory". Intending to impart a final farewell on Clara, he wipes her tears as he says, "Allow me that. Give me that, my impossible girl. Thank you. And goodbye." | The Daleks launch their final attack and the Doctor, finally out of ideas, weapons and regenerations, goes to meet them. The Doctor is committed to dying, thinking this is the way things are fated to happen. Clara refuses to let him do this, but the Doctor believes death is unavoidable now that the Time Lords are removed from the universe and cannot change the course of events. He asks Clara to promise she will stay hidden and safe, calling it "one last victory". Intending to impart a final farewell on Clara, he wipes her tears as he says, "Allow me that. Give me that, my impossible girl. Thank you. And goodbye." In his worn out clothes, the Doctor slowly totters up the bell tower with his walking stick to face his extermination, expecting it to be a while before his death since the Daleks "take so long to say anything". | ||
[[File:ClaraPleadsTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Help him." Clara pleads to the Time Lords.]] | [[File:ClaraPleadsTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Help him." Clara pleads to the Time Lords.]] | ||
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[[File:RegenBeginsTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Times change...and so must I." The Doctor's new regeneration begins.]] | [[File:RegenBeginsTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Times change...and so must I." The Doctor's new regeneration begins.]] | ||
In the aftermath of the Doctor's regenerative backdraft, the shaken villagers of Christmas emerge from hiding. A woman sobs from the impact of what has happened while others work quickly to clean up the scene of bedlam and rescue others needing help. Clara quickly returns to the TARDIS in search of the Doctor, finding the outside phone off the hook; she puts it back and goes inside. She sees his worn out winter clothes splayed on the TARDIS console floor, while a nearly-empty bowl of [[fish custard|fish fingers and custard]] sits on the control panel. She hears footsteps coming up the stairs. She turns to see the Doctor, with his current incarnation's youth restored and dressed in his normal clothes. Clara's joy at seeing a "young" Doctor quickly fades when he informs her that this is "a reset" - the process of change has started, and cannot be stopped. He enjoys one last taste of the fish custard, a meal he relished at the very start of his now fading incarnation. Clara is saddened greatly when she realises that the Doctor she knew is about to disappear. However, the Doctor is not upset about the regeneration yet to come. He understands how fast everything about him and life itself can be gone in a moment, because it is always changing. He comforts Clara by telling her that times change, and so must he. The Doctor's hand begins to glow with regenerative energy and he smiles. | In the aftermath of the Doctor's regenerative backdraft, the shaken villagers of Christmas emerge from hiding. A woman sobs from the impact of what has happened while others work quickly to clean up the scene of bedlam and rescue others needing help. Clara quickly returns to the TARDIS in search of the Doctor, finding the call box door open, where the outside phone mysteriously lies off the hook; she puts it back where it should rest and goes inside. She sees his worn out winter clothes splayed on the TARDIS console floor, while a nearly-empty bowl of [[fish custard|fish fingers and custard]] sits on the control panel. She hears footsteps coming up the stairs. She turns to see the Doctor, with his current incarnation's youth restored and dressed in his normal clothes. Clara's joy at seeing a "young" Doctor quickly fades when he informs her that this is "a reset" - the process of change has started, and cannot be stopped. He enjoys one last taste of the fish custard, a meal he relished at the very start of his now fading incarnation. Clara is saddened greatly when she realises that the Doctor she knew is about to disappear. However, the Doctor is not upset about the regeneration yet to come. He understands how fast everything about him and life itself can be gone in a moment, because it is always changing. He comforts Clara by telling her that times change, and so must he. The Doctor's hand begins to glow with regenerative energy and he smiles. | ||
[[File:ElevenAmyTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Raggedy Man... good night."]] | [[File:ElevenAmyTOTD.jpg|thumb|left|"Raggedy Man... good night."]] | ||