Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor Review (Retro Ups & Downs)

[@WhoCulture]

HAPPY DOCTOR WHO DAY EVERYONE 🎉 Let us know which episodes should get the Retro Ups & Downs treatment next!

[@christophermurphy7417]

Utopia

[@christophermurphy7417]

School reunion

[@codemdrim]

id love to see some more retro ups and downs on iconic two parters! Either (the dreaded) series finales, or those mid season ones we used to get more. (my fave slept on ones are the almost people and the age of steel)

[@TheTeamAka]

The Five doctors

[@CaiGunning]

Love and monsters

[@phoenixgaming20]

2:10 Ellie the doctor literally parks his time traveling sports car wherever he likes including people's living rooms

[@Dantes74302]

Yeah, he parked in Martha's living room during 'the Lazarus experiment.' Technically twice.

[@arthurmartin4616]

@@Dantes74302 And the time he picked up the ponds along with Rory's dad while they were decorating their living room

[@AlexOnABoat]

And he is forever parking it in Ruby's flat.

[@idjles]

And destroys people’s kitchens!!!!

[@idjles]

The reason why Clara rode into the Tardis on her bike is because the special was filmed in 3D and that was a great effect!

[@TJKlimoski]

Ummm, the doctor parks his Tardis in the middle of Clara's bedroom almost every day. I think that's worse than her motorbike into the Tardis!!

[@elizabethgrosvenor153]

Maybe that's why he does it? Payback?

[@ChrisCreats]

And destroys Ruby’s mums house every time too lol

[@zacharyfries3271]

My thought exactly as she said it. I couldn’t tell if she was joking! 😂

[@ryebread69420]

the doctor im pretty sure did also drive a motorcycle out of his ship pretty early on with clara

[@BonBonB]

I came here to say this...

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

"No sir, all THIRTEEN" is a moment that gets me excited no matter how many times I watch this episode. So well done to showcase a version of the Doctor we hadn't met yet. I can only imagine how that must have felt watching it on the day it premiered.

[@Raymail-tj4cf]

It felt FANTASTIC and I really mean it. When the First Doctor said “ Calling the War Counsel”. The tears were falling.

[@Raymail-tj4cf]

A golden up for answering the question from “The Shakespeare Code. “ Now we know why Elizabeth hates the 10th Doctor.

[@FlagCutie]

I watched it on the day, and yes, it still gives me shivers!

[@AndrewBray-zw8ps]

It was emotional to say the very least.

[@ricohutchinson9684]

I remember the eyebrows 🎉😂epic

[@PhantomObserver]

My favorite line from this special? “Same software, different case.” It manages to sum up the Doctor through the analogy of the sonic.

[@StephenMatrese]

Yes and no, but they still have different personalities, they just share memories. Different software, same storage.

[@cheetarah9199]

What Ellie said about the moment with the 13 doctors was spot on. But she missed a word when describing it - glorious. And yes, murray take another up for elevating it further, but that moment was glorious Tom Baker's appearance? Who knows, who knows hehe

[@WendyHill-i3l]

This was a great review. Thanks Ellie. My favourite line was the very obvious "Oh, you've redecorated. I don't like it" I giggled

[@ozdocwho5177]

That only works if you've actually seen the Three Doctors, though. Most nu who fans probably haven't. I agree though, a fantastic nod to my personal favourite Doctor.

[@gestaltdude]

@@ozdocwho5177 Don't forget it also came up in The Five Doctors, though in that case it was Two criticizing the redecoration of the Brigadier's office.

[@xheralt]

"You've changed the desktop theme! What is this, 'Coral'?!" -- compared to "Oh you've redecorated", that's a deep cut.

[@jcarterla]

It's my dad's birthday today. He would have been 83. Really wish I had a Tardis. I miss him.

[@janelong5703]

You’re killing me Ellie, I love the motorbike straight into the Tardis! It makes the inside feel really tangible and shows how comfortable Clara is with the Doctor. Plus he parks his Tardis in her flat all the time!!

[@lordofthereels6790]

In and outside of Doctor Who I feel that the level of writing for Day of The Doctor rivals Breaking Bad/Wire quality TV writing. The way it's able to feel as much like the 10th, 11th and War Doctor's story (giving each a deep arc in this that also deeper contextualizes their (or 9's for WD' s) futures at once without ever feeling like just 11 & Friends is in a word.... FANTASTIC

[@fraystreet9615]

Excellent video. I'd love to see more Retro Ups & Downs. I'd also love to see Sean do some Ups & Downs for Classic Who episodes. 😁

[@muckmoses6521]

As soon as I saw Introducing John Hurt as The Doctor I knew we were in for a real treat😁 As for other Retro Ups and Downs how about The Pyramids of Mars? Another could be Genesis if the Daleks! Even as an 8 year old I understood the depth of that line "Do I have the right"

[@ozdocwho5177]

Pyramids of Mars would be a perfect next up and down. Particularly after Sutekhs return last season.

[@WaybackTN]

Ellie, you made me feel old with that statement of Tom Baker being your mum's Doctor. He was my Doctor and I am old! 😘

[@samueljordan3177]

I think you've got to do the two minisodes that went with the special, Night of the Doctor and The Last Day. I'll happily take them both as a single video of retro ups and downs.

[@MarkRogers-vf3ev]

They could have easily tagged the night of the doctor as the pre-credit scene for the episode. Would have made a great episode that much more special.

[@Ravendarkwytch]

I don’t care what anybody else says but John Hurt was the best British actor of their time. I remember seeing him first in a Frankenstein remake but then I saw him play John Merrick in The Elephant Man and I was forever sold on his acting ability. Nobody else had been so sensitive playing this very difficult role. May the fates protect his memory.

[@jacklomas4218]

I loved some of hurts lines in this. "it's a screwdriver, what are you going to do assemble a cabinet at them." 😂 he really was great in it.

[@ozdocwho5177]

I actually think he may have really been the best dovmctor of all time, but we only saw him in this episode, really. It's such a shame. It would have been awesome to see a spin-off series with him. Lost opportunities.

[@AshishChacko-v5m]

I 100 percent agree with you on that

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Liked before the voiceover even started! This was a special treat on this special day. Ellie expressed all the things I've struggled to put into words in the eleven years since it aired. That's not nearly as easy as she makes it look, just riffing off-script like that. But you really feel the passion she has for the show. It's very familiar to me. And let's not forget the unenviable task Danny had, piecing this together into a logical order, because you know what was actually filmed was quite a bit longer, and by the way, I would pay good money to watch the unedited version. That would be a good way to spend Doctor Who Day. Thank you for this. Next Retro Ups and Downs: City of Death.

[@larrysag3476]

It’s hard to understate how strong the chemistry was between the 3 Doctors when they were on screen together. One of my absolute favorite episodes, no doubt.

[@speculativemusings3593]

No “Up” for how the Doctors solved the Zygon problem? 😢 It’s one of my favorite scenes!

[@lyndonbrooke7551]

Agreed. It's such a smart solution, and doesn't revert to the usual 'power of love' storylines.

[@adamruff7013]

Driving a motor bike directly into an inappropriate setting is exactly something the Doctor would do 😅😅😅😅 like what???

[@gestaltdude]

If not into an inappropriate setting, definitely up the outside, as we saw in The Bells of St John. I've often wondered if that wasn't the same motorbike, gifted to Clara at the end of said episode.

[@adamruff7013]

@@gestaltdude I’d like to think it’s the same one. A lot of people complained about that scene but honestly I love how cool it made that bow tie look 😆 super fun scene!

[@HighlandMurray]

Still one of my favourite ever Doctor Who episodes. Saw it in a packed cinema in Boston and have so many special memories - though The Curator's "I rather think you might" still gives me the most goosebumps. The audience's pin drop intake of breath before we'd even seen Tom was spectacular. Also, I've still got a 3D telly, and got to give a shout out to them filming it in 3D because it is even more jaw-droppingly gorgeous to watch in that format. Also, can we take a moment to look at the cinema box office on this ep too - It only had simulcast screenings yet it's total box office (more than £10m globally) meant it was quite literally the biggest thing at the box office in the world that day... and all from single screenings rather than dozens per day too! The Day of the Doctor?!?! D*** right it was! 😁

[@HighlandMurray]

The neat continuity bow where the freezing of Gallifrey takes place and a aingle Dalek craft is thrown into space is a lovely touch too - presumably the 2005 emperor Dalek falling through space "crippled but alive". 🙂

[@doorofnight87]

I cannot even fathom how much pressure Moffat and everyone else was on to get this right, and they all hit it out of the ballpark. I loved and still love the episode (watched it today, as is required). I remember my jaw dropping when I heard Tom Baker's voice.

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

I'm from Rome. For work, I have traveled the whole world. I have also lived in 6 different cities, in 4 different countries, across 3 different continents. I watched this in Milan, with a Greek Whovian flatmate, who was also away from home (she shrieked with glee when she saw me walking around the apartment with my "The Angels Have The Phone Box" T-shirt, and we bonded over Dr Who). At the time, I had been away from home for 8 years, and I was waiting to be transferred back to Rome. So when the "home, the long way around" speech hit, I started sobbing like a baby. 😭

[@cuppapablo]

I had just gotten into Doctor Who maybe a year or two before the 50th anniversary. The fact that watching The Day of the Doctor made me feel so good, without having all the knowledge of the shows history is a sign of how well crafted an episode it was.

[@sarahblunden4372]

Love this! One of my fave lines was: 11: Geronimo! 10: Alonzi! War doctor: Oh for God's sake! Galiifrey Stands!

Allons-y.

[@sarahblunden4372]

Thank you

[@andrewronaldcrew3917]

PLEASE DO THE WAR GAMES RETROSPECTIVE!! ❤ It is gonna be colourised ♥️

[@davidgould9431]

Excellent analysis (except the down (only for me personally, appropriately : I'd never heard of Gavin and Stacey)). Apparently Tom Baker spilt the beans about his appearance in the 50th on a radio program a bit before. Which I missed, so (personally) it was still a lovely surprise. To add to the editing up: it was great fun seeing it in the cinema in 3D and impressive that they didn't do the usual trick of absolutely everything popping out of the screen at you (possibly with the exception of the Doctor's seeing the fez - and probably others that I've forgotten (let me know)). I vaguely recall Moffat talking about that in an interview. The 3D version is (or was) available on blu-ray. Luckily, the disc also has a standard 2D version: I have the disc and a player, but no 3D display device; 3D is dead (yet again - hey ho). Elsewhere in the comments, people have noted with anguish the "my mum's Doctor was Tom Baker" comment. Well, *mine* was Jon Pertwee (I might have caught the end of Patrick Troughton: I forget). That makes me old, I suppose. Well, older than I was, at any rate. Keep up the good work (and sorry for the plethora of parentheses (which alliterates awesomely, don't you think?)). PS. Not all *actors* who played the Doctor at the time of the 50th were there: Hurndall did a First Doctor in one of the multi-Doctor anniversary specials after Hartnell had died. Picky point, I should stop now. But... PPS. Re. sonic screwdriver. Wasn't the line "what are you going to do - assemble a cabinet at them?" a nod back to what River Song said when she and the Doctor were facing up to the Silence? I'm sure Ellie will know. PPPS. This comment is far too long (and this doesn't help).

[@ozdocwho5177]

I have seen Gavin and Stacy, but I have never even picked up on the actress having been Stacy. I just think that Ellie was being way too picky. We all have our Foibles, though. Also, wasn't there a comment from Captain Jack about the sonic similar to that in his first story? There are so many nods in this story that you don't pick up on some of them.

[@geronimo8862]

be fair, the doctor does often park the tardis in clara's bedroom on date nights. we'll call it even

[@StephenLeGresley]

My suggestions for Retro Ups and Downs. Genesis of The Daleks Pyramids of Mars Trial of a Time Lord The Five Doctors Terror of the Autons Earthshock Just some ideas, there's plenty more. Banger video Ellie. Great job, I agree with it completely :)

[@ronnysundin1086]

Too obvious a choice, but I would like to see "Silence in the library" and "Forest of the dead". They are favorites of mine, and it will include River Song!

[@S0ldeed]

I still love Day - it's one of my top episodes ever. But Ellie, you missed an up! The prequel minisode with McGann giving him a regeneration and introducing the War Doctor. So very good.

[@stephenspeakman9808]

John Hurt fitted the character of the War Doctor, to quote Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura,”Like a glove”

[@qienna6677]

Every time you talk about nostalgia, you make me feel so old 😭 I was adulting when you were a teen!

[@422katieleigh]

This is such a good idea. Nice to have something Doctor Who related that’s not just rumors and listicles.

[@SimonPayne-je3hi]

I'd like to see Retro Ups and Downs for episodes from Classic and New Era's. I was a child when Tom Baker was The Doctor. The Genesis of The Daleks would be a great episode. In New Who it would be good to see favouritte characters. 'Any Ideas'.

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Go watch a young John Hurt as Caligula in "I, Claudius". Totally pulled off the madness of that Caesar...

[@cheetarah9199]

The things the Dr has done to interfere with his companions lives? Riding a motorbike into his living room is totally fair. Bursting out of Rory's cake at his stag do and telling him Amy kissed him?! In front of ALL his mates?!

[@ofskittlez]

Do you think an alternate version with Christopher Eccleston in place of John Hurt would have been better, worse, or the same?

[@ozdocwho5177]

I don't think it would be better to replace John Hurt, but it would have been an added bonus.

[@MaikuWotaharu]

Ellie, I am with you on associating actors with other projects. I laughed my head off when Lee Mack's character in "Kerblam!" was killed off.

[@Borrisssa]

I love the retro ups and downs idea! I was just thinking if you consider the tardis as a kind of vehicle for the doctor (asw as home and companion ofc), he is constantly sticking it in peoples living rooms so I dont blame clara too much for the motobike thing

[@AlexMTG_]

30:44 Baker is definitely a crocs fan. Stood out to me when I saw him at a convention on Long Island a couple months ago

[@coasterblocks3420]

One my favourite modern Dr Who episodes.

[@DavidBeddard]

I would suggest finding stories that are not the most well known for these retro reviews. "The Invisible Enemy" might be a good one, "The Sensorites", "Planet of the Daleks". Not the worst, not the best, likely to have a mix of ups and downs. Then do "Time Flight". If you did "Sub Rosa" for TrekCulture, you have to do "Time Flight" for WhoCulture eventually.

[@timeferret6179]

Loved this, thank you, it is still one of my all time favourites The Day of the Doctor is simply superb

[@rsienicki]

I always felt like the fact that they got onto the Gallifrey was the callback. Like the Moment time locked the events and they assumed the Gallifrey is locked, so they never bother to check. It mirrors the door joke.

[@azrafchowdhury14]

The Day of the Doctor is in my opinion is the best doctor who special. The chemistry between David Tennant, Matt Smith and John Hurt was fantastic and iconic.

[@StephenMatrese]

13:30 international audience didn't have that issue, but I completely understand it. When the Doctor first meets the Ponds, they meet Olivia Coleman, later I saw her in Heartstopper. Polar opposites. I'm glad I didn't have The Crown or Gavin and Stacy to compare. Wonka was a lot

[@WaitTryFail]

I love the loop that war doc sees the moment and then 9 recognised rose who opened the TARDIS and connected to time/space and the moment

[@richardgale1287]

The bike: It's the same one the Doctor says he rode in the anti-gravity Olympics in 'The Bells of St John'... so presumably the Doctor brought it out through the Console Room.

[@iamliberator1101]

Retro is necessary. Currently we're living a DW vacuum with nothing new to talk about... like DW magazine in the wilderness years

[@markadams6084]

Seeing Ellie so giddy and excited about a video always adds that bit extra

[@brianwalker7771]

Do it right start a regular ups and downs series for classic who with An Unearthly child. plus it's first couple episodes that form the first story in total. On that train of thought first and final episodes of each doctor's main run are solid choices.

[@mortal6134]

You guys should be Retro Ups and & Downs for the following: Midnight The Eleventh Hour Love and Monsters Rose The Stolen Earth/Journey's End The Husbands of River Song Heaven Sent The Name of the Doctor Blink

[@Riddlerint1202]

The doctor has brought his mode of transportation into Clara’s living room on several occasions

[@Joeylikesgames-ku9mx]

2:10, to be honest. 11 would totally do something like that.

[@elliotmortimer8316]

12 does it several times as well!

[@rebeccamills9255]

you're so right Ellie it was a brilliant episode brilliantly produced no disney in sight b. b. c. you are amazing!!!

[@WildeMermaid]

I love Osgood. I also like her needing an inhaler personally as i am an asthmatic & its nice seeing a cool character need one too.

[@rickdrais9737]

"They're screwdrivers! What are you gonna do? Assemble a cabinet at them?"

[@the0wolf15]

Day of the Doctor is one of the few specials that *feel* like a special

[@Urutsini]

12:01 You give these examples of famous actor casting and not being able to extract their previous roles. But look at Tennant. He had numerous famous and iconic roles behind him but almost instantly fit the doctor role so well.

[@tenshiigarashi4063]

Ellie I live for you and just for you. You are my time-vortex always taking my heart to the right place ;). I love you so much.

[@code.s.l7544]

I get the motorcycle thing but we have to remember, the Doctor always lands his tardis in Ruby's living room

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

I want to see a special WhoCulture episode with Ellie, Sean, and Danny sitting in a pub, discussing an upcoming episode over pints... ;-P

[@kadosho02]

Happy Doctor Who day 🥳🎉🎇🎆🎇 Love this special so much Everything flowed so well within this. You did not want it to end. Ellie, I can relate. Tom Baker was my mom, and my grandma's favorite Doctor. She absolutely loved his performance during his run, and being a part of this gem. This special impacts me in a different way this time around. My mom sadly passed away in July. My grandma passed in late 2008. Every Doctor Who Day. I would watch with my parents, their favorite episodes. My dad also passed away this year. My dad also loved Doctor Who. His favorite? #10 David Tennant. Oh but he also enjoyed Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jodie Whitaker, and Ncuti as well. My mom did too, she loved every Doctor. But David was that special one, delivered so much heart, feels and every emotion possible. As does Ncuti, even more powerful, and with a heart that is a treasure Doctor Who has been a part of my life. And thankful to share my memories. Lots of love to the entire Whovian fam 🫶 Timey Wimey Wibbly Wobbly ❤️ Forever and always

[@Cubicsphinx801]

your lucky you know people who like doctor who

[@Cubicsphinx801]

May your doctor who loving family members rest in peace

[@GeekyColter]

The Doctor always has his vehicle in his companions living rooms.

[@HeatherKirksey-ls6gk]

If retro ups and downs can include classic Who, I'd love one of City of Death.

[@speculativemusings3593]

I’m sorry you feel that way about the acting choice for Queen Elizabeth I, but giving the episode a down for something that is very much a “You Problem” is a bit much. I often have the same issue with actors and VAs I recognize from other shows and movies, but if I let it bug me for more than a few seconds, I’d never enjoy anything new! Imagine not liking Good Omens because David Tennant plays Crowley? It’d drive me mad!

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Check out the BTS stuff for the movie "Oblivion", with Tom Cruise, where they first used that "surround" background screen technique around the base sky tower set. Pretty interesting...

[@pikeyMcBarkin]

I loved your reaction on this episode.

[@RobertMcMurrer]

You should do the 5 doctors and Vincent and the doctor.

[@theresabradley4716]

Vincent and the Doctor is a heartbreaking episode.

[@vademos1234]

such a brilliant idea! love it

[@stevemc81]

They should hire Moffatt for ST Section 31, they need rediculously complex tangled story lines and he is the GOAT

[@DjaayRobinson]

i would like to see how many ups blink gets cos thats one of the modern doctor who fav eps

[@VideoGameAnimationStudy]

I always assumed that The Curator was where the Fourth Doctor got his face from, he's just a man, like how Caecilius is where 12 got his face from. Caecilius still exists.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

Ellie, did you miss it? The riding the Motorbike into the Tardis was a reference to the TV movie, when the Policeofficerdrove into the Tardis ;) At least thats my headcanon

[@evilkoolade]

The tardis is his living room but its also his garage and his car and on top of that it felt like it was expected

[@gdSwow]

Hi Ellie. Disagree that Billie Piper was in it. Loved her in the show and accept she was as much a factor inndoctor whos successful return as christopher ecclestone but her role felt a bit shoehorned. Also i do begrudge ecclestone for not returning whenever i watch this. Hurt is great but ecclestone would have really suited 9th in this instead of War. How I wished we had a story like this in the 60th anniversary.

[@ianmason6867]

Ellie, how many times has the Doctor parked his TARDIS in a companion's living room though? Turnabout with the motorcycle is fair play.

[@RespawnGod]

Arguably the Dr constantly parks his car in people's livingrooms

[@themanwithnoname2816]

For me the biggest missed opportunity with the opening I wished it had Ian Chesterton working in Clara's school as an older teacher.

[@PastPresented]

This was the 50th anniversary, and teachers tend to retire at 60. Now take a closer look at the school nameboard.

[@brentadams28]

When I first heard the great men quote I searched for which great scribe had written it. I was certain it was an old quote from someone who could really write, someone that had invented words.

[@SuperYouFox]

The down about the casting of Joanna Page since you found it difficult to separate her from her role as Stacey from Gavin and Stacey. Did you have a similar problem when James Corden appeared as Craig Owens in 2010 and 2011?

[@ozdocwho5177]

What about Karen Gillin or Peter Capaldi, for that matter.

[@StephenMatrese]

20:25 Osgood had the inhaler so that the xygon could demand it. Maybe drop some stammering and the glasses

[@yam9195]

It's a shame we never got to see the full regeneration from John Hurt to Christopher Eccleston

[@Stotz42]

Happy Doctor Who day from Canada! I absolutely love the Ups n Downs videos. How about visiting stories from the classic era? Cheers!

[@xzombie_slayer1224]

Since the power of the Doctor and the introduction of the "Guardians of the edge" I see the final scene of Day of the Doctor as a flash forward to after 11 regenerated and he is joining the others at the edge.

[@Raymail-tj4cf]

I think the Moment was really Rose/BADWOLF. She and the TARDIS went there to help her Doctor before they rescued him and killed all those Dalek. If you don’t understand what I mean ask and I will explain it.

[@cuppapablo]

I have not seen Gavin & Stacy, nor have any idea about it, and can agree with the casting for Elizabeth the 1st.

[@MotherShipMedia]

Re the motorbike ... how often has the Doctor parked his TARDOS in someone's living room? More than once, for sure lol ... he doesn't drive a car or a motorbike, he drives a TARDIS, and he parks it wherever he likes, including living rooms lol Also, I'm a Canadian who has actually seen Gavin & Stacey and loved it but didn't have a problem with the casting for Elizabeth I. To your final point, I'd love to see some TRUE "Retro Ups & Downs" from the Classic series. A great place to start, IMO, might be the first Pertwee story, Spearhead from Space which was very much the template for the first episode of the Eccleston reboot. I think you could either do an Ups & Downs for each episode, but a better format might be to do both in one, including all the callbacks and similarities between the two episodes. But I also think there are TONS of other episodes from the classic run of all the Doctors from Hartnell through McCoy that would make great Ups & Downs ...

[@jamie.coulthard.2222]

joanne paige was also in nativity 2 with david tennant she plays mrs. peterson

[@Qmarine555]

You should do a retro-review of the last 3 episodes of season 3. The whole Harold Saxon / Prime Minister / The Master payoff for that season.

[@supersecret4390]

You should do the christmas invasion since it was the first modern christmas special

[@HIR0SE]

Felt like this was less of a review and more of a filler video cause Ellie wanted to vent about the one thing that irked her. Unhinged Ellie is tight!

[@Domihork]

Congrats Ellie! It only took you 11 years to figure out that the sequence where he talks about dreams is a dream sequence :D

[@icon_uk624]

How do you know the TARDIS doesn't have handholds underneath? How many times have we actually seen the bottom of the TARDIS? (Spyfall Pt 1 is about the only time we've seen it raised up, when the Doctor was working underneath it and draining the waterslides. Also, the "All thirteen!" moment is great, but we never did find out _why_ Hartnell through to Ecclestone knew to BE there at that point, being pivotal to something they didn't know was going to happen. (I did wonder if we might get a moment in "Twice Upon a Time", where Capaldi's Doctor inputs something into Hartnell's TARDIS controls when no one else is looking, but that might have been an easter egg too far)

[@BigTimeTimmyJam]

Thank you! I loved it!

[@StephenMatrese]

15:55 adding the wheeping angels would have been to much, this was balanced well

[@StephenMatrese]

2:22 Imagine if the Doctor parked his TARDIS in your living room, and day kidnapped your father/father in law (we would have had to ask the Ponds). Also the Doctor drives out of the console room in the first episode (work the spoon heads) that they meet.

[@vultan2000]

It would great to see a retro ups & downs for the Web of Fear. It’s a pivotal story in the show’s history: hello, Brigadier! And it’s fascinating how the bbc got in trouble for having such convincing tube tunnel sets!

[@jfrance649]

Love to see more retro ups and downs, I suggest The Eleventh Hour it's one of my favorite episodes and it's brilliant. I can't imagine how many ups an episode with River Song in it will get with Ellie review it 😂 The Day of the Doctor was amazing, pretty much agreed with everything that Ellie said. It was an event, so much hype leading up to it and imo it lived up to the hype. It felt like a movie not just a normal episode, it felt like Christmas day on that day. It was special that 50th year.

[@myphone4590]

The motorcycle driving into the tardis was an homage to the 8th doctor's only full episode.

[@ozdocwho5177]

That is so true. I have never picked that up before. Thanks for pointing that out.