It was a strange choice to explain and ease regeneration into a new audience in a sketch not part of the main show - while the sketch works well to ensure that the audience not familiar with regeneration are introduced to the process, it would have been more natural to introduce us to this new Doctor especially in the story. This is particularly relevant considering his full debut has the Doctor asleep for the majority.

A fun little short though, laying out a good groundwork for the new Doctor.

Enjoyable bridge between The Parting of Ways and The Christmas Invasion.

its alright

👍🏼(7.7) = GOOD!

Thworping through time and space, one adventure at a time!

Originally broadcast during Children in Need in 2005, this minisode served as a transition between Parting of the Ways, the Series 1 finale, and The Christmas Invasion, the 2005 Christmas special. It’s the first new scene we get with David Tennant as the 10th Doctor, as he gets used to his new body and tries to convince Rose that he truly is the Doctor.

This is a weird little story, with a young-ish David Tennant wearing a leather jacket and being all fun and giggles, while an astonished Rose has difficulties accepting him. Mostly played for laughs, it also carries surprising narrative depth. It’s funny, exciting, and intriguing, as it leads directly to The Christmas Invasion.

A fantastic little deleted scene that I personally feel is required viewing between The Parting of the Ways and The Christmas Invasion. It makes Rose's actions and reactions in the Christmas special more understandable and sets a good basis for the new Doctor. Tennant is still coming into his own, but the base of what the Tenth Doctor will become is all there. A two-line exchange also lets us know that Rose didn't immediately forget about Jack, and it was the Doctor who chose to leave him behind.