More could have been made of the two Doctors being there - more could have been done to engage that reflective tone, and to bring it round to be a conclusion and decision to start afresh. The use of the WWI setting and famous moment is corny, the references/connections to other characters are clunky as usual, but what bothered me more was the way that themes were not delivered on as they could have been. This weakness meant the more important moments felt fake, or at very least unearned. ![]() Returns and references for many characters just felt like they were throwing things at the screen, not that the story made sense to have them all. As a story there isn't really a pace to it, and I didn't find myself held by it as it unfolded. Bradley's Doctor isn't used particularly well at all there is a novelty of seeing him but mostly his character is not great - which is a fairly poor situation if you are going to bring the original Doctor back. Capaldi deserves a stronger bow out than this he gets his moment on screen but the episode itself doesn't build up as well as previous exits have. Any time it tries to do one, it seems overly conscious not to move too far from the other the end result is something that is very middle-of-the-road and lacks conviction in what it is doing. It knows it has to be 'important' but at the same time it also kind of knows that it should be entertaining too. The plot sees time frozen, but it is the tone that seems the most awkwardly stuck between two stools. Lots on offer, so it is frustrating that it doesn't really hit many high notes as it goes. This is one of the many positive things that this special held out a final outing for Capaldi, a final appearance for Mackie (somehow), and a regeneration into a new Doctor. The Doctor recalls meeting all the people whose names he uses as nicknames for his first incarnation.Twice upon a Time is the title of this episode, which sees a nice bit of casting by drawing David Bradley from the depiction of the actor William Hartnell, to here play the character he was most famous for (while Bradley himself is more famous for Game of Thrones now). The Twelfth Doctor’s ring is identified as his wedding ring in honourof River Song. The Captain reveals his first name muchearlier, as he introduces himself to Bill as Archie. The First Doctor’s final words are slightly changed, and more dialogue is added. The Testimony reveal that they know The Doctor’s name. The First Doctor accepts the Twelfth Doctor as a future incarnation muchearlier. They are also attacked by Dalek mutants before entering the tower, and the First Doctor wards them off with the sonic screwdriver. The conversation between the two Doctors on Villengard is extended, the Twelfth Doctor is able to explain to the First what his reasons are for refusing to regenerate. ![]() Nardole also reveals what happened to him aboard the colony ship after the events of the DoctorFalls. Heather’s fate is elaborated upon, and Bill’s inability to remember her is addressed. The Doctor is reunited with Bill, but is she all she seems? And can he hold out against the coming regeneration? Thrown together at their most vulnerable moments, the two Doctors must discover why the snowflakes are suspended in the sky, why a First World War Captain has been lifted from his time stream moments before his death, and who is the mysterious Glass Woman who knows their true name. But as he fights his way through the snowdrifts, he comes across the familiar shape of a blue police box, and a mysterious figure who introduces himself as The Doctor… Still reeling from his encounter with the Cybermen, the First Doctor stumbles through the bitter Antarctic wind, resisting the approaching regeneration with all his strength.
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