THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR is a
79 minute event that explores the
last day of the Time war which destroyed the Time Lords and the Daleks. Not
everything is set in stone as the Other
Doctor (John Hurt) has yet to make his choice in using the Moment (the ultimate
weapon) which appears to him in form of Rose (Billie Piper) aka Bad Wolf. A
gateway in time brings the Other Doctor
together with the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith)
as they must work together to stop an old foe (the Zygons) from taking over
Earth with their plans beginning in the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
I like the scope and
effort they go to making this 50th
anniversary special. The dialogue and
banter between the Doctors and Clara is fantastic, but the story does fall a
little flat in providing a great villain for the Doctor to fight. However, it
explores the choice he must make
on the final day of the Time War which rewrites DOCTOR WHO history which has
always been revising and contradicting itself.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Preview for the first seven
seasons of the new DOCTOR WHO
limited edition blu-ray set and COPPER season 2
2 Mini-Episodes: THE LAST DAY
and THE NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR
(starring Paul McGann)- THE LAST DAY you can skip, but THE NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR
shows once again how great Paul McGann was as the Eighth Doctor (who was only
in one TV movie and various audio adventures).
I hope they get Paul McGann back for an episode or two of DOCTOR WHO in
the future.
Behind-The-Scenes featurette
on the making of THE DAY OF THE
DOCTOR
DOCTOR WHO EXPLAINED (45 minutes)-
cast (past and present),
Stephen Moffat, and Neil Gaiman talk about the characters, monsters, and more
from the 50 year history of DOCTOR WHO
Comic Con Trailer and Teaser
Trailer
The DAY OF THE DOCTOR can be
viewed in 2D and 3D on the
Blu-ray depending on your HDTV and blu-ray player set-up. Also THE DAY OF THE
DOCTOR is included in
standard definition on DVD in addition to limited edition Topps trading cards
of the first 12 Doctors.
Extras missing from this combo
pack are the deleted scene
and the 3D theater screening introduction which makes you think they might be
planning a double dip in the future for this story.
FINAL ANALYSIS: THE
DAY OF THE DOCTOR is good from a character and dialogue point-of-view while the
story’s plot isn’t the best DOCTOR WHO has to offer, but it rewrites a few
important things and sets up the arc for future DOCTOR WHO stories. THE NIGHT
OF THE DOCTOR is the best extra
while I wish they included all extras for this release.
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