The End of Time (Doctor Who)

202 – "The End of Time"
Doctor Who episodes
The return of the Time Lords
Cast
Doctor David Tennant – Tenth Doctor
Companion Bernard Cribbins – Wilfred Mott
Guest John Simm – The Master Timothy Dalton – The Narrator/Lord President[a] Catherine Tate – Donna Noble Jacqueline King – Sylvia Noble Claire Bloom – The Woman June Whitfield – Minnie Hooper David Harewood – Joshua Naismith Tracy Ifeachor – Abigail Naismith Sinéad Keenan – Addams Lawry Lewin – Rossiter Alexandra Moen – Lucy Saxon Karl Collins – Shaun Temple Teresa Banham – Governor Barry Howard – Oliver Barnes Allister Bain – Winston Katusi Simon Thomas – Mr Danes Sylvia Seymour – Miss Trefusis Pete Lee-Wilson – Tommo Dwayne Scantlebury – Ginger Lacey Bond – Serving Woman Lachele Carl – Trinity Wells Paul Kasey – Ood Sigma Ruari Mears – Elder Ood Max Benjamin – Teenager Silas Carson – Voice of Ood Sigma Brian Cox – Voice of Elder Ood Billie Piper – Rose Tyler Camille Coduri – Jackie Tyler John Barrowman – Captain Jack Harkness Freema Agyeman – Martha Smith-Jones Noel Clarke – Mickey Smith Elisabeth Sladen – Sarah Jane Smith Jessica Hynes – Verity Newman Thomas Knight – Luke Smith Russell Tovey – Midshipman Alonso Frame Joe Dixon – The Chancellor Julie Legrand – The Partisan Brid Brennan – The Visionary Krystal Archer – Nerys Nicholas Briggs – Voice of Judoon Dan Starkey – Sontaran Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor
Production
Directed by	Euros Lyn
Written by	Russell T Davies[b]
Script editor	Gary Russell
Produced by	Tracie Simpson
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Music by	Murray Gold
Production code	4.17 and 4.18
Series	2008–2010 specials
Running time	2 episodes, 60 and 75 minutes
First broadcast	25 December 2009 (2009-12-25)
Last broadcast	1 January 2010 (2010-01-01)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Waters of Mars"(special) Dreamland (animated serial) Followed by → "The Eleventh Hour"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The End of Time" is a two-part story of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, originally broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 25 December 2009 (Part 1) and 1 January 2010 (Part 2). It is the fifth Doctor Who Christmas special and the last entry in a series of specials aired from 2008 to 2010. It marks the final regular appearance of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and introduces Matt Smith^[1] as the Eleventh Doctor. At the time, it was the last Doctor Who story written and produced by Russell T Davies,^[2] who shepherded the series' return to British television in 2005 and served as the series's executive producer and chief writer, until he returned to the position in 2022 for the 60th anniversary specials onwards.^[1][3][4]

Bernard Cribbins, who appeared in the story "Voyage of the Damned" and throughout Series 4 as Wilfred Mott, grandfather of Donna Noble, acts as the companion to the Doctor in this two-part story.^[5] The special also features the return of many other actors to the show, including Catherine Tate, John Simm, Jacqueline King, Alexandra Moen, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Jessica Hynes and Russell Tovey.

The story features the Tenth Doctor (Tennant), who has been running from a prophecy of his impending demise, as he is drawn into a scheme by his old nemesis, the Master (Simm). The Master brings the human race under his control as part of an elaborate plan to restore the world of his and the Doctor's own people, the Time Lords, from their demise in the Time War referred to in the series. The Doctor is able to avert this, but incurs fatal injuries. In the episode's conclusion, as has happened before, the Doctor regenerates and becomes a new man with a new personality and physical traits, setting up the show's following series with Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Steven Moffat as executive producer.

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