I loved the episode, definitely my favourite 11th story, and probably in part because it featured the 10th. (Yeah I'm a David Tennant fanboy...)

I've had to correct two people who watch the show (since the Davies era like me) but don't bother to read up on the old show (like me) and got a bit confused by it. Both thought the Time War and the Doctor ending it and being left as the only Time Lord were element of the show from the very beginning.

Makes sense since those elements were in the show from the very beginning of the reboot and there's been nothing in particular (that I can recall) in the episodes themselves (not including minisodes etc) that explained that John Hurt Doctor came after the eight other versions we've seen glimpses of.

To Griffin's point, how old was the Doctor supposed to be when the 1963 show started? I was under the impression that the Doctor was 700-800 years old by that point and that not more than a few hundred years had taken place since An Unearthly Child and the 10th's regeneration? In that case the Eleventh Doctor being several centuries older during his run would make sense to give he calculations a little more time to run.

The thing that bothered me when the future Doctors came to help the War Doctor use the Moment was that they knew it wasn't going to stop the Daleks. The Time War's only losers were the Time Lords, since the Daleks keep finding other ways back over and over again. I know the Doctors thought they had to do it to keep time in order, but I just wanted some acknowledgement that all they were doing was ending their own people.

The twist though was a really nice one for the 50th special too, redeeming the most violent act of the Doctor, and giving the new series a mission: Instead of running from Gallifrey, the Doctor will now be going home.