The Time of the Doctor

241 – "The Time of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
Promotional poster
Cast
Others
Production
Directed byJamie Payne
Written bySteven Moffat
Script editorDerek Ritchie
Produced byMarcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)Steven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Music byMurray Gold
Series2013 specials
Running time60 minutes
First broadcast25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Day of the Doctor"
Followed by →
"Deep Breath"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Time of the Doctor" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Jamie Payne, and was broadcast as the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One.[1] It features the final regular appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first full appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor following his brief cameo in the previous episode "The Day of the Doctor". The episode also features Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald, plus several enemies of the Doctor, including the Daleks, Cybermen, Silence and Weeping Angels.

The episode addresses numerous plot threads developed over the course of Smith's tenure, including the prophecy of the Silence, cracks in the universe, and the Doctor's fate on the planet Trenzalore, while also dealing with the regeneration limit established in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin. "The Time of the Doctor" is Smith's fourth and final Christmas special as the Eleventh Doctor.

  1. ^ BBC One Christmas. "BBC One Christmas 2013 - Schedule Highlights". British Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.