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,
Rose (Doctor Who episode) new series is to be a success." He also felt that everything necessary for "Doctor Who" was present in "Rose". However, Stephen Brook of "The Guardian" said that it was "pitched at its youngest ever audience", and also felt that the episode had an "overdose on humour". Retrospective reviews have also been positive. Patrick Mulkern of "Radio Times" gave "Rose" four out of five stars in 2013, particularly praising Rose's fleshed-out life and how it welcomed in new viewers. While he noted "minor gripes" and felt the Autons' destruction was toned-down, he praised the direction and the performances and called