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Nice to see Dan Starkey (Strax and other Sontarans) get a gig needing a bit less prosthetics.

Oh, and the professor was played by Pat Troughton's son Michael.
 
I very much liked it. Best Xmas episode in years.

I really was expecting Clara to bow out at the end in some way or another. I suppose rumours of her leaving were much exaggerated. It will be interesting to see what happens with their dynamic now. Or maybe she'll leave in the first episode of the next series. That would be interesting.
 
practical pj's are strangely hot also. Just putting it out there.

I did like old clara turning the 'he was impossible' line around. That was entirely for ze attentive fanz dem
 
DotCommunist said:
that was better than most christmas episodes. aliens/inception/santa

internally consistent. A good santa. One of the elves was the geordie on late series Misfits.

and ma says the black woman was previously of Coronation Street.

I think the List of things the shop assistant blonde woman held at the end was a nod to eachreference but I didn't read it all
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And one of the elves was the scouser in Misfits! What are the chances?

A cut above the usual xmas cheese fests. Nick Frost was excellent.

"How do you get all the presents on the sleigh?"

"It's bigger on the inside"

But... bloody Clara! Arrrgh.
 
Ah, didn't realise you meant iplayer on the telly. Very annoying. At least you can watch it somehow though. Enjoy :)
 
Vintage Paw said:
I very much liked it. Best Xmas episode in years.

I really was expecting Clara to bow out at the end in some way or another. I suppose rumours of her leaving were much exaggerated. It will be interesting to see what happens with their dynamic now. Or maybe she'll leave in the first episode of the next series. That would be interesting.
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They wrote an almost perfect ending for her. When she does fuck off it will disappoint. Best Christmas special since the return?
 
They wasted the opportunity to explain the bad science and writing of the last series by saying they've been dreaming since s8e01. Remember Robin Hood's parting words to The Doctor? "I'm as real as you are, Doctor." which could have meant they were dreaming even that far back. Maybe Danny was a dream? Except the audience saw him in parts where neither Clara not The Doctor were present.
 
Helen Back said:
They wasted the opportunity to explain the bad science and writing of the last series by saying they've been dreaming since s8e01. Remember Robin Hood's parting words to The Doctor? "I'm as real as you are, Doctor." which could have meant they were dreaming even that far back. Maybe Danny was a dream? Except the audience saw him in parts where neither Clara not The Doctor were present.
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They could still be dreaming. I expected the tangerine at the end to be as debated as dicaprio's spinning top. Maybe the old Clara was the real one and they were attacked again returning to a reality neither would fight. Enjoyed the "dreamy weamy" line.
 
Helen Back said:
They wasted the opportunity to explain the bad science and writing of the last series by saying they've been dreaming since s8e01. Remember Robin Hood's parting words to The Doctor? "I'm as real as you are, Doctor." which could have meant they were dreaming even that far back. Maybe Danny was a dream? Except the audience saw him in parts where neither Clara not The Doctor were present.
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The doctor shot jr
 
That was pretty decent. I like how there was a subtle seasonal touch in that the monsters looked like brussel sprouts.
 
Only just got a chance to post about it, but I thoroughly enjoyed that. I started out thinking it had a little bit of silly with the whole Santa thing, but actually the episode (compared to most Xmas episodes of late) had some complexity (loved the whole inception thing) and emotion to it. The scene with Clara and Danny was very touching and sad. And in places it was quite scary for teatime on Xmas day.

Best Xmas episode in a while IMO.
 
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