Rank the Christmas Specials!

[The Telekinetic Toad]

I am having so much trouble waiting for more DW. Come on, Christmas!

Rank the Christmas Specials from best to worst.
Here's mine:

A Christmas Carol
Voyage of the Damned
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
Christmas Invasion
Time of the Doctor
Runaway Bride
The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe

I omitted End of Time on purpose because it seems like a Christmas Special for broadcast date alone, not for content or intent.

I liked The Next Doctor, but the Cybergiant thing really soured me to it..
And Time of the Doctor wasn't bad as an episode, but very disappointing as a resolution to the First Question, Death on Trenzalore, and Regeneration Cycle plots..

Now you rank 'em!

[azulmagia]

Er, aren't you forgetting the very first Doctor Who Christmas episode, The Feast of Steven, which was episode 7 of "The Daleks' Masterplan"?

[The Telekinetic Toad]

azulmagia

Er, aren't you forgetting the very first Doctor Who Christmas episode, The Feast of Steven, which was episode 7 of "The Daleks' Masterplan"?

Oh, yeah. Here goes.

A Christmas Carol
Voyage of the Damned
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
Christmas Invasion
Time of the Doctor
Runaway Bride
The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe
Everything Else Ever Made
The Feast of Steven

Is that good? Happy?


(I'm just kidding. I haven't seen The Feast of Steven)

[azulmagia]

The Telekinetic Toad

azulmagia

Er, aren't you forgetting the very first Doctor Who Christmas episode, The Feast of Steven, which was episode 7 of "The Daleks' Masterplan"?

Oh, yeah. Here goes.

A Christmas Carol
Voyage of the Damned
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
Christmas Invasion
Time of the Doctor
Runaway Bride
The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe
Everything Else Ever Made
The Feast of Steven

Is that good? Happy?


(I'm just kidding. I haven't seen The Feast of Steven)

Neither have I, it's one of the wiped episodes.

[Clare_N]

azulmagia

Neither have I, it's one of the wiped episodes.

However, it does survive in audio and I can tell you that it's much more light-hearted than the rest of "The Daleks' Masterplan". In particular, the ongoing crisis with the Daleks and the Time Destructor is barely acknowledged and the Doctor, Steven and Sara spend most of the episode in 1920s Hollywood. And then there's the scene at the end, where the Doctor says:

Quote:

And incidentally a Happy Christmas to all of you at home!

This was the only time the Classic Series touched on Christmas, though the pilot episode of "K-9 And Company" takes place during the Festive Season.

[Kizu-Ato]

The Telekinetic Toad

Rank the Christmas Specials from best to worst.
Here's mine:

A Christmas Carol
Voyage of the Damned
The Snowmen
The Next Doctor
Christmas Invasion
Time of the Doctor
Runaway Bride
The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe

Now you rank 'em!

Ranking the only the episodes originally listed, I see them this way:

A Christmas Carol
Voyage of the Damned
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
The Next Doctor
Christmas Invasion
The Snowmen
Time of the Doctor
Runaway Bride

I agree about "The End of Time" only being a Christmas Special because it was broadcast at Christmas with little linking it to the holiday except the date it aired.