As we are now 2 years exactly from the date this special first aired, I thought it would be nice to look back at the 50th Anniversary special. Even 2 years on, I'm still wowed by it, all the way through. It really is a special episode, made by, and for, the fans.

Plus, the fact I saw it in the middle of a very exciting London Excel trip very much added to it!

Happy 52nd birthday Doctor Who!

I'm amazed by it too. Will always cherish it. Moff NAILED it imo.

I'm aware of all the criticisms ...too fan indulgent ...too celebratory of New Who rather than the Classic Era ... Too much retconning ... David Tennant seeming out of it... Horrendous miscasting (Joanna Paige) etc.

But I just didn't see the criticisms. I loved everything about it and always will.

Yes I have to agree it's still brilliant! I also love how now and again we get little references back to it like in Listen last year and the Zygon 2 parter this year.

I re-watched An Adventure In Space and Time a few days ago. It really is an excellent drama, and a great homage to Doctor Who and the fiftieth anniversary.

Jessica Raine is brilliant in this as Verity Lambert.

My favourite scene is when the Dalek is brought in and the man standing next to Verity says, "What's that?", to which she replies, "It's the monster for the next story."

I also like very much, the scene in which Matt Smith makes an appearance as The Eleventh Doctor, and The First Doctor looks at him, smiling, as if to say, "It's going to be ok. My future is in safe hands."

I get a bit tearful when I watch that.

I loved that drama, very beautifully done... my only problem with it is Reece Shearsmith was horrendously miscast as Patrick Troughton, having no resemblance or similiarity to him at all. I feel like Gatiss just wanted to get his buddy in with that one.

It's nice to see abit of positivity!

And why not on a birthday. Quite right.

52 not out. Approaching the end of a the 35th series/season. If you'd told me that was likely in the early 90's, I'd have reached for my butterfly net.

BIB: Second innings, really.

Or is it a "follow on"?

Sorry to burst the positivity, but I still don't think it was that great to be honest.

One of the best episodes of NuWho to be honest

It's annoying that this and Matt smith's episode is not on the season 7 box. If they had delayed the boxset for a few months, then the whole of season 7 would actually be complete. Instead of allowing fans having to buy it separately. .

I loved the "red button" mini episode with Paul McGann, allowing his Doctor to get a regeneration sequence, plus the tie-ins with the Baker era.

The one thing that struck me with the McGann mini-sode was how he had actually died and the Sisterhood of Karn brought him back and then allowed him to regenerate using their little potions. Seems to be they could have got around the regeneration limit right there and then with the potion being a new cycle of regenerations.

The anniversary episode was really only a part of Series 7 in the same way that The End of Time was a part of Series 4. It revolved around the same ideas, characters and themes, and behind-the-scenes it was very much business-as-usual, but the Specials in both cases are distinctly seperate entities I think. The Next Doctor-The End of Time are the Tenth Doctor Specials, and The Day of the Doctor/The Name of the Doctor are the Eleventh Doctor Specials. Only my opinion, but I think it's a lot tidier that way.

I've been quite vocal about my dislike for The Day of the Doctor, and I stick by those opinions. But since this is a rather positive thread, I'll admit here as I have before that there are still things I really liked about it a lot. Whilst The Moment as an idea was full of wasted potential (imagine how many faces it could have taken on), I nonetheless love what Billie Piper did with the role. She was as far flung from Rose as possible, a lot of fun, and she held her own against John Hurt brilliantly. On that note John Hurt did a great job at playing a likeable, and instantly-seemingly-familiar Doctor in the episode, even if I really didn't care for and loathe the War Doctor concept. Some of the scenes with Hurt and Piper are among the best in the episode. I must compliment Clara also, who finally free from the Series 7 arc, became instantly very likeable here - proving the problem was never Jenna Coleman at all. She turned it around so quickly, and I love the role she played here - and am also glad that given her eventual fate (it seems at least) that she got to be involved in something so special. The whole thing looked superb as well, the effects were among the best the show has managed to pull off (Series 9 has had some great stuff too though that compares) and there were a couple of fan-pleasing moments like The Debut of the Eyebrows

It's still not an episode I'll want to rewatch in a hurry, and I found I enjoyed all the other anniversary elements more than the centrepiece itself. But it wasn't completely devoid of merit.

I thought it was a bit meandering and quite average to be honest.

I never liked the idea of the War Doctor so I guess I was never going to enjoy it that much but there were a fair few missteps along the way as well - superfluous Zygons, total miscasting of Elizabeth I, the majority of the (War) Doctor's involvement in the time war boiling down to him sitting in a barn with a box, to name but a few.

To me it felt cobbled together and looked like they didn't have the budget to do what they really wanted to. The fact that the only part I've wanted to watch again in two years is Tom Baker's cameo at the end pretty much sums up my opinion of it.

Another highlight was the superb Peter Davison drama The Five-ish Doctors. What a great send-up and tribute to the programme that was.

How many will be having a repeat viewing of the BBC 3 doctor who live afterparty tonight (might be a masochist and find the dvd of it )

I love it , it just really works and has plenty of re-watch value

I think the mistake was making the 50th anniversary box set exclusively a limited edition set. Just plain stupidity.

I was underwhelmed somewhat by DOTD at first but I have liked it more with repeat viewings. There are things I would change about it, but overall I am happy with how it turned out despite it's shortcomings.

Now you mention it OP I am thinking of putting my Blu-ray on again.

After reading this article I'm surprised that the show turned out to be as good as it did:

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...her-eccleston/

Sounds like it was a bit of a contractual nightmare!

It was ok. Padded in places, could have easily cut it down to a leaner 60 minutes for me. The one thing i really wish would have happened was a full episode for mcgann rather than a minisode.

Seeing a massive 3D Dalek and TARDIS was enough for me. There was excellent use of the 'novelty of the day' throughout the whole thing.

It's a brilliant episode! Matt Smith totally outshines Tennant and even John Hurt but the best bit of all is definitely Tom Baker's appearance at the end - he steals the whole show! Pity about the miscast of Queen Elizabeth (I still groan when I see those scenes) but apart from that it's cracking!

I gave it another watch after - loved it! Moffat sometimes lacks emotional punch in his writing I feel but he nailed it here.

It was amazing. Probably the only episode of Who I've ever liked that involved pure spectacle. Moffat outdid himself. The perfect way to celebrate 50 years. It probably helped that I'd avoided all the spoilers (partly by being in the USA), especially including the appearance by Tom Baker, and saw it in the cinema, with the two-Doctors opening bit. Also in 3d but whatever.

I thought Matt Smith and Tennant had great chemistry together, especially their scenes in the forest. If anything the 50th highlights just what a wonderful Doctor Matt Smith was. I just to this day can't help but feel he was underserved a lot after series 5.

The scenes involving the Time War were by far the highlight. They looked great and the culmination with the 13 Doctors is by far the most exciting few minutes I had experienced for at least a series or few.

The Zygon /Queen Elizabeth strand, whilst it serves as a nice link up story, does tend to drag the middle of the episode out a bit. I love Matt Smith's face with the whole 10 kissing a Zygon thing. 'Im not Judging You'.

I'm still torn with the Time War red button 're-con.' I understand why it was done but it still doesn’t sit right with me. It failed to deliver the emotional punch the multi layered, multi series arc strand deserved. I would rather all 3 Doctors had pushed the button together and the show later found another way to 'save' the Timelords. I do think how it was done kind of craps over someone else's work. But as I say, I fully understand in terms of moving the show forward why it was done.

The Eccleston no show during the War Doctor's regeneration puts a massive downer on all the excitement that had preceded. Should have not bothered with that regen scene in my view.

I really liked the War Doctor in the barn scenes with The Moment. It's John Hurt… what's not to like.

The whole thing looked glorious in 3D, especially the Time War scenes and the 3D painting.

My favourite moment is a slight gag. 11's fez comes through the time link and lands at 10's feet. He puts it on straight away. Of course he does, it's the same guy

In all, as much as I have been less than taken by Mr. Moffat's era as a whole, I thought the 50th was the fun, exciting romp spectacular with just the right amount of fan service. Niggles aside, I really enjoyed it and think Moffat got the tone spot on.