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The Christmas Special – What Did You Think?
What Did You Think Of The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe?
Now that 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe is over what did you think of it? Was it the best of worst yet.
Moosey
December 26th, 2011 - 9:04amI’m really sorry everyone, but why do you hate this story? My whole family loved this story because Matt Smith was finally able to be himself again. In Series 5, he was funny and eccentric. But last year he was mysterious and annoying. The stories didn’t even make SENSE last year (including “A Christmas Carol”). This story shows that Steven Moffat is trying to go back to how the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory were originally like. It was an amazing story; it made my family laugh but it also made us cry. Amazing acting from the whole cast, and whats more an AMAZING story.
booboo
December 26th, 2011 - 9:13amthe voting suggests most people enjoyed it even though the majority of comments are negative
Steve Maude
December 27th, 2011 - 8:46pmI wouldn’t say I hated it but when talking about the Christmas special, the clue really is in the name. For sure there was plenty of Christmas but really nothing special. As a standalone episode it fails to live up to some of the Doctor ‘light’ stories of the RTD era that left us feeling a little cheated at the time. I’ll be waiting for next years box set rather than rushing out to buy the one off Blu Ray, then I’ll skip to the next story.
biggest dr who fan
December 26th, 2011 - 9:00amBest special yet!
Feeling worried that it was easy to follow as the moff wrote it
RATING: 10/10
crazy guy
December 26th, 2011 - 8:52ambest christmas special ever it had everything in it my Favorite bits was the beginning with the doctor going down the fire corridor and the ending with Amy and Rory
Jason doctorwhoone
December 26th, 2011 - 8:18amBetter then last years. No trailer thou for Series 7 which would normally be shown at the end of a Christmas special to show what’s to come in the new year.
Mark T
December 26th, 2011 - 8:14amAnother festive stinker. Derivative, mawkish and dull. Next time please can we have:
1 A plot that does not involve the notion that there is something so special about human relationships that threats of planetary proportions are thereby overcome. This is lazy, patronising and predictable.
2 A story that is not populated by insecure children.
3 No facile eco-message. This episode made even The Green Death seem subtle by comparison.
4 Proper monsters?
2/10
Cyberking281
December 26th, 2011 - 8:11amWasn’t That Good But Was Better Than Last Year’s Christmas Special
Arjan
December 26th, 2011 - 7:48amThe tradition of a Christmas story kills itself. Because it has to have a Christmas feeling it,s too predictable. It was real bad.
Tina Kershner
December 26th, 2011 - 4:43amI absolutely loved the special. Bawled my eyes out LOL! I felt better when I saw the Doctor cry. Haha! Great job on the special!!!
John Locke
December 26th, 2011 - 4:32amIt was pretty good, not as good as the last special, but enjoyable. Nice little end.
TARDIS
December 26th, 2011 - 2:36amlove that nod to the binary vascular system and how it can hold without air as seen in four to doomsday
Andrew Hall
December 26th, 2011 - 1:46amHmmmm, poor christmas episode again. Didnt like last years and this one was no better. Tree people looked nice but the whole story was rushed. Moff is certainly loosing his touch……..
I Love Cybermen
December 26th, 2011 - 12:58amBrilliant episode! Full of warmph and Christmas cheer! as for those complaining there were no real monsters…all the best monsters are ‘victims’ or sympathetic…What about frankenstein or the Wolfman?…Or, in the case of Dr Who, the greatest monster threat of all (in my view) the cybermen? They weren’t evil. So? They scared and were a threat. That was their purpose. I thought they were magnificent and I hope they bring some figures out of them…
KOVARIAN333
December 25th, 2011 - 11:17pmhated it.
dr dredd 67
December 25th, 2011 - 11:11pmHavent seen it yet as we had the family round for xmas dinner and then the x-box was put on….will watch it tomorrow on BBC i Player. My judgement will be placed on here tomorrow night.
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY !
doctor daddy cool 67
December 28th, 2011 - 1:19pmManaged to catch up with a repeat of the xmas show yesterday. It wasnt too bad, a good few funny jokes here and there, but overall a bit lame. Our son was a bit scared of the wooden people. I know they havent started filming the next series yet but personally I would’ve finished the story with a cliffhanger so that we could look forward to whats in store next year.
my rating 6/10
Darkfool
January 2nd, 2012 - 12:03pmIf your son was scared by the wooden people, well thats a good thing, isn’t it?
This is the problem i fear with where Dr Who is going.. I fear it’s trying to gear itself to a younger and younger audience..
The “God Complex” Episode, was my favorite, cause it freaked me out.. The Doctor needs a real challenge, and something mysterious and scary gives us just that….
flofoux
December 25th, 2011 - 10:57pmWhat hell was that ??? I’m just going to re-watch “The eand of Time” and the others Doctor Who specials…Maybe it’s time for Moffat to go before he ruines the show…
Fox Mulder
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:22amThats exactly what I did
Anonymous
December 25th, 2011 - 10:54pmHorrible. Horrible. Horrible.
Gareth Stafford
December 25th, 2011 - 10:42pmA return to form that continues the upswing from the second half of series 6 – thanks Steven!
Doctor J
December 25th, 2011 - 10:28pmThis years xmas special was good to watch but it was disappointing. The best scene out of the whole episdoe was the ending.
Admiral Icktheus
December 25th, 2011 - 8:46pmIt was disappointing. Recently some of Moffats episodes have been predictable and I do like Moffat for sure but it was easily predictable. I could see the ending coming a mile off. Matt Smiths acting was brilliant and he handled the comedic scenes well and some of the other acting was decent but the story did seem a bit of a mess, no it was quite a big mess to be honest. I am going to rewatch it later but I wasn’t too keen on it. 6/10
The Moffat Paradox
December 26th, 2011 - 4:22pmThat’s because Moffat dosen’t really do plot coherence and internal logic in storytelling and if that’s said his defenders say we “dont get it”.
I think we get it all too well which is why many a casual viewer dismisses it as utter tosh whatever the viewing figures say.
Yes come back RTD! All is forgiven!
You would think it would be understood that fans would just like to see the Doctor save universe (and Christmas)from foes like the Daleks/Cybermen.
AS in the Next Doctor 2008 Christmas special which I think has been the only one that’s been really any good.
Admiral Icktheus
December 26th, 2011 - 5:51pmNo I don’t want RTD back. Moffat has taken the show back to it’s original roots. Whilst the story arcs may annoy some, there will be a resoloution to them eventually and even if they are sometimes predictable they are acted out well. The only Moffat story I properly hate is Lets Kill Hitler due to the potential it could have had.
Steven :)
December 25th, 2011 - 8:37pmI got really excited for this episode. There was no threat. No real ‘blockbuster’ feeling. I’d rather have watched The Next Doctor.
dw205
December 26th, 2011 - 11:18pmAnd that is precisely why I disliked this christmas special.
ClassicSeries4Ever
December 25th, 2011 - 8:36pmWhat a dreadful episode! The space ship crash and the beginning was never explained and the direction of the “I know” scenes was ridiculous! There was also a stupid resolution of the father surviving by flying through the time vortex! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!?!?! Also, why are the Ponds in it again!!!! Why can’t they just be written out! 3/10, because there was a reference to Androzani. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
TARDIS
December 26th, 2011 - 2:26amthe prequel explained it
John Locke
December 26th, 2011 - 4:31amlol, you want the Ponds out?
dw205
December 26th, 2011 - 11:18pmI want the pods out too, new companions please!
dw2005
December 26th, 2011 - 11:24pmI want the ponds out too, new companions please!
Commander Strax
December 27th, 2011 - 1:39pmlook down for how he surived
Anonymous
December 27th, 2011 - 5:23pmthat is most true!! this is very strange but your comment on the episode was exactly what my friend jeffery (drwhofanindatardis) said!
lepter
December 29th, 2011 - 5:54pmno it didnt.
what was the spaceship?
why an exploding button?
why was he there?
did everyone else die on the spaceship????
and while im on the subject…
can he breathe in a vacume?
does he have space eyes???
what was the point?????
J.G
December 25th, 2011 - 8:31pmabsolute RUBBISH and boring.
Barrystam
December 25th, 2011 - 8:24pmRubbish episode, Moffat cannot produce, and the series just gets worse.
Sorry, wish I could say otherwise.
Nigel M
December 25th, 2011 - 9:57pmMoffat wrote some of my favourite episodes since the series came back, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace, Silence in the Library, Forest of the Dead. I can’t believe how bad it’s become with him in charge.
dw205
December 26th, 2011 - 11:19pmRTD’s era was in opinion much better than steven moffat’s.
geoff
December 25th, 2011 - 8:16pmtrash…garbage…..worst episode since love and monsters….moffat has been a total let down….time to go
TARDIS
December 26th, 2011 - 2:26amone bad ep and gone?
Nigel M
December 25th, 2011 - 8:14pmI was really looking forward to it but it was average at best. In fact some of it was just plain daft – trees creating a space rocket, time-travelling escape pod that was relying on a human host to come along in the nick of time ?
Good to see the Ponds at the end though.
Commander Strax
December 27th, 2011 - 1:37pmtrees were the space rocket
Fishy Frank
December 25th, 2011 - 8:08pmIt was single-handedly the worst episode of Dr Who ever. Steven Moffat needs to go. 1: How did the Doctor breathe in space at the beggining. 2: Only time machines can travel in the time vortex, so why the hell was there just a random entry into it in the middle of space. If so, fair enough that the spherical ship flew into it, but that plane? WHAT THE HELL. That would not be able to withstand the conditions of the time vortex. MOFFAT OUT.
Nigel M
December 25th, 2011 - 8:22pmAdd to that the impact from orbit that created a massive, deep crater but left the doctor in one piece. I know you have to take the program with a pinch of salt but this was a mess.
Fishy Frank
December 25th, 2011 - 9:33pmI know, it’s saddening to see the show turn to this.
Nigel M
December 25th, 2011 - 9:47pmThe more I think about it the worse it gets. The Tardis just happened to be parked in the village near where the Doctor landed from orbit ? He didn’t have the ability to call it himself (we saw that from the trailer) so how did it get there ? Doesn’t anyone vet these scripts ?
Fishy Frank
December 26th, 2011 - 1:23amI know, it’s incredibly bad. I’m not one of these people who are pro RTD, but Steven Moffat just has to go. He’s alright with the odd episode, but as head writer? It falls flat on its face.
Gordon
December 26th, 2011 - 2:33am@Fishy Frank:Not the best xmas special but to call it wost episode ever is a huge diservice to it. It is nowhere near as bad as twin dilema four to doomsday love and monsters end of time etc. People seem to forget the xmas special is more about entertaining the whole family than having a perfect story and it did a damm good job of it. Every xmas special there has been plotholes and regardless of who is in charge there will be holes when entertaining a family comes before telling a perfect story.
Commander Strax
December 27th, 2011 - 1:36pmIn victory of the daleks, bracewell [rember hes a robot] built gravtiy bubbles so planes could fly though the vortex.
simon w
December 25th, 2011 - 8:08pmI thought is was a lot better that last years story. Bring on series 7 i cant wait
The Adventure Games
December 25th, 2011 - 8:08pmWOW! The Ending was a great one. One to remember I would say. Overall a very sad Christmas special but also a very joyful one.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!
The Blue box
December 25th, 2011 - 8:06pmI thought that was a really good Christmas special. It had everything: action, adventure, comedy and some sad parts. I really liked the bit at the end with Amy but I’m annoyed we get a trailer for series 7.
The Blue box
December 25th, 2011 - 8:07pmSorry I meant that we didn’t get a trailer for next series.
booboo
December 25th, 2011 - 8:13pmthey haven’t started filming it yet so there is nothing to show
Anonymous
December 29th, 2011 - 2:35pmme to
Fox Mulder
January 2nd, 2012 - 8:34amYou wont be seeing any trailer till may or june
simon w
December 25th, 2011 - 8:05pmI thought it was a lot better than last years story bring on series 7
jamietime
December 25th, 2011 - 9:15pmlast year one was better
Admiral Icktheus
December 25th, 2011 - 9:36pmI agree. Last years was more christmassey. This years tried to be but added to a predictably, emotional, sci fi story and it just died completely.
The Tardis
December 26th, 2011 - 5:13pmI thoght that the Doctor Who Christmas specil was good I like it when the Doctor Had the spacehelmit on the wrongway round and at the end when Amy Pond hand a waterpistel when the doctor Came round.
I hope Season 7 will be good