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- 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.
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Dec 21, 2022 · Since Jodie Whittaker's turn as the legendary space traveler, Doctor Who's festive specials shifted from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day. We’ve included all those episodes in this rundown –...
- "The Next Doctor"
- "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"
- "The Runaway Bride"
- "The End of Time, Part One"
- "The Snowmen"
- "The Husbands of River Song"
- "The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe"
- "The Time of The Doctor"
- "The Christmas Invasion"
- "Voyage of The Damned"
The 2008 Christmas episode was the first of the five David Tennant specials that aired before Davies stepped down as showrunner. The story follows the Doctor in a fight against a Cybermen invasion in 1850s London. He’s aided by a man who proclaims himself the Doctor (David Morrissey) and his companion, Rosita (Velile Tshabalala). Initially believin...
Doctor Who’s penultimate Christmas special is a superhero story that begins with the Doctor meeting a young boy called Grant (Logan Hoffman) in 1990s New York. After swallowing a special gemstone, Grant develops superpowers. Decades later, the Doctor and Grant meet once more, but now the boy has grown into a man that leads a double life as a nanny ...
Introducing future companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), “The Runaway Bride” was Tennant’s second Christmas special. Accidentally kidnapped by the TARDIS on the day of her Christmas wedding, office temp Donna has to deal with the fact that aliens exist and with the discovery that her family, friends, and husband-to-be (Don Gilet) don’t really car...
The penultimate of the Tennant specials was followed by a sequel episode that introduced the concept of the New Year's special Chibnall would later adopt. “The End of Time” sees the return of John Simm’s Master and of Donna’s grandfather, Wilfred (Bernard Cribbins). Narrated by a man we will later find out to be Gallifrey’s President Rassilon (Timo...
The second piece of the mysterious puzzle that is companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), “The Snowmen” is another Victorian Christmas adventure. With the help of an 1890s version of Clara, Madam Vastra (Neve McIntosh), Jenny (Catrin Stewart), and Strax (Dan Starkey), the Doctor (Matt Smith) investigates the sudden appearance of numerous snowmen th...
“The Husbands of River Song” is a heartfelt, beautifully told love story that is more of a River Song (Alex Kingston) adventure than a proper Doctor Who one. Mistaken for a surgeon, the Doctor is tasked with removing a diamond from the head of one of River’s husbands, King Hydroflax (Greg Davies). Without her knowing his true identity, the Doctor l...
This Narnia-inspired episode tells the story of a recently widowed woman trying to protect her two children from the pain of death. During World War II, Madge Arwell (Claire Skinner), her daughter Lily (Holly Earl), and son Cyril (Maurice Cole) trade London for a house in the country during the holiday season. They are greeted by the Doctor pretend...
The final chapter of Matt Smith’s run presents the Doctor with a whole new regeneration cycle and offers a conclusion to the whole “name of the Doctor” plot. In a town called Christmas, on the planet of Trenzalore, a crack in reality draws the attention of multiple alien species by broadcasting a message across the stars: “Doctor who?” While Cyberm...
The first Doctor Who Christmas special since the show’s 2005 revival, “The Christmas Invasion” aired on Christmas Day of that same year and was David Tennant’s first full episode after Christopher Eccleston’s departure. On Christmas Eve, Rose (Billie Piper) arrives at her London home accompanied by an unconscious Doctor. What is a puzzling inconven...
Before Donna took the position of full-time companion left open by Martha (Freema Agyeman), the Doctor invited another woman to travel the universe with him: Astrid Perth (Kylie Minogue), a waitress aboard the spaceship Titanic. Hovering over Earth on Christmas Eve, the cruise ship offers various attractions to its wealthy guests, including a guide...
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- "The Husbands of River Song" (2015) Season 9: Episode 13. Spoilers! This episode is beautiful, bonkers, and deeply, deeply sad. Beginning on Christmas Day of 5343, "The Husbands of River Song" reunites the Doctor with his timey-wimey wifey (Alex Kingston).
- "The Church on Ruby Road" (2023) Season 14, Episode 0. The Christmas special returns after five years off — and what a wonder! "The Church on Ruby Road" marks the first full episode featuring the Fifteenth Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa.
- "Voyage of the Damned" (2007) Season 3: Episode 14. Remember the time the Doctor crashed into the Titanic? No — not that Earth one. In an incredibly ominous decision by dangerously wealthy industrialist Max Capricorn (George Costigan), a nuclear-powered interstellar cruiser setting forth on a holiday cruise among the stars was also named Titanic.
- "Twice Upon a Time" (2017) Season 10: Episode 13. Christmas is a time for change — or in Doctor Who, a time for regeneration. The last Christmas special for five years saw Peter Capaldi face his last battle as The Doctor.
- The Runaway Bride. 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 Christmas Invasion. 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.
- The Snowmen. 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.
- Voyage Of The Damned. 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 Christmas Invasion (2005) The first Doctor Who Christmas Special is still the best. In “The Christmas Invasion,” the Doctor has just regenerated from Christopher Eccleston’s Nine into David Tennant’s 10, but he’s suffering from the aftereffects and out of action … juuuuust as Earth gets invaded.
- “A Christmas Carol” (2010) Well, no prizes for guessing the plot of this one! The spaceship Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) are honeymooning on is crashing, and only a bitter old man called Kazran (Michael Gambon) can save it.
- “The Runaway Bride” (2006) Believe it or not, when Catherine Tate first popped up at the end of “Doomsday,” right after the touching farewell between the Doctor and Rose, some fans were furious.
- “Last Christmas” (2014) A Christmas outing for Clara. In “Last Christmas” she has an adventure with the 12th Doctor, some innocent bystanders, and … Santa Claus?
Dec 27, 2023 · Doctor Who: Ranking the Christmas and New Year Specials. Which is the best ever Doctor Who festive episode? David Tennant’s first appearance, Matt Smith’s last, or the one with the flying...
Dec 12, 2023 · Will the new Christmas Day special be any good? If you are reading this article after the episode has aired, you will know more than this writer does at present! Here’s hoping it’s as good as the ‘best’ episodes on the following list. We have ranked all of the Doctor Who Christmas specials in order of quality. As they are all pretty ...
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