It's been a fantastic week running up to the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. With TV, radio and the written media giving it their all. One high light was Mark Gatiss's love letter to Doctor Who, An adventure in space and time. Which was heart felt and warm. As good as any drama on TV. I can see awards coming for it. But for all the fun and nostalgia, we all where looking forward to the anniversary special- The day of the Doctor. And boy was it worth the wait.
Yes there was many surprises for fans and casual viewers, but honestly did any fan believe that Steven Moffat would never have all the Doctors in it, even as a glimpsing cameo. He's the biggest fanboy ever! I loved it all! All the nods to the past and even to the future. From the opening titles, the policeman, I.M.Foreman scrap yard sign, I'll take it the sign was advertising the scrap yards location just down the road and not next to the school.) Coal Hill school with Ian Chesterton on the school committee and Anthony Coburn as Headmaster, UNIT, the Eleventh hanging off the TARDIS over London, Lethbridge-Stewart, the Daleks, Gallifrey, the Time War, the sad War Doctor, the Morment, Bad Wolf, a fez, the Tenth riding a horse through an impossible doorway, Queen Elizabeth I, Zygons, the Tenth Doctor warning a rabbit, a fez, a time vortex, sonic screw drivers, suits and sandshoes, chins, the Black Archive, a gallery of past companions, a time-manipulator, the TARDIS desktop, the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, and the Twelfth (Steven Moffat wasn't going to forget him, it's all part of his writing palette, showing a little bit of the future.) Doctors joining in to Save The Day! So everybody lives! I'd love to know what Russell T. Davies thinks about it all. Was the Moment's big red button just a reset button? It doesn't matter, it was a FANTASTIC celebration that summed up 50 years of time travel.
One last surprise for the fans though -the mysterious Curator. Who is he? He could have been the first Doctor played by David Bradley, or even Ian Chesterton played by William Russell, the oldest living cast member, or the Twelfth Doctor as played by Peter Capaldi. When we hear his voice the hairs on the back of fandoms neck stand as high as the TARDIS. Is he the Fourth Doctor? He looks a little like him. Is he a bit like Claire Bloom's character in "The end of time", the Doctor father? I'd like to think so. His he the Doctor conscience? Or maybe just a daydream, or fan indulgence. Who knows! It was great, to see Tom Baker again.
The special, like Doctor Who, changes the game but remains the same. John Hurts War Doctor was so completely perfect. He is a colossal actor. His acting technique style is so small, yet so powerfully big like a certain blue box. But what should we call him? Doctor 8.5? The Ninth Doctor, then move every one up? The Hurt Doctor, because of the pain he feels, (I quite like that it's quite clever.) or the War Doctor. I think that's what he will be know as. But if there's now twelve Doctors that make Matt Smiths regeneration the last. I expect a magical solution in the Christmas special from Steven Moffat, only four weeks away. But the end is near and it's been prepared for.
Matt Smith, David Tennat, John Hurt, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper with Steven Moffat and Nick Hurran where all brilliant! But like Mr. Capaldi said we all make Doctor Who what it is. So to every fan who has ever worked on it or watched it, they were brilliant and so are you!
"Doctor? Doctor who?"
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