Doctor Who: 10 Tear-Jerking Moments Of The Revived Series

6. Forever The Doctor (The Time Of The Doctor)

Christmas. A day of giving and receiving. Of joy and grace. But not when Doctor Who has had anything to do with it, which it has for nearly a decade now. And what a decade it's been. On Christmas Day 2013, Steven Moffat gave us the long awaited episode, The Time of the Doctor, which marked the end of Matt Smith's tenure as the Eleventh Doctor. Watching a Doctor depart is unbearable enough but when it's at Christmas, it's beyond the point of unbearable. Matt Smith presented a speech that defined the Eleventh Doctor as a whole, giving his Doctor the farewell he deserved. What's more, the quick change from the regeneration does not help as Matt vanished quicker than his previous incarnates, leaving fans with hardly any time to grieve.