He then regenerates in the TARDIS into the Eleventh Doctor, causing an explosion that destroys the control room. A pocket watch featured prominently in the plot of both Hynes's original episodes, and a pocket watch is featured on the cover of Newman's book. Davies and Moffat worked together on the series of specials that aired between 2009 and 2010, including the transition from Tennant to the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, in "The End of Time." [48] Official BARB ratings placed Part Two as the second most watched programme of the week behind EastEnders at 11.79 million viewers;[49] however, when the simulcast figures on BBC HD are added, an additional 480,000 viewers bring the total figure to 12.27 million. It's been over a decade since the final voyage of the Tenth Doctor in "The End of Time" but for many fans, those scars are still raw. The story features the Tenth Doctor (Tennant), who has been running from a prophecy of his impending demise, as he is drawn into a scheme by his old nemesis, the Master (Simm). A little metal letter should fly. When this figure is recognised, the program becomes the most watched of the week, only the third time the show has achieved this. Millions sat around the world, hankies at the ready, as David Tennant made his finale as the Tenth Doctor in this two-part epic. Maybe I should sit here for hours, deliberating over them. Tennant's tenure in the role is notable for a reason in addition to its length — it occurred during the switchover from standard definition to high definition, at least if you include the so-called "Specials", which were in essence a limited run set of new episodes, and which … I think the fans will say it's Romana. Among the Lord President's ensemble, the Doctor spots the same woman in white Wilfred had seen. Save. Eccleston left after just one season, and the two shared the role in the episode "The Parting of the Ways" as the Doctor regenerated into his new, Tennant form. Returning to Earth, the Doctor encounters Wilfred and explains the prophecy that he will hear "four knocks" before his death. You do think: 'How can the stakes get bigger?' Asadora! 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The Doctor jumps from the Vinvocci ship into Naismith's mansion, armed with only Wilfred's gun, as the Lord President appears with a small ensemble of Time Lords and reverts the human race to its original form. [53], Mark Lawson of The Guardian stated that the plot device of the Master repopulating the human race as himself "gave Simm the chance to wear a lot of different costumes and the special effects department to show some of the digital ingenuity which has helped the show's renaissance." With David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Jessica Hynes, Rebekah Staton. Related: Doctor Who: Every Room Revealed in Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS. The emotion goes into the scripts. "[55], In his review of Part Two published the day after transmission, Andrew Pettie of The Daily Telegraph awarded a rating of four stars out of five, summing up the episode as "a barnstorming hour of family entertainment." 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