Two years ago I did a series of posts on my top ten Doctor Who Christmas specials. There have been two more since then, so an update is in order. I am still finding it weird that Doctor Who now occupies the Morecambe and Wise spot as the traditional Christmas Day entertainment for all the family (and the Prime Minister.) However, it's been 11 years now, so here is my revised ranking, with 2014's Last Christmas and 2015's The Husbands of River Song slotted in.
1
|
The Christmas
Invasion
|
2005
|
2
|
The Unquiet
Dead*
|
2005
|
3
|
A Christmas
Carol
|
2010
|
4
|
The Doctor the
Widow and the Wardrobe**
|
2011
|
5
|
The Runaway
Bride
|
2006
|
6
|
Voyage of the
Damned
|
2007
|
7
|
Last Christmas***
|
2014
|
8
|
The Next
Doctor
|
2008
|
9
|
The Husbands
of River Song****
|
2015
|
10
|
The End of
Time
|
2009
|
11
|
The Snowmen
|
2012
|
12
|
The Time of
the Doctor
|
2013
|
* Yes, I know that this was technically not a Christmas Special, but it should have been.
**My new team member thinks this one is terrible, but at least it's properly Christmassy. We do agree about Nardole, though, so I'll let him off.
***Marked up for the Rudolph's nose car alarm gag
****Marked down for excessive continuity references and Matt Lucas.
There is still no change at number one. How can you beat David Tennant, revived by a cup of tea, saving the world with a satsuma whilst still in his pyjamas, then having time to bring down the (female) Prime Minister before tucking in to turkey and all the trimmings?
I wonder which one is Theresa May's favourite?
PS Has anyone ever managed to solve the Watcher's Christmas Quiz in Doctor Who Magazine? This year I don't even understand the questions.
PPS Have had a breakthrough with the Quiz. Once we worked out the key, it isn't actually as hard as usual. Woo hoo!
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