The Day of the Doctor: What to Expect

With the 50th anniversary special getting closer and closer, I take a look at what the special episode will bring. So, sit back and read a relatively spoiler-free preview. 

The Time War

 Yes, it's been coming hasn't it. Throughout the revived series we have had glimpses and snippets of the Time War but finally we will find out the truth. The Time War story should fit perfectly with John Hurt's Doctor who looks to be a very dark and mysterious. The Episode should tell the story of what happened in the years when the Doctor was away. So, the Time War means...

Daleks

 Of course. The Daleks had to make an appearance. The greatest foe of not only the Doctor, but the Time Lords. The Daleks were getting rather tedious through series 2-5 but Mark Gatiss' "Victory of the Daleks" and the Moff's "Asylum of the Daleks" revived them and made the creatures deadlier than ever before.

The Zygons

 A rather odd choice for the special. The Zygons have only been seen once before on Doctor Who in the 1975 story "Terror of the Zygons". The Zygons are shape-shifting creatures that escaped to Earth in the days of the Fourth Doctor. David Tennant has said that they are his favourite monsters to ever have featured on the show.

A Celebration with a Dark Storyline

 Steven Moffat is so brilliant that he'll be able to deliver an awesome celebration episode with an epic story. Since the loss of Amy and Rory, Matt Smith's Doctor has grown darker by the episode and as he ends his tenure and Peter Capaldi's reign begins. Expect secrets. Expect loss, death and sorrow.

U.N.I.T.

 It has been revealed that the Unified Intelligence Taskforce and Kate Stewart will be making a return for the first time since "The Power of Three". U.N.I.T. are rumoured to be featured in the scene where the Doctor floats down to Trafalgar Square - clinging to the TARDIS. 

And Finally...

Queen Elizabeth I

 We know there's something between the Doctor and Liz I ever since we saw her alarming entrance at the end of series 3 episode "The Shakespeare Code". A younger version of her will be portrayed by one of the stars of hit comedy "Gavin and Stacey", Joanna Page.

So there we have it. Whatever happens, this episode will be awesome.