Capaldi is the 13th incarnation but will be the Twelfth Doctor. I agree with Penvellyn, he spent possible centuries as The War Doctor (Doctor no more, as he states in the prequel) - basically 99%of his existence. He became The Doctor again at the last moments of his life and then literally became The Doctor again as…

Shearsmith looked more like a Kranky than he did Troughton, which pulled me out of the moment slightly.

I quite liked that line and, as you say in your review, it worked in the context which is the key, but it still pulled me out of that moment slightly. "Brave heart" gave me the same 'Ahh!' moment of recognition but it was a winky reference at a less crucial point in the episode.

And The Crimson Horror turned out to be a surprisingly good episode. Just a really fun 45 minutes (and this is coming from someone who isn't a big fan of the comedy trio it features)

We also see the results of the whole situation hit the couple in Asylum of the Daleks. It may not be specifically about Melody being taken from her (though I read it as not being able to have children is made worse by having had one and not raised it, thus being cheated out of their one chance of being biological…

Both showrunners have managed to reduce me to tears - RTD with Donna's fate, Moffat with the end shot of Amelia in Angels Take Manhattan. RTD managed it with the final 15 minutes of End of Time Part 2 as well but I have no doubt that Moffat will manage to do the same with Smith's departure.

The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon two-parter is a great little story that belongs nowhere near such a list. Even The Wedding of River Song, though not a great episode or resolution, is a fun enough romp and isn't actively bad.

I thought it was fantastic. At turns both extremely moving and hilarious. Most of the comedy comes from Dench's naivety and so can be a little obvious but she has perfect comedic timing and Coogan is a great foil for her. The script isn't afraid to make him look like a huge dick as well. But yes, it isn't afraid to do…

I can see your interpretation but I really can't see how Davis didn't like her - after all, not only did he bring her back as the series companion to much fan anger at the time (Runaway Bride had been a bit rubbish and she was still seen as that annoying woman in the sketch show by a lot. Plus she wasn't hot enough…

SPOILERS FOR END OF TIME - The End of Time could have been a powerful single episode (having said that it was worth it for that wonderful cliffhanger - no, not that one, the other one. The good one). As it is, in amongst the endless standing dramatically in quarries, using the budget up on OTT action SFX and…

The Crimson Horror was also surprisingly good - surprising because I am not the biggest fan of that trio of characters. But I thought it was a huge amount of fun.

I agree that she was the best NuWho companion but that just made me love how he got rid of her - she had the strongest arc of all the characters and to take that away from her, to reduce her back to what she was when we first met her, was heartbreakingly tragic. It was a cruel ending for the character but, as an…

Which is why I get confused when I see people attacking The Unicorn and the Wasp. Yes, it's a throwaway, silly, comedic episode but the banter between Tennant and Tate is at its best in the episode.

has everyone forgotten about Love and Monsters, or has my PC just started editing it out of posts to help me forget it?

I can't wait to see him seethe. It's brilliant to imagine some of the Dctor's past speeches done with Capaldi - Eleven's "The child is not a weapon!" rant in series 6 would be fantastic but imagine The Sixth Doctor's classic monologue said in Capaldi's furious brogue -

I would have been 17/18 when I watched it and really enjoyed the first series (I thought the second 'series' was way too self-indulgent and went for OTT, no-consequence drama over anything realistic), however I've never revisited after Doctor Who showed me too many crutches that RTD leans on as a writer and I'm…

"Eleven was an exceptional Doctor. Truly exceptional. But he had one thing you haven't got."
"What's that, sir?"
"A GREAT BIG BUSHY BEARD!"

And that's what's so great about this - not just seeing McGann again and his regeneration but putting context into the 'War Doctor' as Hurt's seems to be called. That he was born out of desperation, tragedy and sadness and, most importantly, a resignation from The Doctor that his way of life wasn't worth a damn in the…

Exactly. The us of the Zygons in Day of the Doctor and the Sisterhood of Karn here - both one-off Baker characters - and taking the time to show McGann regenerate is another reason why those accusing Moffatt of ignoring the classic era for the 50th are just idiots.

But she had seen Eight. We see him in her multi-Doctor scenes. So yes, as you say she is saying that Hurt is a Doctor she hasn't seen before. Not just an older version of one that she had.