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|image= | |image = 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.jpg | ||
|doctor = Thirteenth Doctor | |||
|doctor= Thirteenth Doctor | |featuring = [[Santa Claus|Santa]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Lapland]], [[24 December]] | ||
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|setting= [[Lapland]] | |broadcast date = 18 December 2018 | ||
|writer= | |read by = [[Bradley Walsh]]<ref name="TwasBrad" >https://www.blogtorwho.com/video-twas-the-night-before-christmas-a-doctor-who-christmas-poem/</ref> | ||
| | |network = YouTube | ||
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| | |fullvid = 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Doctor Who BBC America | ||
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''''Twas the Night Before Christmas''' was a | '''''{{'}}Twas the Night Before Christmas''''' was a [[Christmas]] themed webcast story featuring the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. It was the second of two animated Thirteenth Doctor webcasts released in December of 2018, the first being ''[[Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log (webcast)|Festive Thirteenth Doctor Yule Log]]''. | ||
== | == Summary == | ||
Get in the | Get in the festive spirit with a very [[Doctor Who]] [[poem]]! | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
On [[24 December|Christmas Eve]], [[Santa Claus]] is in a panic because his [[ | On [[24 December|Christmas Eve]], [[Santa Claus]] is in a panic because his sleigh has lost its [[magic]]al flying power. He calls the [[Thirteenth Doctor]], who agrees to lend him her [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] for the night. Later, as the TARDIS zips around the world, a [[Sophie Raworth|news anchor]] reports that there have been sightings of a [[police box]] in the sky. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[ | * Narrator - [[Bradley Walsh]] | ||
* [[Thirteenth Doctor]] and herself - [[Jodie Whittaker]]<ref name="io9">[https://io9.gizmodo.com/doctor-who-saves-christmas-again-in-this-adorable-hol-1831172114 Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short]</ref> | |||
* [[Santa Claus]] - TBA | * [[Santa Claus]] - TBA | ||
* News | * News anchor - [[Sophie Raworth]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to | * [[Santa Claus]] crashlands in [[Lapland]]. | ||
** The place is filled with [[snowman|snowmen]] and [[candy cane]]s. | |||
* A sign points towards the [[North Pole]]. | |||
* Santa's [[sleigh]] has lost its [[magic]]al flying [[power]]. | |||
** Santa moans that it is too late to call a [[mechanic]]. | |||
* Santa has an [[iPhone]] with a cover that reads [[Plum]]. | |||
** Santa knows the [[telephone]] number to the TARDIS. | |||
* The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] is on an [[Planet ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)|unnamed planet]]. | |||
* [[The Doctor]] uses the [[TARDIS telephone]]. | |||
* The Doctor offers Santa to borrow [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]]. | |||
* A news anchor reports about sightings of a flying [[police box]]. | |||
== | == Notes == | ||
* | * This story is the first in the "[[Jodie Whittaker]]/[[Chris Chibnall]] era" to not feature [[Graham O'Brien]], [[Yasmin Khan]] and [[Ryan Sinclair]]. However, the story is narrated by Graham actor [[Bradley Walsh]].<ref name="TwasBrad" /> | ||
* Various [[ | ** Various media prior to this "era" have depicted her without [[Team TARDIS|her "friends"]], although most of these stories were written prior to her first television story. | ||
* The story is named after the [[Twas the Night Before Christmas|famous Christmas poem of the same name]], and told to the same rhythm and metre. | |||
** This is the second story to be named after the poem, after the [[The Night Before Christmas (audio story)|Big Finish audio story]]. | |||
* Jodie Whittaker breaks character at the conclusion of the webcast to wish the viewer a "merry christmas from everybody at Doctor Who". | |||
== | == Continuity == | ||
* The story | * [[The Doctor]] has met [[Santa Claus]] before on multiple occasions. ([[COMIC]]: {{Cs|A Christmas Story (comic story)}}, {{Cs|Silent Knight (comic story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{Cs|Dr. Tenth: Christmas Surprise! (novel)}}, {{Cs|The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas (short story)|The Man Who (Nearly) Killed Christmas}}, {{Cs|A Visit from Saint Nicholas (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{Cs|A Christmas Carol (TV story)}}, {{Cs|Death in Heaven (TV story)}}, {{Cs|Last Christmas (TV story)}}) | ||
* The [[Eleventh Doctor]] also used [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] to help Santa do his job. ([[COMIC]]: {{Cs|Silent Knight (comic story)}}) | |||
== | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Twas the Night Before Christmas (webcast)}} | |||
[[Category:Stories set at Christmas]] | |||
[[Category:2018 webcasts]] | [[Category:2018 webcasts]] | ||
[[Category:Thirteenth Doctor | [[Category:Thirteenth Doctor webcasts]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set | [[Category:Stories set in the 21st century]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Europe]] | |||
[[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]] | |||
