![]() The Best Christmas Movies Available on Netflix By Alec Bojalad But Amy and Rory are gone for good this time, and the Doctor has spent 200 years with his head in the clouds when Victorian barmaid Clara arrives to shake him out of his reverie. Short of a very brief Christmassy interlude in Chibnall’s The Power Of Three, which saw the Doctor living with his companions for a whole year, the next festively-themed episode followed a mid-series finale. The Snowmen (2012)Īlternative title: Mister Doctor, You Can Still Save Her. The planet was previously mentioned in the Fifth Doctor’s final story, The Caves Of Androzani, a story in which almost every character died. ![]() In an episode that’s decidedly companion-lite, it’s properly heart-warming to see that particular TARDIS team reunited for Christmas dinner, even if it all ends a bit tragically, five or six episodes later.īetter watch out: The main thrust of the episode is an environmental story, with the magical alien forest under threat by the actions of industrial bastards from Androzani Major. The scatter-brained main story means that the highlight of the episode is the final scene outside the Ponds’ house, which serves as an epilogue to both the episode and series six. Taking a few timey-wimey liberties with the greatest Christmas story ever told, Smith’s Doctor creates ghosts in the past, present, and future for the Scrooge-like miser Kazran Sardick, who stands in the way of salvation for the newlywed Amy and Rory’s honeymoon cruise.Ģ0 Christmas Movies for Badasses By Michael Reed Without any further ado, let’s tuck in and reminisce over the good, the less good, and all that fan service… A Christmas Carol (2010)Īs with our feature on the Christmassy episodes of the RTD era, we begin with Charles Dickens. Seeing as how Moffat wrote the majority of them, the second part of our Christmassy feature is an eight-course retrospective of the writer’s Yuletide offerings, which starred Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. That said, there have been a lot of Doctor Who festive specials already. With that in mind, it’s a real shame that Chris Chibnall has moved the special to New Year’s Day. It’s worth noting at this juncture that he agreed to write last year’s Christmas special, expressly so the show could keep its coveted Christmas Day timeslot. With his take on the show, that means complex and compelling (and sometimes even smart-alecky) plots that were occasionally criticised for being a bit involved for viewers after Christmas dinner and a drink or two.īut if you’ve ever enjoyed Moffat’s fast-paced take, these episodes will reward a rewatch, especially with no new edition forthcoming this December 25th. Davies before him, Moffat didn’t treat the Christmas special as a trifle or a passing fancy, but as a proper episode of Doctor Who. Having inherited the tradition, he upheld it very well. “Who says I’m not, red bicycle when you were 12?” comes the cheeky reply.Ĭomparisons between the Doctor and Father Christmas go all the way back to Moffat’s Comic Relief sketch The Curse Of Fatal Death and continue all the way throughout his tenure as head writer and executive producer, particularly in his seasonal specials. Steven Moffat’s first Christmassy contribution to Doctor Who comes near the end of his second episode, The Doctor Dances, when Rose Tyler compares a jolly Doctor to Santa Claus. Davies’ Christmas Doctor Who specials here.
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