The History of the Doctor (TV story)

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Fan title, this is also just called The Ultimate Guide

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The Ultimate Guide was the name of the 2013 Doctor Who mini-episode that sandwiched the documentary of the same name.

	Eleventh Doctor
	Clara
	The TARDIS
	Gareth Roberts
	Tom Cohen
	Tom Cohen
	2
	18 November 2013
	BBC Three
	2x8 minute minisodes

Synopsis

The Doctor has lost his memory. Will reading his diary help him regain it, or will he forget forever?

Plot

Clara arrives, bags in hand, ready to go on a holiday to a sun destination, only to find a very confused Eleventh Doctor in the TARDIS. She soon discovers that the Doctor has somehow erased most of his memories due to fiddling with the TARDIS's telepathic circuits. To help him restore them, she pulls the Doctor's diary — a Twelve Hundred Year Diary — out of a storage compartment and together, the two begin reminiscing about his lives.

Finally, the Doctor's memories are restored thanks to the book, which leaves him saddened as he says it was easier not remembering the people he'd lost over the years. Clara reassures him that he is a man who never runs from danger and has helped save billions of lives. Cheered up, the Doctor puts the TARDIS in flight as they resume their holiday.

Cast

• Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
• Clara Oswald - Jenna Coleman

Crew

• Writer - Gareth Roberts
• Director - Tom Cohen
• Producer - Tom Cohen

Continuity

• The Doctor enjoys hearing the Question asked aloud. (TV: The Bells of Saint John)
• The Doctor has a 1200 Year Diary. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)
• Clara reminds the Doctor that he never runs from danger. (TV: The Rings of Akhaten)
• The Doctor quotes one the Seventh Doctor's first few lines "Who am I, where am I and who are you?" when he sees Clara. (TV: Time and the Rani)
• The Doctor tells himself to "be cool" in making a first impression to Clara. (TV: The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John)
• The Eleventh Doctor was previously shown to own a diary in The Impossible Astronaut, albeit with a design more similar to River Song's diary. The Eleventh Doctor's diary would later been seen in the short stories The Doctor's Diary and The Doctor's Diary, although it is unclear in these stories which diary is present.