Christmas special spoilers

[eve11]

From Unreality TV: Doctor Who Christmas Special: First clues as to what to expect!

ETA: And the Official BBC Press Release

*sighs* I'm not very excited about these prospects. Doesn't really sound like my cuppa. I suppose Moffat could have something up his sleeve to make it work but I'm less enthusiastic about the whole "christmassy" aspect of a Christmas episode. Unless it has some good crazy-alien reason for eg, the Doctor being visited by three ghosts or whatever, or unless it's a real re-imagining of the original with a good twist and a mystery of some sort, I'm not holding my breath. I suppose I just have to hope it isn't cringe-worthy. :(

Comments

[maypanic.livejournal.com]

An actually christmas themed christmas episode. Interesting.

Aha! I know! The guest stars are just a ploy to distract from the real guests- Paul McGann battered and tattered fresh from the Time War as ghost of christmas past, whatisface who played the Dream Lord for present, and ... I dunno for future.

[eve11]

Heh, see, that still isn't my cuppa... I dunno, multi-Doctor eps get too self-referential. I didn't like Time Crash much at all. Ah, I suppose I will withhold judgement until see it or hear more about it, but I'd rather have the Egyptian goddess loose on the Orient Express in Space.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what happened to the Orient Express in Space? I was kind of looking forward to that one....

Christmas episodes I don't mind if they're done well (The Christmas Invasion was hilarious) but I'm really tired of remakes of A Christmas Carol. Hmmm.....

[maypanic.livejournal.com]

I don't celebrate christmas myself, so the theme is more "whatever" than anything. I liked how in past specials the fact of it being that time of year was more or less incidental to the plot rather than central.

Yeah, whats up with that? I thought the line about the Egyptian goddess was supposed to have been a last minute plot vital addition. Hmmph.

I do love multi-Doctor stories. But mostly, I just want Paul McGann back onscreen. :D

[quean-of-swords.livejournal.com]

I don't know... If they do it really well, it could be great. (I'm with maypanic on wanting Paul McGann to show up... as Christmas Past...)

But I do like the idea of Michael Gambon, for some reason. Is he Santa? 'Cause we all know that Dumbledore's Santa anyway.

Father Who is a terrible title, though. I really hope they don't go with it.

'Course, now I'm hoping that Eleven will mention how he met Dickens one Christmas... But I kind of expect he won't. :(