The Time of the Doctor 

The Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.

Director:

Jamie Payne

Writers:

Steven Moffat, Terry Nation (characters: "Daleks")

Stars:

Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Orla Brady

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Smith	...	The Doctor
Jenna Coleman	...	Clara
Orla Brady	...	Tasha Lem
James Buller	...	Dad
Elizabeth Rider	...	Linda
Sheila Reid	...	Gran
Mark Anthony Brighton	...	Colonel Albero
Rob Jarvis	...	Abramal
Tessa Peake-Jones	...	Marta
Jack Hollington	...	Barnable
Sonita Henry	...	Colonel Meme
Kayvan Novak	...	Handles (voice)
Tom Gibbons	...	Young Man
Ken Bones	...	Voice (voice)
Aidan Cook	...	Cyberman

Storyline

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars - and amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.

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Plot Keywords:

death of hero | eleventh doctor | twelfth doctor | doctor who | trenzalore | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Tasha Lem is similar to Orla Brady's character Taryn in the BBC's Sinbad (2011).

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Goofs

When the Silence appears, Clara does not recognize it, however, as a primary school teacher, she would have watched the video of the moon landing in 1969 many times. The episode "Day of the Moon" showed the Doctor embedding the video of the Silence telling humanity to kill them on sight in that video, which Clara should have remembered.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Handles: You must patch the telephone device back through the console unit.

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Connections

Referenced in Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)

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Soundtracks

Doctor Who Theme
Written by Ron Grainer
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

User Reviews

Disappointing

I was really looking forward to this episode and Matt smith is one of my favorite doctors but this was really disappointing the plot sounded good and simple but in my opinion it was all over the place I was looking forward to the end actually. this episode is one of the worst doctor who episodes ever and such a horrible finale for a epic doctor. Steven Moffat is good but maybe bring back Russell. Steven you're good but you should focus on sherlock series 4 but then russell should focus on his own shows. Neil Cross should be the lead writer but Steven is good at most of his episodes like the 50th anniversary that was excellent but he really lost the ball with this one.3/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [UK] Official site [United States]

Release Date:

25 December 2013 (Germany)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS HD MASTER AUDIO 5.1 Mix)