Doctor Who: 7 Things You Need To Know About The Doctor's Meditation Prequel

7. It Begins With The Doctor Meditating... Badly

The camera swoops across a lake, and a castle quickly comes into view on its shoreline. The caption "The Meditation Begins..." flashes up. We then see inside the castle, in a darkened chapel; the Twelfth Doctor is kneeling, eyes closed, lit only by a flickering candle.

He hears Bors entering, and turns to talk to him. The Doctor bids Bors enter and asks him, "How many days have I been here?" The Time Lord has, in the depths of his meditative trance, lost all track of the passing days.

Bors replies, "Three hours," earning a big laugh from the audience. As the viewers' chuckles fade away, we hear the Doctor remarking that Clara was right about saying he must suffer from ADHD. However, his attention is so poor, he can't even finish saying the name of the complaint. Taking a drink from the infamous "grail" cup (the same prop used during Paul McGann's regeneration scene), the Doctor pulls a face.

Bors asks, "What is your journey?" The Doctor replies, "You can't come with me, Bors."