Tate improved a lot when Donna Noble was reintroduced in the fourth season because the character was written to have more range. It was a show that gave birth to the characters of the foul-mouthed Nan and Lauren, the schoolgirl, popularizing the catchphrase “Am I bovvered?” Tate played Donna broad and loud: the worst aspects of her comedy. “The Runaway Bride” was made at the height of Tate’s fame on her self-titled sketch show. It’s up to The Doctor to figure out why Donna ended up in his time machine and find out there is a great threat under the Thames Barrier.
The second Christmas adventures sees The Doctor meeting Donna Noble for the first time as a bride who somehow ended up in the TARDIS. Your enjoyment of “The Runaway Bride” depends on your tolerates of Catherine Tate. She was solid enough in the lead role, and the episode had some beautiful scenery and costumes, but it is a mediocre offering. Its key selling point was the casting of Claire Skinner, famous for her role in the sitcom Outnumbered. “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” is the most forgettable Christmas special. In the episode, The Doctor helps a mother (Claire Skinner) and her children who have lost their husband/father during the War and somehow go through a time portal to a forest planet. Lewis children’s story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeĪs the title suggests “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” is a homage to the C.S. Marsay later appeared in Game of Thrones as The Waif.ġ2. The episode ends with the reveal that the adventure in The North Pole was all a dream, undercutting any investment audience had with the story.Ī funny reference in retrospect was seeing Shona’s (Faye Marsay) Christmas to do list which included a “Thrones” marathon. “Last Christmas” was apparently trying to do a Doctor Who version of Inception as The Doctor, Clara and the scientists in the base get trapped in dreams within dreams and trying to figure out what is real and fake. The episode opens with Clara meeting Father Christmas, (Nick Frost) on top of her roof which leads to an adventure with The Doctor on Arctic base in the future plagued with creatures trap their victims in their dreams. So we at Monkeys Fighting Robots are ranking them all.įive words that can ruin a story are ‘it was all a dream.’ That was the case for the 2014 Christmas Special, capping off the worst season of the modern Doctor Who. They have been thirteen specials of various quality, entertainment and bringing in some sort of Christmas element. Since 2005 it has been an annual event, and it is usually one of the highest rated shows in the UK on Christmas Day. "I've spoken about the importance of normalising the sentence 'don't kiss my baby' and although it's unknown where little Ari picked up the virus, this is your reminder that protecting your little one with some simple rules will hopefully avoid this nightmare, and many other contagious viruses.It’s Christmas, and it means one thing to Whovians: the Doctor Who Christmas Special. they lose weight, they become dehydrated and can become really sick. "They can't eat, they can't sleep, they refuse medication because it causes more pain. (My little girl) got the virus at around the same age and I can honestly say it's one of the most horrendous things to go through. "My heart absolutely breaks for this family.