 "The Day of The Doctor" is the Fiftieth Anniversary Special and stars, alongside Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman; David Tennant, Billie Piper, screen legend John Hurt and Joanna Page. Also appearing (but uncredited) are Tom Baker (The Fourth Doctor) and Peter Capaldi (The Twelfth Doctor).
This story was written by Steven Moffat; directed by Nick Hurran ("Asylum of the Daleks" and "The Angels Take Manhattan") and the Executive Producers were Steven Moffat and BBC Wales' Head of Drama, Faith Penhale.
This story has been described by series producer Marcus Wilson as a 'love letter to the fans' and by the controller of BBC One, Danny Cohen, as an 'event drama'.
At an official press launch Matt Smith is reported as saying, of his first experience of the script, 'I read it and I clapped at the end. I think it's hilarious, it's epic and it's vast. It manages to pay homage to everything - and look forward'.
This special features the return of the Daleks as well as the return, after a wait of 38 years, the Zygons. Aside from flashbacks these malevolent shape-shifting aliens have only appeared once before, threatening Earth in the 1975 Fourth Doctor story "Terror of the Zygons".
Despite the fact that the Zygons have had just one previous television appearance they remain a popular enemy and in the 2010 story "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang", they were amongst the massed aliens said to be gathering above Stonehenge. Later, in "The Power of Three", we learnt that the Zygons had one of their ships under the Savoy Hotel in 1890 and apparently replaced half the staff with imposters! Appart from their one and only appearance they have appeared in books and audio stories.
Although David Tennant returned to his role of the Tenth Doctor, previous incarnations of The Doctors did not take part. The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy confirmed that they had not heard anything about taking part. He added that he thought the old Doctors should feature in the special, since 'the fans are desperate for it. All of us want to do it, just for the fans - because that's what they want. But we've heard nothing. Tom Baker's heard nothing, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann... none of us have heard anything'.
The BBC did confirm that one other old Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor, was initially approached to reprise his role but after careful thought he decided not to be in the story.
Steven Moffat, told the US magazine Entertainment Weekly, 'It is important you don't turn it into a fanfest. We can't make this all about looking backwards. It's actually got to be the start of a new story'.
Also appearing in this story is Billie Piper playing the part of an interface for a device called The Moment, a Gallifreyan super weapon. This Interface is in the guise of former companion Rose Tyler. Billie Piper is though credited as playing the part of Rose Tyler.
Billie Piper has not portrayed the part of Rose Tyler as a regular companion since the 2006 Tenth Doctor story "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday", although she reprised her role in various stories in Season Thirty (New Series 4) and she appeared briefly in the 2009/2010 story "The End of Time".
Jenna Louise Coleman plays companion Clara Oswald. This is the first time she is credited on the show simply as Jenna Coleman, dropping the Louise part of her name seen in previous stories.
John Hurt plays the part of the War Doctor, a 'forgotten' past incarnation of The Doctor, that exists between The Doctor's Eighth and Ninth incarnations; he was regenerated from the Eighth Doctor to be more suited to fight in the Time War as revealed in the prequel ("The Night of The Doctor"). He was introduced to the show at the end of the Season Thirty Three (New Series 7) finale "The Name of The Doctor".
Despite being referred to as the ‘War Doctor’ the BBC iPlayer notes credited John Hurt's character as 'the Other Doctor'.
Gavin & Stacey and The Syndicatestar Jemma Redgrave previously appeared in the 2012 story "The Power of Three" playing the part of Kate Stewart, daughter of the legendary Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (aka The Brigadier). The part of Kate Stewart was originally played by Beverley Cressman in the direct-to-video spin-offs, "Downtime" and "Dæmos Rising".
The part of Queen Elizabeth I is played by Joanna Page. Joanna Page is the third actress to play the part of Queen Elizabeth I on Doctor Who, following Vivienne Bennet ("The Chase") and Angela Pleasence ("The Shakespeare Code").
Also appearing is Ingrid Oliver (Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, Watson & Oliver and Biffovision) playing the part of Osgood.
Once again Nicholas Briggs provides the voice of the Daleks. He also provides the voice of the Zygons.
Excluding flashbacks and archived footage David Tennant has not appeared in the show since his final regular appearance as the Tenth Doctor in the 2009/2010 story "The End of Time".
William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston and Peter Capaldi all appear in the special as their respective Doctors, mainly through the use of archive footage and voice doubles. Only Peter Capaldi was filmed specifically for the special, in his first official (though uncredited) appearance as the Twelfth Doctor. John Guilor provided the voice of the First Doctor.
At the end of this story Tom Baker (who is better known for playing the Fourth Doctor between 1974 and 1981) is seen playing an enigmatic character known as The Curator. However, the end credits only credit Tom Baker as The Doctor and it is left ambiguous as to whether or not The Curator is a future incarnation of The Doctor.
This story also included the surprise debut of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor.
Christopher Eccleston decided against returning for the regeneration, just as Colin Baker previously did for "Time and The Rani". A hint of the actor's face - primarily his eyes - are inserted digitally into the sequence.
This story opens with a title sequence that is very similar to that used in the very first story and a theme arrangement used during the First Doctor's era. The title sequence was though modified slightly to include the BBC logo and was slightly shortened.
This story's first few seconds are in black and white, just like the first episode of the 1985 story "The Two Doctors" - the previous full length televised multi-Doctor story.
This story contains a number of references to previous stories. Echoing the opening of the very first story, "An Unearthly Child", a policeman is shown walking past the sign for I.M. Foreman, the scrap merchant in whose yard the TARDIS was located. Coal Hill School was The Doctor's granddaughter Susan's school when they were on Earth in 1963, also featured in both the original story and the 1988 Fifth Doctor story "Remembrance of the Daleks".
A sign outside the school shows that Ian Chesterton (formerly one of the First Doctor's original three companions and a science teacher at the school) is chairman of the school's Board of Governors. This sign also shows that a W. Coburn is the headmaster.
As Clara leaves the school a clock can be seen to display the time as 17:16, the broadcast time of "An Unearthly Child" - the very first Doctor Who story.
The Eleventh Doctor gets to wear a fez again. His fixation with fezzes began in the 2010 story "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang" and it reappeared in the 2010 Christmas special story "A Christmas Carol" and then again in the 2011 story "The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon" and the 2013 story "The Bells of Saint John".
This story re-wrote the backstory on Doctor Who, as rather than destroying Gallifrey, The Doctors were able to save it instead.
The Moment device was originally mentioned in "The End of Time", but not explored in depth. Here, it takes the form of Bad Wolf, a seemingly omnipotent being created by Rose Tyler when she absorbed the Time Vortex in the 2005 Ninth Doctor story "Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways".
The Tenth Doctor's wedding with Elizabeth I is shown and the Eleventh Doctor makes references to the Tenth Doctor's and Elizabeth I's sexual relations (see "The Shakespeare Code", "The End of Time", "The Beast Below", "Amy's Choice" and "The Wedding of River Song"). Presumably, the fact he indicates no intention of returning to his new wife is what results in her antagonism towards him when they meet in "The Shakespeare Code".
The Eleventh Doctor refers to his fate on Trenzalore (see "The Wedding of River Song and "The Name of The Doctor").
The Tenth Doctor, upon hearing of Trenzalore, says they need to take a different direction and that 'I don't want to go'. The Eleventh Doctor then commented to Clara that 'He always says that'. These were the last words the Tenth Doctor said before his regeneration in "The End of Time". The Tenth Doctor also mentioned the Fall of Arcadia in "Doomsday".
The Doctor's age once gain is mentioned. While confronting a rabbit in Elizabethan England, which he briefly believes to be a Zygon in disguise, the Tenth Doctor says that he is 904 years old.
When asked how old he is by the War Doctor, the Eleventh Doctor says that he doesn't know and has lost track, settling on 'Twelve hundred and something, I think, unless I'm lying'. He goes on to say that he is so old he couldn't remember if he was lying about his age.
The TARDIS has landed in Trafalgar Square once before, in the 1966 story "The Daleks' Master Plan", (in the episode titled "Volcano").
A motorbike was previously ridden into the TARDIS in the 1996 television film "Doctor Who: The Movie". The Tenth Doctor was also seen riding a moped out of the TARDIS in the 2006 story "The Idiot's Lantern".
It is revealed that the Zygon's homeworld was destroyed during the first part of the Last Great Time War.
The Tenth Doctor uses a machine to track down the Zygon. It is similar to the timey-wimey detector that he used in the 2007 story "Blink". This one though is designed to detect shapeshifters.
The Tenth Doctor previously encountered the Zygons in the Lake District in September 1909 in the BBC Books' Tenth Doctor novel "Sting of the Zygons". The Eleventh Doctor encountered them when he took Amy Pond and Rory Williams on an anniversary trip to the Savoy Hotel in 1890 ("The Power of Three").
Since the Zygons are shapeshifting creatures, it could be said that, apart from Aiden Cook and Paul Kasey, Jemma Redgrave, Joanna Page, Ingrid Oliver and Jonjo O'Neil are also portraying them.
This is the first on-screen appearance of the Daleks not to feature those of the New Dalek Paradigm in the Steven Moffat era.
The War Doctor gripes at his future incarnations for brandishing their Sonic Screwdrivers as if they were water pistols. The Tenth Doctor actually used a water pistol against the Pyroviles in the 2008 story "The Fires of Pompeii".
When surrounded by Queen Elizabeth I's soldiers, the War Doctor asks the Tenth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor if they were going to 'assemble a cabinet at them>'. The phrase 'build a cabinet' was previously used by River Song in relation to the sonic screwdriver ("The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon"), and the statement 'build some shelves' was similarly used by Captain Jack Harkness in the 2009 story "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances". Ironically the three Doctors later used their screwdrivers offensively to blast a Dalek back with a force field, destroying it.
While The Doctor is entranced by a fez, the painting that Clara stops to admire in the Under Gallery shows the latest variant of the Cybermen that was first seen in "Nightmare in Silver".
The Eleventh Doctor calls to Clara through a wormhole, referring to her as the 'Wicked Witch of the Well'. Hila Tacorien was previously referred to by this name, in the 2013 story "Hide", due to the wormhole in Caliburn House.
The UNIT dating controversy, regarding whether the Third Doctor era stories took place in the 1970s or 1980s, is referenced in dialogue by Kate Stewart, when she is heard asking for one of her fathers files and says it may be filed under 'the '70s or '80s depending on the dating protocol used'.
Kate's father, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, a central character in the Third Doctor's era, originally appearing in the 1968 Second Doctor story "The Invasion" and making his last appearance in the 1989 Seventh Doctor story "Battefield", is also referenced. An image of The Brigadier is seen alongside images of various companions of The Doctor.
The Black Archive of UNIT is visited (see The Sarah Jane Adventures story "Enemy of the Bane" and the comic strip "Don't Step on the Grass").
Clara had not previously visited the Black Vault however she was surprised to find she had previously been vetted and granted high-level access. Photos of her and Kate Stewart are pinned to a board showing many of The Doctor's companions, however this is the first time they have met from Clara's point of view.
Photos of previous associates of The Doctor pinned to this board include: Wilfred Mott, Rory Williams, Amy Pond, River Song, Kamelion, Martha Jones, Peri, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Nyssa, Donna Noble, Captain Mike Yates, Adric, Sara Kingdom, Tegan Jovanka, Barbara Wright, Polly Wright, Grace Holloway, Ben Jackson, Ian Chesterton, Susan, Brigadier Winifred Bambera, UNIT Captain Erisa Magambo, and Rose Tyler.
A pair of red heels identical to the ones River Song wore on the Byzantium, in the 2010 story "The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone", are also seen in the Black Archive.
Kate Stewart's mobile phone has a TARDIS dematerialisation sound set as her ring tone.
When Kate Stewart realises that there are multiple doctors, she asks for a file code named 'Cromer', which is a reference to her father believing the anti-matter universe to be Cromer in the 1973 Tenth Anniversary story "The Three Doctors".
Jack Harkness's vortex manipulator was saved in the Black Archive of UNIT.
Kate Lethbridge-Stewart twice mentions her subordinate, Malcolm. She is heard asking Osgood to tell Malcolm to change the batteries in the robotic ravens outside the Tower of London, and later calls Malcolm to request some of her father's files. This could be a reference to Malcolm Taylor, played by Lee Evans, who was a UNIT scientist the Tenth Doctor met during his time on San Helios with a swarm in the 2009 story "Planet of the Dead".
Osgood, is presumably related to UNIT technician Osgood who was seen in the 1971 Third Doctor story "The Dæmons". Osgood wears a scarf identical to that worn by the Fourth Doctor in which the Eleventh Doctor remarks that it is a 'nice scarf'.
The War Doctor calls the Eleventh Doctor's bow-tie a 'dicky bow', criticising his fashion choice as Amy Pond and Rory Williams have in "The Eleventh Hour", "Amy's Choice" and "The Lodger".
The access code for the vortex manipulator is '1716231163', this is a reference to the time (17:16) and date (23/11/63) of the first broadcast of "An Unearthly Child".
The Time Lords in the War Room mention that the High Council are holding an emergency session, and that they have plans of their own. This session is presumably the one depicted in "The End of Time", in which the Lord President planned to use The Master to allow Gallifrey and the Time Lords to escape the time lock.
The War Doctor says that he saw the horrors of the Time War and cried, 'No more!. This is the same phrase used by Dalek Caan, who temporally-shifted into the Time War and concluded that the Daleks must be exterminated in the 2008 story "The Stolen Earth/Journey's End".
The War Doctor and his successors were haunted over the 2.47 billion children of Gallifrey they killed by using The Moment. When the Eleventh Doctor took Amy Pond to Starship UK, in the 2010 story "The Beast Below", he couldn't stand the sound of children crying.
Upon viewing the Moment's controls, the War Doctor asks 'Why is there never a big red button?', which The Moment later modifies herself to incorporate. The Tenth Doctor previously mentioned he could never resist pressing a 'great, big, threatening button' in the 2005 Christmas special "The Christmas Invasion".
When the War Doctor enters the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS he is heard to say 'let it go' to which the Eleventh Doctor comments that this was his grunge phase. Also when the Eleventh Doctor enters the Tenth Doctor's TARDIS Console Room he loads his own 'desktop' changing the TARDIS design. This prompts the Tenth Doctor to declare he doesn't like it. Both of these reference the Second Doctor when he saw the Third Doctor's TARDIS in "The Three Doctors") and the Eleventh Doctor when he visited Craig Owens in his new home ("Closing Time").
The TARDIS told The Doctor that she archived past and future versions of the console room in "The Doctor's Wife". While changing the theme the Console Room briefly features a hybrid of the Tenth Doctor's Console Room and the original TARDIS roundel design, the War Doctors TARDIS is also later seen using this theme during the envelopment of Gallifrey.
Interestingly The Doctor uses the phone on the outside of the TARDIS which he has previously stated is not actually a real phone (see "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" and "The Bells of Saint John").
While the TARDIS has previously shown dislike for Clara, Clara is now able to close the TARDIS doors with just a snap of her fingers, suggesting it has grown to like her after saving The Doctor from The Great Intelligence (see "The Rings of Akhaten", "Hide", "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS") and "The Name of The Doctor"). Previously only The Doctor has been able to do this (see "Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead", "The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon").
When The Doctor calls from the TARDIS phone, his telephone number once again is '07700900461', as it was in the 2008 story "The Stolen Earth/Journey's End".
The Tenth and Eleventh Doctors are heard to say 'Reverse the polarity, a catchphrase The Third Doctor used.
Prior to regenerating, the War Doctor comments that his body is 'wearing a bit thin', repeating the line spoken by the First Doctor immediately prior to his regeneration into the Second Doctor in episode 4 of the 1966 story "The Tenth Planet". He is then heard to say that he hopes his 'the ears will be a little less prominent this time' - the Ninth Doctor makes a reference to the size of his ears in the 2005 story "Rose", which presumably takes places shortly after this story from the War Doctor's point of view.
The Tenth Doctor, when returning to his own timeline, tells the Eleventh Doctor that he is glad his 'future is in safe hands'. These are the exact same words the First Doctor said to the Fifth Doctor upon the former's departure in "The Five Doctors".
The Tenth Doctor is heard to ask the Eleventh Doctor where he is going in which the Eleventh Doctor replies, 'Spoilers' - mimicking River Song's catchphrase.
An eccentric, Doctor-like character who went by the name The Curator appeared in the story "Summer Falls", which was marketed as being written by Amelia Williams.
This is the first time all The Doctors of all regenerations come together and marks the sixth televised multi-Doctor story, not counting the times he met a past or future version of himself in the same incarnation.
In the past most of, Doctor Who's anniversary stories have been named after the number of returning Doctors, as with "The Three Doctors" and "The Five Doctors". Steven Moffat explained his choice of title to SFX magazine, commenting that 'It's very rare in Doctor Who that the story happens to The Doctor. It happens to people around him, and he helps out – he's the hero figure who rides in and saves everybody from the story of the week. He is not the story of the week. In this, he is the story of the week. This is the day of The Doctor. This is his most important day. His most important moment. This is the one he'll remember, whereas I often think The Doctor wanders back to his TARDIS and forgets all about it'.
This story was originally intended to begin recording on the 18th March 2013, but production was put back by a couple of weeks. The readthrough for this story took place at Cardiff's Roath Lock studios on Monday 1st April 2013. Some of the cast members were present, including Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Joanna Page, who posed for photos.
Because this story was filmed in 3D, it took longer than usual to shoot, especially as every CGI shot had to be done twice. Filming began with David Tennant, Billie Piper, John Hurt and Joanna Page seen at a location outside Neath in South Wales on the 2nd April 2013.
During location filming the TARDIS was seen in Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 9th April 2013. Both Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman were present at the shoot. A particular shot had the Eleventh Doctor clinging on to the base of the TARDIS as it was lifted high in to the air above the famous London landmark, to the delight of hundreds of lucky onlookers.
On the 17th April 2013 Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and David Tennant filmed scenes in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, and some scenes were shot inside Chepstow Castle. On the 2nd May 2013, shots in Cardiff were being filmed for scenes that take place at Totter's Lane and Coal Hill school, locations which had previously featured in the first 1963 story "An Unearthly Child", the 1985 story "Attack of the Cybermen" and the 1988 story "Remembrance of the Daleks". Filming for the special was completed on Sunday 5th May 2013.
The final two days of production (the 4th and 5th May 2013) were taken with shooting the special mini-episode, "The Night of The Doctor", which featured Paul McGann returning to the role of the Eighth Doctor for the first time since 1996.
The British Board of Film Classification rated this story 'PG' for mild violence and threat. The Australian Classification Board also rated the episode PG for 'mild science fiction themes and violence', noting there was 'very mild impact' with regards to sexual themes.
This special story was shown on BBC One on Saturday 23rd November 2013, 50 years to the day since the broadcast of the first episode of the first story, "An Unearthly Child" in 1963. It was broadcast simultaneously around the world in at least 94 countries including the UK, US, Canada, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Panama and Peru. This was in both 2D and, where available, in 3D. It was reported overnight that it had a BBC One peak audience of 10.6M and an average 10.2 million (37.4% share).
In addition to the television broadcast 834 cinemas around the world also screened the episode live with 1559 in total showing this anniversary story.
This simultaneous broadcast in so many countries meant it received the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a television drama.
This story contains a number of errors. Namely: As Osgood receives a call from the Eleventh Doctor, for Kate Stewart, she is heard talking on the phone but is seen running with the phone held out from her body; There is a basic hair continuity error in the scene where Elizabeth I and her duplicate catch up with the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors in the forest. As the two Elizabeths each kiss the Tenth Doctor, the Eleventh's quiff inexplicably escapes from underneath the fez - mostly when he is out of focus - and then is magically back under the fez when he's in tighter shots; When the Tenth Doctor has been kissed by Elizabeth I in their wedding, his collar is up in one shot, and down in the next; A close-up of the screen of the Space-Time Telegraph shows that it refers to The Brigadier's last name as 'Left-Bridge' Stewart; When all thirteen incarnations of The Doctor arrive to hide Gallifrey in a pocket universe, the Seventh Doctor first appears in his yellow pullover with question marks. When he appears again, his costume changes to the one he wore in the 1996 television film "Doctor Who: The Movie" and he is now in the Victorian parlour console room. When he appears for the third time, he goes back to wearing the pullover he originally wore in the television series. This emphasises that the archive footage used to generate his presence among the other Doctors has been pulled from asynchronous moments of his life, the early and late periods to be exact; At the end of this story, when the three Doctors are in the museum, the Tenth Doctor asks what the painting is actually called. In that shot, the door to his TARDIS is open. In every shot after that, the door is closed; In the last scene, where the Eleventh Doctor is walking out of the TARDIS onto the cloud with his other incarnations, the TARDIS door handle has been obviously removed.
A short deleted scene on the BBC Doctor Who website featured the War Doctor, the Tenth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor arriving at the Tower of London in ankle shackles, the Eleventh says his shoes 'bring the cool' and that the Tenth 'wouldn't understand the cool'. An exasperated War Doctor declares they haven't drawn breath (stopped talking) since Richmond.
Two prequels written by Steven Moffat, "The Night of The Doctor" and "The Last Day" were released during the week before this story was broadcast. They showed events occurring during the Time War. Paul McGann reprised his role as the Eighth Doctor from the 1996 television movie and subsequent Big Finish audio plays in "The Night of The Doctor". He is a conscientious objector to the ongoing Time War and intends to take a spaceship crew member away from the crashing ship via the TARDIS. Realising that he is a Time Lord, she refuses to comply, preferring to die than go with him. She and The Doctor die as the ship crashes on Karn. The Doctor is briefly resurrected by the Sisterhood of Karn and offered a regeneration in exchange for ending the War. After some convincing, The Doctor agrees and takes a potion designed to initiate his regeneration into a 'warrior'.
This exclusive mini-story was available initially on the BBC iPlayer and had over one million requests in its first three days - the top performing programme on iPlayer during this period.
"The Last Day" was filmed from the first-person perspective of a Gallifreyan soldier who has had a camera implanted into his head. They are at Arcadia, the safest place on Gallifrey, and scan for Daleks. Surprisingly, the soldiers identify a fleet of invading Daleks, which kill them. The Fall of Arcadia becomes the central battle of the Time War around which "The Day of The Doctor" is centred.
Two specially recorded scenes were also shown before this story in its showing in cinemas. The first featured Dan Starkey as Commander Strax, accompanied by his Sontaran clone batch, lecturing the viewers on cinema etiquette. The second featured Matt Smith and David Tennant as the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors instructing viewers to put on their 3D glasses.
This story was preceded and followed by other Doctor Who related programs and broadcasts.
BBC Three followed this story with Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty, hosted by Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards, which drew 1.3 million viewers as Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman and guests (including previous incarnations of The Doctor and former companions) discussed The Doctor’s most epic adventure to date.
Other programmes celebrating Doctor Who were broadcast during the week before this story was shown including, on BBC Two, An Adventure in Space and Time, a special one-off drama by Mark Gatiss that travelled back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen. This documentary/drama gained an average audience of 2.2M viewers and 9.7% share on Thursday night.
Also on BBC Two Professor Brian Cox explored the universe in The Science of Doctor Who, with 2.6 million viewers (12.1% share), plus there was an hour-long special of BBC Two’s flagship arts programme The Culture Show which presented Me, You and Doctor Who.
The BBC Three schedule included a Monsters and Villains Weekend, Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide and there was also programming across CBBC with 12 Again and two Blue Peter specials.
There were also audio programs broadcast on Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 4 Extra.
Google even joined in the celebrations with its most ambitious doodles - a special game to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary was made available globally for 24 hours.
In April 2014 this story won a 2014 BAFTA Television Craft Award in the ‘Special, Visual & Graphic Effects’ category. Doctor Who won two categories as An Adventure in Space and Time received the award for best ‘Make Up and Hair Design’. The annual BAFTA Television Craft Awards seek to recognise the behind-the-scenes professionals in television production and new media, with categories covering make-up, editing, lighting and special effects.
In May 2014 this story won a 2014 BAFTA Television Award, the win coming in the 'Radio Times Audience Award' category. This was the only category decided by the public.
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The Firsts:
The first appearance of the Twelth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi.
The first time Jenna Louise Coleman is just credited as Jenna Coleman.
The first appearance of Billie Piper (as Rose Tyler) since she appeared briefly in the 2009/2010 story "The End of Time".
The first time all The Doctors of all previous and current regenerations come together.
BBC Wales VFX's first involvement in the show providing the visual effects.
Milk's first involvement in the show providing the visual effects.
The first appearance of a Zygon, in the revived television series, and for 38 years - since the 1975 Fourth Doctor story "Terror of the Zygons".
The first appearance of the Daleks not to feature those of the New Dalek Paradigm in the Steven Moffat era.
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