Questions tagged [the-day-of-the-doctor]
For questions about the movie-length special episode of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor", celebrating the 50th anniversary of the TV series. It featured the 10th and 11th Doctors working with the War Doctor to explore how the latter ended the Time War. Always use in conjunction with the [doctor-who] tag.
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When was Peter Capaldi's Doctor in "Day of the Doctor"?
This question is pretty much the same as this one, except for the twelfth Doctor instead of the tenth.
We see a short glimpse of the thirteenth Doctor in The day of the Doctor, but as far as I know, ...
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How could the Doctor destroy the Dalek fleet this way?
The Doctor's plan to save Gallifrey and destroy the Daleks is as follows:
DOCTOR 10: The Daleks would be firing on each other. They'd destroy themselves in their own crossfire.
WARRIOR: Gallifrey ...
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Whose hand is this in Day of the Doctor?
In one of the best scenes of the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, there's one thing which has never quite made sense to me. It may be nothing, or it may be a hint towards some big reveal in a ...
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Identify The Day of the Doctor old shots [duplicate]
This will be pretty hard, challenging and probably only for the real hard Whovians.
I watched the thirteen Doctors scene from The Day of the Doctor again. I assume that all of the old Doctor scenes (...
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How could this planet return to the universe?
In The Day of the Doctor, Gallifrey is shifted into a pocket universe to escape the Time War:
WARRIOR: Gallifrey would be gone, the Daleks would be destroyed, and it would look to the rest of the ...
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In the Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, what is each cameo provider's connection to Doctor Who?
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot features cameos and roles from dozens of actors, crew-members and other people connected to Doctor Who, as well as various relatives and associates of those people.
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How did the 10th Doctor recognize his 11th incarnation as his future self?
In the 50th anniversary episode when the 10th Doctor saw a time rip, a person came out of it then this conversation happens:
ELIZABETH: Who is this man?
DOCTOR 10: That's just what I was wondering.
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Why do the first 10 Doctors (Hartnell-Tennant) have to forget the events of the 50th anniversary special, but the 11th and 12th Doctors do not? [duplicate]
In the 50th anniversary special, after Gallifrey is saved this conversation happens:
WARRIOR: So I won't remember that I tried to save Gallifrey rather than burn it. I'll have to live with that.
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Help understanding the Doctor's strategy in Day of the Doctor
In the 50th anniversary special, when Clara told him to be a Doctor, he thinks up a plan:
DOCTOR: Gentlemen, I have had four hundred years to think about this. I've changed my mind.
WARRIOR: There's ...
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Do the 3 Doctors remember that they saved Gallifrey after 'Day of the Doctor'?
I've read several posts and I've seen one that says before it was Eleven's turn to take part in the events of 'Day of the Doctor', Gallifrey was most certainly destroyed, and when it came to his turn ...
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How did all the Doctors know to save Gallifrey?
In The Day of the Doctor, all the Doctors came to save Gallifrey (no sir, all thirteen!). My question is: how did all the Doctors know to come? Only the three Doctors (10, 11, 8.5) were brought ...
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In Doctor Who, why can things be changed inside a stasis painting if it’s frozen?
In the 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, the three Doctors enter a painting and are able to edit the surroundings, such as pushing the Dalek out of the painting. My issue is this: if ...
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How did the Doctors enter the "Gallifrey Falls" painting?
Recently, on the 52nd anniversary of Doctor Who, I decided to watch "The Day of The Doctor" again...for like...the 10th time or something.
Something that has always bugged me because it's not ...
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Why did the Doctor think the Curator was a future regeneration if he knew he was on his last one?
The 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) knew that he was on his last regeneration. In The Time of the Doctor, he explains to Clara that he has already used up all 12. Why then, when he saw the Curator in The Day ...
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In Doctor who how many times did he regen [duplicate]
Well I say 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - the tenth used the regen to fix himself then put all the energy in to his hand 11 - river gave him the power to fix himself and it went out of his hands 12 war ...
