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The Moment reappears, unseen and unheard by the other Doctors, and urges the War Doctor to ask his future selves the question that he needs to know: How many children died on Gallifrey that day. The Eleventh Doctor says, "I've absolutely no idea." | The Moment reappears, unseen and unheard by the other Doctors, and urges the War Doctor to ask his future selves the question that he needs to know: How many children died on Gallifrey that day. The Eleventh Doctor says, "I've absolutely no idea." | ||
[[File:No you really wouldn't.jpg|thumb|left|The Eleventh Doctor aggressively rebukes his past self's concerns regarding [[Trenzalore|where he's going to end up. | [[File:No you really wouldn't.jpg|thumb|left|The Eleventh Doctor aggressively rebukes his past self's concerns regarding [[Trenzalore|where he's going to end up.]] | ||
After the Eleventh Doctor claims he doesn't know how many children died, he says he's forgotten the events of that day; he's so old that he's not even sure of his ''age'' anymore, so old that he can't remember if he's lying about his age. However, the Tenth Doctor angrily asks how the Eleventh could ever forget something as important as this particular number, and bitterly states that there were 2.47 billion children on the planet that day. Disturbed by his successor's impassive nature, he asks him, "For once, I would like to know where I'm going." Vexed by this remark, the Eleventh Doctor coldly replies, "No, you really wouldn't!" The Tenth Doctor looks back at him, eyes wide with fear. The Moment explains to the War Doctor that the Tenth Doctor has become "the man who regrets" and the Eleventh "the man who forgets". ''They'' are the future of the Doctor. | After the Eleventh Doctor claims he doesn't know how many children died, he says he's forgotten the events of that day; he's so old that he's not even sure of his ''age'' anymore, so old that he can't remember if he's lying about his age. However, the Tenth Doctor angrily asks how the Eleventh could ever forget something as important as this particular number, and bitterly states that there were 2.47 billion children on the planet that day. Disturbed by his successor's impassive nature, he asks him, "For once, I would like to know where I'm going." Vexed by this remark, the Eleventh Doctor coldly replies, "No, you really wouldn't!" The Tenth Doctor looks back at him, eyes wide with fear. The Moment explains to the War Doctor that the Tenth Doctor has become "the man who regrets" and the Eleventh "the man who forgets". ''They'' are the future of the Doctor. | ||
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[[File:TheCuratorTDOTD.jpg|thumb|left|The Curator of the National Gallery.]] | [[File:TheCuratorTDOTD.jpg|thumb|left|The Curator of the National Gallery.]] | ||
The Doctor muses out loud that he would be a great curator. He could call himself "the Great Curator", retire and become the curator of this gallery. A very familiar voice affirms that he really might. The astonished Doctor looks over to see a very familiar face standing next to him. [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|An old man]] who greatly resembles the [[Fourth Doctor]] speaks to him of the painting, which he says he acquired under "remarkable circumstances". He tells the Doctor that its two names are actually one: the true title of the painting is ''[[Gallifrey Falls No More]]''. The Doctor realises that he was successful, and Gallifrey was indeed saved. The mysterious man reveals that it is simply "lost", and that the Doctor has a lot to do. He also muses that he and the Doctor might be the same man from different perspectives, sounding wistful about days gone by, congratulating the Doctor on the new journey he is about to commence. As to whether or not he truly is an incarnation of the Doctor from the future, the Curator simply teases the thought, "Who knows, eh? Who... '[[nose]]'?", and with a tap of his nose, he turns and walks away. The Eleventh Doctor concludes that he has a mission, the mission of a lifetime: he must find Gallifrey and return it and all its people to the universe. | The Doctor muses out loud that he would be a great curator. He could call himself "the Great Curator", [[retire]] and become the curator of this gallery. A very familiar voice affirms that he really might. The astonished Doctor looks over to see a very familiar face standing next to him. [[Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|An old man]] who greatly resembles the [[Fourth Doctor]] speaks to him of the painting, which he says he acquired under "remarkable circumstances". He tells the Doctor that its two names are actually one: the true title of the painting is ''[[Gallifrey Falls No More]]''. The Doctor realises that he was successful, and Gallifrey was indeed saved. The mysterious man reveals that it is simply "lost", and that the Doctor has a lot to do. He also muses that he and the Doctor might be the same man from different perspectives, sounding wistful about days gone by, congratulating the Doctor on the new journey he is about to commence. As to whether or not he truly is an incarnation of the Doctor from the future, the Curator simply teases the thought, "Who knows, eh? Who... '[[nose]]'?", and with a tap of his nose, he turns and walks away. The Eleventh Doctor concludes that he has a mission, the mission of a lifetime: he must find Gallifrey and return it and all its people to the universe. | ||
[[File:Twelve Doctors Stand Together - The Doctor Dreams - Doctor Who - Day of the Doctor - BBC|thumb|“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:Twelve Doctors Stand Together - The Doctor Dreams - Doctor Who - Day of the Doctor - BBC|thumb|“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.”]] | ||
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=== Common among all versions === | === Common among all versions === | ||
[[File:GRAHAM NORTON Regenerates into DAVID TENNANT & MATT SMITH Doctor Who on The Graham Norton Show|thumb|right|Marketing for the show was intense, with its stars actively courted by any number of television and radio programmes. Here, [[David Tennant]] and [[Matt Smith]] help [[Graham Norton]] break the usual format of {{wi|The Graham Norton Show}}'s opening sequence.]] | [[File:GRAHAM NORTON Regenerates into DAVID TENNANT & MATT SMITH Doctor Who on The Graham Norton Show|thumb|right|Marketing for the show was intense, with its stars actively courted by any number of television and radio programmes. Here, [[David Tennant]] and [[Matt Smith]] help [[Graham Norton]] break the usual format of {{wi|The Graham Norton Show}}'s opening sequence.]] | ||
* The story is fronted by the version of the [[title sequence]] used on the original episode "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]", modified to include a BBC logo, and slightly shortened. (This version is slightly different than the opening used on the unaired [[The Pilot Episode|pilot episode]].) This marks the sequence's first use since Episode 4 of ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' in 1967, approximately 47 years prior; as such, ''The Day of the Doctor'' is the only episode to use a previously | * The story is fronted by the version of the [[title sequence]] used on the original episode "[[An Unearthly Child (episode)|An Unearthly Child]]", modified to include a BBC logo, and slightly shortened. (This version is slightly different than the opening used on the unaired [[The Pilot Episode|pilot episode]].) This marks the sequence's first use since Episode 4 of ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' in 1967, approximately 47 years prior; as such, ''The Day of the Doctor'' is the only episode to use a previously [[retire]]d title sequence, rather than use the current one or introduce a new one. | ||
* The opening scenes further mimic the original open to ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'': the first shot shows a police officer going by a sign for [[76 Totter's Lane]], and the second shot is set at Coal Hill School as class dismisses. Clara is now a teacher at [[Coal Hill School]]. A sign shows that [[Ian Chesterton|I. Chesterton]] is chairman of the school's Board of Governors, also showing that a W. Coburn is headmaster — a likely in-joke reference to [[Anthony Coburn]], who wrote ''An Unearthly Child'', and [[Waris Hussein]], ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s original director. | * The opening scenes further mimic the original open to ''[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]'': the first shot shows a police officer going by a sign for [[76 Totter's Lane]], and the second shot is set at Coal Hill School as class dismisses. Clara is now a teacher at [[Coal Hill School]]. A sign shows that [[Ian Chesterton|I. Chesterton]] is chairman of the school's Board of Governors, also showing that a W. Coburn is headmaster — a likely in-joke reference to [[Anthony Coburn]], who wrote ''An Unearthly Child'', and [[Waris Hussein]], ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s original director. | ||
* To add to the story's notability, [[Tom Baker|Tom Baker's]] cameo as the [[The Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|Curator]] marks his first role in a regular episode of the series in approximately 32 years; his last role was the [[Fourth Doctor]] in his 1981 regeneration story, ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' (though Baker ''did'' reprise the role in the 1993 special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', that story was a charity special and is not counted as legitimate by most fans). | * To add to the story's notability, [[Tom Baker|Tom Baker's]] cameo as the [[The Curator (The Day of the Doctor)|Curator]] marks his first role in a regular episode of the series in approximately 32 years; his last role was the [[Fourth Doctor]] in his 1981 regeneration story, ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]'' (though Baker ''did'' reprise the role in the 1993 special ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]'', that story was a charity special and is not counted as legitimate by most fans). | ||
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* it is clearly visible that all the archive-footage Doctors that talk (except the Ninth Doctor) are not speaking when their voices are heard. This is obviously because the audio (except for the First Doctor's) and the clips are not taken from the same episodes, every Doctor having to be shown controlling the TARDIS. | * it is clearly visible that all the archive-footage Doctors that talk (except the Ninth Doctor) are not speaking when their voices are heard. This is obviously because the audio (except for the First Doctor's) and the clips are not taken from the same episodes, every Doctor having to be shown controlling the TARDIS. | ||
* At the end of the special, when the three Doctors are in the museum, the Tenth Doctor asks what the painting is actually called. In that shot, the door to his TARDIS is open. In every shot after that, the door is closed. | * At the end of the special, when the three Doctors are in the museum, the Tenth Doctor asks what the painting is actually called. In that shot, the door to his TARDIS is open. In every shot after that, the door is closed. | ||
** When Clara enters the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS and shuts the door, as the Eleventh Doctor starts thinking aloud he could retire and be "the great curator", Jenna Coleman can still be seen moving around inside the police box prop through a gap between the doors for about a second. | ** When Clara enters the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS and shuts the door, as the Eleventh Doctor starts thinking aloud he could [[retire]] and be "the great curator", Jenna Coleman can still be seen moving around inside the police box prop through a gap between the doors for about a second. | ||
* The last scene of the special, where the Eleventh Doctor is walking out of the TARDIS onto the cloud with his other incarnations, the TARDIS door handle has been obviously removed. | * The last scene of the special, where the Eleventh Doctor is walking out of the TARDIS onto the cloud with his other incarnations, the TARDIS door handle has been obviously removed. | ||
* After the War Doctor's TARDIS ploughs down a group of Daleks in Arcadia and takes flight, the [[SFX]] incorrectly show it as the untarnished Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS complete with the St. John's Ambulance logo, when the [[Practical effect|practical]] War Doctor's TARDIS prop has been heavily battle-damaged. | * After the War Doctor's TARDIS ploughs down a group of Daleks in Arcadia and takes flight, the [[SFX]] incorrectly show it as the untarnished Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS complete with the St. John's Ambulance logo, when the [[Practical effect|practical]] War Doctor's TARDIS prop has been heavily battle-damaged. | ||
