Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)

Vastra Investgates: A Christmas Prequel

Main character(s):

Vastra, Jenny, Strax

Main setting:

London, the late 19th century

Key crew

Writer:

Steven Moffat

Release details

Premiere broadcast:

17 December 2012

Format:

1x2.5 minute webcast

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Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel was a webcast and prequel produced for the 2012 Christmas special. It was the second prequel to The Snowmen to be produced, after The Great Detective, which aired in November during Children in Need.

Synopsis

Madame Vastra, accompanied by her loyal companions Jenny Flint and Strax, is called upon to investigate a Victorian murder mystery. But where is the Doctor?

Plot

Another case has been cracked by Madame Vastra; Strax keeps the criminal secure while a Scotland Yard officer thanks Vastra for her help, commenting how odd Strax looks. Vastra explains the Sontaran's origins, and hers as well when he asks if the skin condition hurts, mistakenly believing her to be human. She perplexes him further by saying she fell in love with her assistant Jenny Flint. Departing in a carriage, both are saddened that the Doctor appears unwilling to leave his TARDIS. However, they then both notice something very odd: it is snowing, yet there are no clouds in the sky...

Cast

Crew

Writer - Steven Moffat

References

The criminal captured by Vastra, Jenny and Strax was wanted by Scotland Yard.

Story notes

This story is one of only a handful ever produced in which the Doctor and/or the TARDIS does not appear.
One of only two webcast prequels to have its own title (the other being Pond Life).

Filming locations

to be added

Production errors

to be added

Continuity

Both Vastra and Jenny say the Doctor is still brooding in his TARDIS. This implies this takes place after TV: The Great Detective.
Vastra's awakening by the construction of the London Underground is again mentioned, as in TV: A Good Man Goes To War.

Home video releases

to be added

External links

The prequel on the Doctor Who website

Webcasts

Pre-2005 BBC webcasts

BBCi

Death Comes to Time • Real Time • Shada • Scream of the Shalka

TARDIS Cam

TARDIS Cam No.1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6

Post-2005 BBC webcasts

Phones	Tardisode 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

iTunes	Web of Lies • Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut • Prequel to The Curse of the Black Spot • Brain Trafficking • Prequel to Let's Kill Hitler • Prequel to The Wedding of River Song • Prequel to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe • Prequel to Asylum of the Daleks • The Making of the Gunslinger • Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel • The Battle of Demon's Run: Two Days Later • She Said, He Said: A Prequel • The Night of the Doctor • The Last Day

BBC website	Monster Files • A Ghost Story for Christmas • Sarah Jane's Alien Files • Prologue • Monster Escape • Another Doctor • Just for Fun: Doctor Who Level One • Just for Fun: Doctor Who Level Two

YouTube	P.S. • Songtaran Carols • The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel • She Said, He Said: A Prequel • Keep Counting • An announcement from the Doctor... • Zygon Stats • Who Are The Silurians? • Who Are The Weeping Angels? • Who Are The Silence? • Who Are The Ood? • Who Is Davros? • Who Is The Master? • Who Are The Zygons? • Who Are The Sontarans? • Who Are The Cybermen? • Who Are The Daleks? • Commander Strax's Q&A • The Doctor Surprises Fans At The Doctor Who Experience • The Monsters Are Coming • Dalek Exploding In Slow Motion • The Daleks Chase Walter the Worm • TARDIS Yule Log • The 12 Doctors of Christmas • Merry Christmas! • Case File One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven • Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas • Merry Christmas from Doctor Who • Mission to the Unknown • Farewell, Sarah Jane • Doctor Who Festive Holiday Yule Log • The Defence Drones • A Message from Yaz • Tia Kofi Enters the Time Fracture!

Facebook	Incoming Transmission • Zygon • Zygon and Sarah Jane • Zygon and the Tenth Doctor • Doctor Who DoppelClangers

BBC Radio 1	Mind My Minions

The Collection	see more

Twitter	Strax Saves the Day • Daleks invade Weston-super-Mare • The Doctors React to 'Legend of the Sea Devils' • This is Sergeant Robert Dudley. • Dudley here. • Is anyone receiving these transmissions?

UNIT Field Logs	14681 UNIT Field Log • 14682 UNIT Field Log • 14683 UNIT Field Log • 14684 UNIT Field Log

Big Finish webcasts

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LEGO webcasts

YouTube

Supergirl Meets E.T. • Doctor, Doctor, Doctor • What's inside the Doctor Who LEGO set?

The Fan Show

YouTube	Meet Christel • The Old Doctor Who Monsters' Home • Doctor Who Minecraft • Doctor Who is Invading The World! • Christel Gets Caught! • Doctor Who Titles Challenge • Fanwatch • Full Interview with Dr Marek Kukula • Meeting Doctor Who Cosplayers • Minecraft Rollercoaster Full Interview • Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who • Stealing Series 9 Scripts • The Doctor Who Festival • The Magician's Apprentice: What We Know So Far • The Universal Song Contest & Symphonic Spectacular! • The Universal Song Contest • We've Landed At Comic-Con! • We Need You! - San Diego Comic Con • Zygons & Osgood In Series 9! • Thirteenth Doctor Reaction • LGBTQ In The Worlds Of Doctor Who

Facebook	Incoming Transmission

Doctor Who: Lockdown! webcasts

Twitter	Strax Saves the Day • Message from the Doctor • Incoming Message • United we stand, 2m apart • A New Year's message from the Doctor...

YouTube	The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond • BBC News \| Friday 3 April 2020 • Rory's Story • The Long Song: Fan Cover \| How To Get Involved... • Tests for the Mechanism of Heaven Sent's Confession Dial • Heaven Sent Previsualizations • Farewell, Sarah Jane • The Shadow in the Mirror • The Doctors Say Thank You • Sven and the Scarf • Vincent and the Doctor's Gallery • Pompadour • The Zygon Isolation • The Descendants of Pompeii • Listen • Fear Is a Superpower • Doctors Assemble! • The Secret of Novice Hame • The Best of Days • U.N.I.T. On Call • The Genuine Article

Arcbeatle webcasts

Shadows of Doubt • Cyberon is Back!! • Out of the Shadows • He is Coming... • Cwej: Down the Middle Coda

BBV Productions webcasts

Stacey Facade • Manchester • Peckham Poltergeist • Shadow People • Varunastra • Doctor X • P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER • Overture to 'Sabbath and the King' • My mate, Erimem • More Than Human... • PROBE: CASE FILES - Vol 2

Radio Static webcasts

The Minister of Chance: Prologue

Cutaway Comics webcasts

Sutekh the Heretic

Homo Reptilia stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Homo Reptilian story" is one in which one living, authentic Silurian or Sea Devil plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. Stories like Frontier in Space, The Pandorica Opens and The Wedding of River Song are also not included due to Homo Reptilians' cameos being of little consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Madam Vastra of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Silurians

Television	Doctor Who and the Silurians • Warriors of the Deep • The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

Prose	Blood Heat • The Scales of Injustice • Cold War • The Little Planet • The Silurian Gift • Dr. Eighth • The Red-Eyed League • The Master and Margarita

Comics	Final Genesis • Twilight of the Silurians • City of Devils • As Time Goes By • Faster Than Light • Surfshock • Supremacy of the Cybermen • Untitled • The Lost Dimension

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Evacuation Earth • The Mazes of Time • Dalek Supremacy • The Eternity Clock • Lost in Time

Audio	Bloodtide • The Coup • Call to Arms • Retrieval • United • The Silurian Candidate

Complete list of appearances

Sea Devils

Television	The Sea Devils • Warriors of the Deep • Legend of the Sea Devils

Webcasts	Defenders of Earth

Comics	Devil of the Deep • The Bit After the Last Bit • Under Pressure • City of Devils • Clara Oswald and the School of Death • Surfshock • Alternating Current

Prose	Blood Heat • Dr. Eighth • The Heist • A brief lowdown on the Sea Devils

Video games	Destiny of the Doctors • Lost in Time

Audio	The Poison Seas • Tidal Wave • The Seas of Titan • Storm of the Sea Devils

Complete list of appearances

Mondasian Silurians
and Sea Devils

Comics

The Dead Heart • The Flesh Unbound • The Black Sky • The Hungry Sea • The Dark Flame • The Future Perfect • The Ugly Underneath • The Prodigal Returns

Sontaran stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Sontaran story" is one in which one living, authentic Sontaran plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story. For this reason, stories such as The Halloween Apocalypse and Survivors of the Flux are not counted due to the Sontarans' appearance being defined by their importance to following stories. Stories like The End of Time and The Time of the Doctor are also not included due to the Sontarans' appearance being no consequence to the plot of the story. Stories featuring Strax of the Paternoster Gang are only included on the Paternoster Gang story template.

Television

Broadcast	The Time Warrior • The Sontaran Experiment • The Invasion of Time • The Two Doctors • The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky • The Last Sontaran • The Pandorica Opens • The Time of the Doctor • Flux: War of the Sontarans / The Vanquishers

Home video	Untitled 3 • Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans • Mindgame • Battlefield • A Fix with Sontarans

Audio

Silent Warrior • Old Soldiers • Conduct Unbecoming • The Eleven Day Empire • The Shadow Play • Heroes of Sontar • The Five Companions • The First Sontarans • Starlight Robbery • The King of Sontar • Master of the Daleks • Terror of the Sontarans • The Sontaran Ordeal • The Eternity Cage • The Sontarans • The Eternal Battle • The Sontaran Project • Portrait of a Lady • Peepshow • The Moonrakers • The Great Sontaran War • Rearguard • Salvation Nine • The Last Day • The Battle of Giant's Causeway • Born to Die • In Name Only

Prose

Shakedown • Lords of the Storm • The Infinity Doctors • The Sontaran Games • The Taking of Chelsea 426 • Blind Terror • The Dream • The Three Little Sontarans • The Three Brothers Gruff • Sontar's Little Helpers • Dr. Tenth • A Soldier's Education • For the Girl Who Has Everything

Comics

The Final Quest • The Outsider • Dragon's Claw • The Gods Walk Among Us • The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic • Pureblood • Conflict of Interests • Unnatural Born Killers • The Betrothal of Sontar • When Worlds Collide • In Their Nature • The Instruments of War • The Judas Goatee • The Honourable Burger • Supremacy of the Cybermen

Video games

Destiny of the Doctors • Dalek Supremacy • The Keys of Time • The Gunpowder Plot • The Doctor and the Dalek

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