The Time of the Doctor

241 – "The Time of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
Promotional poster
Cast
Doctor Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor
Companion Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald
Guest Orla Brady – Tasha Lem James Buller – Dad Elizabeth Rider – Linda Sheila Reid – Gran Mark Brighton – Colonel Albero Rob Jarvis – Abramal Tessa Peake-Jones – Marta Jack Hollington – Barnable Sonita Henry – Colonel Meme Kayvan Novak – Voice of Handles Tom Gibbons – Young Man Ken Bones – Voice Aidan Cook – Cyberman Nicholas Briggs – Voice of the Daleks & Cybermen Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg – Daleks Ross Mullan – Silent Dan Starkey – Sontaran Sarah Madison – Weeping Angel Karen Gillan – Amy Pond Peter Capaldi – Twelfth Doctor Daz Parker – Cyberman (uncredited)
Production
Directed by	Jamie Payne
Written by	Steven Moffat
Script editor	Derek Ritchie
Produced by	Marcus Wilson
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Brian Minchin
Music by	Murray Gold
Series	2013 specials
Running time	60 minutes
First broadcast	25 December 2013 (2013-12-25)
Chronology
← Preceded by "The Day of the Doctor" Followed by → "Deep Breath"
List of episodes (2005–present)

"The Time of the Doctor" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Jamie Payne, and was broadcast as the ninth Doctor Who Christmas special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One.^[1] It features the final regular appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first full appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor following his brief cameo in the previous episode "The Day of the Doctor". The episode also features Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald, plus several enemies of the Doctor, including the Daleks, Cybermen, Silence and Weeping Angels.

The episode addresses numerous plot threads developed over the course of Smith's tenure, including the prophecy of the Silence, cracks in the universe, and the Doctor's fate on the planet Trenzalore, while also dealing with the regeneration limit established in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin. "The Time of the Doctor" is Smith's fourth and final Christmas special as the Eleventh Doctor.