The Day of the Doctor

240 – "The Day of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
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Cast
Others
Production
Directed byNick Hurran
Written bySteven Moffat
Produced byMarcus Wilson
Executive producers
  • Steven Moffat
  • Faith Penhale
Music byMurray Gold
Series2013 specials
Running time77 minutes[1]
First broadcast23 November 2013 (2013-11-23)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Name of the Doctor"[N 2] 		Followed by →
"The Time of the Doctor"

"The Day of the Doctor" is a special episode of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on 23 November 2013 to mark its 50th anniversary. It was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran and produced by Marcus Wilson. Moffat and Faith Penhale served as executive producers.[2] It stars series regulars Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, with David Tennant and Billie Piper returning alongside John Hurt as a previously unseen incarnation of the Doctor.

In the episode, the War Doctor (Hurt) prepares to use a sentient superweapon called the Moment (Piper) to bring an end to the Time War between the Daleks and his own people, the Time Lords. The Moment introduces him to his future incarnations, the Tenth Doctor (Tennant) and Eleventh Doctor (Smith). With help from Clara Oswald (Coleman), the three Doctors uncover a Zygon plot in Elizabethan England whilst seeking a solution to the War Doctor's ethical dilemma. The guest cast include Joanna Page as Elizabeth I and Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart.

"The Day of the Doctor" continued Doctor Who's tradition of "multi-Doctor" anniversary stories. The War Doctor was created for the special after Christopher Eccleston declined to return as the Ninth Doctor. It saw the first return of the Zygons, shapeshifting aliens who were introduced in the 1975 serial Terror of the Zygons. The special was shot in 3D from March to May 2013. It contains various easter eggs and references to Doctor Who's 50 year history while introducing new incarnations of the Doctor and the return of his home planet Gallifrey, as part of Moffat's effort to "change the narrative" of the series.

The special was broadcast simultaneously in 94 countries, and was shown concurrently in 3D in some cinemas.[3] It achieved the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama and won the Radio Times Audience Award at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards.[4] The episode was watched by 12.8 million viewers in the UK and received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

In 2013,[5] the Eleventh Doctor and Clara Oswald are brought by military organisation UNIT head Kate Stewart to the National Gallery to investigate figures missing from three-dimensional paintings—a technology developed by the Doctor's people, the Time Lords. In 1562, an earlier incarnation of the Doctor, the Tenth Doctor, discovers that shapeshifting Zygons have infiltrated the court of Elizabeth I.

In the midst of the destructive Time War between the Time Lords and the Daleks, the War Doctor—an even earlier incarnation of the Doctor—plans to trigger a sentient superweapon called the Moment to destroy both sides. The Moment's humanoid interface, resembling Rose Tyler, opens a fissure bringing all three Doctors together to 1562 England. The Doctors discover that the Zygons are entering the three-dimensional paintings to freeze themselves in suspended animation. The Zygons break out of the paintings in 2013 and take the forms of UNIT staff, including Stewart, per their plan to colonise Earth with UNIT's advanced technology kept in the Tower of London.

The real Stewart confronts her Zygon double and starts a countdown for a nuclear warhead beneath the Tower that will destroy the UNIT's technology along with London. The three Doctors, unable to land their TARDIS in the Tower, use the stasis technology to enter a painting which was relocated to the Tower. The Doctors use UNIT's mind-wiping equipment to make Stewart and her Zygon double temporarily unaware of their true identities. They stop the countdown and both sides negotiate a peace treaty.

The War Doctor, convinced that detonating the Moment will save more lives in the long term, returns to the Time War. The other Doctors follow him and reluctantly agree to shoulder the responsibility of destroying the Time Lords' planet Gallifrey, but Clara insists that there must be a peaceful solution. Aided by ten of their other incarnations, the Doctors use the stasis technology to attempt to suspend Gallifrey in a pocket universe. Gallifrey vanishes and the surrounding Dalek warships obliterate themselves in the crossfire.

The three Doctors and Clara return to the National Gallery, unsure whether their plan worked. After the War Doctor and Tenth Doctor leave, the Eleventh Doctor meets the National Gallery's elderly curator, who resembles the Doctor's fourth incarnation. He implies that Gallifrey was indeed saved but is now "lost". Reflecting on his dreams, the Eleventh Doctor vows to find Gallifrey and return home.

"I have a new destination. My journey is the same as yours, the same as anyone's. 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."

— The Eleventh Doctor

Cast

The Doctor

Matt Smith (pictured in 2013), David Tennant (2015) and John Hurt (2011) portrayed three different incarnations of the Doctor.

Others

  • Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, the Eleventh Doctor's companion. The special was the first time Coleman was credited on the series as Jenna Coleman, rather than Jenna-Louise Coleman as seen in previous episodes.[15]
  • Billie Piper as the likeness of Rose Tyler,[16] which is used by the Moment, a sentient Gallifreyan weapon of mass destruction.
  • Tristan Beint as Tom, a schoolteacher
  • Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and her Zygon duplicate
  • Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, a UNIT scientist, and her Zygon duplicate
  • Chris Finch as a Time Lord soldier
  • Peter de Jersey as Androgar, a Time Lord
  • Ken Bones as The General, a Time Lord
  • Philip Buck as Arcadia father
  • Sophie Morgan-Price as a Time Lord.
  • Joanna Page as Queen Elizabeth I and her Zygon duplicate
  • Orlando James as Lord Bentham
  • Jonjo O'Neill as McGilliop and his Zygon duplicate
  • Tom Keller as Atkins
  • Aidan Cook and Paul Kasey as Zygons
  • Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks and the Zygons
  • Barnaby Edwards and Nicholas Pegg as Daleks

Production

Writing and casting

Steven Moffat stated "The Day of the Doctor" was the episode he was most proud of as Doctor Who showrunner.

Head writer Steven Moffat was developing a commemorative 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who as early as late 2011, when he stated the production team were "revving up for it. We know what we want to do."[17] He ended the final episode of series 7, "The Name of the Doctor" (2013), with the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) entering his timestream to rescue Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman). Moffat had "no idea what [the Doctor would] find there. I just knew that whatever he found there would launch the 50th."[18]

Doctor Who traditionally celebrates its anniversaries with "multi-Doctor" stories.[19][20] All surviving actors who played the Doctor were invited to reprise their roles in The Three Doctors (1972–1973), "The Five Doctors" (1983)[21] and Dimensions in Time (1993).[22] However, Moffat personally felt this was something of a false tradition as The Three Doctors aired a year ahead of the tenth anniversary.[20][23] He noted the impossibility of balancing eleven characters in a single storyline,[16][24] and also quipped in 2013 that a story with eleven Doctors is impossible as the three of the actors (William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee) had died.[25][23] Moffat wanted to focus on a key turning point in the Doctor's life which would "change the narrative" of the series and propel it into the next 50 years.[26][27] He decided this key moment would be the Doctor's destruction of his home planet Gallifrey in the Time War, an off-screen event cryptically referenced in previous series.[27][28] His "first version" of the script primarily involved the Doctor's three most recent incarnations, as played by Smith, David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston.[18][27] An incomplete draft, titled Time War, was completed on 14 January 2013.[29] Moffat did not produce any copies as a security precaution.[30][31]

Due to the stress and anticipation surrounding the 50th anniversary, Moffat described the special's development as "a tough, tough time".[32] As Coleman was initially the only performer contracted for the special, Moffat developed a substitute plotline where after the Doctor is wiped from existence, Clara encounters various alternative incarnations of the Doctor portrayed by famous guest stars. Smith and Tennant ultimately came on board,[33][34] but Eccleston declined to reprise his role of the Ninth Doctor following meetings with Moffat.[35][18] Eccleston explained in 2019 that the script didn't do justice to the character; additionally he was still hurt by the BBC's actions during his tenure.[36] Moffat pitched a solution to BBC higher-ups to excuse Eccleston's absence: "What if there was an incarnation of the Doctor none of us knew about? And, coincidentally, he was played by the most famous actor in the world?" John Hurt, Moffat's first choice to portray this incarnation,[18] accepted "with remarkable speed".[37] His incarnation, the War Doctor, is retroactively placed between Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor and Eccleston's Ninth Doctor.[38] The War Doctor's battered costume signified that he was "a rougher, tougher Doctor" and Hurt's request to keep his beard added to this effect.[37] Hurt's surprise cameo in the final scene of "The Name of the Doctor" was recorded by director Nick Hurran on 5 April 2013.[39]

"... it's very rare in Doctor Who that the story happens to the Doctor... In this, he is the story of the week. This is the day of the Doctor. This is his most important day. His most important moment. This is the one he'll remember, whereas I often think the Doctor wanders back to his TARDIS and forgets all about it."[23]

— Moffat in a 2013 interview with SFX

Moffat included appearances from the Daleks, the series's most iconic villains, as well as the Zygons, fan-favourite monsters who had appeared only once before in the 1975 serial Terror of the Zygons.[40][41] The Moment, a sentient superweapon, was not initially intended to be played by Billie Piper.[38] Moffat wanted to include Piper as a nod to the series's 2005 revival, but was reluctant to bring back her character Rose Tyler since her storyline had already concluded.[42][16] Knowing that Smith would soon be leaving the series, Moffat also included a cameo from the as-yet-uncast Twelfth Doctor.[43][16] The first complete draft script, titled Doctor Who: 50th Anniversary Special, was completed on 28 February 2013.[44]

Jemma Redgrave portrayed UNIT head Kate Stewart and her Zygon duplicate. This was Redgrave's second appearance in the role after "The Power of Three" (2012).[7] The role was originated by Beverley Cressman in the direct-to-video spin-off films Downtime (1995) and Dæmos Rising (2004).[45] Sophie Morgan-Price, who portrayed a Time Lord in the episode, was Redgrave's uncredited double for scenes when Stewart interacts with her Zygon duplicate.[46] Welsh actress Joanna Page was cast as Queen Elizabeth I.[47] Page is the third actress to portray Elizabeth I on Doctor Who, following Vivienne Bennet in The Chase (1965) and Angela Pleasence in "The Shakespeare Code" (2007).[48]

Tom Baker, who played the Fourth Doctor from 1974 to 1981, was cast as the mysterious "Curator" of the National Gallery, implied to be a future incarnation of the Doctor.[24][14] Baker considered turning down the role, but was convinced by then-producer Caroline Skinner with the promise he could "tamper with the script".[49] Moffat stated it was "irresistible" for the anniversary special to feature Baker, as the longest-serving and oldest actor to play the Doctor.[24] Moffat stated in 2017 that the episode was the one he was most proud of from his time as showrunner.[50]

Recording

The Moment prop as shown at the Doctor Who Experience.

The BBC had trialled 3D broadcasting since summer 2011, and it was decided that "The Day of the Doctor" would be recorded and broadcast in 3D.[51] Doctor Who's 30th anniversary special, Dimensions in Time, had similarly been filmed in 3D.[22] Moffat incorporated three-dimensional elements into the script, such as the Gallifreyan paintings and Clara's motorbiking into the TARDIS, to highlight the medium.[52]

Principal photography began on 28 March 2013 at Doctor Who's production base at Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff. The first three days of recording included scenes set in the National Gallery and the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS.[53] Exterior filming began on 2 April.[54] The first outdoor scene was filmed at the Ivy Tower in Tonna, Neath. The outdoor section of the scene involving Clara driving her motorcycle into the TARDIS, as well as the beginning of the sequence in which UNIT airlifts the TARDIS via helicopter, was filmed on Gelligaer Common Road in Bedlinog. The remainder of the latter scene was later filmed on 6 April at MOD St Athan, and on 9 April in Trafalgar Square, London.[55]

On 17 April 2013, Smith, Coleman, Piper and Tennant filmed scenes in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, and some scenes were shot in Chepstow Castle.[56][57] On 2 May 2013, filming took place in Cardiff for scenes that take place at Totter's Lane and Coal Hill School, locations previously featured in the first Doctor Who serial An Unearthly Child (1963).[58] Filming for the special was completed on Sunday 5 May 2013.[59] The final piece of filming for the special took place on 3 October, five months after principal photography wrapped, with Peter Capaldi filming his cameo as the Twelfth Doctor whilst on the TARDIS set for "The Time of the Doctor".[60]

Jenna Coleman (left) and Billie Piper, who portrayed the Doctor's companions, appeared in the episode, though Piper portrayed the Moment rather than her usual role as Rose Tyler.

Post-production and effects

The 3D episode took longer than usual to shoot and post-produce, since visual effects compositing had to be done for both left and right images.[61][62]

Miniatures constructed by Mike Tucker and his company The Model Unit were used in filming for the Time War sequences, including a model of a Time Lord staser cannon and the War Doctor flying his TARDIS into and subsequently destroying several Daleks. The Dalek models used were 18-inch voice interactive toys produced by Character Options. The technique of using Dalek toys as models for filming was a common method of presenting entire armies in the classic series.[63]

Continuity references

As Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor" contains several references to previous stories. The opening scene heavily references the series's first episode "An Unearthly Child", with the original 1963 title sequence leading into a shot of a policeman walking past an "I.M. Foreman" sign. Clara works at Coal Hill School, a key location in that episode, and the school's sign also references past figures: Ian Chesterton, a companion of the Doctor introduced in "An Unearthly Child", and W. Coburn, a nod to writer Anthony Coburn.[64][65]

The Time War was referenced in previous episodes, albeit never outright shown on screen.[27] The Tenth Doctor mentioned the Fall of Arcadia in "Doomsday" (2006).[66] The Moment, originally mentioned in The End of Time (2009–2010),[67] takes the form of "Bad Wolf", an omnipotent being which manifested in Rose Tyler during "The Parting of the Ways" (2005).[68][16]

"The Day of the Doctor" concludes a running gag about Elizabeth I's marriage which was first established in "The Shakespeare Code" (2007).

An older Queen Elizabeth I ordered the Tenth Doctor's execution in "The Shakespeare Code" (2007), and both The End of Time[69][64] and "The Beast Below" (2010) alluded to a marriage between the characters. "The Day of the Doctor" retroactively explains these earlier references when the Tenth Doctor accidentally courts, marries and then abandons the Queen.[41][64][70]

Fan controversy over when UNIT stories took place is alluded to in Kate Stewart's dialogue when she mentions that the events of The Three Doctors (1972–1973) occurred either in "the '70s or '80s depending on the dating protocol".[31][64] Stewart asks for a report code-named "Cromer", referencing the events of the Three Doctors, in which the Brigadier mistakes an alternative universe for the coastal Norfolk town.[71][31] UNIT's Black Archive, which was introduced in The Sarah Jane Adventures story Enemy of the Bane (2008),[72] contains props from previous episodes, such as River Song's high heels from "The Time of Angels"/"Flesh and Stone" (2010), the Magna-Clamps from "Doomsday", a Supreme Dalek head from "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" (2008), a Cyberman head, a Dalek tommy gun from "Daleks in Manhattan"/"Evolution of the Daleks" (2007), Amy Pond's sonic probe from "The Girl Who Waited" (2011), a clockwork robot face mask from "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006)[73] and Jack Harkness's vortex manipulator. A pinboard with photos of several of the Doctor's companions is seen.[64]

Lines of dialogue from past stories reappear in the special. The Third Doctor's catchphrase "reverse the polarity" is used by the Eleventh Doctor.[64] The Tenth Doctor's speech to the rabbit echoes his speech from "Voyage of the Damned" (2007).[74] The adjective "timey-wimey" was originally used by the Tenth Doctor in "Blink" (2007).[75] The Tenth Doctor's complaint about the TARDIS interior ("Oh you've redecorated! I don't like it") references a line used by the Second Doctor to complain about the Third Doctor's TARDIS interior in The Three Doctors; this was repeated in "The Five Doctors" and "Closing Time" (2011).[64] The Moment describes the TARDIS engines as a "wheezing, groaning sound"; it is frequently described that way in Doctor Who novelisations.[76] The Doctor's promise ("Never cruel nor cowardly. Never give up. Never give in.") echoes a description of the Doctor by script editor Terrance Dicks in The Making of Doctor Who (1976): "He never gives in and he never gives up, however overwhelming the odds against him... He is never cruel or cowardly."[77][76] When the Doctors unite to save Gallifrey, the General says, "I didn't know when I was well-off. All twelve of them." recalling the Brigadier from The Three Doctors: "Three of them, eh? I didn't know when I was well-off."[78] Prior to regenerating, the War Doctor states he is "wearing a bit thin", the same line said by the First Doctor in The Tenth Planet (1966).[64] The Tenth Doctor tells the Eleventh, "It's good to know my future is in safe hands", the same line said by the First Doctor to the Fifth in "The Five Doctors". The Tenth Doctor's final words in the special are "I don't want to go", his final words in The End of Time.[79]

Marketing

Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat at the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013

Casting leaks

On 30 March 2013, certain subscribers to Doctor Who Magazine accidentally received their issue five days before the official release date, which included the official announcement that Tennant, Piper and Hurt would appear in the special.[80][81] Tom Baker revealed his casting to The Huffington Post a few days before broadcast: "I am in the special. I'm not supposed to tell you that, but I tell you that very willingly and specifically; the BBC told me not to tell anybody but I'm telling you straight away."[82]

Minisodes

External videos
video icon "The Night of the Doctor"
video icon "The Last Day"

Shortly after principal photography ended, two prequel mini-episodes written by Moffat, both focusing on the Time War, were recorded at Roath Lock Studios.[83][84] "The Night of the Doctor", released online on 14 November, saw Paul McGann reprise the role of the Eighth Doctor on screen for the first time since his debut in Doctor Who (1996). In the minisode, the Eighth Doctor is temporarily resurrected by the Sisterhood of Karn in the aftermath of a spaceship crash, and persuaded to regenerate into a warrior-like incarnation (the War Doctor) to take action to end the Time War.[85][86] "The Last Day", released 20 November, depicts found footage of a Gallifreyan soldier killed by a Dalek in the Fall of Arcadia. Chris Finch reprised his role from "The Day of the Doctor" as a Time Lord soldier.[87][88]

Trailers

The first trailer for the special was shown to attendees of San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013.[89] The BBC's decision not to immediately release the trailer online for viewing by UK audiences was met with controversy.[90][91][92] On 26 July, the BBC responded to criticisms by saying the trailer was intended to be exclusive to Comic-Con attendees and that UK-exclusive content would be forthcoming.[93] The special's title was revealed on 10 September 2013.[94]

A clip from "The Day of the Doctor" was shown during the BBC's Children in Need telethon on Friday 15 November.[95][96] The official trailer for the episode aired in the United Kingdom at 8pm GMT on 9 November. Due to the leak of a trailer earlier on 9 November on BBC Latin America's Facebook page, the BBC officially released it ahead of schedule. A second official trailer was released shortly thereafter.[97]

On 10 and 11 November 2013, short clips of the Eleventh Doctor interrupted BBC One idents.[98][99]

50 year trailer

The 50 year trailer features the first image of William Hartnell presented in high-resolution colour, which took several hours to create.[100]

Red Bee Media was hired to work on the "50 year trailer" promoting the special. It was directed by Matt Losasso and produced by Carrie Hart.[101] Red Bee Media conceived the outline to emphasise that the episode would be shown in 3D. Major elements were recorded at Stage 1 of Black Island Studios in London from 15 to 16 August 2013, with actors hired to pose as key characters, over whom the original actors' features were placed.[100][102] Images of Smith and Coleman were captured on 2 September in London, while Smith's narration was recorded on 5 October during recording of "The Time of the Doctor".[100][102]

To recreate camera movements in the software Flame, cameras were tracked and stabilised before being recreated into a stable camera movement, which allowed the inclusion of more subtle references from the show.[103] The still of Hartnell is the first image of the actor to be presented in high-resolution colour.[100][102] To create it, Losasso sourced a black-and-white image from The Web Planet (1965) and spent hours blending elements from a double over the top in Adobe Photoshop to manipulate the image to colour. Framestore visual effects supervisor Oliver Bersey added slight edits and subtle 2D manipulations to give a 3D effect. Bersey also created a matte painting of the landscape that appears at the end of the trailer.[103]

External videos
video icon "The Day of the Doctor" | 50 year trailer

The BBC teased the trailer on 28 September 2013[104] before formally announcing it on 19 October alongside a promotional image of all eleven Doctors.[105][106] The trailer aired on BBC One later that day at approximately 8:20 p.m., after Strictly Come Dancing,[105] and was subsequently released on YouTube.[107] The Verge's Ellis Hamburger called it "essential viewing for any Doctor Who fan",[108] and Radio Times felt it "was the sort of thing that could only have been made for a fanbase as fervent as Doctor Who's".[109] #SaveTheDay trended on Twitter after the trailer was released,[110] and the video received almost one million views on YouTube within two days.[111]

Viral marketing

On 28 September, the BBC unveiled a promotional Twitter hashtag (#SaveTheDay) and ident.[112][113] On 7 November, a video starring Smith in character as the Eleventh Doctor was released promoting the hashtag, promising exclusive content. A website was launched to reveal the content.[114][115]

Broadcast and reception

Countries that screened "The Day of the Doctor" simultaneously.
  Countries that screened on TV.
  Countries that screened in cinemas.
  Countries that screened both on TV and in cinemas.

Television

"The Day of the Doctor" was simultaneously broadcast in 94 countries[116] at 7:50pm GMT on 23 November 2013.[117][118] This was done in order to avoid plot leaks.[119][120] It achieved the Guinness World Record for "the world's largest ever simulcast of a TV drama".[116][121] This record was broken by the broadcast of "Kitty" (2014), an episode of the American television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which simulcast to 171 countries on 4 March 2015.[122]

The episode originally aired on BBC One,[116] BBC One HD, and in 3D on BBC One HD Red Button. It aired on Prime in New Zealand, BBC America in the United States, ABC1 in Australia, and on Space in Canada. In English speaking Asia and Africa, it was released by BBC Entertainment.

Cinemas

The episode was originally released in Cineworld, Vue, Odeon, and independent cinemas. It was released in Hoyts, Event, Village and limited independent cinemas in Australia. It aired in Cineplex cinemas in Canada and in Event Cinemas in New Zealand. In the United States it was released only at AMC, Century, Cinemark and Regal cinemas. In Mexico, the episode was released exclusively in 20 select Cinemark 3D theatres.[123]

The cinema version played with an introduction featuring Dan Starkey as Strax and John Hurt, David Tennant and Matt Smith as the Doctors, respectively.[124][125]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Rotten Tomatoes
(Average Score)		9.41[126]
Rotten Tomatoes
(Tomatometer)		100%[126]
Review scores
SourceRating
IGN9.3[127]
New York MagazineStarStarStarStarStar[128]
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[129]
Radio TimesStarStarStarStarStar[130]
The A.V. ClubA−[131]
The Daily TelegraphStarStarStarStarStar[132]
TV FanaticStarStarStarStarStar[133]

"The Day of the Doctor" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the special has 100% approval rating based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 9.41/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor is a joyous marker in the series, uniting two of the most beloved Time Lords and setting them together on a rousing adventure full of crowd-pleasing nods and winks."[126] Ben Lawrence of The Daily Telegraph gave the special five stars, calling it "charming, eccentric and very, very British."[132] Simon Brew of Den of Geek praised the special, calling it "terrific", and stating that it was "pulsating with comedy, ambition, and top to bottom entertainment." However, he commented negatively on the conclusion of the Zygon subplot, stating it "just fizzled out a little, after a strong build up", and felt that the retcon of the Doctor saving Gallifrey felt "like years of darkness was sort-of sorted out in 20 minutes (albeit with no little gravitas)".[134] Jon Cooper of the Daily Mirror gave the episode five stars, stating that it "not only gives hardcore fans a beautiful reinvention of their favourite show but also gives casual viewers a stonking story and a reminder why we all love this show so much."[135]

SFX gave the episode five out of five stars, noting that it was not perfect but those were "churlish niggles". Despite the non-linear structure and numerous references to the series' past, SFX called the story itself "surprisingly simple". It praised the three Doctors and commented on how it linked the past, present, and future of the show.[136] Chris Taylor of Mashable stated that the episode is "one designed to please fans and newcomers alike," and that it "shows why the Doctor is finding his way into ever more homes and hearts."[137] Dan Martin of The Guardian praised the episode, stating that it "couldn't possibly live up to expectations. And it didn't – it exceeded them." He commended Hurt's performance and acknowledged that "a multi-Doctor story was a necessary but dangerous move".[138]

Ratings

Overnight figures revealed that the episode had a total of 10.18 million viewers for the live broadcast in the United Kingdom.[139][116] When time-shifted viewers were taken into account, the figure rose to a total of 12.8 million viewers, which makes it the highest rating since "The Next Doctor" (2008), which had a total of 13.1 million viewers.[140] For the week, it was the number one most-watched series on British television, a feat only three other Doctor Who episodes had ever achieved.[141] The box office takings for the cinema screenings totalled £1.7m, which placed it at number three in the UK film chart for the week, behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Gravity.[142] In addition, "The Day of the Doctor" became the most requested show within 24 hours on BBC iPlayer with 1.27 million requests, which rose to 2.9 million by 3 December. It was named the most-watched drama of 2013 based on the final viewing figures.[143] It received an Appreciation Index of 88.[144]

The live simulcast on BBC America had a total audience of 2.4 million viewers, briefly becoming the largest audience in the channel's history,[121] until the broadcast of "The Time of the Doctor".[145]

Worldwide, cinema screenings brought $10.2 million at the box office.[146] The cinema screenings in the USA, on a total of 660 screens nationwide, took a total of US$4.8m (approx £3m) at the box office.[147] The special had a total of 1.95 million viewers for its two broadcasts in Australia, with 590,000 watching the live broadcast on ABC1, and another 1.36 million watching the repeat at 7:30pm, while the cinema box office takings totalled AU$1.54m, putting it at number three in the Australian film chart.[148][149][150] In addition, the episode received 51,000 plays on the online ABC iview in a single day.[150][151] A total of 42,000 viewers watched the simultaneous screening in New Zealand, with a total of 177,510 viewers watching the 8.30pm repeat, which was Prime's highest rating show for the day. The figure includes live[152] and timeshifted viewers.[153] This means there was a total of 219,510 viewers for all screenings. A total of 1.7 million viewers watched the two broadcasts on Canadian channel Space, making it the most watched entertainment programme in Canada on the day, with the 1.1m watching the live broadcast at 2.50pm EST being the channel's largest ever audience.[154]

Social analytics website SecondSync revealed that Doctor Who generated almost 500,000 tweets on Twitter during its broadcast, with the peak number of tweets occurring at the beginning of the broadcast, at 12,939 tweets per minute.[155][156]

Awards and nominations

"The Day of the Doctor" won the Audience Award at the 2014 BAFTA Awards.[4] It was also nominated for the 2014 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form; it lost to the Game of Thrones episode "The Rains of Castamere" (2013).[157]

In a poll conducted by Doctor Who Magazine, "The Day of the Doctor" was voted as the most popular story in the 50 years of the show.[158]

Home media

"The Day of the Doctor" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 2 December 2013; the latter edition included the episode in 3D. The special was re-released on DVD and Blu-ray in September 2014 as part of the "50th Anniversary Collector's Edition" alongside "The Name of the Doctor", "The Night of the Doctor", "The Time of the Doctor", An Adventure in Space and Time and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[159]

Soundtrack

Further information: Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor/The Time of the Doctor (soundtrack)

In November 2014, Silva Screen Records released a two-CD soundtrack album for "The Day of the Doctor" and "The Time of the Doctor".[159][160][161]

In print

The Day of the Doctor
AuthorSteven Moffat
Cover artistAnthony Dry
SeriesDoctor Who book:
Target novelisations
PublisherBBC Books
Publication date
5 April 2018
Pages232
ISBN978-1-785-94329-4

A novelisation written by Steven Moffat was released in paperback and digital formats in April 2018 as part of the Target Collection.[162][163]

Notes

  1. ^ Although credited as playing Rose, Piper portrays the sentient conscience of "The Moment", a character using Rose's appearance in the form of the "Bad Wolf" persona.
  2. ^ Also preceded by mini-episodes "The Night of the Doctor" and "The Last Day"
  3. ^ Hurt's character is referred to as the "Other Doctor" in the script,[7] though subsequent BBC media calls him the "War Doctor".[8]

References

Citations

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