December 25th, 2014
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What Did You Think of The Special Last Christmas?
Now that the 2014 Christmas Special has aired what did you think? Was it everything you had hoped for or not what you expected…
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
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John
December 31st, 2014 - 3:28pmPlease let’s get back to Dr. Who not the Clara show. Even though the show looked like a direct rip-off of the Outer Limits “Tempest” I enjoyed the acting of Frost, the elves and the extra as always. I did not like how the Dr. seems to get lost as in this whole series. Lets give the Dr. more lines so we can decide if we like him or not, otherwise just give Clara the keys to the tardis and I’ll wait another 5-10 years for another reboot. This season had very few cool points and no Oh-Wows. I grew up on Tom Baker and grew to see The Dr in many actors who did a great job. So can anyone tell me what happened to the writting?
drwhocrazyilikemissy
December 31st, 2014 - 2:22pmi agree it was AMAZING better than i thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Father Christmas was so mysterious at the start i did not know if he was good or bad!!!!!
THE ERGON
December 31st, 2014 - 11:42amI suppose your right but just referencing Christmas or even just a nod is enough. I think they put pressure on themselves to keep coming up with this stuff. Maybe next year they could do ‘The Thing from another world’ with krynoids or the like, even if ‘The seeds of doom’ on the Antarctic base got there first.
the astronaut of death
December 30th, 2014 - 10:07pmWell if its too scary for your child don’t let them watch it
Don’t go blaming doctor.who.
The Moffat Paradox
December 30th, 2014 - 9:32pmAhem!……. While my 9 year old self may or may not have reacted similary that,as with complaints in the day about the classic series,might be seen as evidence to the naysayers that in the post classic series they are getting something right.
The Moffat Paradox
December 30th, 2014 - 9:16pmWatched it twice,enjoyed it enough,thought it quite cleverly combined the elements of a proper episode with the festive theme about right ,agree that people need to have more measured expectations about Christmas Specials and just about ANY such special is going to surpass the nadir that was the Doctor The Widow And The Wardrobe!
Anonymous
December 30th, 2014 - 7:22amCool
Max Homewood
December 29th, 2014 - 10:52pmThx Dr who team , we watched on Saturday as a family and are now on our 3rd night of a terrified 9yr old now wanting to go to sleep as is scared of dreaming and dying …
Note my son is a avid viewer of Dr who and has never had this ….
Un impressed ,
booboo
December 29th, 2014 - 8:27pmsame hear
the astronaut of death
December 29th, 2014 - 8:26pmI love the new series , one of the best in a while.
And looking at the poll’s, every one else likes it as well.
booboo
December 29th, 2014 - 8:20pmno lets keep it going for the people who enjoy it
TMD
December 29th, 2014 - 7:30pmThis was like going to the dentist. Please! end the series or go another direction before it gets any worse……! Seen better episodes of Teletubbies than this pile of trite
Kevin
December 29th, 2014 - 2:41pmBenjit, please dont put words in my mouth, I never said haters, I said critical, there’s a big difference, so please read my message ago and that goes to all you “haters” who claim I said HATERS
daleksean
December 29th, 2014 - 11:16amAnd i didn’t enjoy the episode it doesn’t mean we are haters
daleksean
December 29th, 2014 - 11:14amAnonymous we are entitled to our opinions
CJ
December 29th, 2014 - 9:38amInto the Dalek wasn’t really written by Steven Moffat, It was Phil Ford who wrote that
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 8:02amEh, she became more of a character this past season. Definitely not the best companion, but at least she has a consistent personality.
I’m just mad that we were shown that she died, only “Oh! It’s just another dream! Do-over!”
Well, a lot of explanations were rushed, and most of the first third of the episode is kinda forgettable, but I felt it really picked up once the Doctor discovered the crack, and the regeneration was brilliant. =
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:57amI think Danny could have been better if his one character trait wasn’t that he was a soldier, just so the Doctor could dislike him for being one. (Though that doesn’t fit with how he was friends with soldiers like Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton, or how he mentioned that Grand Marshall Skaldak deserved the Russian soldiers’ respect because he was a soldier)
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:55amIt’s not the fact that he came after my personal favorite Doctor (Matt Smith), I love his acting post-Deep Breath, I just don’t like how inconsistent and, at times, unlikable his character can be at times.
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:53amCould have been dreamed up by Clara or one of the others.
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:50amI’m afraid I have to agree with Benjit and and princebenjibella. For one, it’s incredibly rude to imply fans who don’t enjoy Capaldi, Moffat, and Coleman aren’t true fans. I’ve been a fan of the show for as long as I can remember, as well as a huge fan of Moffat in the past. For two, I just don’t like the episodes he’s written recently, with, out of everything written by him this year, only Deep Breath and MAYBE Into the Dalek standing out. That doesn’t mean I’m not a fan of the show, it just means that I feel it’s taken a wrong turn. Hopefully, Moffat will impress me next season. We’ll see.
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:40amIt’s actually been implied that Doctor Who itself is a show in the canon of Doctor Who. In Remembrance of the Daleks Part 2, just as Ace leaves Mike’s house, the TV announcer mentions: “The new BBC science fiction series, Doc-“
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:38amErgon, the term, “Christmas special”, kinda implies Christmas. A Christmas-y feel isn’t bad. The problem is that Moffat invokes way too many of his tropes in this special. Besides, that sounds like something for a season finale, or an anniversary special.
Dalek The Supreme
December 29th, 2014 - 7:32amWell, I didn’t like it, but I don’t think it was THAT bad. At least Nick Frost’s Santa Claus was great to watch.
princebenjibella
December 28th, 2014 - 11:27pmif all the so called haters did switch channels right now this show would be in trouble.l personally have enjoyed Peter Capaldi as the Doctor but he has carried a truely awful season that has stretched the credibility of the show to its limit with its slow and at times ridiculous story lines.For me the only episode that stands another viewing is Mummy On The Orient Express and that was written for Matt Smith but held back,however,like most who criticize,l will continue to watch in the hope of something better and because of a deep love of a show that can be so much better.
WFK DVD Collector 14
December 28th, 2014 - 9:13pmOk, this is my updated view on “Last Christmas”.
All I have to say is, even though it’s not perfect, if you didn’t like it just give it a second watch. Some of the ideas it presents are clever, however I do still think that it has pointless characters (the elfs) and some of the acting could be better. Also, does anyone have any ideas what Shonia wanted to forgive the guy called Dave for???
So, overall, nothing special, I can see why people like it, but because 97% of it is a dream maybe it’s not even cannon???
5/10
the astronaut of death
December 28th, 2014 - 7:54pmI thought it was great
At the moment it i being voted the 2nd best Dr who special….. So its not that bad
Anonymous
December 28th, 2014 - 6:58pmI couldn’t disagree with you more…thankfully you are in the minority.
Anonymous
December 28th, 2014 - 6:41pmNope…you’re both hopelessly wrong…and thankfully a minority view. Watch ITV instead.
the astronaut of death
December 28th, 2014 - 6:15pmDefinitely ?
Could be September , series 8 only aird one week away from September.
So august or September