The BBC have revealed the title and details for the Doctor Who 2013 Christmas special – click on the images included here for bigger versions. The episode, which is Matt Smith’s final as The Doctor, is called The Time of the Doctor and will air on Christmas Day on BBC One. Watch a trailer HERE and check out the synopsis below:
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them – the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
For more info, pics and clips on The Time of the Doctor, click HERE. Eagle eyed Twitterers @willowscat and @realjackbowman spotted someone familiar in the pictures. Let’s look closer for some Capaldi action.
Thanks to BBC Pictures
Darn, I was hoping for "Silent Night"…
Looks more like Paul McGann to me? Could be wrong 😛
Those 3 shadows in the background (together), look like more Doctors too.
I can't remember three shadows. What are you looking at?*
*Dude. It's The Silence.
Looks to be someone with a moustache.
I'm not ready for my Doctor to leave; Matt plays the part so well. Definitely makes me sad to think about it-even though I know the Doctor isn't going anywhere.
For some reason,I was sure it was called 12th Night. Have they changed the name or did I just dream it?
Capaldi is clearly looking up Clara's skirt…
When in Rome…
I think I can see tom baker and peter capaldi in the fires?
Looks like weeping angel arms sticking out of the snow under the tree
The ole Doc is catching up with the Daleks with the recent …of the Doctor titles.
What have we got now
Death of.. (SJA)
Name of ..
Night of ..
Day of ..
now Time of..
Will we get Space of.. a minisode where he's trying to fit a new couch into the tardis, she doesn't like it so keeps making the rooms smaller so he has no space 😉
Although Silent Night would have been a much better title given the subject and timing.
Silent Night is the worst Christmas song ever. Why does Christmas music suck so bad anyways?
On one of the others sites they're speculating that one of the faces is actually McGann… for some reason.
One on the left looks like Craig Ferguson, maybe he's finally getting his cameo
Neither is McGann. The face in the flames in the poster on the left is Capaldi. The face in the flames on the poster on the left, however, is also Capaldi.
I'm with everybody who thinks it should have been called Silent Night.