50 years in the making, and all I know about The Doctor is everything that happned from the relaunch.
I watched a few old stories, I read enough about the Doctor’s main enemies, history of the Time Lords etc, but I can’t say I know eveything there is to know and I’m a bit sad. I’m a bit sad not because I didn’t enjoy this evening’s episdoe, I’m sad because it was a beautifuly crafted story that had so many Easter eggs, references and inner jokes, that I now find myself thinking about watching all the shows, and reading EVERYTHING so I can return to The Day of The Doctor and enjoy all of it.
So, having written all of that I will say now that I loved the story. This was Moffat at his best - creating a wonderful new mythology based on an already rich mythology, tying all sorts of little details together, crossing streams, untangling old plot-lines and reassembling all of them into something new and fresh.
At the end of the day, nothing changed, and everything changed. The Doctor we knew from 2005, the dark history, the time war, all of it is now seen in new light. The burden of the things that was done is there, the old plot-lines make sense because only one Doctor knows the truth and it is the Doctor that should know it - the oldest of them all.
I loved the episode because John Hurt did a fantastic job as a Doctor, putting even the lovely David in his place. I loved it because I’m missed David and I loved it because the next Doctor, the one we will meet soon enough has a new goal, a new story to tell and it will dictate not only the coming season (or few), but perhaps the next decades.
There is so much to write, but I will let others, those who know more about the show, to write those other posts. As for myself I will just say thank you, to all those visionaries, writers, producers, actresses and actors who made this, The Day of The Doctor event something that I could experience.
Here’s for 50 more.