Its Christmas theme was not especially obvious until its ending scenes, where Sarah Jane is able to relax following her adventure, and K9 actually sings " We Wish You a Merry Christmas". Though technically, therefore, not a " Doctor Who Christmas Special", it is now generally regarded as a part of "classic series lore". Indeed, it ended with a fourth wall-breaking "Happy Christmas" from the First Doctor to the audience.Īnother example was A Girl's Best Friend, the pilot for K9 and Company. It had almost nothing to do with the plot of that 12-parter, and was consciously written as a "Christmas sidestep" from the Dalek adventure.
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The very first episode to premiere on Christmas Day was " The Feast of Steven", very nominally the seventh part of the 1965- 1966 serial The Daleks' Master Plan. Though largely a phenomenon of BBC Wales Doctor Who, there were two minor precedents for the Christmas Special in the original era of the programme. Like winter specials which came before it, the New Year Special took place on the holiday, and aired outside of the regular run. īeginning with series 11, the annual Christmas Special was scrapped in favour of a New Year Special, 2019's Resolution. The Next Doctor, Voyage of the Damned and The End of Time were amongst the best-rated episodes of all time. They were often the most-watched episodes of the programme in the respective years in which they aired.
Many Christmas Specials have introduced important plot points (e.g., new companion or a new incarnation of the Doctor) and were vital to series continuity. Every 25th December since the series was revived by BBC Wales, a special was aired on BBC One. The Christmas Special was a yearly tradition of Doctor Who between 2005's The Christmas Invasion and 2017's Twice Upon a Time.
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