Doctor Who fans there are always two types of Doctor Who episodes that are always going to be hard and those are regeneration episodes and post regeneration episodes. Since with regeneration episodes you have to make it feel epic and yet at the same time small and personal and with post regeneration episodes you have to make the show feel both new and old at the exact same time and so then join me as I review the episode that saw actor Matt Smith leave the show for good with the episode in question being called simply just "The Time Of The Doctor" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is when a message is spread across time and space The Doctor goes to a mysterious planet to defend it from all of his greatest enemies. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plotline doing a decent job of wrapping literally every single plotline that was present in the Eleventh Doctor's era as well as telling a genuinely good and a rather emotional story in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Matt Smith as The Doctor , Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald and Orla Brady as Tasha Lem. Also starring in this episode is James Buller as Clara's Dad , Elizabeth Rider as Linda , Sheila Reid as Clara's Gran , Mark Brighton as Colonel Albero , Rob Jarvis as Abramal , Only Fools & Horses legend Tessa Peake-Jones as Marta , Jack Hollington as Barnable , Sonita Henry as Colonel Meme , Kayvan Novak as The Voice Of Handles , Dan Starkey As The Sontarans and Nicholas Briggs as The Voice Of The Cybermen and The Voice Of The Daleks.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With both of the shows main cast turning in some really good performances with both Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman turning in an absolute master class in acting and this episodes guest cast don't let the side down either with thee performances more then holding up to both that of Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman.
Doing the CGI in this episode is of course the legends and the greats that are over at Milk and Real SFX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with there being a few decent effects in this episode but at the same time you do also get a fair amount of bad looking effects as well.
As a regeneration episode i'd say that this episode is perhaps one of the more better ones since it really does feel like an ending. With The Doctor now being forced to do the one thing that he's never done and that's stay in one place and because of that we do get to see what this version of the character can be like since we see him get angry at the TARDIS for taking to long coming back to him and we get to see just what this character is like when he's been all on his own albeit with a whole village to look after and protect.
What really let this episode down for me personally is the fact that all of the villains in this episode seem wasted. Since alot of them just appear in one montage and nothing more then that heck we don't even get to see any of these villainous characters team up which seems like a huge waste since it would be cool to see what these villains are like when they team up to take on The Doctor instead of doing it on a one by one basis.
Interms of the actual regeneration itself I actually really did like this regeneration since it really did do a good job of showing us the relationship between The Doctor and Clara. Which is something that helped make this regeneration alot more emotional that what it already is since we know how Clara and The Doctor would react in this situation and when you add in the fact that we get a cameo from Amy Pond who is perhaps the most well known companion for this version of The Doctor it really does make the whole thing feel like an ending which is something that really do indeed want from a regeneration episode.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and fifty nine seconds. I will admit that this episodes running time is both it's biggest strength and it's biggest weakness since giving this episode an extra long running time makes the episode feel all the more epic and special and yet at the exact same time this episode doesn't really explain things all that well with the character of Tasha Lem being the biggest victim of this since we don't really get to find out anything about her which wouldn't be a problem if she was a minor character but she's a major character and yet we're not given a reason to care for her I also didn't like the fact that Clara fell for the same trick twice since it made her look pretty dumb but that's neither here nor there really.
Soo now then since this is an action filled episode that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes climax having some really good action which is very exciting but that's a given that we're seeing a bunch of Daleks attacking this one village all the while The Doctor himself is struggling with his own issues and yet when he does get his new regeneration cycle he does alot of damage to the Daleks with what I think is regeneration energy and that will always be really freaking cool as all heck.
Overall this was a great regeneration with this episode doing a good job of wrapping all of the plotline from the Matt Smith era altho I would have liked it we got to see some characters from the Matt Smith era which would make it really feel like an ending for me in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that means that this very episode erns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from IMP Awards . Com , the official Doctor Who fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.