David Tennant had hurt his back and had to have an operation while performing Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company, which made that stunt where he was strapped to a strange upright gurney and wheeled down a flight of stairs a bit dicey (although it took many, many takes).
If I can't imagine a world in which our mothers are there, at the end of our lives, in our time of need, to help us, then what's the point? It'll never really happen, so I want to imagine it."ĥ. But of course it's meant to be the Doctor's mother. Some might say that it's Susan's mother, I suppose. In The Writer's Tale, his insider view of the creative process, Russell T Davies wrote that he didn't want anyone to be too sure of who she was, although he had a pretty strong inkling himself: "I like leaving it open because then you can imagine what you want. The identity of the woman who appeared to Wilf early in the tale and exchanged significant looks with the Doctor over Rassilon's shoulder (as played by Claire Bloom) was kept deliberately vague. Claire Bloom and Bernard Cribbins in 'The End of Time' (Photo: BBC)Ĥ. Howard had played the part of Donna's father in her first story, "The Runaway Bride," but passed away having shot some of the scenes for her return, "Partners in Crime." His essential role in proceedings was taken up by Wilfred Mott-played by Bernard Cribbins-a character that had only appeared in "Voyage of the Damned" as a one-off, but once he was established as Donna's grandfather, he quickly became not only a fan favorite, but a perfect foil for a discussion of the Doctor's pre-regeneration woes.
The reference to Geoffrey Noble, from whom the Doctor borrows a pound to buy a lottery ticket, is a tribute to the actor Howard Attfield. In any case, as he appears to hold the key to immortality in "The Five Doctors," it's possible Rassilon can't (or simply refuses to) die.ģ. And there had been references to the dead coming back from their graves, and the Master had already said he had been "resurrected" in "The Sound of Drums," implying that things were happening beyond the relatively simple regeneration cycle. We already know that, for Gallifreyans, death is not always the end. It's a time war history is an active combatant. How could the man famed as the founder of Gallifreyan civilization-the man who harnessed a super-nova, developed time travel and became first Lord President of Gallifrey-still be in charge during the Time War? Well the clue is in the title of the conflict. Timothy Dalton's appearance as the spittle-raging Rassilon is a throwback to classic Who and a puzzle for long-term fans. Timothy Dalton as Rassilon in 'The End of Time' (Photo: BBC)Ģ. The only comparable total changeover in Who history was between the Second and Third Doctors ("The War Games"/"Spearhead From Space") and the arrival of the Ninth Doctor ("Rose") when the modern show began in 2005. It was also the final story for execs Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, with the gauntlet being handed over to Steven Moffat for Matt Smith's regeneration scene. Time is not the only thing that may be ending, as we say a final farewell to the Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble, Wilfred Mott, Martha Jones, Mickey Smith, Captain Jack Harkness, Sarah Jane Smith (in Doctor Who at least, The Sarah Jane Adventures continued until 2011), and another regeneration of the Master, the one before Missy arrived.
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The episode airs this Saturday, August 22 on BBC AMERICA as part of the special Doctor’s Finest selection of Doctor Who stories ( and there's a full recap of "The End of Time" here), so before we get stuck in, here are 10 facts about the story you may not know.ġ. Not for nothing is the Tenth Doctor's "I don't want to go" regarded as one of the most emotional scenes in the show's history. It's also the first Doctor Who story that really shows the Doctor as feeling old within his own regeneration and yet conflicted about having to make the change. It is the final rounding off of the first part of the modern Doctor Who era, while still scattering a few seeds here and there for events that will take a few more years to fully germinate and grow (such as the Moment, the Rose Tyler-shaped bomb in "The Day of the Doctor"). "The End of Time" is more than just a regeneration epic, a dabble in Time Lord politics and an unmasking of the madness behind the Master.
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