The Name of the Doctor (TV story)
The Name of the Doctor was the thirteenth and the last episode of the seventh series of Doctor Who produced by BBC Wales.
Synopsis
Vastra is gathering Jenny, Strax, Clara and River, but everything goes wrong when The deadly Whisper Men take over the gathering. Clara wakes up in the Maitland family house, and finds the Doctor. When she tells him about The Whisper Men, the Doctor understands that this is the time to go to the place he must never be in. Where no creature can speak false. A place where a question that must never be answered will be asked - Trenzalore.
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Cast
- The Doctor - Matt Smith
- Clara - Jenna-Louise Coleman
- River Song - Alex Kingston
- The Great Intelligence - Richard E. Grant
- Madame Vastra – Neve McIntosh
- Jenny Flint - Catrin Stewart
- Strax – Dan Starkey
- Angie Maitland - Eve De Leon Allen
- Artie Maitland - Kassius Carey Johnson
- Andro - Nasi Voustsas
- Fabian - David Avery
- Clarence - Michael Jenn
- Archie - Rab Affleck
- Messenger Boy - Samuel Irvine
- Young Victorian Clara – Sophie Downham
- Whisper Man – Paul Kasey
- Unknown Doctor – John Hurt
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| Series Producer Marcus Wilson | ||||||||||||
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
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Story notes
- In this episode, it is revealed that Clara has lived thousands of lives throughout the Doctor's history, saving him from the Great Intelligence's sabotage in each life, finally revealing why the Doctor met two versions her at the Dalek Asylum and in Victorian London, respectively. However, according to her, he almost never notices her, with the exception of the First Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor
- This episode shows clips of different versions of Clara scattered throughout the Doctor's timeline: advising the First Doctor to steal his Type 40 TARDIS on Gallifrey, calling out for the Third Doctor as he's driving away in Bessie, chasing after the Fourth Doctor, finding the Fifth Doctor trapped (from TV: Arc of Infinity), trying to find the Sixth Doctor on his TARDIS, attempting to rescue the Seventh Doctor from falling off of a cliff (from TV: Dragonfire), and running after the Second Doctor and the Eighth Doctor.
- This story features the first time on television, viewers are shown The Doctor prior to stealing the TARDIS. The event had previously been seen in the comic strip adventure: Time & Time Again.
- While trapped in the Doctor's time stream, the First, Sixth, Ninth, Eighth, and Tenth Doctors move past, behind, and in front of Clara. Unknown actors portrayed them without their faces are being shown.
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Continuity
- The Great Intelligence refers to The Valeyard as a future name of the Doctor. (TV: The Trial of a Time Lord)
- Clara gets her memories of being trapped in the TARDIS back. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)
- The 'most important leaf in history' is shown and is returned to Clara. (TV: The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten)
- River Song appears from the databanks of CAL at the The Library (TV: Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead)
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