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Moffat also chose to requisition actor [[Paul McGann]] for one more outing as the [[Eighth Doctor]] in a mini-episode production, ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' one week after production wrapped on the anniversary special, resulting in a second former Doctor returning to the screen as part of the festivities. McGann filmed his own regeneration into Hurt's version of the Doctor, cementing the lineage of all Doctors up to Smith's incarnation onward. | Moffat also chose to requisition actor [[Paul McGann]] for one more outing as the [[Eighth Doctor]] in a mini-episode production, ''[[The Night of the Doctor (TV story)|The Night of the Doctor]]'' one week after production wrapped on the anniversary special, resulting in a second former Doctor returning to the screen as part of the festivities. McGann filmed his own regeneration into Hurt's version of the Doctor, cementing the lineage of all Doctors up to Smith's incarnation onward. | ||
Much like the earlier episode ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'' had reintroduced the [[Ice Warriors]] after several decades of absence from the show, ''The Day of the Doctor'' saw the return of the [[Zygons]], last seen in the [[1975 (releases)|1975]] [[Fourth Doctor]] [[serial]] ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'', 38 years after their initial debut. Zygons were previously mentioned in ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three ]]''. | Much like the earlier episode ''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]'' had reintroduced the [[Ice Warriors]] after several decades of absence from the show, ''The Day of the Doctor'' saw the return of the [[Zygons]], last seen in the [[1975 (releases)|1975]] [[Fourth Doctor]] [[serial]] ''[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]'', 38 years after their initial debut. Zygons were previously mentioned in ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three ]]''. | ||
''The Day of the Doctor'' provided a chance to reveal a missing element of the [[Last Great Time War]] that dramatically altered the outcome as viewers were previously led to believe. Instead of allowing [[Gallifrey]] to be destroyed, the Doctors were able to save it, giving the current incarnation a chance to forever shed his guilt from the outcome and begin a new mission to find his way home. The unique circumstances of this revelation also upheld the previous narratives set during the [[Russell T Davies]] era where the Doctor believed Gallifrey and its residents had been lost in battle. | |||
''The Day of the Doctor'' provided a chance to reveal a missing element of the [[Last Great Time War]] that dramatically altered the outcome as viewers were previously led to believe. Instead of allowing [[Gallifrey]] to be destroyed, the Doctors were able to save it, giving the current incarnation a chance to forever shed his guilt from the outcome and begin a new mission to find his way home. The unique circumstances of this revelation also upheld the previous narratives set during the [[Russell T Davies]] era where the Doctor believed Gallifrey and its residents had been lost in battle. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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[[File:Day of the Doctor Closing Scene.jpg|thumb|right|“It’s taken me so many years, so many lifetimes, but at last I know where I’m going. Where I've always been going: Home, the long way round.”]] | [[File:Day of the Doctor Closing Scene.jpg|thumb|right|“It’s taken me so many years, so many lifetimes, but at last I know where I’m going. Where I've always been going: Home, the long way round.”]] | ||
Later, the Doctor speaks of his dreams, as he is seen to walk through the TARDIS console room. He says that he finally realises where he has been travelling all this time: home. He simply has taken the long way around. As he exits the TARDIS in the dream, the Doctor joins his eleven past selves in gazing up at the magnificent planet in the sky, determined to find Gallifrey and save his home once and for all. | Later, the Doctor speaks of his dreams, as he is seen to walk through the TARDIS console room. He says that he finally realises where he has been travelling all this time: home. He simply has taken the long way around. As he exits the TARDIS in the dream, the Doctor joins his eleven past selves in gazing up at the magnificent planet in the sky, determined to find Gallifrey and save his home once and for all. | ||
== Cameos == | |||
Actor [[Billie Piper]] also returned for the special in a different role, portraying [[the Moment]], an ancient, sentient [[Gallifreyan]] device first mentioned in ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', and taking the holographic form of the Doctor's former [[companion]] [[Rose Tyler]]. | |||
The special also included the surprise debut of [[Peter Capaldi]] as the [[Twelfth Doctor]], noteworthy for being an early cameo before officially assuming the role of the Doctor with Matt Smith's departure in the [[2013 (releases)|2013]] [[Christmas special]] ''[[The Time of the Doctor]]'', as well as a cameo from an elderly [[Tom Baker]], the former [[Fourth Doctor]]. Baker's character, the [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|Curator]], alluded to the Doctor "revisiting a few old faces" implying the Doctor resumes a Royal appointment bequeathed by Queen Elizabeth I. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||