They say that event TV is dead and the days of friends and family all watching a show as it is broadcast (either together or individually) are over... Try telling that to the Doctor! Twice in one year, barely a month apart he has dominated the TV ratings (OK, so maybe not the most viewers of the day but certainly the most viewers in its time slot) Hot on the heals of The Day Of The Doctor, this year's Christmas Special (for it has become a tradition that feels like it's been around forever) promised to be a cracking end to the anniversary year. The Doctor was arriving at Trenzalore to face his last days, Daleks, Cybermen and Weeping Angels would be there and we knew, some how, despite the limits set in place during The Deadly Assassin we were going to meet a new Doctor as Matt Smith was due to regenerate into Peter Capaldi.
I had made two predictions ahead of the anniversary special. Whilst watching the prequel The Night Of The Doctor, which included the regeneration of Paul McGann into John Hurt, I predicted that the gap would finally be closed and we would also see John Hurt regenerate into Christopher Ecclestone in The Day Of The Doctor. My second prediction and hope was that Steven Moffat would do something a little different and not leave Capaldi's arrival until the end but instead have the Doctor regenerate two thirds of the way through and let the new Doctor finish things off... My first prediction was correct (though we didn't see the full regeneration sequence) so how would I fair on the second...
