Viewers around the world saw Peter Capaldi make his first brief appearance as The Doctor – along with each of his past regenerations – in the 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who.
The programme, thought to have set a record as the biggest TV drama simulcast, also saw a surprise cameo return for Tom Baker who bowed out as the fourth Doctor in 1981.
The 75-minute show had been under a veil of secrecy for months and was the climax of weeks of celebrations on TV, radio and with a huge fan convention in east London.
Saturday night's episode of the BBC1 programme saw The Doctor rewrite history by avoiding the annihilation of his planet Gallifrey, and instead freezing it in time and dispatching it to an unknown place in the universe.
Capaldi – who was announced as the next face of The Doctor – was glimpsed only fleetingly as his eyes looked towards the camera. And many of the other Doctors were seen in archive footage, with CGI used to bring them together in a line-up at the show's climax.
The programme was being broadcast simultaneously in 94 countries, with hundreds of cinemas around the UK also screening it with many in 3D.
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