The Day of the Doctor: The Countess of Wessex hosts 50th anniversary Doctor Who reception with Time Lords past and present attending at Buckingham Palace

She's been a Doctor Who fan since she was a little girl and welcomed the cast and crew at a reception in Buckingham palace to celebrate the shows 50th anniversary.



Time Lords past and present - such as Matt Smith, David Tennant and Peter Capaldi - attended the event on Monday along with past and present assistants like Jenna Coleman and Catherine Tate.



It took place just a few days before the series reaches its 50th milestone, when the BBC will screen a special episode titled The Day of the Doctor.

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Is it turned off? The Countess of Wessex who hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who looks a little wary of the dalek in front of her

Doctor who: Sophie, the Countess of Wessex hosts a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who pictured here meeting Matt Smith Write caption here

Big fan: Sophie chatted enthusiastically to Jenna Coleman at a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who Demure: Actress Jenna Coleman looked elegant and demure for her dairy date at the Palace

Shall one look inside: The Countess of Wessex hosts a reception at Buckingham Palace with doctors Matt Smith, Tom Baker, Peter Davison and John Hurt present

Sophie looked chic and elegant in a long sleeved berry red figure hugging dress with scalloped neck and nude suede courts.



Her hair tied neatly off her face Sophie chatted to cast members and crew and and even invited The Daleks and had the Tardis drafted in for the event.



Jenna Coleman - who plays the companion on eleventh doctor Matt Smith - wore her brunette hair loose and a pretty dusty pink drop waist dress with black flowered print.



Eleventh and current Doctor Matt Smith looked dapper in a fur lined black mac and blue tie and arrived on the back of a motorbike.



Doctor number 11: Matt Smith arrives at Buckingham Palace wearing a dapper black mac and shirt and tie Inspector or doctor? Matt Smith arrived at Buckingham Palace looking more like inspector gadget than Doctor Who Nice socks: Actor Matt Smith, the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor role in the British television series Doctor Who arrives by taxi bike at Buckingham Palace

Elegant: Catherine Tate arrived at Buckingham Palace where the Countess of Wessex was hosting a reception to mark the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who in a camel coat

Noble: Catherine Tate happily attended the Countess of Wessex reception to mark the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who

To celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, the BBC has planned a slew of special programming with the centrepiece of that being The Day of the Doctor.



The details are few and far between, but a trailer has been released and some clues given as to what is to come.



There will be at least three Doctors - outgoing Doctor Matt Smith, previous incarnation David Tennant and new but old Doctor John Hurt - appearing in the special, but they may not be the only ones.

The Countess went to a great deal of effort bringing in Props from the show, including two versions of the Tardis, a pair of Daleks and K-9 the robot dog, were set up in the Palace's Bow Room.

