Twice Upon a Time (Doctor Who)

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Cast
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Production
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Written by Steven Moffat [lower-alpha 1]
Produced by Peter Bennett
Executive producer(s)Steven Moffat
Brian Minchin
Music by Murray Gold
Running time60 minutes
First broadcast25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by
"The Doctor Falls"		Followed by →
"The Woman Who Fell to Earth"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"Twice Upon a Time" is a special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . It was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2017 as the programme's thirteenth Christmas special. The episode was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay. It features the final regular appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, the first official appearance of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, and also stars David Bradley as the First Doctor. Pearl Mackie stars as the Twelfth Doctor's former companion Bill Potts, while his other companions make guest appearances – Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Matt Lucas as Nardole. Mark Gatiss plays a British army captain taken from the First World War.

Contents

This episode is a continuation of events after "The Doctor Falls", addressing the cliffhanger that it ended on, and takes place during the final serial of the First Doctor, The Tenth Planet (1966), which ended with the First Doctor regenerating; footage from The Tenth Planet is used in the special. "Twice Upon a Time" is Capaldi's fourth and final Christmas special as the Twelfth Doctor, and at the time was the last Doctor Who story to be written and produced by Moffat, who served as the show's executive producer and chief writer since taking over from Russell T Davies in 2010. After the special's broadcast, Moffat was succeeded as executive producer and showrunner by Chris Chibnall.

Plot

Wandering back to his TARDIS through the South Pole in 1986 after leaving his companions behind, the First Doctor refuses to regenerate. He encounters the Twelfth Doctor outside his own TARDIS in a similar state of mind. The pair are soon approached by a confused and injured First World War British captain, displaced from 1914 while in a gun-point stalemate with a German soldier. The three are taken into a large spaceship. Inside, they meet with Bill Potts, the Twelfth Doctor doubts she is the real Bill. Upon encountering the ship's glass-like holographic pilot, they are offered freedom in exchange for the Captain returning to the moment of his death. Refusing to allow the Captain to die, they escape and take the First Doctor's TARDIS to the planet Villengard.

Alone, the Twelfth Doctor meets with the rogue Dalek Rusty, who grants them access to the Dalek Hivemind. The Doctor learns that the pilot and its ship, known as Testimony, are designed to extract people from their timelines at the moment of their death, and archive their memories into glass avatars. Bill is reveled to be an avatar. Seeing no evil to fight, the Doctors agree to return the Captain to his timeline. Upon arrival, the Captain asks the Doctors to keep an eye on his family, introducing himself as Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart. As time resumes, the Doctors watch as soldiers on both sides begin singing "Silent Night". The Twelfth Doctor explains to the First that he deliberately shifted the Captain's timeline forward to the start of the Christmas truce, to ensure his life would be spared.

The First Doctor informs the Twelfth that he is now prepared to regenerate and says his goodbyes before returning to his TARDIS. He returns to the South Pole for Ben and Polly and finally regenerates into his second incarnation. Now alone with Bill's avatar, the Twelfth Doctor adamantly contends she is not really Bill, but she argues that memories are what defines a person. The Doctor then returns to the TARDIS and decides to regenerate, but not before relaying some personal advice to his next incarnation.

After the Thirteenth Doctor examines her own reflection, the TARDIS suffers multiple system failures due to damage caused by the regeneration. Falling out of the tumbling ship, the Doctor watches in horror as the time rotor and the console room explode while she plummets towards the Earth below.

Production

Writing

Steven Moffat speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con. Steven Moffat by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Steven Moffat speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con.

The episode was written by Steven Moffat, it was the final episode Moffat before he returned to Doctor Who in 2024 to write an episode for series 14. [1] As with the last change of showrunners, Chibnall wrote the final moments of the episode, so as to allow him to write Whittaker's first lines on the show. This happened in the 2010 special "The End of Time", when Moffat took over for Russell T Davies in the final moments of the episode, writing Matt Smith's first words as the Eleventh Doctor. [2]

In January 2016, Moffat announced that he would step down as the programme's showrunner after the tenth series, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall beginning with the eleventh series in 2018, but a 2017 Christmas special was not mentioned in the plans at that time. [3] The change in showrunners almost caused the annual episode to be cancelled, as Moffat planned to leave after the tenth series finale and Chibnall did not want to begin his run with a Christmas special. When he learned of Chibnall's plans, Moffat elected to stay long enough to produce one final episode, as he was concerned that the show would lose the 25 December slot in the future if it missed a year. As a result, he had to rewrite his plans for the tenth series finale to allow Capaldi to appear in one more episode. [4]

In an interview following the episode's broadcast, Gatiss said he cried at the thought of playing the Brigadier's grandfather when he finished reading the script. [5] However, the Haisman Literary Estate asserted their control of the backstory of the Brigadier, stating that Archibald was actually the Brigadier's great-uncle who appeared in Night of the Intelligence. [6] [7]

The episode features several call backs and references to previous episodes of the programme. Reportedly Derek Martinus, the director of The Tenth Planet, cut a line from the original script which suggested that the Doctor was refusing to undergo the regeneration process. Moffat decided to use this scrapped plotline as the basis for the story. [8] [9]

Casting

David Bradley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. David Bradley SDCC 2014.jpg
David Bradley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.

Peter Capaldi reprised his role as the Twelfth Doctor. On 30 January 2017, he confirmed that the tenth series would be his last, and that he was set to leave after the 2017 Christmas special. [10] The episode also sees the introduction of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, whose casting was announced on 16 July 2017. [11] [12]

David Bradley appears in the episode as the First Doctor, having previously portrayed William Hartnell in the 2013 docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time. [13] [14] [15] This makes him the third actor to play the role in the television programme, after William Hartnell and Richard Hurndall (in 1983's "The Five Doctors") since the premiere of Doctor Who in 1963. [16] Bradley previously played Solomon in the 2012 episode "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship". [17] Since 2017, Bradley has reprised his role as the First Doctor in many audio dramas for Big Finish Productions alongside his co-stars from An Adventure in Space and Time. [18]

The first trailer for the episode was shown during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, revealing the return of Polly, a companion from the end of William Hartnell's tenure as the First Doctor, portrayed by Lily Travers, [19] and Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts. Also confirmed were appearances by Toby Whithouse, writer of seven episodes between 2006 and 2017, [20] and Mark Gatiss, writer of nine episodes between 2005 and 2017, marking his fourth acting appearance in the series, playing a character credited as The Captain. [21] [22]

It was later confirmed that Ben Jackson, a companion of the First and Second Doctors, who served alongside Polly, would also feature in the episode and that he would be played by the former Hollyoaks cast member Jared Garfield. [23] Hartnell, Anneke Wills and Michael Craze appeared as the First Doctor, Polly and Ben, respectively through archive footage. [24] Nikki Amuka-Bird voices the "Glass Woman". [25]

Around 100 extras were on set for the scenes depicting World War I. [26] The episode includes a cameo appearance by Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, as the Doctor's memories of Clara, lost during "Hell Bent", are restored. The scene was the last to be filmed for the episode and while Coleman was willing to come back to film, timing between the filming of this special and her work in Victoria was difficult to arrange. Moffat said "How many times have I killed that girl off and she was right there in my last shot! It's absolutely extraordinary. The unkillable Coleman!" [27]

Filming

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Rachel Talalay speaking on a panel at Intervention Seven Con in Rockville, Maryland in 2016.

The episode was directed by Rachel Talalay, [28] who wrote and directed the two-part finale of the tenth series, "World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls". [29] [30] The final scene of "The Doctor Falls" involving David Bradley was filmed as part of the filming of "Twice Upon a Time" in June 2017. [31] Production for "Twice Upon a Time" started on 12 June 2017, and concluded on 10 July 2017. [32] [33] [34] However, the final scene of the episode, in which Whittaker makes her debut as the Doctor, was not filmed until 19 July. [35]

Talalay recreated several scenes from The Tenth Planet; her recreations went unused in favor of archive footage. [36] The Doctors's regeneration was shot on 10 July. Capaldi himself had input on what his regeneration scene would be like. During his speech the Doctor paraphrases philosopher Bertrand Russell when he advises his future self that "hate is always foolish and love is always wise". [37] The original plan for the scene would not use pyrotechnics, but they were added at the request of Talalay. [38] Following the completion of the scene, Capaldi was gifted the Twelfth Doctor's sonic screwdriver. [39]

The recreated set of the First Doctor's TARDIS features several props from the original set. [40] Near the end of the special, after the Doctors return to their respective TARDISes to undergo regeneration. The First Doctor's regeneration is shown, using original footage from "The Tenth Planet". Although the last episode of The Tenth Planet is one of the most sought-after missing episodes of Doctor Who, the regeneration sequence was preserved when it was used in a 1973 edition of the children's magazine programme Blue Peter . [41] [42]

Broadcast and reception

"Twice Upon a Time" was first broadcast on BBC One on the 25th of December 2017. [43] The episode was watched by 5.7 million viewers overnight, making it the sixth highest watched programme of the day across all channels. [44] The episode received 7.92 million views overall, and it received an Appreciation Index of 81. [45] It was broadcast on the same day in the United States by BBC America where it was seen by 2.2 million viewers on [46]

Cinemas

"Twice Upon a Time" was released in cinemas in multiple countries, including Brazil on 25 December, Australia and Denmark on 26 December, and the United States and Canada on 27–28 December. The cinema release includes two bonus features: a behind-the-scenes view of the episode, and a special celebrating the tenure of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Steven Moffat as showrunner and lead writer. [47]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Rotten Tomatoes (Average Score)7.55 [48]
Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer)88% [48]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club A− [49]
Entertainment Weekly A [50]
IndieWire C+ [51]
IGN 9.5 [52]
Vulture Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [53]
Radio Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [54]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [55]
Daily Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [56]
Starburst 7/10 [57]

"Twice Upon a Time" received generally positive reviews, with praise given to the performances. [54] [50] [49] 88% of 25 critic reviews are positive on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's consensus reads "Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time pays gratifying homage to the outgoing Doctor while marking a thoughtful, warm and funny passing of the torch to a new era in the franchise." [48]

Writing for IGN Scott Collura praised the episode particularly the final moments featuring the regeneration. Collura felt that the episode improved the ending of "The Doctor Falls" as well as The Tenth Planet. He also praised the casting of Mark Gatiss as the Captain feeling that he " provides the perfect element of humanity required for a Doctor Who story". [52] Entertainment Weekly's Dana Schwartz also praised Gatiss as well as the closing moments of the episode. [50] Writing for Vulture Ross Ruediger praised the episodes use of nostalgia and how it concluded the Twelfth Doctor's character arc. Ruediger also felt that the episode was an improvement on the previous regenetion episode, "The Time of the Doctor". [53]

Michael Hogan offered a negative review for The Daily Telegraph , criticising Moffat's writing and concluding that viewers "would have been left scratching their heads in bafflement. It was self-indulgent, overcomplicated and, most unforgivably, frequently boring." [55]

Some commentators noted the depiction of the First Doctor, who is portrayed as displaying a sexist attitude. Moffat said that Hartnell's Doctor was "not progressive. Without being too outrageous I think we have re-created that version of Hartnell's Doctor, with all the 1960s political incorrectness in place." [58] Den of Geek's Pete Dillon-Trenchard reported that this was a controversial aspect of the episode, even in the pre-publicity, but they "found it hard to find any examples of sexism as egregious as the ones shown here." [41] Patrick Mulkern of Radio Times thought Moffat's characterisation for the First Doctor would make viewers "cavil that his character has been revised, made to seem more old-fashioned than he was", but felt it highlighted the changing of attitudes and how far the Doctor had developed. [54]

The episode was a finalist in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the 2018 Hugo Awards. [59] At the 44th Saturn Awards it was nominated for Best Television Presentation. [60]

Home media

Twice Upon a Time
Author Paul Cornell
Cover artistAnthony Dry
Series Doctor Who book:
Target novelisations
Publisher BBC Books
Publication date
5 April 2018
Pages224
ISBN 978-1-785-94330-0

"Twice Upon a Time" was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Region 2 on 22 January 2018, [61] in Region 4 on 7 February 2018, [62] and in Region 1 on 13 February 2018. [19] The episode was later released in Ultra HD Blu-ray format. It was released in North America on 25 September 2018 and in the UK on 24 September 2018. [63] [64]

In print

Paul Cornell adapted the story into a novelisation as part of the Target Collection . It was released in paperback by BBC Books on 5 April 2018, with a digital edition released on the same day. [65] [18] In June 2018 an audiobook version, read by Gatiss, was released. [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Chris Chibnall wrote the Thirteenth Doctor's (Jodie Whittaker) dialogue at the end of the episode.

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