The two Doctors find each other in … Due to the series' tight production schedule, it was rarely possible to reshoot such scenes[6] and dubbing the dialogue was usually not an option. Given access to the Dalek Hivemind, the Doctor learns that the pilot and its ship, known as Testimony, were created on New Earth, designed to extract people from their timelines at the moment of their death, and archive their memories into glass avatars. From the beginning, the Doctor was a mysterious figure. The Doctor then returns to the TARDIS and decides it's now time to regenerate, but not before relaying advice to his next incarnation. [59][56][55][51][50] 88% of 24 critic reviews are positive on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.55/10. In "Twice Upon a Time", the Doctor expressed to a variation of his future companion Bill Potts that he had left Gallifrey, among other reasons, to investigate why good prevails in a universe where evil would seem to have so many advantages. In the Big Finish audio drama The Light at the End the First Doctor is portrayed by William Russell, who also played Ian Chesterton in both the show and the audio dramas. The toll of years put strain on the Doctor's elderly frame. Also on the same day, a digital edition was released, both as part of the Target Collection. The scene was the last to be filmed for the episode and while Coleman was willing to come back to film, timing between the filming of this special and her work in Victoria was difficult to arrange. All three are then forcibly taken into a large spaceship. They respect his wish to be alone and leave after he embraces them both. It is also the last episode to have music composed by Murray Gold, who had composed music for Doctor Who since the series' revival in 2005. [41] The episode had been reportedly titled "The Doctors", before it was announced at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con that it would officially be titled "Twice Upon a Time". In later episodes, he travelled alongside 25th-century orphan Vicki (Maureen O'Brien), space pilot Steven (Peter Purves), Trojan handmaiden Katarina (Adrienne Hill), and sixties flower child Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane). An early writers' guide by script editor David Whitaker describes "Doctor Who" as "frail-looking but wiry and tough as an old turkey". The initially irascible and slightly sinister Doctor quickly mellowed into a more compassionate figure. [47][48], "Twice Upon a Time" received generally positive reviews, who praised the script and the performances. Upon encountering the ship's glass-like holographic pilot, they are offered freedom in exchange for allowing the ship to return the Captain to the moment of his death. In "The Day of the Doctor", Hartnell is shown along with the other twelve doctors as they move Gallifrey to a single moment in time. When he learned of Chibnall's plans, Moffat elected to stay long enough to produce one final episode, as he was concerned that the show would lose the coveted 25 December slot in the future if it missed a year.