Nice nod to The Brain of Morbius in the mini-sode.
Also, look how young John Hurt's War Doctor was the end. Tells you how long the Time War went on for.
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! Are those tears of joy? Yes, yes they are. How incredibly fantastic that was. But it's a bittersweet thing too because it made me think about all that could have been...
So many feels...
edit: I've just remembered: November 14th is Paul McGann's birthday!
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Day of the Doctor teaser video / possibly part of the into to the episode:
Just before he drank the Elixir, the Doctor recites the name of his companions whom are all from the radio plays; does it means that all of those just became canon (as well as the plays)?
^ Yep. Not only that, but there's a new interview with Steven Moffat on the BBC site where he pretty much confirms the audiobooks as canon. The ones I've listened to have all been very good. And it's cool because the later stories in the Eighth Doctor series really steer him towards the darker, grizzled looking Doctor we saw in the new minisode. To the point where I wonder if it was intentional.
Not crying.
^^^ Hands-down favorite episode of that series, possibly even the Matt Smith era. Loved the sets, the costumes, the acting from the guests...great episode.
Same here. I just read yesterday that Neil Gaiman had actually written the first draft of that episode before they had even cast Matt Smith as the Doctor.
New prequel mini-episode on iTunes: The Last Day (link contains spoilers, but also contains a further link to the episode on Daily Motion).
That was alright, I guess. Not quite what I expected, but at least it's something different.
Hmm, it felt more like a video game like Halo or Mass Effect than Doctor Who. But hey, it wasn't bad. Spoiler: When the Dalek came into focus though, I have to admit I thought "man, these guys are just not scary anymore". Might just be me, hopefully the special will change that!
Just watching 'adventures in time and space', a dramatisation of the beginning of Dr Who and the William Hartnell era, it's so sad when they have to create the regeneration because of his ill health and tell him he's being replaced but he doesn't want to go
I really want to see that doc. Hopefully my internet will be fixed soon so that I can handle downloading it.
The whole thing was absolutely gorgeous. So much so that I thought it would have been enough just to have that show as the 50th anniversary celebration alone. Even for a young'un like me who hasn't seen any First Doctor stories, I still found it incredibly powerful and moving. It's worth watching for any fan of the show.
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHThat was excellent, it was so good I can't believe Moffat was involved
Oh my god, the feels I'm experiencing right now! That was an 80 minute long fangasm. That was fantastic!
Lost interest in Who around the time Eccleston finished up, and hadn't watched it since then... Turned on Day Of The Doctor tonight, and was very pleasantly surprised. Brilliant piece of television - hilarious, smart, well-written, emotive, well acted, and infinitely more polished than the first series of 21st century Who (talking mainly about the camerawork and direction, but the effects were great too). Will definitely be watching more in future.
I don't know, it kind of bugs me that in The End of Time (which coincidentally aired between airings of Day of the Doctor) it's established that the return of Gallifrey would be A Bad Thing. & it was established several times that the reason the Doctor did what he did to Gallifrey was that they'd become just as evil as the Daleks.
So now he's going to go off & search for Gallifrey?
No, the events of The End Of Time (from the Gallifrey perspective) took place after the Doctor pushed the big red button originally. He didn't push the big red button this time, therefore those events never happened. Unless they're trying to claim this is the way things always happened, & the War Doctor didn't remember he didn't push the button (the whole bit where they don't remember interacting with each other) & he just thinks things unfolded the way they were supposed to, & now realizes they didn't.
Edit: OK, after reading the Wikipedia article on the Time War, I may have been mixed up about the whole Time Lock thing, I thought it was something the Doctor did, but I guess it was a side-effect of the whole Time War.
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OMG I got so emotional watching all the Doctors at work saving Gallifrey.
Also, Capaldi! Baker!
Quick question - we've only got up to finishing season 5 of the new Dr Who, so the first Matt Smith season - will that make a difference to watching this?
Yep, you should definitely watch the rest of the Matt Smith stories beforehand, especially the latest series. The only thing I haven't seen was this month's 7 minutes mini episode, and still, I was kinda lost because it explains a huge plot point, and there was no re-cap of its events in the anniversary.