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 '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a mini-episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the series.
-Initially made available on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] [[iPlayer]] and [[YouTube]] channel on [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], ''The Night of the Doctor'' was subsequently made available to [[UK]] viewers on the [[BBC Red Button]], from [[Saturday]] [[16 November (releases)|16 November]]. It was meant to be released days later but was released early to avoid an impending leak.<ref name="Early Release">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-18/paul-mcgann-we-were-forced-to-release-the-night-of-the-doctor-early |title=Paul McGann: we were forced to release The Night of the Doctor early |date of source=18 November 2013 |website name=Radio Times |publisher=Radio Times |accessdate=5 November 2013}}</ref> Incidentally, this meant that the mini-episode premiered on Paul McGann's own 54th birthday, resulting in another anniversary celebration of sorts, in the wake of one for ''Doctor Who'' itself. Since it was recorded alongside the last two days of production on the anniversary, it shared the [[production block]] with ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
+Initially made available on the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] [[iPlayer]] and [[YouTube]] channel on [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]], ''The Night of the Doctor'' was subsequently made available to [[UK]] viewers on the [[BBC Red Button]], from [[Saturday]] [[16 November (releases)|16 November]]. It was meant to be released days later but was released early to avoid an impending leak.<ref name="Early Release">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-18/paul-mcgann-we-were-forced-to-release-the-night-of-the-doctor-early |title=Paul McGann: we were forced to release The Night of the Doctor early |date of source=18 November 2013 |website name=Radio Times |publisher=Radio Times |accessdate=21 November 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121121740/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-18/paul-mcgann-we-were-forced-to-release-the-night-of-the-doctor-early |archivedate=21 November 2023}}</ref> Incidentally, this meant that the mini-episode premiered on Paul McGann's own 54th birthday, resulting in another anniversary celebration of sorts, in the wake of one for ''Doctor Who'' itself. Since it was recorded alongside the last two days of production on the anniversary, it shared the [[production block]] with ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
 It marked [[Paul McGann]]'s first on-screen, live-action appearance as the [[Eighth Doctor]] since the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 TV movie]].<ref>However, McGann did voice the Eighth Doctor in the animated version of ''[[Shada (webcast)|Shada]]'' released in [[2003]] and numerous audio dramas.</ref> It is the only [[BBC Wales]] production that stars [[the Doctor]], but never shows the current incarnation. Instead it showed the origin of a retroactively introduced incarnation from the Doctor's past – the [[War Doctor]], portrayed by [[John Hurt]].