Day 251: The War Games Episode 8

Time Lord. Two simple words that will grow to mean so much, and they're finally uttered here. It's a chilling moment because we get glimpses of the Doctor's past. We realise that the War Chief recognises him as a fellow member of his race. And most importantly of all, the series acknowledges his past. We find out that the Doctor is a fugitive, and that he ran away from his people. This may have been mentioned in earlier stories, but we have to remember the number at the top of this post: 251. That's how long it's been for the series to finally get around to acknowledge the history and begin to explain what happened before we met the Doctor. And this isn't the hints that we'v received in previous stories, this is full on explanations of the sort of things that happened. Clearly, Doctor Who has now crossed a threshold. There is now no going back, and the series will never be the same again.