What started as a rather ingenious method of bridging the Eccleston era to the arrival of David Tennant and his massive teeth, the Doctor Who Christmas Special is now a yearly tradition. Make of it what you will, but it’s a nice notion that families are gathered ’round the telly watching the good Doctor.
Last year Steven Moffat wrote the most ‘Christamssy’ story ever with an homage to Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. This year, it’s time for another homage to CS Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia. Bill Bailey (of Black Books) co-stars in what looks to be a fanciful adventure set in an old house in war time 1941. But nothing is what it seems as one child wanders into a wintry world complete with woodland creatures and armored soldiers.
Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world.
(Via GeeksofDoom)
Bonus, Matt Smith interviewed on Breakfast Time about auctioning his clothes, the next series, and the upcoming 50th Anniversary.
What’s your take on the trailer?
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That one vote was you, wasn’t it, Matthew? Hahahaha…
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The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe? The Doctor, the Bullsh*t, and the Boll*cks! How stunningly *original*, I suppose there are legions of Stepfordians on the internets proclaiming this an “hommage”, uhrm if they say so! To quote Greil Marcus’s famous review of Dylan’s Self Portrait – What is this Sh*t?! The world’s in trouble, Community has been put on “hiatus” by the peacock network because not enough people are watching it, and this Who Christmas Special has probably got fans creaming themselves already, o woe and bah humbug!
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Hahahaha… now tell us how you really feel.
Aside from ‘Feast of Steven,’ what classic Who adventures aired on December 25th? Maybe I should do a column.
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@dailypop, I know ambiguous aren’t I?! As far as I know (not having a reference book to hand) The Feast of Steven was the only time the original run aired on Christmas Day. Oh and Happy 48th Birthday, Doctor Who
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I always forget those birthdays.
For anyone celebrating (and those across the pond should just take advantage to eat more on 11/25), here’s a call back to Mister Terrific’s Thanksgiving Side-dishes:
https://dailypop.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/mr-terrifics-thanksgiving-side-dishes/
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