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Doctor Who Specials

The Day of the Doctor

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Eleventh Doctor

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Novelisation: "Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor"

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First aired Saturday, November 23, 2013
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
Runtime 79 minutes
Time Travel Past Present Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) 3D Spoilers Consequences Time Travel Pivotal The Doctor Falls By Royal Command Companion Doppelgänger War LGBTQA+ Celebrity Historical Mind Control Reverse the polarity Shape Shifting Wedding
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) Doctor Who? The War Doctor The Zygon Treaty Time War
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) Vortex Manipulator The Moment Fez Sonic Screwdriver
UK Viewers 12.80 million
Appreciation Index 88
Synopsis

The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th-anniversary special. In the 21st century, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space, an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.

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