On November the 23rd 1963, William Hartnell and Carol Ann Ford stepped onto television screens for the first time as the Doctor and his granddaughter, now 50 years and 1 revival later The Doctor is back to celebrate his 50 years with a special 50th anniversary episode “The Day Of The Doctor”.
Since the BBC announced there would be a special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, expectations and excitement have been running high, but will it live up to the expectations of Doctor Who fans everywhere?
Currently little is known about what will be happening in the episode, however the BBC have announced some of the people who will be appearing in the episode. David Tennant and Billie Piper will be returning as the 10th Doctor and Rose Tyler to accompany Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman as the 11th Doctor and Clara Oswald (Impossible Girl).
The monsters who will be returning are the Zygons, who haven’t appeared in Doctor Who since its revival, and the Daleks. Steven Moffat (executive producer) commented “The Doctor once said that you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies, so it’s fitting that for this very special episode, he should be facing the greatest enemies of all.”
Excitement has also been brewing after the final episode of the last series, where John Hurt has been introduced as The Doctor. No one knows what this part of The Doctor did and why it “wasn’t in the name of The Doctor,” but fans hope that answers will be given on the 23rd November.
Not only is there the 50th anniversary episode to be excited about, but there is also the Christmas episode where The Doctor will regenerate.
Fans will be sad to see Matt go, but there are mixed feelings towards the new Doctor. Some are optimistic, whereas others are still hung up over David.
There is a lot of curiosity over how Peter will interpret the part, but fans are just going to have to wait and see, while enjoying the excitement ahead.
