The Name of the Doctor (TV story)
{{Infobox Story
|name =The Name of the Doctor
|image = The_Name_of_the_Doctor_MAIN.jpg
|series = Doctor Who television stories
|season number = 7
|story number = 238
|doctor = Eleventh Doctor
|companions = Clara
|featuring = River, Vastra, Jenny, Strax
|enemy = The Great Intelligence, The Whisper Men
|setting = Gallifrey, the Rassilon era
London, [[2013[[
England and Glasgow, 1893
Trenzalore
|writer = Steven Moffat
|director = Saul Metzstein
|producer = Marcus Wilson
|broadcast date = 18 May 2013
|network = BBC One
|format = 1x45 minute episode
|production code = 3.13
|prev = Nightmare in Silver (TV story)
|next =
|made prev = Nightmare in Silver (TV story)
|made next =
}}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.
Plot
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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
Crew
| Executive Producers Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner |
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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. |
References
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Story notes
- At the beginning of the episode, archive footage of William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy is shown to show Clara in the Doctor's timeline. Unknown actors, dressed like Colin Baker and Paul McGann are also shown walking past behind and in front of Clara. Some parts of Hartnell and Troughton's scenes are also played by an unknown actor who is filmed from the back.
- 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 (comic story).
Ratings
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Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity
- The Great Intelligence refers to The Valeyard as a future incarnation of the Doctor. (TV: The Trial of a Time Lord)
- Clara mentions being stuck in the TARDIS previously. (TV: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS)
- The 'most important leaf in history' is shown. (TV: The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten)
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