The Doctor and the Reindeer (TV story)

The 2009 BBC Christmas idents were a series of short holiday-themed promotional videos created for broadcast on BBC One during the Christmas season of late 2009, though they were available on the Internet as early as late November. The videos star David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, and a reindeer.

The idents consisted of one 30-second main video, and several "stings" of less than 10 seconds in duration.

Idents

1. Main: The Doctor is trudging through deep snow in a forest. He comes across the TARDIS and frowns as he see it's buried in snow almost to the windows. Several reindeer graze nearby. As the Doctor makes eye contact with one of the reindeer, we hear sleigh bells and the Doctor cocks an eyebrow. Next, the Doctor is riding on the TARDIS, which is being pulled like a sleigh by the reindeer, who proceed to take to the sky. As the Doctor whoops and hollers, the TARDIS-sleigh does loop the loops in the sky, circling the BBC One logo.
2. Sting: A closeup of the TARDIS' door with the BBC One logo superimposed. The camera pulls back to reveal the TARDIS is half-buried in snow. The Doctor is in the background, grunting as he shovels snow.
3. Sting: Extreme close-up of a reindeer, with the TARDIS in the background. The reindeer snorts at the camera, fogging the lens, which reveals the BBC One logo.
4. Sting: Again, a closeup of the TARDIS' door with the BBC One logo superimposed. The camera pulls back to reveal a reindeer eating something on the ground, next to an abandoned shovel with the Doctor's coat draped over its handle.

Notes

Several times in 2009, Russell T. Davies referenced a "Special Project 3" in his columns in Doctor Who Magazine. These idents are believed to be that project, as no further productions involving David Tennant had been announced as of mid-December 2009, only three weeks before his scheduled regeneration.