A Surprisingly Unforgettable Movie!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

It was the end of an era for doctor who, other than a new doctor it's was the end of Steven Moffat and the end of doctor who as we know it. I was expecting it to go out on a bang, but it didn't, the first doctor was a stupid mistake and a complete mockery of hartnells doctor. Since when was the first doctor sexist and the twelve doctor pc gone mad (apparently women can't clean anymore). Other than that I thought that this episode had a boring plot, poor cgi and just a terrible episode. It would have been so much better if davros was behind the plan instead of rusty, no one really liked that episode and most regular non fan viewers will have forgotten about the episode so wouldn't have a clue what's going on! The music was recycled the twelve doctor wasn't the one I knew and was just there to suddenly talk about feminism which he hasn't really talked about before but as it's a female doctors first episode, you have too. Bills character also felt pointless and ruined her departure from The Doctor Falls. Clara's cameo could have been executed better and a montage of there travels would have improved the scene even more, I would not recommend this episode to anyone.

One piece of praise I can give for Capaldi's final outing is that it isn't the clusterf*** that Matt Smith's was. It's on a smaller scale, with a smaller cast of characters, which means there's no confusion as to what the hell is going on. The main plot serves as little more than a way to get the First and Twelfth Doctors to interact, but the episode knows this so their interactions are what gets the most focus. The First Doctor's sexist jokes and Twelfth's reactions to them are a good laugh, as are their constant attempts to one-up on each other. But on a deeper level, they are fleshed out well with both reluctant to regenerate but helping each other get through it and muster the will to carry on. It's much better than the shallow "I don't want to go" that dominated David Tennant's final episode.Gatiss's soldier adds a lot. I'd worried about his inclusion but it actually serves the story pretty well. So does Bill's return, as she isn't the real Bill but tries to persuade the Doctor that it doesn't matter, that she might as well be the real Bill. So it's good that her return doesn't ruin the way her story arc was tied up at the end of the last season like Russell T Davies did with Rose.It's a shame that Moffat couldn't embrace the smaller scale for what it was though. Lots of unnecessary things are thrown into the episode that dilute the parts that are actually good. The centre of the Universe, strange mutant things, something about a good Dalek... it's like Moffat threw in all the remaining ideas that he hadn't had a chance to use during his time as showrunner. What makes this worse is that these things clearly stretched the budget, giving the sets and monsters a cheap look.The regeneration scene is perfect, Peter Capaldi's final speech as the Doctor does impress. I'm not fully on board with a woman Doctor yet, but let's see how it pans out...

This episode features David Bradley recreating the very first Doctor (originally played by William Hartnell) and accompanying Peter Capaldi in his final adventure before his 12th Doctor regenerates into a female 13th Doctor. The episode begins with a beautiful clip from Hartnell as the 1st Doctor sstarting to feel his regeneration coming before a slightly unnecessarily noticeable transition to Bradley playing the 1st Doctor. The tiny flaw in this transition is quickly forgotten as Bradley does a fantastic job throughout the episode. Bradley is a supremely good actor and it shines through in this respectful, humorous and magical portrayal of the Doctor. Capaldi is on top form and the story is thoughtful, moving, funny, interesting and works really well in all departments. I also loved Mark Gatiss role of the Captain who joins the adventure and turns out to be of lovely significance. The element which lifts the story even more into greatness is the inclusion of the Great War (now known as World War I) and the movingly beautiful scenes and thoughtful ideas presented with brilliant acting all round. Excellent stuff.Steven Moffatt's final episode as 'showrunner'/writer is among his best in my opinion. Moffatt has been a great servant to the show and the writer of some truly great episodes but also has been the architect of some overblown and illogical plotting in his years in charge. His use of humour has also been known to slip into silliness from time to time. I think he had a bit too much power and was not quality or logic checked enough at times. I hope new writer Chris Chibnall will have a team around him working to ensure stories are logical and top quality. Chibnall has incurred the wrath of a section of fans before he even starts by casting a young woman in the role of the 13th Doctor. The over the top online reaction to that decision is typical of online craziness nowadays about everything (Doctor Who, Star Wars, Game of Thrones etc all attracting online hate every time they depart from this vocal section of fans personal view of how it should go.). No sensible, measured approach is shown by these internet moaners, they just have huge over-reaction, hate and exaggeration, ignoring facts to claim their own personal view is the only acceptable truth and lacking any consistency in judging new work against earlier work. For instance I have seen online ranters saying this episode was poor because it was 'boring'. Well classic series of Doctor Who had slower pacing, relative lack of visual wonder and less action. There was also a lot of filler conversation and repetition of capture and recapture etc. This was due to the multi episode story format and constraints and expectations of the era. I LOVE those classic series. I loved it then and I still love it now. Slower paced, character building, thoughtful presentation of views and ideas all can be great. This episode is like classic Who in many ways and to criticise it for those aspects as if Doctor Who has to be a non-stop roller-coaster of action is ridiculous unless someone is a fan of the series only since 2005. The script, plot and acting in this episode carries off the slower paced, less action oriented story superbly well and matches most classic Doctor Who great stories. I am not saying this is the best episode ever but it easily sits alongside the top class.My own personal view is that a female actor taking on the role of the Doctor is of no real consequence as long as the acting and writing quality is high. Surely anybody should judge quality not gender. Yes, we all grew up with a male Doctor but why does gender matter really? If it is written and created well it will be absolutely fine. I suspect Jodie Whittaker will not be among my top 5 or 6 Doctors but I am willing to bet her tenure will be a lot better than the show was during the 6th Doctor's era or the first two years of the 7th Doctor when the show was well below the usual standard of writing or production.The 13th Doctor's arrival at the end regeneration scene was rather dramatic. I think I would have preferred a less shocking introduction and it has given more ammunition to the haters who latched onto the scene as evidence of it 'ruining their show'. I will wait and see her first episode though before I form any initial thoughts on her or Chibnall. This episode was about Peter Capaldi signing off as the 12th Doctor and he really finished on a high. His acting was superb and the writing gave him a great send off. Moffatt chose to have the 12th Doctor suffering a sort of identity crisis throughout his time, I guess you could argue the new cycle of regenerations given to the Doctor could cause this or just the chain of events could have made him question himself in a kind of mid-life crisis type situation. I loved that in Capaldi's farewell Moffatt allowed his Doctor to have a feeling of resolution and renewed faith in himself. Maybe this was overdue but it was done very well indeed. I hope fans can be open minded and stop over-reacting. The show goes through cycles and changes, it always has. If it ever slips it is only temporary so why not stick with it and try to look for the positives. By all means make constructive criticism where appropriate but be reasonable. Too much to ask in the online craziness but no harm in me trying.

The Doctor should have regenerated at the end of "The Doctor Falls" and that should have been the end of it. While reintroducing the first incarnation of the Doctor was cute, it was nothing more than a way for David Bradley to show that he's got some serious acting chops. The banter between the first Doctor and Capaldi's Doctor had its moments, but then began to wane. And the episode grew stale rather quickly.I loved Bill in the last season. However, she as a collection of memories in this special didn't play well. It felt like she spent every scene trying to convince the Doctor of who she was. Had she come back as a "pilot," which she had been turned into at the end of "The Doctor Falls," it would have made sense and given her and the Doctor closure. The same thing with he predecessor making a cameo. Wrong, wrong, wrong, cheap, and added no value. It was horribly reminiscent of Amy Pond showing up to rattle of her Raggedy Man statement to Matt Smith's incarnation of the Doctor before he regenerated. All of the scenes were pieced together simply for the sake of a Christmas special.The regenerations got to be epic with Eccleston. Many express emotions about Capaldi switching out to Whittaker. I remember when Tom Baker's Doctor regenerated. No special effects. No fanfare. No one man show theatrical dialogue. Plus, Baker's death was acted out as being real from having fallen from a great height, not him at the end of a season as the Doctor. And Baker felt missed, for me, because he was such an outstanding Doctor that you didn't want him to go. Whittaker has some shoes to fill. After so many versions of the Doctor, she has to present a fresh incarnation that doesn't chew lines, give overwrought monologues, and isn't the love interest of someone who is thousands of years her senior. The transition from Capaldi to Whittaker would have sufficed better at the end of "The Doctor Falls."