Christmas on the TARDIS (webcast)
Christmas on the TARDIS was the third release in the Festive Holiday Yule Log genre. A video design to leave playing in the background of the viewer’s life in order to set a festive mood.
It didn't feature Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, but instead a body double only seen from behind.
It was the first of two Christmas webcasts released in 2018 tying into Series 11 with the second being the mini-episode 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Synopsis
Give your holiday season some cozy Doctor Who cheer with a crackling fire, some biscuits, and a few Thirteenth Doctor surprises! Can you spot all the hidden festive secrets?
Plot
The Doctor walks into a roaring open fire in her TARDIS and holds her hands out to be warmed by the flame. The focus is then on the fire place which had a train track circling it and was decorated with stockings and ornaments. A train designed like the TARDIS materialises and dematerialises around the track. Additionally a miniature TARDIS is parked on the train.
As the fire roars a hologram of Captain Jack Harkness appears in the TARDIS. He is posing with his gun at the ready. After the fire roars some more the Doctor returns and throws her coat onto a hook. She stands admiring the fire and taking in its warmth. She then walks off deeper into the ship.
The TARDIS train continues to circle as the Doctor returns. As she does snow begins to pour in the TARDIS which gives the Doctor a chill.
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Cast
- The Doctor - Unknown
Crew
References
The Doctor’s TARDIS
- The TARDIS has a fireplace.
- The Doctor has an ornament of The Moment on her fireplace.
- The TARDIS also has Christmas trees.
- The baubles on the Christmas tree are Gallifreyan symbols.
Story motes
- As with Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log the previous year, the full webcast lasted over an hour, with the intent (as stated in the description) that viewers be able to relax in a festive mood alongside the Doctor herself in real time. As such, the word "log" in the title takes a double meaning, both as the burning log in the chimney, and as the video itself being a filmed "log" of the Doctor's activities.
- The webcast was released on the BBC America YouTube channel, rather than on the main Doctor Who one.
- The soundtrack was released on Spotify.
- The TARDIS snowglobe from TARDIS Yule Log is seen.
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