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setting= [[London]], [[2006]] | | setting= [[London]], [[2006]] | | ||
writer= [[Russell T Davies]] | | writer= [[Russell T Davies]] | | ||
director= [[James Hawes]] | | director= [[James Hawes]] |confidential=[[Backstage at Christmas]]| | ||
producer= [[Phil Collinson]] | | producer= [[Phil Collinson]] | | ||
broadcast date= [[25th December]] [[2005]] | | broadcast date= [[25th December]] [[2005]] | | ||
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next story= [[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]] | next story= [[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]] | ||
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'''The Christmas Invasion''' was | '''''The Christmas Invasion''''' was the first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' to be broadcast on [[Christmas]] since "[[The Feast of Steven]]". Unlike "Steven", however, ''Invasion'' was specially commissioned by [[BBC One]] to be transmitted outside of the programme's normal broadcasting season. It was thus the first in the modern tradition of the "[[Christmas Special]]", and its sixty-minute runtime made it then the longest episode yet produced by [[BBC Wales]]. | ||
Narratively, it was important for continuing the story of [[Harriet Jones]], starting the [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] [[story arc]], and involving [[UNIT]] in its first "major" appearance in the new series. | |||
However, it was far more significant for being the first full story to feature the [[Tenth Doctor]], played by [[David Tennant]]. Its initial, pre-titles sequence on the [[Powell Estate]] was later shown to "bookend" to the closing scenes of ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'', because its setting was both the first and last place on [[Earth]] the tenth Doctor saw. | |||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||