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From the 2017 Christmas Special "Twice Upon A Time"
TWICE UPON A TIME
Two Doctors stranded in a forbidding snowscape, refusing to face regeneration. A British army captain, seemingly destined to die in the First World War but taken from the trenches to play his part in the Doctor's story. In the final chapter of the twelfth Doctor's epic adventure, he must face his past to decide his future. Along the way he realises the resilience of humanity, discovering hope in his darkest frozen moment. It is the end of an era, but the Doctor's journey is only just beginning.
Starring Peter Capaldi (The Doctor), David Bradley (The First Doctor), Pearl Mackie (Bill Potts) and Mark Gatiss (The Captain).
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Rachel Talalay
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[@orangegouice]

Imagine being in a situation like Capaldi. Youve been watching a show since it began airing, the doctor is your personal hero. Then, you not only get to become your hero, you meet your hero.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Funnily enough both Hartnell and Capaldi were the same age when they started being the Doctor, 55.

[@Reinrosannir]

But that's not William Hartnell, it's David Bradley playing as the first doctor.

[@moniquem783]

@@Reinrosannir thank you. Was searching the comments for exactly that so I could stop saying huh? at my screen 😂😂

[@iiiivvvv9986]

@@crimsondynamo615 and yet one looked like he was 70 and the other acted like an 18 year old discovering rock and puberty for the first time

[@cosmicgrub360]

He both met the doctor as the doctor and met him (tennant) as some random roman in pompeii

[@MegaWetwilly]

Makes you wonder if the Tardis was trading gossip with it's younger self

[@charlietownsend2826]

MegaWetwilly | Underrated comment.

[@BanditLeader]

Sexy talking to her younger self on how she will become sexy

[@patrickmacken6046]

Older versions like "I ain't tellin you shit."

[@shinmalphur2734]

“Yeah he starts stroking you at some point, you have some near death scrapes, you get blown up! ... twice and sometimes you have more doctors in you then a pornstar nurse!

[@kinngrimm]

As if anyone of them know who was there first ^^

[@chrispy3369]

Somehow if the show ended right here, this one episode would've been a satisfying conclusion to 54 years of Doctor Who. Not only did it bring back the 1st Doctor, but it even brought up his reasoning for leaving Galifrey in the first place, tieing everything together neatly.

[@Cless_Aurion]

Wouldn't have complained... Specially knowing what writing team took over shortly after...

[@MarshFlyFightWin]

Completely agree seeing what would come after this

[@jordanjones6236]

In my head this is when it ends. Given the brutal death it had..

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

@maccas I like the way you put ⤴️ that.

[@AtaKahveci-ec1or]

This is where it ended for me. My dearest Doctor Who ❤

[@thegoodcyberleader7144]

“One day I shall come back, yes I shall come back. There must be no regrets no tears no anxiety’s, just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me I’m not mistaken in mine”

[@sarosenna5850]

"Love, pride, hate, fear!" Hartnell could carry a speech well.

[@josephkelly3044]

Michael McGrath Kinda did in The Three Doctors, and technically the first doctor met Susan in The Five Doctors. And I believe he met her again another time.

[@ZakJordan98]

Michael McGrath He came back in "An Earthly Child" when he was The Eighth Doctor

[@Hero1922]

wait what?!!! lol

[@Jimmy27427]

Yep he did in the Big Finish audios which I think count

[@geordiewalker2102]

In my opinion I think this is the only time that Doctor Who has gotten the climax of a christmas special so perfectly right, it tied the episode, and the era up so well.

[@Pigmister24]

Geordie Walker couldn’t agree more

[@badbeardbill9956]

I actually like it a lot too. There was a bunch of stuff about being a soldier during Capaldi's run. And I feel like here the character is embracing that.

[@themightythor1160]

I've always wanted to see the Christmas truce on Doctor Who (and have the Doctor have nothing to do with it). I finally got my wish while saying goodbye to my favorite Doctor and favorite era of Doctor Who.

[@goji253]

Mhh. I don't know. "A Christmas Carol" is also a perfectly done Christmas episode if you ask me. (To be fair it was based on the work of Charles Dickens and that story is always good no matter what)

[@deuce5546]

This episode one-upped End of Time IMO. I don't care what people say, it's a better episode, though Ten's final words with "Vale Decem" in the background still make for a better ending.

[@CynicalPete]

this episode, while flawed, does actually inform the Second Doctor's character a bit. the First Doctor seemed opposed to getting involved in anything unless the situation demanded it, but all others take willingly inject themselves into whatever they come across. the Second Doctor specifically said very early in his life that evil *must* be fought wherever it's found, possibly because he retained - perhaps not a memory, but maybe an urge or gut feeling - from the events of this episode

[@potsdam28]

sarutobifreak it also explains why he became good friends with the Brigadier. He was keeping a promise he forgot he made.

[@darthmetallus1977]

I like to think that the idea of a sonic screwdriver lay dormant in his mind & then later made one in his following incarnation. My headcanon. 😂

[@50zcarsman]

There's an idea that the First Doctor, being fresh from Gallifrey, still had quite a bit of the old Time Lord ethos about him -- non-intervention and all that; and was an arrogant soul to boot, just like the other Time Lords -- feeling himself intellectually and morally superior to humans. But as time passed and he was exposed to the many huge threats out there, and came to see humans in a better light, he softened and began to bend the "rules" to actively favor good over evil, until by his Third incarnation he had transformed into the cosmic crusader we witness to this day.

[@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799]

Good old second doctor. Yeah, that makes too much sense. New addition to my head cannon.

[@TomalakGeretkal]

@@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799 Head cannon 🤣

[@Mistakia]

So basically Twelfth and The First Doctor regenerated on the same day?

[@yellowpete79]

1st and 14th actually.

[@Mistakia]

@@yellowpete79 you know what I mean lmao

[@crimsonmitsuko]

@@yellowpete79 no... the First and Twelfth. The War Dcotor is known as that; the War Doctor, and the Meta-Crisis regeneration didn't have 10 change his face, so he was still the 10th Doctor.

[@yellowpete79]

@@crimsonmitsuko No... see Time of the Doctor where the count is confirmed. Also see Day of the Doctor where Hurt says "i am the Doctor again". Its just the fandom who are lazy to edit their fansites or dyslexic and can't count.

[@pastlife960]

Well, you know, wibbly wobbly timey wimey.

[@rnadomj]

"Good luck Doctor" "Goodbye Doctor" Gets me every time

[@alphamineron]

Fits well with current disaster. This really was our last chance with the real Doctor Who.

[@themightythor1160]

“The universe generally fails to be a fairytale. But that’s where we come in.” This is the conclusion of Twelve’s arc Moffat’s mission statement for all his time on Doctor Who. Well done Moff, farewell. Thanks for this journey.

[@Jonny-xq5cb]

Doctor Who died that night, but the memory and spirit of Doctor Who will live on in our hearts! Season 11 is not Doctor Who

[@timwoods8297]

Doctor who died in 2010 xD

[@Jackgames-vg7cw]

Tim Woods Na it got injured but didn’t die

[@modbz]

@@timwoods8297 Only if you think it started in 2005.

[@timwoods8297]

@@modbz ok, smartass, ill rephrase: Revived doctor who has died in 2010. Do you copy? Or i still need to explain

[@redjirachi1]

It's all the more heartwarming when you remember the 1st Doctor was afraid of regenerating too. The TARDIS brought him comfort twice. Also, if you take certain expanded universe material as canon, 9 was involved in the Christmas Truce. So the first Doctor, first post-Time War Doctor, and first Doctor of a new regeneration cycle all witness to the one day, in one of history's worst days, where everybody lives

[@DerrickMims]

Big Finish is canon IMO. Remember that minisode where 8 regenerated into The War Doctor? He's repeating the names of his Big Finish companions to himself. That's official video, which means at least the 8th Doctor's adventures are canon! I was so excited when I saw it.

[@andrewaronson3364]

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[@acrux1918]

Just this once. Everybody lives.

[@randomtraveller5470]

In what story did 9 get involved in the 1914s Christmas Truce? I'd love to know please

[@joshmartin4914]

It's just occurred to me how clever this ending is for the First, and how well it matches up with the lost/recovered footage of Episode Four of The Tenth Planet. In the original footage, right before he regenerates, the Doctor has an odd moment where he just stares at the Tardis console as though it's acting by itself. Then, when Ben and Polly enter the Tardis, he's down. There's no given reason for it. This, however, offers an explanation as to why. The Doctor returns to the South Pole, to Ben and Polly, and he immediately forgets about everything he's gone through with his later incarnation. He looks at the Tardis, wondering why it's activated, before succumbing to his regeneration. This time, though, he accepts it. Anyone else agree or have I blasphemed?

[@ShadowKamehameha32]

YinYang20 spot on pretty much chap

[@PaintGuru24]

no, I think thats good. I was literally just thinking how much I love this addition to the first Doctors canon. They did something really special to honor the memory of Hartnel and his character.

[@yellowpete79]

I agree, but I think they should have had the TARDIS returning to the Pole clip before we see Hartnell.

[@YasonYou]

Head canon accepted! But really, I want every Whovian ever to read this and consider this.

[@MFPhoto1]

In the classic series, the Doctor always seemed to remember meeting his future selves. Only in Day of the Doctor was it mentioned he would forget, but Moffit never was one for continuity. My theory has always been that whenever a Doctor meets his future self, it creates an alternate reality. That is why a current Doctor does not remember meeting himself in the past. So if the original Doctor met his future selves in The Three Doctors, The Five Doctors, Day of the Doctor, and this episode, he has five different realities, including the original line. It also explains why the fourth Doctor appeared in Day of the Doctor as an old man.

[@oisinjadran]

Using the actual footage is much more of a wonderful idea, as the writers put the original Doctor himself back in his rightful place for him to peacefully regenerate. Also, thank u BBC for not casting someone to play Second Doctor :)

[@oisinjadran]

Also shout out to John Smith for the Tenth Planet footage transitions in this episode

[@mrcritical6751]

They’ll find somebody to play him some day

[@CBoy92]

To be fair David Bradley is an amazing first Doctor so I for one wouldn't have a problem with them bringing in people to take over the other classic Doctors. I mean, not forever or anything but for one off specials like this one it's really cool.

[@mrcritical6751]

Dude just stop I get it you’re upset that they made him sexist but please stop saying he’s not playing the First Doctor because once you take that element away from Bradley’s performance he is phenomenal in this episode

[@mrcritical6751]

Listen to Bradley’s audio dramas then because he plays the First Doctor amazingly without sexism in those

[@brucelamberton8819]

The second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) was underrated and perhaps the most important Doctor; if the burgeoning fans of the '60s did not accept him - or the concept of regeneration - the series would not have been around to be reinvented by the BBC and introduce Doctor Who to a new generation.

[@Streetkillz13]

Its unfortunately so few of his episodes survive. It's very difficult to get attached to him when over 50%of his episodes are either animated or missing. I started with new who, then went back to watch the classic series. While he had some great stories I felt like I was missing so much of him that every time I watched a story I felt like I missed something. I don't think people will ever truly appreciate him until he has a larger portion of his storyline recreated.

[@yuria_nihilisten]

@@Streetkillz13 There are people who appreciate him just fine. But obviously it would be a delight to have more of his episodes recovered.

[@jet9297]

Streetkillz13 can someone tell me why his episodes have been lost?

[@yuria_nihilisten]

@@jet9297 BBC used to erase video tapes to make space for newer programmes, because they didn't do reruns and the old tapes were believed to have no value.

[@jet9297]

yuria oh I see... BBC are dickheads 😂

[@thelisapisa]

And this is how it all began! The long way around

[@spectral5939]

It came full circle.

[@jacobtimpe5546]

Love it

[@mattjones6578]

@@MichaelM28 the frist doctor was a bit of racist

[@danielallen4450]

@@mattjones6578 he didn't say racist he said sexist. And yes he was a bit, but they dialled it up well past 11 for this

[@ezram.gyllenborg4800]

The first doctor never said anything racist or sexist. And this is canon so yes, that is the first doctor. Also this epiosde was just lacking good writing from Moffat and if you want good first doctor with Bradley just listen to ’The First Doctor Adventures’.

[@insanecrusader379]

I know this has nothing to do with DW but I just can't help but feel sad about the Christmas Truce... These men may have layed down their weapons... But it was in a mutual understanding that they were simply poor men in a war between Kings. The next day they'd be once again enemies and now maybe the pain would only be worse These poor soldiers would probably be gunning down the same men who they, just the other night, had been joyously singing with. The miracle of the truce is not to be understated... But neither is the tragedy that was to become the Great War.

[@macree01]

I think all of the men involved in the Christmas Truce were rotated out of the front line the next day and replaced with new battalions.

[@ClemPrime13]

I came to the conclusion that if the world hadn’t been so hard on Germany after WW 1, then... maybe... WW2 wouldn’t have happened.

[@danielyeshe]

@@ClemPrime13 My high school history teacher said that almost every war of the 20th century can be seen as caused by the treaty of Versailles one way or the other. The hyperinflation in German was a direct result of that treaty and gave Hitler the environment in which to flourish.

[@STho205]

Levi Brennan. It was that and other things. Without the rise of Leninist Communism, with aid from War Germany by sending him there to destabilize Russia, and then the communists coming back on Germany the last weeks of the Great War, then politics of the peace would be different. Without the workers democratic party making ultimatum demands on the Kaiser and urging German military mutinies in July-Oct 1918 even though Germany was relatively untouched by the war physically before surrender. If Communist youth groups did not spar with Nazi youth groups in the streets of Germany in the 30s, destabilizing the moderate government, requiring a heavy hand of martial law, and adding to hunger and chaos. Providing the proCouncil an avenue in, just as had happened in France 140 years before. Then the border expansions of Italy and Germany. At first a quest for more farmland, quickly becoming an oil war, since oil is needed for the Haber Bosh nitrogen process (just like in WWI) and the growing war machine ran on oil. Oil the Russians and British controlled. So lots of stuff.

[@danielyeshe]

@@tom6369 No. I am nowhere near clever enough for that.

[@LunarPictures]

I feel like this will be the last time Peter Capaldi will tell me to subscribe to the official Doctor Who You Tube channel :(

[@jubilationmaster2666]

Killbot90K yes it might end of a era then

[@Laki99000]

I hate change.

[@Mineycart]

There's still the bill scene and the regeneration scene to go so fingers crossed we'll see him again

[@jubilationmaster2666]

The Minecraft Alliance maybe

[@venomissocute3448]

The Minecraft Alliance The regeneration scene? You mean the one they released just as this episode came out?

[@Bayan1905]

It's still amazing that someone came up with the idea back when this show was on and Hartnell was starting to fall ill, instead of just replacing the character with someone else and adding a new person, to make it so the Doctor was an alien who could regenerate into another person. This was back in the early days of sci-fi television, no Star Trek, none of that. The idea was sheer genius.

[@andrewaronson3364]

sarabia shrapnel like recommended for knick knack lyrics

[@crimsondynamo615]

One of the original ideas was to find someone who looked like William Hartnell and have him be the Doctor, still one person. The term regeneration was introduced in the Third Doctor’s era. The original idea being the TARDIS “rejuvenated” the Doctor, almost like it made him age backwards. Course looking at Troughton and Hartnell it’s a little hard to believe they’re the same person if we’re going with the deaging idea.

[@somecynicalanimator6114]

Star Trek started airing the same year Hartnell left Doctor Who. But yeah, still, what an out there idea!

[@marknorth8904]

@@crimsondynamo615 The term used during Doctors 1 and 2 was "renewal..."

[@blackjack7207]

​@@crimsondynamo615Also why he says he thought he'd get younger when looking at 12th for the first time

[@Cybermat47]

December 25th, 1914. The last last day of sanity for a very long time. But the men who took part soon fell at Loos, Verdun, the Somme, Ypres, Arras, and the many other battles that ravaged France and Belgium. And even more fell across the world - at Gallipoli, Macedonia, Italy, Poland, Galicia, Africa, Romania, Egypt, Palestine, England, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, the Baltic, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and the Black Sea. Remember them. And make a world better than the one that killed them.

[@iz723]

A similar thing happened recently in Afganistan during Eid. All the fighting stopped and the people met and celebrated. It's great when stuff like this happens.

[@sayarxi]

I hate to be picky, but Africa isn't a country. Please respect and actually name them please

[@Cybermat47]

sipping that tea I was naming geographical areas, not countries.

[@sayarxi]

Cybermat47 then do it properly. Don't use ignorance to hide the fact that you are wrong. Let me help: northern Africa, sub Saharan Africa, West Africa and East Africa

[@Cybermat47]

sipping that tea yeah, and there was fighting in all of those regions, so why not just say Africa?

[@mikepaz4281]

The transition was spot-on! Congratulations to John Smith. And the soundtrack was so emotional I tried really hard to hold my tears back.

[@TheRedGoldfish]

“I think I’m ready now but I should like to know... are you?” That music though, I really can’t wait to hear “Here we go, the long way round” on the official soundtrack

[@shariq5261]

Scott Davidson the soundtrack is called "Vale" It was first played in waters of mars

[@TheRedGoldfish]

Guy with Games This is different to Vale Decem. The farewell bit for example is new and there’s more dramatic sounding during the regeneration. Given that this was Murray Gold’s last episode, he likely wanted to take one of his favourite pieces and make it even better

[@shariq5261]

Scott Davidson there were 2 tracks Vale decem and Vale. Both different melodies

[@TheRedGoldfish]

Guy with Games I know, I own every single doctor who soundtrack physically. The song here is still different enough to deserve its own release

[@Kwev]

Speaking of Waters of Mars. There was a version of "All the Strange, Strange Creatures" in it that was very dramatic and energetic. (You can find it by searching "Doctor Who Fighting The Flood". It's sad that it doesn't exist in any soundtrack (that I know of) and that it will probably never will.

[@maxharrison4708]

More than anything, this was a heartbreaking farewell to Murray Gold. The Name of the Doctor was arguably his last great piece, but in this he brought back Vale Decem and the OG Doctor theme after the regeneration. I can take or leave Moffat, but Murray Gold's "Golden" soundtracks will be sorely missed.

[@paulwagner688]

Don't forget the "Breaking the Wall" theme from Hell Bent as well.

[@ameliacraig8789]

I miss Moffat too. Love them both.

[@oswin1234]

@@ameliacraig8789 I always found that Moffat wrote better single stories than he did entire series. The Silence storyline started well but after the more serialised series 6 didn't quite pan out, series 7 felt as though someone got a bit stroppy and said "what, you don't like multipart and layered stories? Well, here you go". The series began to find it's footing again during the Capaldi years but it was as if they gave up on overaching storyarcs whilst simultaneously feeling obliged to have one

[@ameliacraig8789]

Oswin 123 I realise how much I love and appreciate Moffat's writing all the more now that he's gone. I miss his, at times, complicated series; (5 and 6 are my personal faves). I was invested in the Doctor with Moffat at the helm. I'm sorry to say that I've been mainly unimpressed since he's left. I can count on one hand the episodes I've really liked under chibnall.

[@g2nelson15]

Paul Wagner Heaven Sent*

[@zanderbraincinemas6126]

Opinions on seasons 11 and 12 aside, this would have been the coolest series finale ever!

[@natskull1]

I completely agree I think 12 should of been the last thing we see for a while

[@farscape1714]

@@natskull1 To me this was the end of the show. Anything after 12 regens isnt canon to me and i havent watched and never will.

[@mattia4165]

@@farscape1714 They established years ago, I believe for the first time in "The Five Doctors", that a new regeneration cycle can be gifted to a Time Lord by the High Council of Gallifrey, this is what they promised the Master in return for rescuing the Doctor(s) from the Death Zone. So yes anything after 12 regenerations is actually canon and has been for at least 37 years.

[@ethanrapp6998]

@@mattia4165 I think he simply is referring to how much of a disappointment the 13th Doctor's era has been

[@WiGgYof09]

Yes, technically the 13th doctor is canon, but the series has gone out if it's way to undo so many things and change so much that it's hard to accept it. The first doctor isn't even the first Doctor anymore.

[@ItzRooster]

The soundtrack as they both shake hands is amazing!

[@haiderr]

RoosterxBros The soundtrack there was a variation of ‘A Good Man’.

[@ItzRooster]

Yeh man! I also love it at 2:34

[@sarosenna5850]

I still think my favourite moment amongst all those musical beauties was when the TARDISs are travelling back to WWI. This is the close second.

[@theunholyprince8682]

I honestly believe this was a very good episode for Moffat to go out on especially with the really neat tie in with the legendary Stewart family! Capaldi was a fantastic Doctor, really wish he would have stayed a bit longer. I was also delighted with David Bradley's performance as the First Doctor and was a great way to remember the character along with the legendary William Hartnall, it would be brilliant if he (David Bradley) came back for another few episodes at some point but that's entirely upto Chibnall.

[@andrewaronson3364]

graph North Carolina there's nobody like lake Acworth

[@alexisauld7781]

I would say Bradley's performance of Hartnell's Doctor in the latest season finale was much more true to the character.

[@AndrewHsieh96]

A touching and tearjerking farewell to the First Doctor, from a slightly alternative perspective. What breaks my heart even more is the use of "Vale" (previously heard in The End of Time). :'(

[@twilightskiesx]

Andrew Hsieh YES SAME😭💕

[@ThemeParkChomp]

I feel like all Doctor Who music is extremely overblown now to the point where even beautiful triumphant music like this just loses all meaning. Shame really. A quieter more touching piece would have made the scene more special. But whatever, theres a lot about Doctor Who that's lost its touch recently

[@MrCjlauer49338]

Is it a coincidence that the Tenth Doctor's regeneration scene featured music named 'Vale Decem'?

[@bdwhardy9680]

@@ThemeParkChomp Segun Akinola's music is wonderful and subtle.

[@SofiaFox]

Vale was actually featured at the end of The Waters of Mars in partial time. The full track was included between "Vale Decem" and "The New Doctor" on the Series 4 - The Specials soundtrack.

[@jjadiel2011]

When I heard the first note of “Vale” I was in tears

[@yellowpete79]

Adams Torres is there anything that doesn't make you cry? Are you proud of crying to a song?

[@jjadiel2011]

yellowpete79 It’s them onions I tell ya

[@darthkulrec7356]

yellowpete79 Lol, what's wrong at crying at songs?

[@yellowpete79]

Doctor Disco i think its a bit over the top, alot of people seem to cry at the drop of a hat over anything.

[@insanecrusader379]

It is just Latin for "Goodbye" By itself with no further reference, it's not significant in the way you may be thinking. But as far as a musical piece... Murray Gold is one damn good composer. It's very haunting and at the same time soothing...

[@joshfriedman7099]

This special made me emotional for a doctor I had never seen any episodes of. Bradley's Hartnell impression is truly awesome.

[@Nintendo3DSdude1]

You know, I feel this scene gives the First Doctor the send off he should have gotten back in 1966. I feel the original episode was more going for the shock value of the Doctor changing his face for the first time, which is understandable but, seeing as he's the one who started it all, he absolutely deserved a bit more of a farewell than he originally did.

[@peterkorman77]

I kinda like how it was before. No overly dramatic sendoff. He changes and he moves on. For the first regeneration, I can't think of a better way to do it. These days, each Doctor gets an entire episode dedicated solely to the concept of regeneration, which feels like overkill to me. Imagine if Capaldi had regenerate in The Doctor Falls instead of in TUAT. It wouldn't be an overly sensationalized sendoff, it would be fast and kinda sad, but true to the nature of the character. Or maybe that's just me. I still enjoyed Twice Upon A Time.

[@mediakira6621]

Nah, long drawn out speeches before regeneration is getting boring. I miss it when it was, “Oh I’m dying-“ boom. They change.” nit “Oh I’m dying but I got all the time in the world to recite the great works of Shakespeare whilst exploding into golden confetti”

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@mediakira6621 The tenth's was the worst. He had time to become a road safety monitor, lottery cheat, a dating agency, chat up a drunk girl on New year's Eve and then give a speech. He was also rather rude to Bernard Cribbins, which should be illegal.

[@mediakira6621]

Zac Mumblethunder Yeah ten started the trend of regeneration acting like a cold.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@mediakira6621 I know he was supposed to be dying of radiation, but when the third doctor git irradiated in the spider cave, they overcame the length of time that would take by having him get lost in the TARDIS on the way home. Then it was hello everybody, thud, "Tears, Sarah Jane" and off we go. We didn't need to see him pop by Cambridge to buy Liz Shaw a bizarre hat, turn up on the Amazon and point out some interesting mushrooms to Jo, or go back to Inter Minor to give Zorg and Shirna the name of a good agent.

[@boneysnetwork]

This episode might not have been one of the greatest, but it will stay as a beautiful moment in Doctor Who's history.

[@azrafirmansyah7118]

one of the best episode in my opinion, the other one goes to vincent and the doctor

[@timrob12]

Like you said: Not the greatest and not the best, but it had some beautiful moments.

[@jamiemcivor8462]

Michael McGrath I thought the episode was god awful

[@josephkelly3044]

Michael McGrath The whole point of the episode was for the Doctor to come to the realisation the universe still needs him. There wasn't a villain because there doesn't need to be. Agree with the whole Bill thing. And that's how things were in 60's England. So that point is just stupid.

[@timrob12]

If anyone REALLY wants an explanation for the sexism: 1. Either he's acting like that to make the Captain more comfortable ('cause the captain is actually present every time, even during the "smack bottom" line he's INSIDE the ship. We don't see him, but he's there) 2. He spend a long time in the 1960's as his granddaughter went to school there, so he might have picked up some of the habits from back then.

[@Scotty-Doo626]

The moment at 3:02 where it cuts to the First Doctor stepping into the TARDIS and Vale kicks in gives me the goosebumps every time. 🥹

[@ChelseCreek84]

The Brigadier saluting always gets me, with the music swelling so perfectly and powerfully and sadly. The doctor talked in his tenth incarceration that he hated saluting. The eleventh doctor would then go on to salute Kate. The Brigadier, come back as a cyberman to save Kate from falling out of the airplane, then gave a salute to Capaldi in the graveyard, and looked sad when he returned it finally. And here we are. Twelve watching as Brigadier's father gives him a salute, and looking so strangely melancholy about it...and the perfect segueway into Hartnell's regeneration.

[@julieeverett7442]

grandfather, not father, but yes

[@SamuelThomasFraser]

And Introducing Patrick Troughton as the Doctor...

[@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799]

Good old Pat. He's my favorite doctor.

[@matt0044]

I love that clever transition into the old footage into the original episode where the First Doctor regenerates. David Bradley seemlessly become William Hartnell as if by magic and not colorizing the footage was very honorable to the Classic era.

[@laisensei6984]

The Doctor of War is never there to start a war, he is always there to end it.

[@tyzonemusic]

I can't believe he just regenerated a dozen times at once just so he could quickly tell us to subscribe before the end of the vid

[@Wizardaron]

Absolute legend

[@n.a.firdaus4951]

YAAAAYYYY!!!! Peter is back to tell us to subscribe!!

[@Chapmike]

It would be so cool if they could get the actors who are still here and record an end card to go with each era.

[@NGC6144]

One last hurrah for old time sake.

[@jgmfuentes]

I thought the same!! Hahaha ♥

[@inkoursor2942]

It's painful to think about how they went back to killing eachother the very next day.

[@andrewaronson3364]

ribcraft national library and Larissa direct me to go to the bar

[@oasis4life014]

A lot of men wouldn’t fight after it

[@andrewaronson3364]

@@oasis4life014 we've come a long way from berserker rages with melee weapons and no PTSD like the old days

[@Jthomas-gg9pi]

Oasis4life 01 they didn’t want to but they were threatened with being killed if they refused

[@CloudHiro]

iirc most of the men on both sides were pretty much 'cycled out' of their units after this because they just couldn't fight each other anymore

[@aaronsibley]

they couldn't have found someone who looks more like the William Hartnell if they tried

[@inspectorbutters166]

The Christmas truce might just be my favorite historical event. That bit of decency and kindness in the midst of one of the most attrocious wars in history feels just so good

[@Johndoe-jd]

It showed that humanity can still find light in the darkest of moments

[@Skyblade12]

@@Johndoe-jd That light came from God. And the establishment has done everything they can to block out that light ever since they saw the threat that it posed to their wars.

[@welkingunther5417]

It is unfortunate then that it didn't last that long...and did not end the war before it became an unbelievable hell, and nothing like the Christmas Truce hasn't happened ever since. While it was incredible it happened, it is also tragic in my eyes.

[@inspectorbutters166]

@@welkingunther5417 If WW1 had ended that quickly, humanity wouldn't have learned its lesson regarding modern warfare. It already took us a second world war to fully comprehend how truly terrifying war has become. But imagine if we had developed nuclear arsenals and then applied them with WW I mentality. In a way we can be lucky that the world wars came when they did

[@dragon22214]

@@Skyblade12 another religious nut you dont need to be religious to be a good person the way you people claim that i find insulting

[@Viper-CT]

3:36 I love the rewind back to 1966 that the BBC did! reminds you of The Original Doctor, William Hartnell, who is sadly no longer with us...

[@AkodoHirozumi]

Peter Capaldi made the Doctor a Hero..... the long way round....

[@P1ClaraOmega]

I love that "the long way round" ended up serving as an arc-phrase for the entire Moffat era from Day of the Doctor onwards

[@takalazee]

Cutting back to the original footage in black and white was just *chef's kiss*

[@chimeragenesis361]

Probably *THE* definitive Finale for a Doctor who showrunner.

[@thetargiask]

I dreamed of seeing such a series. I so want to see the theme of the Christmas truce in Doctor Who. Thanks you.

[@robbiethepict2783]

The Christmas truce is the single greatest achievement of mankind. The Doctor true to his word just wanted to see it.

[@Haaris.Qureshi]

I’m glad we got to hear A Good Man? one last time.

[@Real_creator]

Both of the 1st regenerations of their cycles meet to get each other to become the 2nd regeneration of their cycle

[@prof.evilpictures8696]

This scene is perfection. The score is amazing and really says farewell to this era of Doctor Who.

[@Cabolt44]

The First was accepting of Twelves decision either way to extend their life or not. Just acceptance which was awesome. SHows how stubborn the Doctor has always been.

[@CordlessJet549]

Just breaks me that the Captain instantly calls for help with the wounded man he was just on the verge of shooting.

[@kali3665]

"Well, then, here we go. The wrong way 'round." An excellent tribute to the First Doctor and the series in general.

[@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar]

Shouldn't it be "the long way 'round"?

[@g2nelson15]

Hexenkönigin von Angmar I don't think he has a very good ear..

[@michaelkean5969]

@@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar well in a way it could be the wrong way round as well because it's dr who it's either up down forwards or backwards.

[@Ian.Ian_BoBian]

I still think David Bradley made an excellent first doctor. Sometimes impersonating doesn’t mean recreating exactly, but having that special energy

[@mattshanley6755]

YOU said it. The FIRST time he regenerated.

[@mmjfilms]

This scene really is one of my favourite moments on Who ever. It really sums the show up imho. And let's not forget the amazing soundtrack! Miss Capaldi ❤️

[@almostoneword]

Miss Whittaker, actually. 🤣

[@adriancachay5600]

"The universe generally fails to be a fairy tale. Thats why we coming in"

[@jameschan4929]

The only thing I need now is The series 10 soundtrack

[@JediPhoenix1976]

This isn't just a heartwarming ending to the show, its a perfect addition to the Who mythology. From what I've read, the First Doctor didn't really think much of us humans - it was starting with Two that he considered himself mankind's protector. If so, this would be the perfect catalyst for that; One bearing witness to the Christmas Truce just before he regenerates would definitely be a good reason for him to change his opinion about us.

[@VuddyProductions]

3:59 my right ear loved this

[@garethwiseman9556]

David Bradley was a good choice to play the First Doctor In this episode.

[@vivianchetty7477]

The war should have ended that day.

[@sushimemestar2210]

No because they were still fighting about a cause that had not been resolved

[@trapbuilder2283]

In an ideal world, the war would never have started

[@anna-flora999]

@@sushimemestar2210 there was no cause other than greed, and that never was resolved.

[@iamseamonkey6688]

there was absolutely no possibility whatsoever of the war ending on that day because absolutely noone in power wanted the truce to happen.

[@evildoctortaco]

Sushi Memestar there was no cause

[@Julie-us1ds]

This scene makes me cry every time. You guys do such an amazing job at this! Thank you

[@CarlosPCastaneda]

Steven Moffat completed the circle with this before the show became a shitshow. As ambitious as Steven Moffat was, it was his strength as well as his weakness, but I would give anything to have a Moffat episode again.

[@tomnorton4277]

Steven Moffat loved Doctor Who. He wasn't just a writer, he was a fan, so getting this right was important to him. I expect he's upset by what the show has become since he left but at least he tied up all the loose ends before Chibnall smashed the Whoniverse into pieces.

[@kirksav]

Doctor Who literally turned to crap as soon as Moffat left and Chibnall took over.

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

@@kirksav IMO the show has been in a slow decline for a long time. Storylines became sillier, longer, more convoluted and disappointing despite the best efforts of people like Capaldi. Chibnall didn’t murder the show, he’s just a *HUGE* continuation of these trends.

[@kirksav]

@@lewiskazinsky7334 There is markedly huge difference between the Davis/Moffat eras and that of Chibnalls. A massively notable difference in scripts, social messaging and acting ability. Chibnalls era in ny opinion has become a massive pile of shit compared to the two previous showrunners eras.

[@lewiskazinsky7334]

@@kirksav oh don’t get me wrong, Chibnall is a soap opera writer bereft of any charm, passion or imagination, something that rubs off on both plots and characters. I’m personally an enormous fan of Series 1-4 but then again I love everything RTD has ever done. Following Davies was a tough act, so was following Moffat - so why not hire a showrunner who’d been groomed for the role, like Toby Whithouse or Mark Gatiss? At the same time, I do think Moffat came with a battery of his own problems.

[@StuartBusby]

This really was a wonderful way to end the series before it went on hiatus for a couple of years. Two great Doctors meeting at either end of a great series. I look forward to Doctor Who's return at some point in the future

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

Honestly, loved this regeneration. Murray's music is so hopeful and curious. I find myself revisiting it over and over.

[@ZombieGuy2401]

I don’t understand how people could go back to killing each other after Christmas Day 1914.

[@Dead_Weight21]

Its not the same people. Upper management just swapped the people.

[@ladyrose3285]

It is bittersweet whenever the doctor has to regenerates. And can make one teary eyed but this made me outright cry

[@damianbrophy3994]

This... this is the most beautiful scene in all of Doctor Who.

[@Coaster_Cray_Cray]

When the captain salutes 12 and 12 looks away, you know he’s just remembering when he saluted the Cyberman version of the Brigadier in Death in Heaven (as they are related) and that honestly breaks me

[@thanoskod]

and the next morning they started to kill each other again. so many good scenes in this special episode....so many goosebumps.!

[@commanderbacara225]

Actually that was not likely. Any 1915 fronts that choose not to fight one another after this event would rotate divisions every few months for this very reason so this never happened again.

[@thanoskod]

emmmmm read my comment again. lol

[@theodoreeliaseronsten5468]

They delayed to new year's actually

[@theodoreeliaseronsten5468]

And started when officers ordered artillery fire and court martial threats

[@Cybermat47]

Actually, Officers complained for weeks about Soldiers purposefully missing shots.

[@blurthepirate1106]

So that's what it means to be a Doctor of war Amazing how they turned that around to mean what it did in this episode

[@Death-Gun5754]

I miss Peter Capaldi, he was a great Doctor ! Since 2005 they have all been great ! ❤

[@mikebasil4832]

Twice Upon A Time because of the 1914 Christmas Armistice is the best SF/historical story for The modern Doctor Who since Vincent & The Doctor. I just released so much trauma while enjoying this again. So thank you for posting it. 🎄

[@mrflibble1259]

The music in this episode was astonishing, a real tribute to 12 years of Murray gold's scores will a little bit of all his best work. I'll never forgive them for not releasing the soundtrack

[@Arachn3rd]

That shot at 3:03 of the two TARDISes (TARDI?) is beautiful, two eras colliding.

[@neoanimefreak_7606]

2:33-3:03 There it is. Short little piece, but I loved it, and kept relistening to it when watching the episode for the first time yesterday. It perfectly signifies....End. The end of Capaldi, and the beginning of the next Doctor.

[@alphamineron]

There is no next doctor

[@Mat_Lopes]

The Music, ❤️

[@woutvanthielen5260]

MattyMatthews _YT Let’s hope we don’t have to wait as long as with series 9

[@callycap3]

It's "Vale" from the end of Tennant's run. Also in "Vale Decem".

[@Mat_Lopes]

Mhm.

[@liamde-maine3088]

23rd September :-)

[@liamde-maine3088]

I thought it was beautifully done and with nearly 100 years since the end of the great war it made people remember I hope

[@madwolfgarton9997]

3:35 I feel an almost eagerness to his voice like lets see what time and space have for me. Lets see it all. The long way round

[@NJPurling]

Doctor #12 was talking about everyone laying their arms down and singing. They actually both sang the same song, 'Stille Nacht'/ 'Silent Night'. Even in 1914 the song was already 96 years old, having been first performed on Christmas Even in 1818. The song that literally stopped a war......

[@hellofabird8277]

Yes thank you sooo much !!! Favourite scene from start to finish ! Music , capaldis speech just ❤️

[@tjh98]

Favourite part of the episode tbh 😩

[@maxpatersonfilms]

Well look at that, the end of Doctor Who. And it's not a bad ending. Sure, the episode wasn't amazing but the lesson that 12 teaches 1 in this story is the important part. The line "The universe generally fails to be a fairytale. But that’s where we come in." really encapsulates most of the series and provides an answer to the question 1 asks earlier in the episode (that being he left Gallifrey to find out the reason why good always wins over evil despite logic). The Doctor becomes that reason and I feel that this is honestly the last great message of Doctor Who, at least for just now.

[@g.b569]

A true part of history and gives hope about humanity. I love how the creators chose this moment to portray in a Christmas special because it is truly special

[@Rhazkept]

This episode is my canon ending for Dr Who. It leaves open the possibility for Capaldi to regenerate, while neatly looping back to what is arguably the beginning of the odyssey of the Doctor. You could easily go from this episode, straight back to Troughton's first episodes, and be completely unphased.

[@Upthewhitesblogs]

Nah there is so much to do

[@shadowranger5907]

@@Upthewhitesblogs ???

[@BWRMYPWR]

@@Upthewhitesblogs Agreed. Shame some people stopped watching after this. Not real Doctor Who fans I suppose...

[@fmitchell238a]

Jodie Whittaker did a fairly good job as the Doctor, given the circumstances. She couldn't quite match the manic intensity of her three predecessors, but who could? It's a shame they chose a showrunner so unsuited to making this kind of show. (And I liked _Broadchurch_ ...)

[@vullord666]

@@BWRMYPWR You do realize you’re doing just as much gatekeeping as people on the opposite end of the spectrum? You’re not being inclusive or championing the fandom for attacking people for not watching what they don’t like. If you like the Chibnall era, good on ya. But if people don’t they don’t have to force themselves to watch it just to be considered “real doctor who fans” just like no one ends to have watched every episode from beginning to end (which is also kinda impossible right now because the BBC used to delete episodes).

[@Carroll13]

The negativity surrounding 'Twice Upon A Time' (i.e sexist First Doctor) really overshadows the beauty of such powerful storytelling. The sense of foreboding yet acknowledging their destiny is beautifully underplayed by the First and Twelfth Doctors in this scene. You can hear the choral chants of 'Auld Lang Syne' in the background - the popular Scottish folk song roughly translated in English as "for (the sake of) old times" is symbolic as a traditional farewell bid to the old year (or old times). Also, the lyrics themselves are "And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet, for auld lang syne" which is the epitome of the Twelfth Doctor's era - just be kind.

[@mattb6369]

What Twelve did here, to me it showed he never forgot his best friend from the classic era, the Brig.

[@osiancoleman8447]

Love this part. This rlly was the best Christmas element to a Christmas special. I find this episode while it gets flack for not even meant to be existing I think it’s the best BBC ever made, it doesn’t feel like a finale cuz it’s not the finale was the episode before...this was the epilogue for twelve and it rlly impressed me.

[@somevigilantewithagrudge4383]

I have binged the entire series from Hartnell all the way up to this point. I have to say them using Hartnell's footage was such a love letter to the past in my opinion. Adding depth and layers to a scene back then when no one knew what was happening to the Doctor.

[@thenecessaryevil2634]

David Bradley is amazing, he not only played the First Doctor in memory of William Hartnell, he also played William Hartnell playing the Doctor in 'Adventures in Time and Space' the story of how Doctor Who got made originally.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

"So...that's what it means to be a Doctor of War." The way One smiles as he says it...

[@tomipitman]

That transition though

[@josephcoates4928]

I miss Murray gold. The score in this episode and all of new who really makes the show

[@josephcoates4928]

If you listen closely you can even hear the song for freedom

[@kajamison2]

I love the salute to Lethbridge. Goes to show just how in the Doctor's debt his bloodline is with him

[@Scotsmen]

1st Doctor's Tardis: What's that on your back? Sutekh: Shhhhh!!!!

[@callumhemmings5215]

The Christmas Truce is near mythical now, ppl cant believe it actually happened

[@finnianhunt5013]

it did, my grandfather has it in his diary alongside mementos he witched with the Germans

[@loura246]

Have you ever heard the song "Christmas in the trenches"? It always makes me cry 😭

[@hungrydragonvsfrightendhob7799]

Don't know why, but that ending gives me chills... From 3:07 onward. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the Second Doctor is my favorite. I don't know. It's brilliant that they used the actual footage. Good old Pat got one last chance to play the Doctor... Edit: I think it might be because it brings things back to where it all started. In a sort of re-beginning. And it makes me feel like it's all starting over again, all the adventures, the loss, the happieness, the universe... Makes me feel excited for what I know he gets to do in his future.

[@Wizardaron]

Me too.

[@alphamineron]

They used that epic music from 10th’s Regeneration…

[@vaughanr.collinson3558]

Anyone here (like me) who remembers that regeneration the first time around on television in the 1960s, as William Hartnell became Patrick Troughton? As a child I didn't know what was happening, but all these years on, that scene of the first regeneration remains in my memory.

[@monkeyman767]

The fact that they used "The Doctor's Theme" and "Vale Decem" in this episode always makes me happy and sad at the same time

[@arfansthename]

December 24, 1914: *gunfire everywhere* December 25, 1914: *a lot of singing for some reason* December 26, 1914: *back to gunfire*

[@androo6473]

Well then, here we go! The long way round... -The Doctor 2017