25 December (releases)

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On 25 December, a number of things set in or relevant to the Doctor Who universe were released or published.

• 1965 - "The Feast of Steven" was first broadcast on BBC1. It being Christmas Day, William Hartnell, in character as the First Doctor, broke the fourth wall and wished all the viewers "a happy Christmas".
• 1965 - Part one of TV Comic story A Christmas Story was first published.
• 1971 - Part six of The Eternal Present was first published in Countdown.
• 1976 - Part two of TV Comic story Dredger was first published.
• 2005 - The Christmas Invasion was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Backstage at Christmas aired on BBC Three. Video game Attack of the Graske premièred on BBC Red Button.
• 2006 - The Runaway Bride was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Music and Monsters aired on BBC Three.
• 2006 - Weevil Fight Club aired on BBC Three.
• 2007 - Voyage of the Damned was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Kylie Special aired on BBC Three.
• 2008 - The Next Doctor was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Confidential Christmas 2008 aired on BBC Three.
• 2008 - Doctor Who Adventures comic story The Chromosome Connection was first published.
• 2009 - Part one of The End of Time was first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Lords and Masters aired on BBC Three.
• 2010 - Four Charlie McDonnell Doctor Who Confidential shorts — namely Runner, TARDIS, Decorating Bus and Christmas Presents (badger) — were first broadcast on BBC Red Button. A Christmas Carol was then first broadcast on BBC One. Later, Christmas Special 2010 aired on BBC Three.
• 2010 - Shadows of the Vashta Nerada was released by BBC Wales Interactive.
• 2010 - Jaws of Orthrus was first broadcast on Disney XD.
• 2011 - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 2012 - The Snowmen was first broadcast on BBC One.
• 2012 - Part four of Houdini and The Space Cuckoos was first released online.
• 2013 - The Time of the Doctor was first broadcast on BBC One. It was Matt Smith's final TV story as the Eleventh Doctor and featured the regeneration into the Twelfth Doctor, played by incoming lead actor Peter Capaldi.
• 2013 - Strax Field Report: The Doctor has Regenerated! was first released online.
• 2013 - Farewell to Matt Smith aired on BBC America.
• 2013 - DWDVDF 130 was first published by GE Fabbri Ltd.