The Name of the Doctor

239 – "The Name of the Doctor"
Doctor Who episode
Official Poster from the BBC Website.
Cast
Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor)
Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswald)
Others Alex Kingston – River Song Richard E. Grant – The Great Intelligence Neve McIntosh – Madame Vastra Catrin Stewart – Jenny Flint Dan Starkey – Strax Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Nasi Voustsas – Andro David Avery – Fabian Michael Jenn – Clarence Rab Affleck – Archie Samuel Irvine – Messenger Boy Sophie Downham – Young Clara Paul Kasey – Whisper Man John Hurt – The Doctor
Production
Directed by	Saul Metzstein
Written by	Steven Moffat
Script editor	John Phillips
Produced by	Denise Paul Marcus Wilson (series producer)
Executive producer(s)	Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner
Incidental music composer	Murray Gold
Series	Series 7
Length	45 minutes
Originally broadcast	18 May 2013 (2013-05-18)
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Nightmare in Silver" "The Night of the Doctor" and "The Last Day" (mini episodes) "The Day of the Doctor"

"The Name of the Doctor" is the thirteenth and final episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and was broadcast on 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18). It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein.

The episode stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald. It also features the return of Alex Kingston as River Song, Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, Dan Starkey as Commander Strax, Catrin Stewart as Jenny and Richard E. Grant as the Great Intelligence. The episode also features new monsters called the Whisper Men.

"She Said, He Said" is a mini-episode that acts as a prelude to "The Name of the Doctor", in which the Doctor and Clara each have a monologue about how little they know about each other and that they discovered each other's secret at Trenzalore. It was released on 11 May 2013 (2013-05-11) on BBC Red Button and online. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prologue between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on 18 May 2013 (2013-05-18).

A second mini-episode, entitled "Clarence and the Whisper Men", depicts the imprisoned Victorian murderer Clarence DeMarco being threatened by the Whisper Men (whom he believes to be a figment of his deranged imagination) into learning a set of space-time coordinates - promising him, in return, a "long, full life", though one overshadowed by his fear of them.