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It saw the departures of both Bill and Nardole, and the events leading to the [[Saxon Master]]'s regeneration into {{Gomez}}, with the Master being mortally wounded by his female successor. However, he in turn kills her, bringing an apparent end of the Master's life. The episode also explained the different and conflicting origins of the Cybermen appearances, citing it to "[[parallel evolution]]". | It saw the departures of both Bill and Nardole, and the events leading to the [[Saxon Master]]'s regeneration into {{Gomez}}, with the Master being mortally wounded by his female successor. However, he in turn kills her, bringing an apparent end of the Master's life. The episode also explained the different and conflicting origins of the Cybermen appearances, citing it to "[[parallel evolution]]". | ||
Expanding on the Twelfth Doctor's [[regeneration]] teased in the [[World Enough and Time (TV story)| | Expanding on the Twelfth Doctor's [[regeneration]] teased in the previous episode, ''[[World Enough and Time (TV story)|World Enough and Time]]'', it saw him mortally wounded in battle against the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. However, the Doctor managed to postpone the change, expressing how he was sick of "always having to be someone else", leading into the arc of the next episode, ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''. | ||
Most notably, the final scene of the episode featured the unexpected return of the [[First Doctor]], now portrayed by [[David Bradley]], in a scene set during the events of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' itself, the first time an incarnation of the Doctor from the classic series had appeared since the series was revived in 2005 and not been played by his original actor. Bradley had previously portrayed [[William Hartnell]] in the docudrama ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]''. | Most notably, the final scene of the episode featured the unexpected return of the [[First Doctor]], now portrayed by [[David Bradley]], in a scene set during the events of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' itself, the first time an incarnation of the Doctor from the classic series had appeared since the series was revived in 2005 and not been played by his original actor. Bradley had previously portrayed [[William Hartnell]] in the docudrama ''[[An Adventure in Space and Time (TV story)|An Adventure in Space and Time]]''. | ||
In 2023, despite ''The Doctor Falls'' together with ''World Enough and Time'' ranking as the most popular [[Twelfth Doctor]] TV story ahead of ''[[Heaven Sent (TV story)|Heaven Sent]]'' in a poll by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'',<ref name="dwm 594">[[DWM 594]]</ref>{{note|Polls by DWM are statistically invalid, as they do not feature a random sample of people. Respondents choose to participate on their own initiative, and are made aware of the poll because they subscribe to or at least frequently buy DWM. Thus, the poll is clearly weighted towards ''Doctor Who'' fans who are also residents of the United Kingdom. The views reflected almost certainly do not represent the "casual" viewer of ''Doctor Who'', non-English speaking fans, or other groups of fans who simply don't read or have access to DWM.}}, a later ''DWM'' poll that year with a shortlist of 37 finalists including the two aforementioned stories declared ''World Enough and Time''/''The Doctor Falls'' the second most popular TV story of the first 60 years of ''Doctor Who'', behind the winner, ''Heaven Sent''.<ref name="dwm 597">[[DWM 597]]</ref> | |||
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* When the Doctor is dreaming of his recent past companions calling him, he sees [[Clara Oswald]]. Though fans assumed it meant his memories of her were back, it was later revealed that he didn't have them back properly until the [[Testimony]] restored them as a gift before his regeneration. | * When the Doctor is dreaming of his recent past companions calling him, he sees [[Clara Oswald]]. Though fans assumed it meant his memories of her were back, it was later revealed that he didn't have them back properly until the [[Testimony]] restored them as a gift before his regeneration. | ||
* All three season finales during Peter Capaldi's tenure as the Doctor featured Cybermen, as well as the 12th episode of every series [[Steven Moffat]] penned as showrunner. | * All three season finales during Peter Capaldi's tenure as the Doctor featured Cybermen, as well as the 12th episode of every series [[Steven Moffat]] penned as showrunner. | ||
* This episode, along with its previous part, was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' favourite [[Twelfth Doctor]] story in their 60th anniversary poll of [[2023]]. | * This episode, along with its previous part, was ranked as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' readers' favourite [[Twelfth Doctor]] story in their 60th anniversary poll of [[2023]]. <ref name="dwm 594"/> The same set of polls, however, ranked the two-parter the readers' second favourite in a list of 37 finalists.<ref name="dwm 597"/> | ||
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