Russell T. Davies, John Simm and Bernard Cribbins have given new hints and spoken on the production side of the two-part Christmas/New Year special, The End of Time.

Speaking at a Q&A session following the special showing at BBC TV Centre, Russell T. Davies promises something special for the second part of the special:

“WAIT for the New Year’s Day episode. Your brain will blow up”

And Russell commented on a scene set inside the White House itself with Barack Obama:

“I was just glad the recession is still going on, because I wrote that months ago and it could have been out of date,” joked Russell afterwards. So hooray for the recession.”

And the showrunner promised a huge finale:

“That is literally just the beginning of the plot,” explained Russell. “There’s even huger things about to happen in the second episode. The trailer of the next episode, you see how huge it all gets.”

Both John Simm and Bernard Cribbins agreed it was an emotion packed pair of episodes, Bernard saying:

“Yes, it’s a very emotional ending to the whole thing, as you would expect. I think most people will cry.”

And John Simm seemed to have had a lot of fun reprising his role of The Master:

“I didn’t find it intense. It was just a lot of fun. He’s even more insane than before, so it was unleashed, free rein, go for it. Things like that are really, really fun to do. There was no limit in the script to how insane he should be.”

Russell was asked what his feelings will be when the credits roll, bringing his era to an end:

“I don’t know. I think I’ll just feel very excited, actually, because it’s magnificent the New Year’s Day episode. It’s just marvellous. I might go into a deep and everlasting depression once it’s all over. Who will care? I think I’ll just feel immensely happy because I just think it’s a magnificent departure for David.”

Doctor Who Returns to BBC One this Christmas Day and New Year’s Day with The End of Time Parts One and Two.