The Time of the Doctor is an episode of the British science fiction
television programme Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat and directed
by Jamie Payne, and was broadcast as the ninth Doctor Who Christmas
special on 25 December 2013 on BBC One. It features the final regular
appearance of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and the first full
appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor following his brief
cameo in the previous episode "The Day of the Doctor". The episode
also features Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald,
plus several enemies of the Doctor, including the Daleks, Cybermen,
Silence and Weeping Angels.The episode addresses numerous plot threads
developed over the course of Smith's tenure, including the prophecy of
the Silence, cracks in the universe, and the Doctor's fate on the
planet Trenzalore, while also dealing with the regeneration limit
established in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin. "The Time of the
Doctor" is Smith's fourth and final Christmas special as the Eleventh
Doctor.Thousands of aliens orbit the planet Trenzalore, from which a
message is continually being broadcast across time and space. The
Church of the Papal Mainframe constructs a force field around
Trenzalore. The Eleventh Doctor and Clara are offered the opportunity
to explore to find the source of the message on the planet by the
church's head, Tasha Lem. The Time of the Doctor Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter