Doctor Who is beginning 2018 with one final farewell to the dearly departed Twelfth Doctor.

A video shared by the official Doctor Who account on New Year’s Eve (December 31) marks the end of an era in perhaps the most poignant way possible — by physically dismantling Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS.

It’s okay to feel wistful at the sight of the dutiful Doctor Who production team pulling down Capaldi’s TARDIS control room one piece at a time in the time-lapsed video below, but don’t fret too much.

#DoctorWho will return in 2018… pic.twitter.com/76JQ0y96jG

— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) December 31, 2017

After all, the tweet itself reminds fans that Doctor Who will be back in 2018, albeit on a new adventure with Jodie Whittaker in control of the TARDIS as the Thirteenth Doctor.

Or at least we think she’ll have a TARDIS. In the final seconds of last week’s ‘Twice Upon a Time’, Thirteen could be seeing getting dumped out the door into the vastness of space as the TARDIS sputtered and then de-materialised.

Re-live those exciting final moments of Peter Capaldi’s era and the beginning of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure with the video below:

In case you are still feeling a bit down about all this change in Doctor Who, keep in mind Peter Capaldi’s own wise and comforting words written to a young fan who was sad to see him go.

“Even though [regeneration] can be a little icky (like a really bad flu), it has always, always turned out good for Doctor Who,” Peter assures young fan David in his note. “The New Doctor always becomes your favourite and the one that goes… Well, he never really goes.

#PeterCapaldi is my 9 year old son’s fav #DoctorWho and he was dreading his regeneration. And then he got this letter with some words of comfort from the Doctor himself among his Santa presents. Such a kind man. pic.twitter.com/Dki37Wt6Er

— Brian McGilloway (@BrianMcGilloway) December 27, 2017

“He is always there, somewhere in time and space, and if you think about him hard enough, you’ll see him and he’ll see you. It’s like The Doctor says, ‘Everything ends and it’s always sad. But everything begins again and that’s always happy.’ Be happy.”

Doctor Who will return with Jodie Whittaker’s first full series in the New Year, on BBC One in the UK and BBC America in the US.