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Things shift back to the present, from the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s perspective, who gets to his feet, shocked at seeing the First Doctor.  The Doctor is delighted at meeting his first self, but realises that he is refusing to regenerate. The First Doctor is confused and dismisses his future self as another Time Lord, before noticing the TARDIS. The Doctor reacts joyously at the First Doctor calling the TARDIS the ship but he dismisses him, too busy puzzling as to why it is suddenly bigger with larger windows. The Twelfth Doctor retorts him, stating it happens as the TARDIS can't "keep [her] tummy tucked in" forever. However, the snow suddenly ceases to fall, capturing the pair's attention. In the distance, another man in [[World War I]] attire addresses them, asking if one of them is a Doctor. The Twelfth Doctor looks at the man and asks "are you trying to be funny?"
Things shift back to the present, from the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s perspective, who gets to his feet, shocked at seeing the First Doctor.  The Doctor is delighted at meeting his first self, but realises that he is refusing to regenerate. The First Doctor is confused and dismisses his future self as another Time Lord, before noticing the TARDIS. The Doctor reacts joyously at the First Doctor calling the TARDIS the ship but he dismisses him, too busy puzzling as to why it is suddenly bigger with larger windows. The Twelfth Doctor retorts him, stating it happens as the TARDIS can't "keep [her] tummy tucked in" forever. However, the snow suddenly ceases to fall, capturing the pair's attention. In the distance, another man in [[World War I]] attire addresses them, asking if one of them is a Doctor. The Twelfth Doctor looks at the man and asks "are you trying to be funny?"


The scene then shifts to the soldier's perspective, flashing back to [[1914]], [[Ypres]] on [[Christmas]] day. The soldier, a captain in the [[British Army|British Expeditionary Force]] is in a shell hole in the battle field, his revolver aimed at a wounded [[German soldier (Twice Upon a Time)|German soldier]], who also has his sidearm trained on the Captain. The Captain speaks English to the man, wishing they spoke English too or he spoke German. Both men realise they will kill each other in self-defense, their respective troops far away in their trenches, unable to assist either of them. Just as the Captain prepares to accept his fate and fire, a wave of energy flows through the field, freezing everything except the Captain. The Captain exits the shell hole, wandering around in wonder at the instance. A bright light suddenly flashes, capturing the Captain's attention. It suddenly encapsulates him, the soldier finding him in a room as lights flash with only "timeline malfunction" filling his eyes. He suddenly collapses to the ground in the arctic, hearing the two Doctors discussing the static snow. He approaches them.
The scene then shifts to the soldier's perspective, flashing back to [[1914]], [[Ypres]] on [[Christmas]] day. The soldier, a captain in the [[British Army|British Expeditionary Force]] is in a shell hole in the battle field, his revolver aimed at a [[German soldier (Twice Upon a Time)|German soldier]], who also has his sidearm trained on the Captain. The Captain speaks English to the man, wishing they spoke English too or he spoke German. Both men realise they will kill each other in self-defense, their respective troops far away in their trenches, unable to assist either of them. Just as the Captain prepares to accept his fate and fire, a wave of energy flows through the field, freezing everything except the Captain. The Captain exits the shell hole, wandering around in wonder at the instance. A bright light suddenly flashes, capturing the Captain's attention. It suddenly encapsulates him, the soldier finding him in a room as lights flash with only "timeline malfunction" filling his eyes. He suddenly collapses to the ground in the arctic, hearing the two Doctors discussing the static snow. He approaches them.


The scene once more shifts back to the Twelfth Doctor's perspective. A portal of light opens in the distance, the two Doctors approaching it. The First Doctor orders the portal to reveal itself, while the Twelfth Doctor claims the planet is protected, surprising the First Doctor as he does not know who guards it. However, the light quickly vanishes, surprising the Twelfth Doctor as "that almost never works." The First doctor returns to the Captain, telling him to enter his TARDIS, the Twelfth Doctor coaxing him to follow. They enter, the First Doctor becoming surprised at seeing the desktop theme so different; he fears he has been burgled. The Captain is also in shock, but more in surprise at how much bigger it is on the inside. The Twelfth Doctor attempts to convince his younger self they are the same person, even displaying he too is regenerating. He even points out that the First Doctor's TARDIS is 70 feet away, proving the one they are in is actually a much older version, hence the size increase. Regardless, the First Doctor remains skeptical. The Captain hears them mention "World War One", which the Twelfth Doctor confirms, saddening the soldier as he felt the Great War would be the only conflict to reach such a scale, causing the Doctor to apologise: "spoilers". The First Doctor notices the Captain's unease, telling the soldier to sit down and orders the Twelfth Doctor to fetch some brandy.
The scene once more shifts back to the Twelfth Doctor's perspective. A portal of light opens in the distance, the two Doctors approaching it. The First Doctor orders the portal to reveal itself, while the Twelfth Doctor claims the planet is protected, surprising the First Doctor as he does not know who guards it. However, the light quickly vanishes, surprising the Twelfth Doctor as "that almost never works." The First doctor returns to the Captain, telling him to enter his TARDIS, the Twelfth Doctor coaxing him to follow. They enter, the First Doctor becoming surprised at seeing the desktop theme so different; he fears he has been burgled. The Captain is too in shock, but more in surprise at how much bigger it is on the inside. The Twelfth Doctor attempts to convince his younger self they are the same person, even displaying he too is regenerating. He even points out that the First Doctor's TARDIS is 70 feet away, proving the one they are in is actually a much older version, hence the size increase. Regardless, the First Doctor remains skeptical. The Captain hears them mention "World War One", which the Twelfth Doctor confirms, saddening the soldier as he felt the Great War would be the only conflict to reach such a scale, causing the Doctor to apologise: "spoilers". The First Doctor notices the Captain's unease, telling the soldier to sit down and orders the Twelfth Doctor to fetch some brandy.
 
Initially perplexed, the Twelfth Doctor does so, retrieving a glass. He hands it to the First Doctor who queries if he has had a glass, which his future self sarcastically confirms, given he has had 1500 years to do so. The First Doctor presses on, calling the Twelfth Doctor a nurse because he is "gentle", like a woman. The Twelfth Doctor tells his younger self that he can't say that, as he will be around many people who will dislike such a statement in the future. The First Doctor, seeing the Captain calm down, examines the new desktop theme, crticising how his successor has turned the most powerful ship in the universe into a mess for the sake of ambiance. Before the Twelfth Doctor can reply, the First Doctor spies his older self's electric guitar, something the Twelfth Doctor tries to dismiss as his younger self surmises he has played it given it is the only thing that is not covered in dust. Regarding the dust, the First Doctor voices his disappointment in discovering that Polly must no longer be around to clean the TARDIS. Once more, the Twelfth Doctor tells his younger self to stop saying things like that.


== Cast  ==
== Cast  ==
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=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
*Rusty shares the Dalek's [[Pathweb]] with the Doctor.
* The soldiers in  [[World War I]] uses [[gun]]s and [[rifle]]s.
*The Doctor uses the [[sonic sunglasses]] and the [[sonic screwdriver]], the former of which has browser history.
* The Captain finds a [[VHS cassette]] inside the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS.
* The First Doctor finds the Twelfth Doctor's [[electric guitar]].
* The [[Testimony Foundation]] owns a [[Testimony spaceship|spaceship]] which they used to capture the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS.
* The Twelfth Doctor says that [[Bill Potts]] was turned into a [[Cyberman]].
* The First Doctor is confused about the [[sonic screwdriver]].


=== Biology ===
=== Biology ===
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=== Food and beverages ===
=== Food and beverages ===
 
* A soldier is seen drinking [[tea]].
* Both Doctors has [[brandy]] inside one of the [[roundel]]s in each of their TARDISes.


=== People ===
=== People ===
* [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Captain Lethbridge-Stewart]] and a [[German soldier (Twice Upon a Time)|German soldier]] both had no desire to kill the other, wishing the other spoke [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]], respectively.
* [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Captain Lethbridge-Stewart]] and a [[German soldier (Twice Upon a Time)|German soldier]] both had no desire to kill the other, wishing the other spoke [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]], respectively.
* Everyone except The Doctors, the Captain and the glass avatars freeze on the spot when time freezes.
* Everyone except The Doctors, the Captain and the glass avatars freeze on the spot when time freezes.
* [[Bill Potts]] returns to the Doctor's side.
* Bill tells that [[Heather (The Pilot)|Heather]], the [[sentient oil]] girl, came back for her.


=== Species ===
=== Species ===
* The First Doctor ask the Twelfth Doctor if he is a [[Time Lord]].
* The Twelfth Doctor says the First Doctor was "weak as a [[Cat|kitten]]".
* A [[bird]] freezes mid-air.
* A [[bird]] freezes mid-air.
* [[Glass avatar]], part of the [[Testimony]], are creatures with ability to freeze time and extract memories and personality of a dying person so they will remain forever.
* [[Glass avatar]], part of the [[Testimony]], are creatures with ability to freeze time and extract memories and personality of a dying person so they will remain forever.
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* The Doctors meet eachother at the [[South Pole]].
* The Doctors meet eachother at the [[South Pole]].
* [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Captain Lethbridge-Stewart]] is fighting during [[World War I]] in [[Ypres]] in [[1914]].
* [[Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart|Captain Lethbridge-Stewart]] is fighting during [[World War I]] in [[Ypres]] in [[1914]].
* The First Doctor says to the glass avatar that it is on [[Earth]], a "level 5 civilisation".
* The Doctors and the Captain are taken to the [[Chamber of the Dead]] inside a [[Testimony spaceship]].


=== Events ===
=== Events ===
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* The First Doctor doesn't know who his future self is, and keeps denying it even after the Twelfth Doctor reveals himself to him. Only after the [[Testimony]] shows him snippets of his future does he finally give in and accept it.
* The First Doctor doesn't know who his future self is, and keeps denying it even after the Twelfth Doctor reveals himself to him. Only after the [[Testimony]] shows him snippets of his future does he finally give in and accept it.
** The First Doctor first thinks the Twelfth Doctor is another [[Time Lord]] trying to capture him for running away with a TARDIS.
** The First Doctor first thinks the Twelfth Doctor is another [[Time Lord]] trying to capture him for running away with a TARDIS.
* The First Doctor tells the Twelfth Doctor that he assumed he would get a younger appearance after regenerating.
* The Twelfth Doctor tells the First Doctor that between those two there are "a few false starts".


=== TARDIS ===
=== TARDIS ===
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* The First Doctor remarks on the exterior changes; the windows being the wrong size, the blue colouring having changed and its size having expanded.
* The First Doctor remarks on the exterior changes; the windows being the wrong size, the blue colouring having changed and its size having expanded.
** The Twelfth Doctor says its size is because of all those years having been "bigger on the inside".
** The Twelfth Doctor says its size is because of all those years having been "bigger on the inside".
* The First Doctor disaproves of the Twelfth Doctor's TARDIS, saying about the [[TARDIS control room|console room]] that it is "the flight deck of the most powerful space time machine in the known universe, not a [[restaurant]] for the [[France|French]]".
* The Twelfth Doctor still has [[blackboard]]s in his TARDIS.


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
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* The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s [[regeneration]] has a new visual effect, and even sound effect, to those used previously in the [[BBC Wales]] series. Resembling slow travelling, elongated golden [[lightning]]. It is the first regeneration for the Doctor, since the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Doctor Who (TV story)|in 1996]], to use an effect which is visually distinct from that seen in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', with the [[Ninth Doctor]] up to ''[[The Doctor Falls]]''.
* The [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s [[regeneration]] has a new visual effect, and even sound effect, to those used previously in the [[BBC Wales]] series. Resembling slow travelling, elongated golden [[lightning]]. It is the first regeneration for the Doctor, since the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[Doctor Who (TV story)|in 1996]], to use an effect which is visually distinct from that seen in ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', with the [[Ninth Doctor]] up to ''[[The Doctor Falls]]''.
* Toby Whithouse is the second person involved in the BBC Wales series as both an actor and a writer, following Mark Gatiss.
* Toby Whithouse is the second person involved in the BBC Wales series as both an actor and a writer, following Mark Gatiss.
* Given that the [[First Doctor]] is amazed and confused about the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s [[sonic screwdriver]], this story makes [[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'' non-canon, as it features the screwdriver used by the First Doctor.
* This is the third consecutive regeneration story to include the word "time" in the title, following ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''.
* This is the third consecutive regeneration story to include the word "time" in the title, following ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' and ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''.
* This is the second [[multi-Doctor story]] to feature a regeneration, and the first in which it is the current incarnation of the Doctor who is shown to regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* This is the second [[multi-Doctor story]] to feature a regeneration, and the first in which it is the current incarnation of the Doctor who is shown to regenerate. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
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* [[Helen Clay]] is from [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]. She founded the [[Testimony Foundation]] in [[5000000012|5,000,000,012]], just a few years before the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] first [[5000000023|visited]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* [[Helen Clay]] is from [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]]. She founded the [[Testimony Foundation]] in [[5000000012|5,000,000,012]], just a few years before the [[Tenth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] first [[5000000023|visited]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')
* The Doctor holds a [[Dalek]] [[eyestalk]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor holds a [[Dalek]] [[eyestalk]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'', ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor is referred to as "the Doctor of War". ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The Testimony also calls the Doctor by other titles associated with conflict, as did the Daleks, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') and the [[Great Intelligence]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor is referred to as "the Doctor of War". ([[TV]]: ''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]'', ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' , ''[[Hell Bent (TV story)|Hell Bent]]'') The Testimony also calls the Doctor by other titles associated with conflict, as did the Daleks, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') and the [[Great Intelligence]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor meets his first incarnation. He has met him before and also struggles to remember the encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Doctor meets his first incarnation. He has met him before and also struggles to remember the encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]'', ''[[The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor tells the First Doctor they have an advantage as "this time there's two of us". The Eleventh Doctor made a similar remark when talking to his Tenth and War incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
* The Twelfth Doctor tells the First Doctor they have an advantage as "this time there's two of us". The Eleventh Doctor made a similar remark when talking to his Tenth and War incarnations. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'')
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