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The Day of the Doctor EDITED Reaction |Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special (Patreon)

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2026-04-28 13:00:16
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Reaction | The Day of the Doctor: https://youtu.be/xACNAvxVqH4

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BMackVO

Paul was the doctor in the 1996 movie. It was an attempt to revive the series, but although it was decent it didn't spark it up. He really deserved his own seasons. He does get to play him in the Big Finish audiobooks. The sisterhood of Karn aren't timelords per say, they are a parallel group that use their abilities in a more psychic way. The time war that hurt was in is "the" time war that's been referenced since the beginning of the rebooted show.

Robert A.

I first saw this in a movie theater, in 3D...the paintings blew our minds.

Lucifer_Crowe

You might recall that 10 visited London with Martha (Shakespeare episode) and Elizabeth 1st wanted him executed for something he didn't know he'd done yet. Effectively after marrying her he abandoned her. How he remained Curator of the Undergallery etc is unclear, but maybe as Queen she respected the 3 Time Lords, but as a woman hated 10 personally. (11 and War didn't slight her, from her perspective I guess)

Josef Schiltz

The Sisterhood Of Karn appeared in a Fourth Doctor serial, The Brain Of Morbius. January 1976. Paul McGann is excellent as The Doctor and fell straight into the role in the minisode as if he had never left. He is well loved as The Doctor, even though most of his tenure is audio only. The Caretaker is a reedification of the Fourth Doctor played by Tom Baker - who Matt described as "mad as a box of frogs. Tom is now 92 and was the longest serving actor in the role, from 1974 to 81, and still The Doctor to many.

DeathSwitch

Fun fact! Remember way back when Martha and the 10th doctor visited Shakespeare & there were witches? Queen Elizabeth the 1st showed up at the end, saw 10 and wanted to take his head off 😂 he was so confused as to why, guess we finally know; he ran away just after marrying her!

D. J. Toland

It's not the same and I'm not suggesting it's what you're asking for, but Christopher has come back as Nine for Big Finish's audio dramas. He's great.

Pinnyskenis

There was also the joke at the start of the end of time part 1 where David is on the ood planet, where he locks the tardis like a car, he says to the old "old queen Bess, and let me tell you, her name is no longer..." In reference to the virgin queen name

The Lazy Gamer

The only problem is they cost a penny, unless she knows someone that can lend their login that owns them.

Space Monkey Mafia

Now you have an answer to why the Queen wanted Ten dead in The Shakespeare Code in series 3. "I'll be right back"

Robert A.

In my head canon/fevered imaginings, I would like to think that he visited occasionally, then at some point he told her "okay, the next time you see me I will not have met you yet so you can mess with my brain if you'd like"

Robert A.

Paul McGann has done a lot of Big Finish audios, fleshing out the Eighth Doctor from his one previous TV appearance. When he named all of his companions at the end of Night of the Doctor, he was bringing them all into official BBC canon and I was desperately trying not to squee too loud as I was at work...

John the Rambling Scriblerian

"I always get emotional when I see Christopher." Because, of course, he's your first Doctor. And that, my wonderful friend, is how I feel every time that I see Tom Baker, and for the same reason. This episode always kills me, but it also makes me so undeniably, outrageously happy. Definitely a rollercoaster ride! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need comfort food.... Thank you for this. It made my day. As always... Outstanding.

Jeremy H

When the eyebrows showed up the theatre I was watching in let out a collective gasp

Frank J

The numbering of the Doctors hasn't been affected by this, so Chris Eccleston is still considered the 9th Doctor and so on, with John Hurt referenced as the "War Doctor".

Barry

Lovely reaction, as always ☺️ I love how emotive and emotional and connected you get to characters. Just a few little details you may have missed. The doctor first met Elizabeth 1st at the end of the Shakespeare code, with Martha. She called him "my sworn enemy" and then her guards chased the doctor and Martha back to the Tardis. But we don't know why she hated him. We now know that she was likely upset about The Doctor seemingly abandoning her after their wedding and never speaking to her again. 😅 And The Moment was actually mentioned all the way back in The End Of Time part 2 (I believe) when we see Rasilon (Timothy Dalton) and the other time lords around the table. "He has the moment and he will use it to destroy timelords and daleks alike". As well as that the phrase "no more" has also been used in relation to the time war before. Rassilon says it that same episode with Tennant and The Master, when the time lords are coming through the gate. It seems "no more" is the opinion of many characters, just used in different ways. ☺️ Oh and the scarf the scientist lady wears is a callback to Tom Baker's doctor, he wore a really long scarf with multiple colours like that.

Jared Viljoen

I would actually love to have Paul McGann back as the Doctor in a series, he really never got a good shot at being the onscreen Doctor.

SuperJohnPatterson

So Chris was asked back for this episode originally. Sadly he declined one (on a lighter note) he's not a fan of multi doctor stories. an cause of also the history with bbc an he's doctor who team. But he did consider it an I'm told nearly said yes. but due to him saying no is why they made the war doctor an how we got Sir John Hurt. :)

DarkStar 57

YESYESYESSSSS!!! And this is on my day off. This is so goood :3

Josef Schiltz

One of my favourite lines in this is from Kate. "The ravens are looking a bit sluggish. Tell Malcolm they need new batteries." The line is playfully suggesting that the legendary, kingdom-protecting ravens are actually advanced, battery-powered surveillance drones maintained by UNIT, referencing the old superstition that if the ravens leave the Tower Of London then the kingdom will fall. Malcolm is, of course, a callback to UNIT's scientific advisor, Dr. Malcolm Taylor being played Lee Evans in Planet Of The Dead, with David Tennant and Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina De Souza - whom, I recall, Angela referencing in not quite so positive tones at the beginning of Time Of Angels. "Oh, it's not going to be that Christina chick is it?"

Josef Schiltz

One of my favourite lines in this is from Kate. "The ravens are looking a bit sluggish. Tell Malcolm they need new batteries."

David Vandervliet

and don't forget how 10 talks about her in the End of Time

David Vandervliet

well he really hasn't ever left the role, he did the movie in 96, and did his first Big Finish just 4 years later. And he's been doing them ever since. for over 20 years

Adinium

I think it’s very important for you to know this about this story: basically the events of this story technically “always” happened. The Doctor never destroyed Gallifrey at all and he just didn’t remember it for the events of Series 1-7 until he was the 11th Doctor at the end of this episode due to the timelines out-of-sync thing that they mentioned at the end. This means that none of the canon of the last 7 series has been undone or retconned. The master was also unaware of Gallifrey potentially surviving during the events of the Series 3 finale and the End of Time so that still fits. Speaking of the End of Time, the High Council of the Time Lords in that episode and them trying to bring Gallofrey to Earth etc still happened but it happened basically in between the first and last scenes with the Time Lord Command Generals in this episode. They even mentioned that line this episode saying the “high council have gone into seclusion” basically referring to their plan in the End of Time. Also you saw the Master go back to Gallifrey through the portal with the high council at the end of the end of time part 2, so technically he was on Gallifrey when the Doctors attempted to freeze Gallifrey at the end of this episode.

Bill Roland

Angela doesn't like endings.

john

Hands down, my favorite anniversary special. It just hits every note perfectly. Fantastic tribute the entire series. That part where they had every doctor there saving Gallifrey gets me every time. And Tom Baker as the curator: that was just a brilliant cameo. I’m haven’t even watched much classic Who, and I still get emotional over that.

Josef Schiltz

Mm. Exactly. He is actually - I believe? - the longest running actor current in the role.

Leo Cap

while a generally positive critical reception, I guess some fans weren't happy with the decision to retcon the destruction of Gallifrey, as it supposedly undermines the emotional significance of his motivations in the Davies era ...I disagree, in that Gallifrey isn't just out there continuing to exist -- it's frozen in a single moment in time. they still made a very costly and grim decision -- it just wasn't genocide like before. while I realize that there's a big difference between the guilt of freezing a planet and the guilt of wiping it out, I think it's an important distinction that the Doctor's trauma and grief wasn't "meaningless". he still has a strong reason for it to bear weight on his shoulders -- he just happens to get the opportunity to save / find Gallifrey now I really think they handled a twist like this in the best way possible

Chris Padwick

Apart from being a masterpiece in its own right, Moffat let himself go on the timey-wimey stuff. He explains why Elizabeth I is so pissed off with 10 at the end of The Shakespeare Code - he promised to be right back and she didn't see him again for about 30 years. I loved the way the photos in the Black Archive were used to showcase a lot of the previous companions. The opening sequence outside Clara's school referenced Ian Chesterton, the first doctor's companion, 10 and 11 squabbled about 'reversing the polarity' a phrase of the 3rd doctor. 10's comment 'You've had this place redecorated. I don't like it!' was a tribute to the second doctor. Also, check the painting behind 11 when he takes the fez from the glass case. .Lovely reaction, Angela, but if you get 5 minutes, give the cinema prequel - Strax is in it as is 10 and 11.

Reyo Abyssblood

I loved seing tom baker aka the fourth doctor he was who I started with my brother had me watch the classic who as a kid but my favorite David tenant the 10th and Matt Smith ad the 11th together was way cool

Robert A.

It's long been fan lore that in multiple Doctor stories, the Doctor(s) wouldn't remember events until the oldest of the multiple doctors experienced them. This is vaguely supported by the "timelines are out of sync" comment from 11.

glenn sawyer

Christopher eccleston has had issues with Russell T Davies, and the team in his season, i believe that includes moffat, and possibly chris chibnal, and currently the show runner is back to RTD, at one point eccleston said he would come back if RTD left, but recently he said if the was a female show runner he would ne back in a heartbeat, (and you just saw an adventure in space and time, so you know doctor who started with a female show runner)

glenn sawyer

When you watched the end of time, the last two part episode when 10 regenerates, i notice for the first time, 10 says he just married queen Elizabeth the first

glenn sawyer

Just about every time theres multiple doctor episodes (usually the anniversary specials) they say when seeing the interior of the tardis, the previous doctor says "I see you've redecorated.... I don't like it" it's a running joke, 10 had the privilege of saying it this time

Space Monkey Mafia

In my head, he just forgot he was married due to the timeliness being out of sync. But, basically, yeah, this takes place soon before those episodes.

Doug C

Was that “fantastic” of yours as the other two said “Geronimo” and “allonsy” an intentional nod to Eccleston’s “Fantastic”s or just sincere adoration of what was going on. I missed any confirmation. Glad you liked the special! Sorry you couldn’t see it in 3D in theaters with us. The intro for that viewing was also spectacular and might be worth looking up!

Jeremy B

Your reaction to David riding out of the TARDIS on horseback put a big smile on my face too! I adore this episode. It's like a big Doctor Who movie. I've watched it so many times and it never fails to make me happy - just a big love letter to the show, celebrating everything that makes it so special. All those nods to the past, so much heart and a fun adventure with the highest of all stakes. I was at the 50th anniversary convention in London the day after the 50th special aired and the panel with Moffat, Matt and Jenna was so special, it was lovely to be able to applaud them and say thank you in person for such a brilliant episode. For fans of my vintage, hearing Tom Baker’s big booming voice at the end was a spine-tingling moment. Just awesome to include him. Giving Paul McGann's Doctor a regeneration was something the fans had wanted for years. The Doctor we all wish we'd had more time with. He's so good in so little screen time here. Great way to bring back Billie and getting around the fact that Rose couldn't be there. She does a fantastic job of playing the Moment as it takes the physical form of Bad Wolf. Christopher had issues with Russell and his production crew, but not with Moffat and his team, so he accepted Moffat's dinner invitation to discuss the anniversary and hear the plans for the story. Ultimately, he thought there wasn't much of a role for the Ninth Doctor. He's still extremely proud and protective of the character and though he would essentially be a third wheel to David and Matt, so he politely declined the next day. Moffat didn't see Paul McGann's Doctor as being the right fit as the character to have ended the Time War and wanted a more battle-hardened character, so the War Doctor was born. John Hurt was cast very last minute, so the original script for The Name of the Doctor ended with the words: “And the most famous actor in the world turns around.” There are lots of lovely little Easter eggs in the script and on the screen – the line “there’s a protocol for that” refers to the time UNIT last dealt with Three Doctors at once in 1973’s ‘The Three Doctors’. Then there are all the photographs of past companions across 50 years of the show on the noticeboard in the Black Archive. Coal Hill School where Clara teaches is the same school the First Doctor’s granddaughter Susan attended and where original companions Ian and Barbara also taught. And many more little moments like the I.M. Foreman, Scrap Merchant, 76 Totter's Lane street sign at the very beginning - the very scrap yard where the First Doctor's TARDIS was located when Ian and Barbara stumbled across it in the first ever episode of the show. The lines at the beginning where the Time Lords are discussing the emergency: “The High Council is in emergency session; they have plans of their own” “To hell with the High Council, their plans have already failed.” This refers to David Tennant’s final story ‘The End of Time’ when Timothy Dalton’s Rassilon attempts and fails to mount a terrible plan to ensure Gallifrey’s survival, thwarted by the Master. I’ve just thought of another Easter egg you’ll probably know: “Tell Malcolm to put new batteries in the ravens” at the beginning. Malcolm was the UNIT scientist in the David Tennant special ‘Planet of the Dead’. You may be able to find ‘The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot’ somewhere which was broadcast the same night as ‘The Day of The Doctor’. Featuring former Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy and a host of companions including John Barrowman, it features the three trying to get past Steven Moffat and get a part in the anniversary special. It’s very, very funny and affectionate.

Jeremy B

He didn't have issues with Moffat or Chibnall, just RTD and his senior production team. He had dinner with Moff to discuss initial ideas for the 50th, but ultimately declined.

Carl Wilson

I think you need to be a much more hardcore Whovian and probably British to enjoy that Five(ish) Doctors Reboot. I've seen much more Old Who than Angela has and I still couldn't get through it - suspect you really need the childhood nostalgia angle to get into it.

Kalinda

The script was written for Christopher. But when he declined to return his part was rewritten as the War Doctor.

Dante Sparda

I love the way Matt Smiths Doctor looks up smiling when hearing BAD WOLF, it's like he's saying "Rose Tyler, I always knew I loved you, and here you are protecting me? Thank you" It's like the word for The End of the Universe was flipped into a word of Hope for the Universe, and he's just happy to hear it.

Josef Schiltz

Just a note that a TARDIS only weighs in our dimension as much as the object efferently projected into our dimension by the TARDIS' chameleon circuit. In this case, of course, a 1929 AD Mackenzie Trench designed Police Telephone Box. Otherwise, there is no way that a helicopter would be able to pick it up.

Darren Withers

The opening music and title aren’t the only throwbacks, the entire first few seconds are actually a direct homage to the very first episode of Doctor Who (1963), An Unearthly Child. The junkyard is a callback to 76 Totter’s Lane where the First Doctor was discovered, the “I. M. Foreman” sign is the same name from that episode, and Coal Hill School (where Clara is teaching) is where the original companions were teachers. Even the black-and-white and camera movement are mimicking that original opening. It’s not the exact same location shot-for-shot, but it’s very deliberately echoing the moment the show began—perfect way to kick off the 50th anniversary.

William Wood

One of my all time favourite episodes. Certainly the best anniversary episode. It is always delightful to see an old Doctor with the current one. Tom Baker being in this was pure joy, as one of my favourite Doctors from the classic era, and actors generally. I do wish Eccleston had come back, but he still wasn’t right with the show at the time, and it was great having John Hurt. Night of the Doctor was also great to see more of Paul McGann, having only one televised story we never got enough. It is a great emotional rollercoaster of a show. Looking forward to your reaction to the Christmas Special

Matthew Corya

My favorite Doctor Who story. To have those three together was amazing!

Jay Willis

Plus he doesn't remember not wiping them out. he thinks he did it, and thus the emotional significance of his motivations are still there.

Justin

Fun fact: Steven moffat asked David tennant if there were any favorite classic doctor who aliens from his childhood that he regretted not getting to face on screen, and he said the Zygons from a classic tom baker story were his favorite… So Steven moffat wrote them into the story, to right on of tennants biggest regrets from his time on the show.

Xolotl (ENVTuber)

Honestly this episode is perhaps my favorite Doctor Who Episode of all time! There is one in Capaldi's run that's going to be damn good, but no Spoilers! To have Tennant back, Rose in some manner, seeing every Classic Who Doctor again, Christopher, as well as the teaser to Capaldi! I seriously can't wait for you to react to Matt's farewell, as well as Capaldi's run. It's absolutely a rollercoaster!

glenn sawyer

Now that you have seen this and night of the doctor, i suggest you watch the stand alone movie with paul mcgann from 1996, maybe you could watch it with your husband, its technically classic who but its a bridge between new who and classic who

Leo Cap

in case nobody already mentioned it -- the curator's Doctor (Tom Baker) is Sarah Jane Smith's doctor

RagedConsumer

My favourite episode of the whole show. And my favoutite scene is the 3 of them in the barn comming up with the plan to save Gallifrey and the all 13 scene. So good!

William Huebler

one of them. :) but one of the "old favorites"

William Huebler

one of the best doctor who episodes period. moffat is the perfect writer for an anniversary special. he melds the story, the profound actual series altering plot points, the sci-fi, the humor, the cameos and the fan-service so perfectly into an almost perfect capsule of doctor who that really summarizes what the show is about. as moffat himself said, its a hard show to write for to balance all those elements, but when you get it right its sooo rewarding.

Wes Rumbelow

In 2018, Steven Moffat wrote and published the novelization for the episode, “The Day of The Doctor.” The novel expands on the story of the 50th Anniversary with added nods to the show’s past, additional plot points, and extended scenes. My favorite of these “extended scenes” takes place during the iconic “All Thirteen” sequence of the book. Rather than each incarnation simply whizzing through space for a few minutes before Gallifrey is frozen, the various versions of The Doctor were far more “hands-on” with the rescuing of the planet. The following is an excerpt from the novelization of “The Day of the Doctor,” by Steven Moffat: “It took the better part of a day to translate the world of Gallifrey from one plane of reality to another, and the General was right. The planet screamed and burned and raged. There was a town, on the southern shore of Lake Calasper, ripped apart by a giant earthquake. No one should have survived, but everywhere the people ran, they found a police telephone box standing in front of them, opening its doors. A tornado tore through a tiny village, till a ring of blue boxes spun round the storm in the opposite direction, shrinking it into the ground. As cities and towns and villages burned all around the planet, blue boxes came hurtling through the smoke, rescuing people from windows and rooftops. A sky transporter, plunging towards the heart of the Capitol was suddenly being piloted by a funny man with big ears and a black jacket. Everyone on board stared out of the windows, as he climbed along the wing, to rewire one of the engines. A ship on the high seas, about to capsize, was suddenly captained by a strange little man in a frock coat and check trousers, who kept offering people gobstoppers and complaining about his aunt being giddy. There was a man with a ridiculous umbrella, who evacuated a school as a mountain crumbled towards it, and kept everyone laughing as they ran. A gentle cricketer took command of a hospital on fire, rescued the patients and completed an operation, as the flames licked at the theatre door. A man with a cloud of white hair and a swirling cape stood on a beach and, with a tiny silver rod, froze a whole tsunami as it thundered towards a town. A laughing joker in a colourful coat led a party of miners out of the tunnels that had come crashing down around them. Four children, trapped on the side of a cliff face, knew beyond doubt that no one was coming to their rescue, till the end of an absurdly long scarf dangled down in front of them. I was everywhere I was needed that day, across all my lives, and I believe I have never run so fast. If I sound proud, forgive me: it is the inverse of the shame I carried for so many years. This was the last day of the Time War, but it was no longer the worst day of my life. Instead, this was the day the people of Gallifrey rose up and put 2.47 billion children safely to bed. This was the day I remembered who I was, and swore never to forget again. This was the day of the Doctor.”

Derek Orr

Just how expensive are they?

Cullenprime .

Don't worry about crying because I am right there with you doing the same thing.

L K Piper

It ties in so well and It's great