You wait six months for a Doctor, then three turn up all at once ...
- Publication: The Sunday Mail (Scotland)
- Date: 2013-11-10
- Author: Simon Boyle
- Page: 19
- Language: English
You wait six months for a Doctor, then three turn up all at once ...
THEY have not seen their hero on TV since the end of the last series six months ago – but Doctor Who fans have a special treat to look forward to when the show returns.
WHO'S WHO? Matt Smith, left, David Tennant, centre, and John Hurt in a scene from the 50th anniversary special
Three Time Lords will line up together in a hotly anticipated 50th anniversary special on November 23.
BBC bosses last night unveiled a trailer of the episode, entitled The Day Of The Doctor, showing the current Doctor Matt Smith alongside his predecessor David Tennant and the so-called 'Dark Doctor' played by veteran star John Hurt.
The anniversary show will be one of the final appearances for Smith, 31, who is to be replaced in the role by The Thick Of It star Peter Capaldi after the Christmas special. Tennant, 42, returns after leaving the show in 2010.
Mystery surrounds the character played by Hurt, 73. Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat suggested he would play an older, meaner incarnation of the Time Lord.
He said: 'It looks like somehow he's been through it a bit.
'This isn't a Doctor who's just appeared, –he's been around, he's been in this form for a while.' The episode also sees the return of Billie Piper as the Doctor's companion Rose. Viewers will see her eyes flash spookily – a reference to a previous storyline that saw her gain godlike powers and which show insiders say is a 'never-before-seen twist'.
Moffat heaped praise on Hurt's scene-stealing performance alongside the two younger Doctors. He said: 'You'd have David and Matt leaping around the set and doing every form of physical comedy with each other, and then John Hurt would come along, do this tiny movement with his eyes and you go, "That's it, he's got the scene now, hasn't he?" '
The trailer was inadvertently posted on the BBC Spain Facebook page ahead of its intended debut at 8pm yesterday. It remained online for 30 minutes before being taken down after excited fans began sharing the link on social networks. Show bosses then uploaded it to the official website. Eagle-eyed fans quickly identified scenes showing the Doctor's home planet Gallifrey under attack.
They began to speculate whether the episode will finally show scenes of The Last Great Time War, which has been regularly been referred but never actually seen.
The Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode will air simultaneously around the world.
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