Seven minutes that broke a fifty-year rule and changed everything.
The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
Acting
McGann's devastating 'Will it hurt?' delivery.
Direction
Hayes packs centuries of guilt into seven minutes.
Practical Effects
Minimalist crash sets that feel apocalyptically vast.
Director
John Hayes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
McGann filmed this in one day, fourteen years after his TV movie, finally giving his Doctor a proper ending.
This retroactively established the 'War Doctor'—Hurt's casting was kept secret until the 50th anniversary reveal.
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