The Day of the Doctor

[ellestra]

I can only scream now

All 13 Doctors

Capaldi's Doctor
The signs at the beginning
Bad Wolf
The regeneration into Nine (Ten?)
Fez sharing
The Bad Wolf
And Captain Jack's vortex manipulator
RGB of sonic screwdrivers
The marriage to Queen Bess
Gallifrey Falls No More

Tom Baker

It was almost too much at once.
I can't even think in order.

SPOILERS, SPOILERS everywhere.

After all that outcry about not including the old Doctors is it really a surprise that it was all one big lie. We already had Eight. Now the most iconic one. Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker. Other four Classic Who actors who are still alive did a special half an hour episode. It was written and directed by Peter Davison and John Barrowman is in it (and sings) and some other faces you may recognise (including the Doctor's daughter - another character people asked about) and the famous protest in front of the BBC was part of it. And the number of cameos is staggering.

There was so many little things in there I can't even be sure I got them all (I'm pretty sure I didn't). It was nice to see the Zygons - they've mentioned as one of the favourites for return and Moffat already did Ice Warriors - the other one everyone was waiting for. I loved the switching between consoles - especially the old design and how the older Doctors gushed about it. I loved that Billie Piper was there as the Moment interface and Bad Wolf (not Rose Tyler) and didn't interact with anyone but John Hurt's Doctor. That was clever. And I loved when Clara told him he looked so much younger then her Doctor. I loved the the glasses, the screwdrivers and passing of the fez. I loved how they included all the Doctors in the finale - even the next one. And that we got to here the Doctors use their trademark frazes.

I loved seeing the often mentioned by Ten affair with Queen Bess (also good on BBC America for showing End of Time right after simulcast where both this is mentioned and the Time war plays important part). Queens Elizabeths are pretty awesome, aren't they? I loved a multi-time and multi-Doctor Zygon invasion. I loved how the solution to Zygon invasion was everybody lives. This episode was really about finding a better way then exploding everyone. I loved Osgood the scientist in the scarf. I loved Kate Lethbrige Stewart. And that we got to the Black Vault with Captain Jack's time vortex manipulator and a board full of all the Doctors and previous companions. And how the Doctor reminisced working for them and wanted his own desk. I even loved the aerial views of London at the beginning (it is a character in the show too, isn't it?).

Even in 2D the 3D paintings looked cool.

Most of all I loved Moffat's trademark timey whimey stuff. Sometimes it's tiresome. But when he gets it right it's so much fun. And I'm not just taking about the Time War story but also small things like the phone call and the painting. I remember wondering for a moment why the painting was there in Black Archive when Clara and Kate walked in even though it was just in the National Gallery but I disregarded it as a mistake and then other stuff happened but it all made sense in the end.


I loved that The Moment is an ultimate weapon that developed conscience and didn't want genocide - it's like the very opposite of Daleks. It's only appropriate it's the one who saves everyone from them (or at least makes it possible for Doctor to find another way).

Silence will fall

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

<3 Everything you said. It was amazing. =D

[ellestra.livejournal.com]

It was joy. Everything I expect from Doctor Who :)