Moffat also chose to requisition actor Paul McGann for one more outing as the Eighth Doctor in a mini-episode production, The Night of the Doctor, one week after production wrapped on the anniversary special, resulting in a second former Doctor returning to the screen as part of the festivities. The process of resolving the regenerations issue was being enforced by executive producer Steven Moffat, as he wished to have a "complete set" in time for Matt Smith's upcoming final episode. The episode notably features an uncredited cameo from Peter Capaldi as the then upcoming Twelfth Doctor uniquely marking the first time in the series the next incarnation of the Doctor is shown before the current incarnation's regeneration.įurthermore, the special depicted the War Doctor's regeneration into the Ninth Doctor, completing a missing link in the chain of incarnations that started when Christopher Eccleston debuted in the 2005 relaunch of the series, Rose. The reason for the War Doctor's existence was to compensate for not being able to use the Ninth Doctor as the incarnation who fought the Time War Christopher Eccleston declined to return, so a workaround had to be implemented by using a regeneration who did not use the "Doctor" title so as not to disturb the numbering. His only full-length adventure on screen introduced a new iteration of the Doctor's sonic screwdriver and a unique TARDIS control room predating those seen in Series 1. The episode featured the return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and the appearance of John Hurt as a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor: the War Doctor, in what was the final chronological adventure for his portrayal of the Doctor. The success of this release led to the series 8 premiere, Deep Breath, receiving a similar theatrical simulcast as it aired on television on 23 August 2014. Because of its theatrical run and subsequently strong home media sales, it is the single adventure with the highest gross worldwide sales in the history of Doctor Who. It also broke, or neared, viewing records in a number of other regions around the world. Domestically, the British Broadcasting Corporation's 2013/14 Annual Report cited it as the most watched drama on the BBC in 2013, with 12.8 million television viewers, and an additional 3.2 million iPlayer requests. In all, it was viewable in some 94 countries and 1,500 theatres worldwide. It aired at the same time around the globe, on 23 and 24 November 2013 on television, setting a record for the largest ever simulcast of a television drama. It was written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran and featured Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, Billie Piper as the Moment and John Hurt as the War Doctor.įor the occasion, it was the first full-length multi-Doctor story of the BBC Wales era, the first Doctor Who adventure shot in stereoscopic 3D, and the first adventure to be broadly available in cinemas in a number of different countries. The Day of the Doctor was the 50th Anniversary Special of Doctor Who. You may be looking for the novelisation or the episode of Doctor Who that exists within the DWU.
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