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*[[Steven Moffat]] said (before it aired) that the A Christmas Carol would be the most " Christmassy Christmas special ever." and " We're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters and the Doctor and a honeymoon and – oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything. I was laughing madly as I typed along to Christmas songs in April. My neighbours loved it so much they all moved away and set up a website demanding my execution. But I'm fairly sure they did it ironically."<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a242161/bbc-teases-doctor-who-special-plot.html</ref> | *[[Steven Moffat]] said (before it aired) that the A Christmas Carol would be the most " Christmassy Christmas special ever." and " We're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters and the Doctor and a honeymoon and – oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything. I was laughing madly as I typed along to Christmas songs in April. My neighbours loved it so much they all moved away and set up a website demanding my execution. But I'm fairly sure they did it ironically."<ref>http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/doctor-who/news/a242161/bbc-teases-doctor-who-special-plot.html</ref> | ||
*This is the first Christmas special since ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' to feature the Doctor's regular companions. | *This is the first Christmas special since ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]'' to feature the Doctor's regular companions. | ||
*This is the first Christmas special not to be set on or near Earth. | |||
*[[Paul Cornell]]'s short story "''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]''" likewise features the Doctor visiting an individual every year at [[Christmas]] time (though in that case on Christmas Day, not Christmas Eve) by virtue of time travel. Both stories also involve the Doctor arriving on the scene by coming down the chimney. | *[[Paul Cornell]]'s short story "''[[The Hopes and Fears of All the Years]]''" likewise features the Doctor visiting an individual every year at [[Christmas]] time (though in that case on Christmas Day, not Christmas Eve) by virtue of time travel. Both stories also involve the Doctor arriving on the scene by coming down the chimney. | ||
*This is the first Christmas special not to feature [[David Tennant]] and the first one not to be written by [[Russell T Davies]]. It is the first one to be written by [[Steven Moffat]]. | *This is the first Christmas special not to feature [[David Tennant]] and the first one not to be written by [[Russell T Davies]]. It is the first one to be written by [[Steven Moffat]]. | ||
