

It was attacked by a demon which was exorcised by a "sainted physician". A mysterious woman tells him the church was a monastery in the 1300s. Inside a church, he notices a stained-glass panel with the image of the TARDIS. Having a vision of the Saxon Master laughing maniacally, Wilf decides to see if religion will purge these visions from his mind. On Earth, Wilfred Mott, is walking through the city to do his Christmas shopping. "It is said that in the final days of planet Earth, everyone had bad dreams." Everyone forgot these terrible dreams, except one man. Sacrifices must be made, and the deadly prophecy warns: With the sound of the drums growing louder in the Master's head and an ancient trap closing around the Earth, the Doctor and Wilfred Mott must fight alone. It is the Tenth Doctor's final journey - but his psychotic nemesis, the Saxon Master, has been resurrected on Christmas Eve! Each determined to cheat death, the battle rages from the abandoned wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate, whilst the alien Ood warn of an even greater danger approaching, as a terrible shadow falls across the entire universe.
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Though Tracie Simpson was the credited line producer, her elevation to regular line producer on the first Matt Smith series meant that Julie Gardner effectively became the line producer for the first and only time in her tenure on Doctor Who. It was also the first to include any part overseen by - if not credited to - incoming lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat. Unlike that 1960s story, however, it was the final story for its principal producers, Davies and Julie Gardner, and was the last regular story for Davies as its head writer. Like only The War Games before it, The End of Time ushered in a complete change of regular cast. It also featured the final appearance of Elisabeth Sladen in Doctor Who, although she would go on to star in several more episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures, until she passed away in 2011.įrom a production standpoint, it marked a major change in the history of Doctor Who. The story revealed details of the Last Great Time War and gave important development to the Master's character. Part 1 was the show's fifth Christmas special since its revival and the fifth Christmas special starring Tennant as the Doctor while Part 2 served as the first ever New Year special (although wasn't the first to be transmitted on New Year's Day, with episodes from The Daleks' Master Plan, Day of the Daleks and The Face of Evil previously falling on 1 January).


The Master returned in Deep Breath as the female incarnation called Missy. The episode was also the last on-screen appearance of the Saxon Master for over four years. It was the final chronological appearance of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and introduced Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor in the closing moments of part two. The End of Time was the two-part story that served as the 2009 Christmas Special and 2010 New Year Special of Doctor Who.
