Quick Dr. Who question.

Just finished up the last season with David Tennant. Ended with The Next Doctor. Then started up the first season with Matt Smith. Did I miss somthing? When does he regenerate?

Thankyou good sir. You truly are a gentleman. Just checked netflix and planet of tge dead isnt available for streaming. Is it a must see or can i skip to water of mars?

Planet of the Dead pretty well stands on its own. The only thing that relates to the rest of it is a prediction/prophesy that the Doctor recieves at the end which mentions what Ood Sigma said about his song ending soon. And that, "He will knock four times."

Indeed, Planet of the Dead isn't necessary, all you need to know is that an old psychic woman says to the Doctor that "He will knock four times."

Yeah. The three specials are referred to as Season 4.5. The End of Time is the big one and is very teary for Tennant's swansong.


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The general consensus is the Dead Planet is dispensible, canonically, although it works well as a standalone Doctor Who adventure. The Waters of Mars and The End of Time are required watching for the themes they introduce as well as being the capstone to Tennant's career as the Doctor. While they do make ample use of the Total Bollocks Overdrive (spoilers), they definitely deliver some of the run's high points.

Incidentally, Russell Davies later wrote a book about his seat-of-the-pants experience of producing this final year of Doctor Who and uploaded all his screenplays to series 4/4.5 to its website.

"For a long time now, I thought I was just a survivor, but I'm not. I'm a winner. That's who I am. The Time Lord Victorious."

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