So, Saturday was the season finale of Doctor Who. In an episode titled "The Name of the Doctor" - which worried fans because not knowing his name is a big thing over the 50 years of the series - we were promised answers to questions that had been raised over the past season and some, including "Why doesn't Clara remember that she was a Dalek and a nanny?" and "Why does she keep using the same phrases over and over?"
Well, without spoiling anything, all of those answers, as well as a few things that were mentioned in previous seasons, were wrapped up neatly in a package that made sense and didn't really require any universe-resetting.
But then, at the very end, after all of that, we got...
[BIGGEST SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS SHOW EVER]
[I swear I'm not exaggerating. I don't think anything so unexpected has ever happened in the reboot. Or in a lot of other canons. You have been warned!]
... a figure, turning around, and an image of his face. Text appeared on the screen that read:
Introducing John Hurt as The Doctor
If you're not a fan of the show (but for some reason is reading this post and then felt compelled to click past the spoiler warning) this is the kind of thing that happens when they introduce a new actor to play The Doctor through the plot device called "regeneration."
If you are a fan... you're probably just sitting in the same stunned silence as me right now, right?
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