He not only bears more than a passing resemblance to the former Who star, he already played Hartnell in 50th anniversary one-off biopic An Adventure in Time and Space, which told the story of the creation of the show.ĭon’t believe me? Watch the trailer for yourselves, in which footage of Hartnell’s time in the TARDIS is slowly morphed into footage of Bradley from this year’s Christmas special. Bradley’s casting is pretty much note-perfect, honestly. It will feature the introduction of David Bradley as the First Doctor, originally played by the late, great William Hartnell. The 2017 Christmas special will be called “Twice Upon a Time” and looks like it will be a rather memorable send off. The trailer for Peter Capaldi’s final episode of Doctor Who dropped at San Diego Comic Con over the weekend, during an emotional panel that served as an unofficial farewell for the man who’s served as the Twelfth Doctor for the past three seasons. All in all, this audiobook is definitely worth listening to, even if the episode wasn't one of your favorites.Peter Capaldi and David Bradley as 'Doctor Who's' Twelfth and First Doctors. We even get to learn what happened to Bill and Nardole after 'The Doctor Falls.' Mark Gatiss does a stellar job with all the voices, but particularly with the First and Twelfth Doctors who are both pretty spot on. The book keeps the good parts of the episode and builds on them, making an even more heartfelt and enjoyable version. Obviously, he's someone who has written a lot of Doctor Who and I really appreciate the little Easter eggs, both from Twelve's era and earlier ones, he slips into the story. Cornell also spends a significant part of the book getting into the motivations of both Doctors, Archie, and Bill so that we understand why they're acting like they are, which gives the story a lot more depth. While the out of character comments are still there, Paul Cornell has the Twelfth Doctor acknowledge that they're out of character, which helps. I tried this audiobook chiefly because I heard from fellow fans that it fixed a lot of the episode's issues, and for the most part that's true. The idea that Barbara, Vicki, Sara Kingdom, Dodo, or Polly, much less Verity Lambert, would have tolerated that sort of thing is laughable. TARDIS sound effect composed by Brian Hodgsonĭoctor Who: Twice Upon a Time first published by BBC Books in 2018Īs a First Doctor fan, I was really excited when I first heard about 'Twice Upon a Time.' Imagine my disappointment when, much like in 'The Five Doctors,' he was written to be more sexist than he was during his own era.

Original script copyright © Steven Moffat 2018 Novelisation copyright © Paul Cornell 2018 The Doctor is reunited with Bill, but is she all she seems? And can he hold out against the coming regeneration?

Thrown together at their most vulnerable moments, the two Doctors must discover why the snowflakes are suspended in the sky, why a First World War Captain has been lifted from his time stream moments before his death and who the mysterious Glass Woman is who knows their true name. But as he fights his way through the snowdrifts, he comes across the familiar shape of a blue police box and a mysterious figure who introduces himself as the Doctor. Still reeling from his encounter with the Cybermen, the First Doctor stumbles through the bitter Antarctic wind, resisting the approaching regeneration with all his strength. Mark Gatiss reads the brand-new novelisation of the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic final adventure.

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