Ever since the Doctor Who session in
Hall H at the San Diego Comic Con where attendees were shown a
trailer for the 50th Anniversary feature length (is 75
minutes really “feature length”?) 3-D extravaganza of
an episode to be shown simultaneously all over the world and in
cinemas (we have word on where it will be shown in flippin' New
Zealand cinemas – but not a word here in America) on November
23, 2013, we the common folk all over the world who weren't in San
Diego that fateful day have been waiting for a trailer to call our
own. And the BBC dissed us again.
There was not one frame from “The
Day of The Doctor” to be seen, not a one. What it appeared to
be was a trip through the TARDIS attic – so to speak in a mishmash
of all 12 incarnations along with a Dalek (of course) – the Key to
Time – the Clockwork robots – The Master – and a few other
enemies – ending with Matt Smith and his wig grabbing his own sonic
screwdriver out of the collected mess.
The voiceover was interesting starting
with David Bradley (playing William Hartnell as the 1st
Doctor and a nice tie-in to “An Adventure in Space and Time”
the BBC docudrama about the beginnings of “Doctor Who”)
and eventually melding into Matt Smith at exactly the time that Clara
shows up in the video with her leaf. Also interesting is that he
goes on about trying to bring peace to a universe at war for over 900
years. Even if we discount his babbling about being over 2000 years
old in “A Nightmare in Silver”, it's been established that The
Doctor is over 1000 years old, as he was when he was “killed' at
Lake Silencio.
I loved that it started out with a
London Bobby in black and white, for that is the very first scene in
“An Unearthly Child”, the first ever story (OK – all four
episodes had their singular names – but for our purposes it's
“An Unearthly Child”) - a bobby on a foggy night in London town
outside the gates of 76 Totter's Lane, the home of I. M. Foreman -
Scrap Merchant, making his rounds. Here's a link to Youtube.com so
you can see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoWw80c7Ww0&feature=player_detailpage
I also loved that Sarah Jane Smith, was
the only other companion shown (at least that I saw – except for
a reflection on the crystal ball that looked not like her or Clara –
but Susan - which would be very fitting) and that she was with
K-9. I truly miss Sarah Jane and wish that Elisabeth Sladen was
still with us to meet up with Mr Capaldi's 12th. To me
she is the ultimate companion, having appeared with Doctors 3, 4, 10
and 11 (with Matt Smith's turn in “The Sarah Jane Adventures
– The Death of the Doctor” – along with Katy Manning as Jo
Grant – Sarah Jane's predecessor).
What else did we see? The Third
Doctor's car, “Bessie”, The Key to Time shattered, it's Tracer
appearing between the legs of the UNIT soldier killed by a Dalek, the
remaining pieces shooting past the 11th Doctor's head.
The Fez! Mini yetis, the clockwork robot face mask, the Cybermen
circa 1980, more Daleks, a Silent, an Ice Warrior, an Angel, a
golden Sandminer Robot (from the 4th
Doctor story “Robots of Death”), Big Ben, more incarnations
of the Sonic Screwdriver.
We also saw all 11 Doctors, The Master
(with the 3rd sword fighting in the
TARDIS Console Room), jelly babies, The Golden Gate Bridge
(behind the 11th – a reference to the
8th). And if that's Matt Smith's wig - sheeeeeesh. What is it with actors to haev played the Doctor recently and their hair issues - Criminey!
Then there was finally the 11th
speaking – before grabbing his sonic from the maelstrom, “our
future depends on on single moment from one impossible day, the day
he's been running from all his life”. Is this reference to a
“moment” screamingly loud advertisement that we will see his
using “The Moment” to freeze the Time Lords and the Daleks in
time? I guess we'll find out.
