The Doctor Appears (TV story)

 was a mini-episode of Doctor Who. It was a live scene of Matt Smith in-character as the as the Eleventh Doctor.

It was broadcast as part of Comic Relief 2013.

Synopsis
The Doctor appears onto a BBC studio, only to meet some familiar faces, and certain television series...

Plot
Claudia Winkleman and Dermot O'Leary are hosting Red Nose Day 2013, talking about Doctor Who. Dermot tells Claudia that he has a surprise for her and instructs her to put on a pair of 3D glasses. The Eleventh Doctor comes onstage, much to Claudia's delight. Dermot tells the audience about the fundraising, while Claudia chases the Doctor around the stage.

Cast

 * Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
 * Claudia Winkleman - herself
 * Dermot O'Leary - himself

Crew

 * Writer - Steven Moffat
 * Producer - Richard Curtis

The Doctor Who series

 * Winkleman mentions Matt Smith when talking about Doctor Who.
 * When Dermot O'Leary tells Claudia that he's got a surprise for her, she speculates if it's a sonic screwdriver or a remote-controlled Dalek or an "original alien duplication unit from the 1971 episode The Claws of Axos".
 * Dermot mentions that for the fiftieth anniversary, they're making a 3D episode.

Story notes

 * The Doctor had previously travelled with Dermot O'Leary in Dermot and the Doctor, and met Claudia Winkleman in The Doctor Drops In.
 * The story was never named on air, but was named when the official BBC YouTube channel released the video on the same day under the title The Doctor Appears...in 3D.
 * A clip from TV: The Snowmen plays inaudibly in the background when the Doctor enters the stage.