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Dec 21, 2022 · There’s no 2022 Doctor Who Christmas special, but hopefully these episodes (available on BBC iPlayer in the UK and HBO Max in the US) will fill the hole. While you're here, check out our...
The 2008 special, "Voyage of the Damned", is the most-viewed Doctor Who episode since 1979. "A Christmas Carol" is often considered by critics to be the best Christmas episode. In 2015, a DVD and Blu-ray boxset was released containing 10 of the Christmas specials.
- The Husbands of River Song (2015) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Douglas Mackinnon. This is the culmination of Moffat’s death-fixated treatises: a big daft comedy featuring the severed heads of popular comedians.
- A Christmas Carol (2011) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Toby Haynes. Well, it’s clearly the second-best Christmas special isn’t it? Here Moffat takes on A Christmas Carol, a very familiar tale but lacking in flying sharks up until this point.
- Last Christmas (2014) Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Paul Wilmshurst. Alien meets Inception with a little bit of The Thing thrown in for good measure.
- The Church on Ruby Road (2023) Written by Russell T. Davies. Directed by Mark Tonderai. This will probably change rank as the context of the episode does: right now it’s the first step into a new era and a new Doctor.
Dec 22, 2018 · David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Peter Capaldi have been regular festive fixtures for over a decade, and while not all of their Christmas episodes are solid gold - as we're about to discuss - you...
- Danny Meegan
- The Runaway Bride
- The Christmas Invasion
- The Snowmen
- Voyage of The Damned
- Twice Upon A Time
- The End of Time, Part One
- Last Christmas
- The Husbands of River Song
- The Time of The Doctor
- A Christmas Carol
This one features British comedian Catherine Tate in the role of Donna Noble; the chemistry between Tate and David Tennant was the true star of this episode. The plot for this Christmas special was rather long-winded, there was, of course, time travel and a whole lot of aliens involved. But the Doctor Whofandom collectively agrees that sci-fi Chris...
This special features the first full-episode appearance of David Tennant as the tenth Doctor, so it was kind of an orientation episode for him. And the set-up for this special was rather intriguing. The Doctor doesn’t seem to be coping well with his regeneration that has supposedly gone wrong and he theorizes that the energies from his regeneration...
This was a rather amusing special with a few surprises, and was the ideal Christmas watch. Plus, it broke tradition because it wasn’t set up like a standalone episode and was linked to the chronology of the series which made it all the more exciting. The feel of the episode was really Christmassy in the classical sense - it was set in the Victorian...
This special has a rather different tone than the other Christmas specials, there’s a lot of unexpected adventure and quirky plot devices and an appearance by Kylie Minogue (who plays a waitress named Astrid). The TARDIS collides with a space vessel named the Titanic from the planet Sto, which is modeled on the earthly ocean liner of the same name....
The Doctor Who fandom has often picked this Christmas special as the most heartwarming one, owing to the sense of nostalgia, especially because it marks the final regular appearance of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, the first official appearance of Jodie Whitaker as the next Doctor, and also features Game of Thrones star David Bradley as the very fir...
This two-part Christmas special marked the last appearance of David Tennant who is widely considered to be the best and the most versatile Doctors in the franchise’s history. This was also the last ever episode written by Russell T Davies, who spearheaded the return of the Doctor Whoseries to British television in the early 2000s. RELATED: Doctor W...
One of the most loved Doctor WhoChristmas specials, this one was rather old school and was perhaps one of the best standalone festive specials. Firstly, it’s the most Christmassy special yet, because the Doctor and Clara literally need to work with Santa Claus to save people from a North Pole science base from dark creatures called dream crabs. Int...
The best thing about this Christmas special is definitely how neatly it handles River Song’s arc, and also balances an intriguing plot development and a great climax. The Doctor Whofandom loves taut Christmas special storylines so no one was expecting River Song to get featured in one because her trajectory on the show is such a crucial one. But th...
One might say that this episode took on quite a lot, but surprisingly smoothens out every knot by the end. The entire episode was as adventure-packed as it was amusing and it was also visually stunning. This was the last appearance of Matt Smith’s Doctor and explores a settlement called Christmas and brings back the Doctor’s people, the Time Lords....
This one is perhaps the most wholesome Christmas Special for the franchise, and possibly the most adventurous. The narration of this episode was rooted in wonderment and old-school story-telling which made it such a perfect Christmas watch. Steven Moffatis a Charles Dickens fan and explored the literary connect seamlessly, with the help of Michael ...
Dec 11, 2022 · Below is a ranking of each Christmas and New Years' special, from worst to best (excluding "Spyfall" because even though it aired on New Years Day, it's the only episode that wasn't a special but instead the first episode of a season). Related: Doctor Who's 14th Doctor Repeats Matt Smith's Best Casting Trick.
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Dec 22, 2021 · The Doctor Who Christmas special was a long-lasting tradition that didn’t exactly begin with Russel T. Davies ’ “The Christmas Invasion:” during the original run of the show, the special...
