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* HopeSpot: Twelve destructively regenerates into Thirteen just as Ten did into Eleven. For a moment, it seems as if the TARDIS has weathered the energy release better than it did the last time. Then Thirteen presses a button and everything goes to hell.

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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
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Twelve destructively regenerates into Thirteen just as Ten did into Eleven. For a moment, it seems as if the TARDIS has weathered the energy release better than it did the last time. Then Thirteen presses a button and everything goes to hell.
** Being snatched out of WWI by the Two Doctors gives the Captain one, and then he finds out he has to go back and die to save the time stream. He discusses how [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror spending so much time in the war]] made him NotAfraidToDie, but now that he had been given hope, he wasn't ready to give up his life.



* IHaveManyNames: The Testimony refers to the many sobriquets of the Doctor, such as the Imp of the Pandorica, the Shadow of the Valeyard, the Beast of Trenzalore, the Butcher of Skull Moon, the Last Tree of Garsennon, the Destroyer of Skaro, and the Doctor of War.

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* IHaveManyNames: The Testimony refers to the many sobriquets of the Doctor, such as the [[DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens Imp of the Pandorica, Pandorica]], the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe Shadow of the Valeyard, Valeyard]], Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor the Beast of Trenzalore, Trenzalore]], the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent Butcher of Skull Moon, Moon]], the [[NoodleIncident Last Tree of Garsennon, Garsennon]], the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Destroyer of Skaro, Skaro]], and the [[Characters/DoctorWhoWarDoctor Doctor of War.War]].
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!Twice Upon a Time




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->Written by Creator/StevenMoffat and Creator/ChrisChibnall[[note]]Uncredited[[/note]]\\
Directed by Creator/RachelTalalay\\
'''Air date:''' 25 December 2017



Written by Creator/StevenMoffat, the 2017 Christmas special is the EndOfAnAge in many ways. Out of several milestones, this episode serves as:

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Written by Creator/StevenMoffat, the The 2017 Christmas special is the EndOfAnAge in many ways. Out of several milestones, this episode serves as:
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->"Oh, brilliant!"\\

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->"Oh, brilliant!"\\->''"[[Creator/JodieWhittaker Oh, brilliant!]]"''\\
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever "Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?"]]''[[note]]From left to right: [[Creator/PearlMackie Bill Potts]], The TARDIS, [[Creator/PeterCapaldi the Doctor]] and [[Creator/DavidBradley the Doctor.]] Not pictured: [[Creator/MarkGatiss A captain]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the Doctor.]][[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever "Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?"]]''[[note]]From left to right: [[Creator/PearlMackie Bill Potts]], The TARDIS, [[Creator/PeterCapaldi the Doctor]] and [[Creator/DavidBradley the Doctor.]] Doctor]]. Not pictured: [[Creator/MarkGatiss A captain]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the Doctor.]][[/note]]]]Doctor]].[[/note]]]]



And thus these two Doctors cross paths. And then time freezes, a British army captain from the First World War appears in their midst, and a mysterious Glass Woman appears after that...

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And thus these two Doctors cross paths. And then time freezes, a British army captain (Creator/MarkGatiss) from [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI the First World War War]] appears in their midst, and a mysterious Glass Woman appears after that...

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* The last ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for six years (until 2023's "[[Recap/DoctorWho2023CSTheChurchOnRubyRoad The Church on Ruby Road]]"), as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).

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* The last ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for six years (until 2023's "[[Recap/DoctorWho2023CSTheChurchOnRubyRoad The Church on Ruby Road]]"), as from this point onward during the Creator/ChrisChibnall era the annual post-season episode is holiday special was aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).
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* MessiahCreep: The Doctor being affected by this trope over their many regenerations is examined. The First Doctor is shocked to realize that his later lives will come to commit themselves to defending Earth and other worlds -- becoming known by such names as "The Doctor of War" in the process -- rather than just stumbling into crises and finding their way out of them, partially because he believes GoodIsImpotent. Glass!Bill realizes that he doesn't believe the concept of a HopeBringer actually exists, much less that he can be very thing. It's Twelve's rescue of the Captain from his seemingly inevitable death that makes One understand the full potential of his future lives.

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* MessiahCreep: The Doctor being affected by this trope over their many regenerations is examined. The First Doctor is shocked to realize that his later lives will come to commit themselves to defending Earth and other worlds -- becoming known by such names as "The Doctor of War" in the process -- rather than just stumbling into crises and finding their way out of them, partially because he believes GoodIsImpotent. Glass!Bill realizes that he doesn't believe the concept of a HopeBringer actually exists, much less that he can be that very thing. It's Twelve's rescue of the Captain from his seemingly inevitable death that makes One understand the full potential of his future lives.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever "Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?"]]''[[note]]From left to right: Bill Potts, The TARDIS, [[Creator/PeterCapaldi the Doctor]] and [[Creator/DavidBradley the Doctor.]] Not pictured: [[Creator/MarkGatiss A captain]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the Doctor.]][[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever "Can't I ever have peace? Can't I rest?"]]''[[note]]From left to right: [[Creator/PearlMackie Bill Potts, Potts]], The TARDIS, [[Creator/PeterCapaldi the Doctor]] and [[Creator/DavidBradley the Doctor.]] Not pictured: [[Creator/MarkGatiss A captain]] and [[Creator/JodieWhittaker the Doctor.]][[/note]]]]
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* The final ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for six years (until 2023's "[[Recap/DoctorWho2023CSTheChurchOnRubyRoad The Church on Ruby Road]]"), as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).

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* The final last ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for six years (until 2023's "[[Recap/DoctorWho2023CSTheChurchOnRubyRoad The Church on Ruby Road]]"), as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).
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* The final ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for 6 years, as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).

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* The final ChristmasEpisode of the revival era for 6 years, six years (until 2023's "[[Recap/DoctorWho2023CSTheChurchOnRubyRoad The Church on Ruby Road]]"), as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead (from 2019 to 2022).
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* ChristmasEpisode: The fourteenth and last in the franchise. It's also the third to double as a GrandFinale for an outgoing Doctor.

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* ChristmasEpisode: The fourteenth and last in the franchise.franchise until 2023. It's also the third to double as a GrandFinale for an outgoing Doctor.
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* The final ChristmasEpisode of the revival era, as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead.

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* The final ChristmasEpisode of the revival era, era for 6 years, as from this point onward the annual post-season episode is aired on New Year's Day instead.
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** It also gets in on the series-long running joke where almost no incarnation of the Doctor can ''ever'' enter another's TARDIS control room without talking smack about it.
--->'''One:''' My TARDIS! Look at my TARDIS!\\
'''The Captain:''' It's impossible...\\
'''One:''' Have I been burgled?\\
'''The Captain:''' [[CatchphraseInterruptus But it's-]]\\
'''One:''' Hideous!
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