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* This episode saw a one-off modification to the [[title sequence]]. The clockfaces the TARDIS flies through are blue and icy, and the TARDIS is covered in snow. The names of the lead actors dissolve into particles, and the closing time vortex has flying snowflakes. | * This episode saw a one-off modification to the [[title sequence]]. The clockfaces the TARDIS flies through are blue and icy, and the TARDIS is covered in snow. The names of the lead actors dissolve into particles, and the closing time vortex has flying snowflakes. | ||
** For the first time for this title sequence, more than two people are credited. Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman's names appear normally, then Nick Frost's name appears between the Doctor Who logo and the episode title credit. | ** For the first time for this title sequence, more than two people are credited. Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman's names appear normally, then Nick Frost's name appears between the Doctor Who logo and the episode title credit. | ||
* This is the third consecutive [[Christmas special]] to feature [[Jenna Coleman]] as [[Clara Oswald]], with this number making her the [[companion]] actor with the most appearances on Christmas. | * This is the third consecutive [[Christmas special]] to feature [[Jenna Coleman]] as [[Clara Oswald]], with this number making her the [[companion]] actor with the most appearances on Christmas. [[Karen Gillan]]'s cameo in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'' as a hallucination of '''former''' companion, [[Amy Pond]], could arguably be called a third appearance, albeit not a full one. | ||
** This is also the third consecutive Christmas special to feature [[Dan Starkey]]. He had previously appeared in his recurring [[Sontaran]] role, [[Strax]], in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', then as [[Commander]] [[Skarr]] and his unnamed subordinate in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. | ** This is also the third consecutive Christmas special to feature [[Dan Starkey]]. He had previously appeared in his recurring [[Sontaran]] role, [[Strax]], in [[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', then as [[Commander]] [[Skarr]] and his unnamed subordinate in ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''. | ||
* Jenna Coleman allegedly had a "change of heart" on whether she wanted to stay on ''Doctor Who'' and is going to appear in the ninth series. This change required the Christmas special to be rewritten; "When it came to Clara, they had to tear them up and start again," the source said. "In the original draft of the script, she became an old woman who then died with the Doctor at her side. But after they were rewritten, she will now be seen returning to the Tardis, hand in hand with the Doctor."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-28/is-jenna-coleman-coming-back-for-another-series-of-doctor-who?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook</ref> That source said she would appear in the first half of the series, however a newer source confirm her for the full series 9.<ref>http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/jenna-coleman-confirmed-to-return-for-all-of-season-9</ref> | * Jenna Coleman allegedly had a "change of heart" on whether she wanted to stay on ''Doctor Who'' and is going to appear in the ninth series. This change required the Christmas special to be rewritten; "When it came to Clara, they had to tear them up and start again," the source said. "In the original draft of the script, she became an old woman who then died with the Doctor at her side. But after they were rewritten, she will now be seen returning to the Tardis, hand in hand with the Doctor."<ref>http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-28/is-jenna-coleman-coming-back-for-another-series-of-doctor-who?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook</ref> That source said she would appear in the first half of the series, however a newer source confirm her for the full series 9.<ref>http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/jenna-coleman-confirmed-to-return-for-all-of-season-9</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 26 December 2014
Last Christmas was the 2014 Doctor Who Christmas special. It was the 813th episode of the series and the first full Christmas special with Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor. It brought back Nick Frost as Santa Claus, who was last seen at the end of Death in Heaven.
Casting-wise, it was notable for featuring the first on-screen appearance of Michael Troughton, son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton. It also allowed recurring actor Dan Starkey, best known for portraying various Sontaran characters, to appear with minimal make-up as an elf.
The Christmas special saw the return of Danny Pink, Clara Oswald's boyfriend and former Coal Hill School Maths teacher — albeit only in Clara's dream state.
Synopsis
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base and under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
Plot
On a frosty night before Christmas, Clara Oswald discovers Santa Claus, his elves, reindeer and sleigh upon her roof. Shortly afterwards, the Twelfth Doctor arrives in the TARDIS and tells Clara to come aboard immeadiately.
At a base in the North Pole, a group of scientists are tracking Shona as she enters an infirmary.
More to be added...
Cast
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Clara - Jenna Coleman
- Santa Claus - Nick Frost
- Danny - Samuel Anderson
- Ian - Dan Starkey
- Wolf - Nathan McMullen
- Shona - Faye Marsay
- Ashley - Natalie Gumede
- Fiona - Maureen Beattie
- Professor Albert - Michael Troughton
Crew
| Executive Producers Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin |
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| Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources. |
References
- The Doctor exclaims that "nobody likes the tangerines." Santa is visibly offended.
- The song Merry Xmas Everybody by "Slade" is played in the background in the North Pole military station to distract Shona from thinking about the dream crabs, where she dances to it.
- Professor Albert compares the dream crabs to the facehuggers from the movie, Alien. The Doctor finds it offensive that a horror movie is named Alien, commenting, "No wonder everyone keeps invading you!"
- The Doctor tells Clara not to get too attached to the people at the arctic base because it "isn't Facebook."
- Santa mentions My Little Pony when proving to Shona that he is real.
Story notes
- This episode saw a one-off modification to the title sequence. The clockfaces the TARDIS flies through are blue and icy, and the TARDIS is covered in snow. The names of the lead actors dissolve into particles, and the closing time vortex has flying snowflakes.
- For the first time for this title sequence, more than two people are credited. Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman's names appear normally, then Nick Frost's name appears between the Doctor Who logo and the episode title credit.
- This is the third consecutive Christmas special to feature Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, with this number making her the companion actor with the most appearances on Christmas. Karen Gillan's cameo in The Time of the Doctor as a hallucination of former companion, Amy Pond, could arguably be called a third appearance, albeit not a full one.
- This is also the third consecutive Christmas special to feature Dan Starkey. He had previously appeared in his recurring Sontaran role, Strax, in TV: The Snowmen, then as Commander Skarr and his unnamed subordinate in The Time of the Doctor.
- Jenna Coleman allegedly had a "change of heart" on whether she wanted to stay on Doctor Who and is going to appear in the ninth series. This change required the Christmas special to be rewritten; "When it came to Clara, they had to tear them up and start again," the source said. "In the original draft of the script, she became an old woman who then died with the Doctor at her side. But after they were rewritten, she will now be seen returning to the Tardis, hand in hand with the Doctor."[1] That source said she would appear in the first half of the series, however a newer source confirm her for the full series 9.[2]
- The announcement 'The Doctor and Clara will return in - The Magician's Apprentice' appears at the end of this episode. The title of the series 9 premiere was confirmed by Steven Moffat a week prior to this special's broadcast. [3] Shona likened the Doctor to a magician several times during the episode, and Santa made a passing mention of the very same nature.
- To keep the appearance of Danny Pink a surprise, Samuel Anderson was uncredited in Radio Times and on the BBC website.
Ratings
6.34 million (overnight)[4]
Filming locations
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Production errors
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Continuity
- The Doctor is likened to a magician because of his appearance. He previously noted this about himself in TV: Time Heist.
- Clara lets it slip that Danny Pink is still dead, something she'd withheld from the Doctor in TV: Death in Heaven. Danny appears in a crab-induced dream she's later in, in a Santa suit and slightly taller.
- During his dream of elderly Clara, the Doctor helps her pull a cracker. Clara had previously done the same for the elderly Eleventh Doctor in TV: The Time of the Doctor.
- At the end of the episode, a nightie-clad Clara leaves in the TARDIS in the dead of night. Amy Pond's travels with the Doctor began in similar fashion at the end of TV: The Eleventh Hour.
- The Doctor states that all the people affected by the dream crabs could very well be from different times and places, as time travel is possible within dreams. Madame Vastra once told Clara something similar when explaining the psychic conference call in TV: The Name of the Doctor: when Clara asked how they were communicating across time, Vastra stated that time travel was possible in dreams.
- The First Doctor previously met Santa Claus in COMIC: A Christmas Story, though COMIC: The Land of Happy Endings insinuated that the encounter was all in his head. The Second Doctor also prevented him from inadvertently tearing the fabric of space in PROSE: The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas. In TV: A Christmas Carol, the Eleventh Doctor showed a child in Sardicktown a photograph of himself with Santa Claus and Albert Einstein, and claimed that Santa's real name was Jeff.
Home video releases
DVD releases
to be added
Blu-ray releases
to be added
References
- ↑ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-11-28/is-jenna-coleman-coming-back-for-another-series-of-doctor-who?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
- ↑ http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/jenna-coleman-confirmed-to-return-for-all-of-season-9
- ↑ http://www.kasterborous.com/2014/12/series-9-episode-title-revealed/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30603390
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