November 30th, 2010
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A Christmas Carol – 6.00pm Christmas Day
Doctor Who Christmas Special – A Christmas Carol
High Definition programme 6.00pm Christmas Day 25th December
BBC ONE and BBC ONE HD
Matt Smith stars in the Doctor Who Christmas Special
Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure, written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Amy Pond is played by Karen Gillan, Rory Williams by Arthur Darvill, The Doctor by Matt Smith and Kazran Sardick by Michael Gambon.
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DJB
January 17th, 2011 - 11:50pmTruly awful, lost interest half way through, the Welsh thing’s getting a bit tiresome too!
Mantrid Switchdoktor
January 9th, 2011 - 12:57pmLike Jake & others, I have been a loyal fan of Dr.Who since the William Hartnell days & the quality of stories was generally very good (even if the sets were, well..a bit shaky)-certainly far better than other kids programmes of the time.However, glad as I was to see Dr.Who return with Christopher Eccleston after the TERRIBLE stuff we had to endure under the John Nathan-Turner/Bonny Langford “pantomime-endings” era, I have to say the programme has plunged to an all-time low since the arrival of Matt & the departure of GOOD WRITING and it saddens me no end.
The start of this decline definitely began with the likes of Peter Kaye & other “celebrities” making cameo-appearances seemingly just for the sake of it and we are definitely back in those bad old days of terrible stories, just like the one served up at Christmas, which I think will lead to the show being cancelled..again….what’s next?..Ruth Jones?..well, she is Welsh and so must be appearing soon, God Forbid!
Yes..the CGI & good music are all very good & well, but I reckon that very soon we will see the Daleks or Cybermen wheeled-out again to save the brand…probably after a run of badly-written/badly (or over) acted episodes..just pray that if this happens, the storylines are at least decent & above all, imaginative!
Sorry I’ve went on a bit, but this is a programme I have been passionate about since episode no.1, way back in 1963 and I hate to see what is happening to it now.
Keith
January 3rd, 2011 - 10:30pmAt this rate, it won’t be long before the show gets cancelled. The Christmas one was rubbish except for the singing. Never seen a show go so pear shaped so quickly.
The Pandorica
December 30th, 2010 - 8:28pmI really liked this episode, the acting was brilliant!
Jake
December 30th, 2010 - 8:18pmDr Who, Christmas Carol. I’m old enough to have watched Dr. Who since it was first aired in Black & White, and have always been a loyal fan. The recent few years have been the best, especially with David Tarrant. But this Christmas special was absolute rubbish.
Steve Baker
December 27th, 2010 - 9:58amI love Dr Who and have done since the 70’s but I’m afraid to say this episode missed the mark by quite a lot, it was one of the most boring and predictable episodes ever. I almost just turned it off as it was that bad, also the BBC have a very misleading advert on showing Dalek’s going through check in at an airport with the tag line “all your favourites are back for Christmas” well where were they? The Christmas special is a great time to capture the imagination of new Dr Who viewers but I seriously doubt that this will happen this year.
Chelsea Pete
December 27th, 2010 - 12:16amJust seen the Xmas Special and I have to say I totally disagree with all the nay-sayers. I thought it was a brilliant episode, fresh and captivating. Great cast, great story and welcome Matt Smith. Loved it from start to finish!
Brian Huggins
December 26th, 2010 - 6:57pmI have watched Dr Who forsince childhood, and the 2010 Chistmas special was the most boring episode ever, where was the monsters, where was the aliens, where was the excitement. Matt is the most original Dr since the start can you not make the storylines equally original. Please so back to thye ground breaking storylines and adventures
Tabby G
December 26th, 2010 - 3:41pmA whole universe of monsters, aliens, unknown civilisations to play with- The end result? A flying shark and a bunch of people in Victorian costumes (recycled, I summise, from some BBC period costume drama to save cash no doubt). What a yawn and waste of tax payers money-An austerity Christmas indeed! Take some imagination pills asap….!
sam G
December 26th, 2010 - 3:29pmUtter rubbish- we couldn’t even watch it all-what were they thinking?-they seem to have lost the plot completely- what a disappointment for Christmas day.
Heckla
December 26th, 2010 - 4:11amAbsolutely terrible!
alex
December 25th, 2010 - 7:02pmjust could not watch this rubbish and i love dr who
Steven Moffatis so good (coupling) so why is he doing so bad with dr who
good music just wont cut it (gambonn is great but why is this not working )
Type 40
December 18th, 2010 - 9:34pmwow! 🙂 sounds intersting! your right, his new jacket is fab- much better than his old one!
the biggest doctor who fan
December 3rd, 2010 - 6:57pmcant wait it looks awsome and i love his new jacket
ComeAlong,Pond
December 2nd, 2010 - 4:13pmI think Katherine Jenkins will be very good as Abigail for A Christmas Carol.
king gerbil
December 1st, 2010 - 4:48pmi think this looks pretty good-another good reason 2 look forward 2 christmas
Doctor J
December 1st, 2010 - 9:52amDW A Christmas Carol Im glad they are basing on one of Charles Dickenson’s famous christmas story with Michael Gambon and Katerine Jenkins. Flying Sharks I wonder if they cause the space liner to crash with Amy and Rory onboard. That’s what I like about DW it has a great imagination for a story.
bdayboy
December 1st, 2010 - 5:59amthe doctors coat looks rubbish
the title is rubbish
but it will be good
in an awful kind of way
Juddon Platoon
November 30th, 2010 - 9:32pmI hope they give a refrence of Death of the Doctor
The Pandorica
November 30th, 2010 - 8:08pmThe Doctor’s new jacket looks a bit too stripy.
PandoricaMan1903
November 30th, 2010 - 7:17pmIn the papers a couple of months back there was ment to be a shark (as seen under Matt Smiths arm) ment to be JAWS dunno why?
booboo
November 30th, 2010 - 6:45pmNo its on at 6.00pm
docbrown
November 30th, 2010 - 5:50pmthis is on at 7pm on xmas day
HollyLovesMattSmith
November 29th, 2010 - 3:32pmJust saying, but one of you asked when it would be shown.
I think you’ll find it will be Christmas Eve/Day depending how the bosses at the BBC feel.