The Day Of The Doctor Review

This review may contain spoilers.

Isn’t it strange to think that the 50^th Anniversary of Doctor Who is being celebrated across the world even in cinemas after a risky reboot back in 2005?

SYNOPSIS - We have the main story of the Doctor Who villians The Zygons (monsters that can mimic people around them but otherwise look like big, ugly creatures) breaking free from oil paintings in London’s National Gallery to take over the world. Meanwhile, Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor jumps through a time fissure to team up with David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor and save the day. We also have the ‘War doctor’ (John Hurt) who was about to trigger a weapon of mass destruction named ‘The Moment’ which would destroy Gallifrey. The War Doctor has a chance in this episode to meet his future incarnations and see first hand the consequences of his actions.

I enjoyed the 50^th anniversary special a lot, especially the interactions between the three doctors. There were great performances all round. The current incarnation, The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) was his much-loved wacky self, while David Tennant brought back all the quirks which made us love his doctor so much. Added into this is the brilliant John Hurt, whose Doctor seemed to be the only adult among the three of them.

Watching the tenth and the eleventh Doctor on screen was great and what many people were looking forward to. They make fun of one another and it is brilliant to watch. With Tennant's doctor it feels like nothing has changed at all and he seemed to come back to the role easily.

I think that this episode overall satisfied the fans. This episode covers all that happened in the gap where Doctor Who was not on the TV and exactly what went on. 

A great performance from Billie Piper also, but, if there was one thing I could change it would be that The doctors were able to see and interact with Rose…even though it wasn’t actually Rose. Never Apply Logic to Who.

It was a good celebration of 50 years and a way of looking back with a cameo from the brilliant Tom Baker, but also looking forward as there was a glimpse of Peter Capaldi as the 12^th Doctor.

As a drama, it does all that you can ask for – it's funny, moving and exciting.

Wow. 50 years. Happy Birthday Who. I look forward to another 50.