I need to watch this again-don't think I've seen it again since first broadcast-but the other 3 he had are absolutely easily my 3 favourite Christmas specials of all time. With a potential exception for A Christmas Carol.
Shonas list suggests she was the one whose dream was dominant. Alien, The Thing, and Miracle on 34th Street all played a big part in what the others dreamed.
This was supposed to be Jenna Coleman's last episode. It had been scripted and parts of it shot. But she decided to come back for one more season. And I appreciate that. It has Jack Frost, it has the cute Shonna, it has Patrick Troughton's son playing a sort-of Doctor and Dan Starkey having fun as not Strax. And it brings an appropriate end to Danny's story. It has the affection the Doctor has for Clara on full display, too. Happy Easter!
I agree whole-heartedly! I kinda wish *this* had been how Clara had left the show. It, I think, would have had more meaning and be a nice departure from the usual acrimony that we get with companion departures. It would have been ... nicely graceful. :) But even with that said, this is without a doubt the best holiday episode Doctor Who has done!
DW Christmas specials in a nutshell RTD- writes a normal episode but sets it at Christmas and adds a killer Christmas and a golden death angel or two Moffat- Goes all fairytale Chibnal- Doesn’t bother
Capaldi had some of the best, but honestly for me the most 'Christmassy' will always be The Christmas Invasion. Somehow it's the most feel-good of all of them - I think because it's the only one that's the first episode of a particular Doctor.
Fun Fact: Shona (Faye Marsay) was high on the list for the next companion had Clara's story ended in the original version of this special. Jenna Coleman decided to stay for another season at the VERY last minute while doing the readthrough.
I love the idea of a fantastical character throwing fantasy logic back in your face. "Your mum and dad just randomly decided to buy you a bunch of stuff? You idiot, of COURSE it was a fat bearded weirdo with his elves and deer. Keep up?!" Like, when you look at holidays, it is very silly what a lot of us continue to practice out of tradition. Especially when Clara has traveled with the Doctor. Any story could be real and has a hidden story behind it.
With the Doctor leaving the sled while Santa is still there, it's a bit of a funny thought that the real Santa may have put on a dream crab to save both the Doctor and Clara Also it's funny how the Doctor talks about "second chances" and the fruit that appears is a tangerine/satsuma. A throwback to David's first Christmas special
For a while after this episode, I kept thinking it'd be funny if some random future episode ended with Santa showing up again, and then cut back to 20:19 with the Doctor shouting "OH COME ON!" and then rushing off to free Clara again.
My favorite Doctor, Peter Capaldi ... my favorite companion, Jenna Coleman ... perfect, together ... Jenna JUST edges out Billie Piper ... Peter JUST edges out David Tennant (mostly for the Sonic Ray-Ban's [wink]), who JUST edges out Matt Smith ... But ... then again ... nobody REALLY tops Tom Baker ... right?!?
I'm a Jew and i think doctor who moving from Christmas to new years was a big mistake and should be rectified immediately. kids need this type of hope no matter their background. new years doesn't hit remotely the same. The DW Christmas episode was an institution.
It was a time of post Christmas lunch family get together in front of the TV. You're right, New Year special just doesnt sit right. New year is a mostly adult celebration. A kind of poor relation to Christmas. The two part special was OK, but the grab was the Christmas day episode to make you watch the next week. New Years Day, too many people in England start thinking about work the next day and when to take the decs down. It's just not the same. And they wonder why they haven't got the viewing figures anymore? \_(●_●)_/ I hope you had a good Hanukkah.☺
I agree, man. No matter your religion, there's nothing that hits better than a feel good Christmas story. Especially one with the Doctor. I loved them as a kid and the Doctor Who Christmas specials will forever hold a special place in my heart.
If this HAD been her last episode, it would have been a much better send off then the timey wimey thing she actually got. Living to old age, having a life and yet still being looked in on by her doctor until her last Christmas.
I've a feeling Santa is gonna get pretty frustrated when he finds out his best friend is working for a giant slimeball controlling what is left of the human race on a satalite
"Still never stopped me!" Is incredible. Partly as I argued before this episode was made that Santa was real and his legacy survives through Mummies and Daddies each year ergo Santa still exists even if he has mythical beginnings.
Oh good old Doctor Who! Can we please go back to having a Doctor who can act? And companions that can too? And just wonderful stories? Is that too much to ask for?
@@EmperorJ123 I was going to mention the same thing, flirting is something natural for the Doctor and as you say, he always lets the person know that he cares
moffat was never actually about what was happening in the episode. the situation matters very little and the characters take the front seat. the new seasons feel like each episode is entirely based around the monster of the week. which means the characters are totally uninteresting and the only interesting thing about the monster is whatever stupid thing it does.
I wonder if this santa would like the one from that tv show called the librarians. I liked how that one spread cheer on Christmas eve and i wonder if anyone could do it whilst they sleep every night to help. 😅
“Every Christmas is last Christmas” is the phrase I’d say best defines the Capaldi Christmas specials, the series 8 Christmas special was the ending of the smith era, series 9(1st special) was this episode as well as the last Christmas with Clara, series 9(2nd special) was finishing rivers story ie rivers last Christmas, series 10(1st special) is a bit of an odd one out however it takes place right after the 2nd series 9 Christmas special and they talk about the loss of river at the end but it’s a bit out of place. And the series 10 2nd Christmas special was the end of the Capaldi era thus being Capaldi’s last Christmas.
Getting Simon Pegg/ Ricki Gervais lovechild vibes from Santa. Funny though hes played by Nick Frost who starred opposite Simon in Shawn of the Dead. Lol
She was actually supposed to be the next companion, but Jenna decided to stay one more season. Out of all the 1 time companions Shona and Jenny are the ones I want back most!
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"I've always believed in Santa claus, he just looks different to me." MY HEART!!! AAAAA!!!
The fact that Santa is played by Nick Frost makes it so much better. Great actor but perfect name
OMG I NEVER REALIZED THAT
Exactly is perfec
*"Nobody Misses Doctor Who Christmas Specials More Than Me"*
And me
Ho hoo
Oh, hello Bradley Walsh!
You're not the real Bradley Walsh
ah, you're good at this
This is one of my favorite Christmas specials. Come to think of it, I think all the Capaldi Christmases are top of my list.
Definitely seconded ✋😬
I need to watch this again-don't think I've seen it again since first broadcast-but the other 3 he had are absolutely easily my 3 favourite Christmas specials of all time. With a potential exception for A Christmas Carol.
I agree to
Shonas list suggests she was the one whose dream was dominant. Alien, The Thing, and Miracle on 34th Street all played a big part in what the others dreamed.
Honestly I bloody love this Christmas special, one of the best. And that last five minutes always makes me cry. 🥲🙂
The part where Clara tells Santa just five more minutes and he's like you really should be going all worried like always makes me cry
I agree.
This i like
Extremely underrated episode, all ways thought Moffat Christmas specials were the best.
I Was about to say underrate❤d épisode 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Always enjoyed Moffat's run in general
@@bookcollector538 i agree with you ! Non i love++++ capaldi's era 🔥
I think there are only one or two Moffat Christmas specials I didn’t really like. The rest are beloved classics.
The Narnia one being an exception
This was supposed to be Jenna Coleman's last episode. It had been scripted and parts of it shot. But she decided to come back for one more season. And I appreciate that. It has Jack Frost, it has the cute Shonna, it has Patrick Troughton's son playing a sort-of Doctor and Dan Starkey having fun as not Strax. And it brings an appropriate end to Danny's story. It has the affection the Doctor has for Clara on full display, too. Happy Easter!
But in exchange. Shona didn't get to be a companion.
@@zeryuouros4411 Shonna was apparently going to have the gig until Jenna agreed to the renewal.
@@rjmcallister1888 yeah.
Still, I would agree to stay one more season like Jenna did. It was the best thing he did, thanks PC
This was truly an amazing and joyful episode. One that mad me cry
I agree whole-heartedly!
I kinda wish *this* had been how Clara had left the show. It, I think, would have had more meaning and be a nice departure from the usual acrimony that we get with companion departures. It would have been ... nicely graceful. :)
But even with that said, this is without a doubt the best holiday episode Doctor Who has done!
are you a little baby?
DW Christmas specials in a nutshell
RTD- writes a normal episode but sets it at Christmas and adds a killer Christmas and a golden death angel or two
Moffat- Goes all fairytale
Chibnal- Doesn’t bother
Chibnall - One if his normal DW episodes… but there’s a Christmas tree in the corner
This is true
That was just lovely. Twelve was my favorite Doctor and I miss him.
I feel as a whole Peter Capaldi's Doctor Who had the best Christmas & New Years Specials compared to Tennent, Smith, and Whitaker.
Facts!
Theee are no Whittaker special ;-; ;-;
Capaldi had some of the best, but honestly for me the most 'Christmassy' will always be The Christmas Invasion. Somehow it's the most feel-good of all of them - I think because it's the only one that's the first episode of a particular Doctor.
@@KingCaramel_ Weeeell, there are. They're just "New Years Specials" instead.
@@mcyeddi "specials" - aka Chibbers gets the Daleks out again 😂
Miss Doctor Who being like this so much
I always felt so bad for Shona. She has all the check marks of an excellent companion, but the Doctor just forgot her.
Would've loved to see her with Jodi, along with Lynda with a Y
Fun Fact: Shona (Faye Marsay) was high on the list for the next companion had Clara's story ended in the original version of this special. Jenna Coleman decided to stay for another season at the VERY last minute while doing the readthrough.
I hate Clara stayed #shouldabeenshona
May the Dr revisit her.
Can we have our Doctor Who Christmas Specials back, I miss them a lot
The face of sheer and absolute disgust on Santa's face is just priceless.
Nick Frost should play every Santa from now on
@@garymiles484 exactly, hi is perfec
I really loved this one. A really good Xmas Special. Capaldi came into his own!
One of the best doctor/ companion..miss them so much 😭😭
This is the episode that made me fall in love with Twelve, and consequently my favorite.
Fantastic episode. I miss the Christmas specials 🎄just watching this again made me cry. I miss the sort of feelings that 12’s era evoked in me.
Bring Back Peter Capaldi he was and still is The Doctor.
I will say, this is one of my favorite incarnations/designs for Santa Claus
Played by: Nick Frost
The perfect name, and he’s genuinely pretty fun
21:03 is one of the most romantic scenes on television
are you serious? Well, that's how it looked or was. I'm still in doubt about that.
Probably my favourite Christmas Special! And this works surprisingly well as an edited down youtube version here! Love this show =)
19:39 - The call-back to 'Time of the Doctor', but reversed.
I miss this doctor 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
This was such a Christmas episode and I loved it I watch it every year with Christmas 🎅🏻 🎄
"Highlights of the episode"
Literally the entire thing. Just post the entire thing, because it was and remains incredible.
I love the idea of a fantastical character throwing fantasy logic back in your face. "Your mum and dad just randomly decided to buy you a bunch of stuff? You idiot, of COURSE it was a fat bearded weirdo with his elves and deer. Keep up?!" Like, when you look at holidays, it is very silly what a lot of us continue to practice out of tradition. Especially when Clara has traveled with the Doctor. Any story could be real and has a hidden story behind it.
man this is the best feel good episodes ever
Me in 2014 seeing this: Ehhh, it's alright
Me in 2024 seeing this: Perfection.
Capaldi is my Doctor!!!!!!!!!!!!!
14:31 his "look at me" is so adorable!
Nick Frost should play every Santa from now on
"I DIED SAVING , CLARA ; THE REST OF THE WORLD JUST GOT LUCKY" 😢 😭
I'd this Clara's subconscious or...
With the Doctor leaving the sled while Santa is still there, it's a bit of a funny thought that the real Santa may have put on a dream crab to save both the Doctor and Clara
Also it's funny how the Doctor talks about "second chances" and the fruit that appears is a tangerine/satsuma. A throwback to David's first Christmas special
For a while after this episode, I kept thinking it'd be funny if some random future episode ended with Santa showing up again, and then cut back to 20:19 with the Doctor shouting "OH COME ON!" and then rushing off to free Clara again.
Yea lol
Would be a funny way to retcon stuff lmao
My favorite Doctor, Peter Capaldi ... my favorite companion, Jenna Coleman ... perfect, together ...
Jenna JUST edges out Billie Piper ... Peter JUST edges out David Tennant (mostly for the Sonic Ray-Ban's [wink]), who JUST edges out Matt Smith ...
But ... then again ... nobody REALLY tops Tom Baker ... right?!?
definately
Is true, we was perfec together
I'm a Jew and i think doctor who moving from Christmas to new years was a big mistake and should be rectified immediately. kids need this type of hope no matter their background. new years doesn't hit remotely the same. The DW Christmas episode was an institution.
It was a time of post Christmas lunch family get together in front of the TV. You're right, New Year special just doesnt sit right. New year is a mostly adult celebration. A kind of poor relation to Christmas. The two part special was OK, but the grab was the Christmas day episode to make you watch the next week. New Years Day, too many people in England start thinking about work the next day and when to take the decs down. It's just not the same. And they wonder why they haven't got the viewing figures anymore? \_(●_●)_/ I hope you had a good Hanukkah.☺
I agree, man. No matter your religion, there's nothing that hits better than a feel good Christmas story. Especially one with the Doctor. I loved them as a kid and the Doctor Who Christmas specials will forever hold a special place in my heart.
We just stopped having Christmas episodes because chibnall said he hates Christmas 🙄 but I think now with Russell, Christmas episodes will be back
Of course- Christmas is about Family. New Years is about drunk A-holes in Time's Square.
If this HAD been her last episode, it would have been a much better send off then the timey wimey thing she actually got. Living to old age, having a life and yet still being looked in on by her doctor until her last Christmas.
One of my favourite episodes
Merry Christmas Doctor
Part of me wishes they had kept the ending of Clara being old, having lived her life.
I am so in love with Clara's nose...
I loved the scene with Shona's crazy dance moves in the sick bay.
I've a feeling Santa is gonna get pretty frustrated when he finds out his best friend is working for a giant slimeball controlling what is left of the human race on a satalite
I don't get it can you explain?
@@nynz197 Nick Frost (plays Santa) and Simon Pegg (played the guy in The Long Game who worked for the Jagrafess) work together a lot
I miss the doctor who on Xmas i was always disappointed they stopped them
If Santa's a Time Lord, then Ms. Santa must be a Time Lady?! Huh! Who knew?!
"Still never stopped me!" Is incredible.
Partly as I argued before this episode was made that Santa was real and his legacy survives through Mummies and Daddies each year ergo Santa still exists even if he has mythical beginnings.
God I miss Twelve!
Oh man, ive never been this early to this glorious channel.
Love the throw back tot he Christmas invasion
Forgot how good this episode was
For someone who will always miss my partner... claras dream will always bring a tear to my eye , when she says "leave me here please" ❤
4:30... Wait are those little K1's from the 4th Doctor episode? If so... Nice Easter Egg!
didnt even realise i was 11 years old when i watched this and had no idea whats happening
Oh good old Doctor Who! Can we please go back to having a Doctor who can act? And companions that can too? And just wonderful stories? Is that too much to ask for?
Who else feels like The 12th Doctor was kinda flirting with Clara when she was older? Or was that just me?
He is all the time.
But in that point he's letting her know.
@@EmperorJ123
I was going to mention the same thing, flirting is something natural for the Doctor and as you say, he always lets the person know that he cares
@@MeridaEdhytSanwheyLosd and she points out in Deep Breath if anyone could flirt with a mountain it would be her.
@@EmperorJ123 Oh! also, how could I forget that part where she mentions that.
In conclusion, Clara and Twelvefth flirted
Jesus the difference between Moffat and chibnall writing is clear to see
That Implies Chibnall actually writes anything as opposed to throwing scrabble tiles in the air and then reading whatever lands the right way up.
moffat was never actually about what was happening in the episode. the situation matters very little and the characters take the front seat. the new seasons feel like each episode is entirely based around the monster of the week. which means the characters are totally uninteresting and the only interesting thing about the monster is whatever stupid thing it does.
And what's worse is that this is a rewrite, something Moffat had to do A LOT
this is my favorite xmas episode with every details
There's a horror movie called Alien? That is really offensive, no one everyone keeps invading you.
The whole episode is a highlight let’s be real
6:15 My Little Pony reference in Doctor Who? Didn't see that coming!!!!
Seeing them all wake up with no memory....
I am with Santa. I love tangerines 💖
Can't wait for the Christmas specials to be back under RTD2
Happy Easter to you all
I don't care what you say this is the best Christmas special after A Christmas Carol
I wonder if this santa would like the one from that tv show called the librarians. I liked how that one spread cheer on Christmas eve and i wonder if anyone could do it whilst they sleep every night to help. 😅
“Every Christmas is last Christmas” is the phrase I’d say best defines the Capaldi Christmas specials, the series 8 Christmas special was the ending of the smith era, series 9(1st special) was this episode as well as the last Christmas with Clara, series 9(2nd special) was finishing rivers story ie rivers last Christmas, series 10(1st special) is a bit of an odd one out however it takes place right after the 2nd series 9 Christmas special and they talk about the loss of river at the end but it’s a bit out of place. And the series 10 2nd Christmas special was the end of the Capaldi era thus being Capaldi’s last Christmas.
Giving Clara this was nice.
"You know what's rarer? Second chances"
Moffat bringing back literally every character back from the dead in some way: dEeP
It would be marvellous if Shona came back as a future companion. Not like that hasn't happened before
Wdym this whole episode is a highlight
The Thrones marathon always makes me happy. She was IN Game of Thrones
Man I miss doctor who
Getting Simon Pegg/ Ricki Gervais lovechild vibes from Santa.
Funny though hes played by Nick Frost who starred opposite Simon in Shawn of the Dead. Lol
4:58 Apparently Rudolph's red nose has an off switch!!
" Every christmas is last christmas "
I love the Christmas episodes!
Hey! Shona can come back, right? The next companion. Please RTD? Give us Shona again?
Would have been great with Jodi. Would've loved to see Lynda with a Y as well.
She was actually supposed to be the next companion, but Jenna decided to stay one more season. Out of all the 1 time companions Shona and Jenny are the ones I want back most!
Those were the days.... you know, when I actually cared about the Doctor.
Strax impersonating an elf... Sacré bleu🤔😚😂
In this version. Is Santa Claus a time lord?
Too bad there IS no "North Pole" landmass. No wonder no-one's ever found Santa's workshop.
There are a few islands up there, under the ice. So if santa did exist, it'd probably ly be there.
Plsss the way I thought that Santa was Roger Taylor untill he started speaking
OK, but when best David Tennant moments part 2???
I got 3 Words... My Little Pony.. 🤣😆 6:05
Why does Santa look like he's gonna throw down at 6:20?
I love this one to
Magnifique 💚💛💜🧡🤎💙❤
Best of Moffatts specials , watched episode again today. Love it
Santa is real!
At my house we always have satsumas, they are so much better. Try them. 🍊🧡
And don't forget to have 🍫 for breakfast on Christmas Day. 🎅🎄❤️
The Doctor tells the group to turn to page 57 (my birth year) then tells them to turn to page 24 (my birthday.) How weird is that?🎉
Why so many fabreez commercials?
…didn’t expect doctor who to go back on this christmas special again
12:39 Uh… Ghostbusters??
So does this mean the other people died anyways cus they might have not gotten through the extra layer
The captives shouldn't have been able to read from the books, if they were dreaming.