When you think about it, we’re all different people all through our lives,” he said. He had a lot to think about in his final moments in this body. But despite his reset youthful appearance, he was still dying. Those who’ve followed “Doctor Who” for a while will remember there’s a limit to the number of regenerations he gets, exactly 12.Īfter Clara returned the first time, the aging Doctor told Clara that he had used them all up, counting John Hurt’s War Doctor from the previous episode, and a time when the Tenth Doctor regenerated into himself.Ĭould this be the end of the Doctor for good?Īfter her second return, having read the aforementioned poem from a Christmas cracker, and as the Doctor began to die of old age, she pleaded with the time field to save him.Īs the Daleks prepared to attack, the time field appeared, granting the Doctor more regenerative energy, which he used to lay waste to all of the invading armies (“Love from Gallifrey, boys!”) – but it also meant that his time was up.Ĭlara returned to the TARDIS, finding the Doctor back to his old self again. (Sorry, Clara, the Doctor lies.) But she returned one last time… Seeing the Doctor and his companion – who had earlier unwittingly declared her feelings for him – reunited was a hugely uplifting moment, though soon the Doctor sent her away again, after saying he wouldn’t. But he didn’t think he could protect Clara and sent her back home without her knowledge.Īs centuries went by on Trenzalore, the Doctor started to show his age and finally, Clara returned with the TARDIS and the “feels” came along with her. The Daleks, Cybermen and more were ready to take on the Time Lords, however, and the Doctor was prepared to literally save Christmas (not to mention the entire planet, Trenzalore).
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Things started off smoothly enough, with the Doctor pretending to be Clara’s boyfriend at Christmas dinner.Ī few sitcom-ish moments (and Daleks, weeping angels and Cybermen – including one disembodied) later, and soon the Doctor learned that Gallifrey and the other Time Lords could soon return, using a crack in the wall, in a small town called Christmas – a time field seen in the Eleventh Doctor’s first episode. So without further ado, here are five moments from the episode that had us feeling all of our feelings: “MY FEELINGS ARE NOT OK,” is how Vera Raposo put it. I’m emotionally wrecked,” tweeted Kyle Williams. Of course, we’ve known for several months that this was coming, but the reactions on social media made clear that many in the audience weren’t ready to say goodbye to Smith’s Eleventh Doctor. It was a bittersweet night for “Who” fans (or “Whovians”), to say the least.
The episode certainly ran the gamut, at various times showing the Doctor bald, naked and growing very old.
With those poetic words, Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald summed up the stakes of Wednesday night’s Christmas episode of “Doctor Who.” Following a hugely successful, well-received 50th anniversary episode last month, it seemed fitting that the show would bid goodbye to Matt Smith for an encore. Eleven’s hour is over now, the clock is striking Twelve’s.” “And now it’s time for one last bow, like all your other selves.
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