"I will always remember when the Doctor was me."
This episode had all the things that have made me love Doctor Who. It had humour, wit, drama, and emotion. And even though it was Matt Smith's last, I still managed a big smile on my face at the end of it.The story followed the Doctor and Clara on Christmas day to Trenzalore where the Doctor's enemies were massing. The Doctor pledged to protect Christmas Town, ended up dying there.
A fabulously written episode, it brought together lots of past stories. The crack in the "fabric of reality" (wall crack) from season 5, River Song from season 6 and the "impossible girl- Clara herself from season 7. It even included an appearance by Amy (Karen Gillian) at the very end. It even brought threads in from the "Day of the Doctor (50th anniversary)- references to Gallifrey, the "war doctor" (John Hurt).
Some thought Clara's (Jenna Louise Coleman) Christmas cheerfulness a bit over the top. I thought it was to cover up the fact she was worried about the Doctor. I felt sorry for her too as her family tried to keep setting her up. She ended up bringing the Christmas magic by convincing the Time Lords to give him another regeneration. As usual she believed in him.
It was an emotional ending. Clara standing there in the Tardis helpless to do anything, watching it happen. "I will not forget one line of this, not one day I swear," he promised her. It was simple, and sweet, making her feel like she mattered to him. Amy's appearance: "Raggedy man, good night." It was as memorable as Peter Capaldi's first line as the Doctor: "Do you happen to know how to fly this thing?"
Predictions
1. Peter Capaldi's Doctor will come in somewhere between Mad Hatter, and absent-minded professor.
2. We will see River Song again. Tasha: "We sent a psychopath to kill you." The Doctor: "I totally married her."
3. Maybe Tasha Lem is a Time Lord? (would explain her ability to fly the Tardis)
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