Doctor Who: 10 Questions That Need Answering From The Day Of The Doctor Trailers

8. Where Is Hurt Going?

Doc 81 Right off the bat in both trailers we have a beaten up Tardis and some footprints in the sand. In the shorter trailer, we find John Hurt's Doctor staring at a lone house in the middle of a desert landscape. He's carrying something on his back and we hear that he's "looking for 'the Doctor'" (though, admittedly, this line might not be tied to this scene as we hear it again in the extended trailer with a different shot). This is up there with some of the later entries in terms of the mystery it poses. It's the only material we have where Hurt seems to be alone and the location is totally unknown. As I said in the introduction, trailers are meant to raise questions, but a lot of the other shots raise ideas and theories. We see the Time War, what looks like a UNIT base, a few Tardis interiors, but the desert landscape could be anywhere. And what is Hurt doing there? Looking for 'the Moment'? Trying to escape the Time War altogether? It certainly must be while the battle is raging due to the Tardis damage.
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