Doctor Who (2013 specials) Doctor", saw the departure of Smith from the series and the introduction of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. "The Day of the Doctor" features the return of the Zygons for the first time since "Terror of the Zygons" in 1975. "The Time of the Doctor" draws together a number of plot threads that have run through the series since the Eleventh Doctor's first episode in 2010. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In "The Day of the Doctor", Smith and Coleman star alongside David Tennant and Billie Piper; Tennant reprised his role as the Tenth Doctor, while Piper, although credited as playing Rose Tyler,
Journey's End (Doctor Who) Next Doctor", but Davies was convinced by Benjamin Cook (who was corresponding with Davies for the book "Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale") to drop the scene, as he felt that a cliffhanger was not appropriate after such a sad ending. Castell Coch, situated minutes away from "Doctor Who"'s Upper Boat Studios, is used as the German castle. The beach at Southerndown, a few miles west of Cardiff, is used once more as Norway's fictional Dårlig Ulv Stranden (Bad Wolf Bay). Some exterior scenes, including various companions interacting with Daleks, were shot at Arcot Street, Penarth. Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler