10/11/2023 0 Comments Doctor who last christmas![]() ![]() Nick Frost, best known for staring alongside Simon Pegg in the films Shawn of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World’s End (2013), and the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999-2001), makes a wonderful Santa Claus in Last Christmas. Last Christmas provides a excellent coda for Death In Heaven, its great to see the Doctor and Clara together again, and Clara proves to be as resourceful as ever when the action shifts to the Polar Base and events lead to her and the Doctor being placed in mortal danger as they fight against the Kantrofarri. Events in this Christmas Special force the Doctor and Clara to finally admit how they lied to each other, with Clara telling the Doctor that Danny didn’t really use Missy’s bracelet to return to the living world, and the Time Lord confessing that he never found Gallifrey either. Jenna Coleman is on fine form as Clara Oswald, her chemistry with Capaldi’s Doctor is superb, and there are some particularly moving scenes as this episode explores how Clara is still coping with the loss of her boyfriend, Danny Pink, which instigated her sad departure from the TARDIS in the Series Eight finale. However, the Doctor eventually seems to mellow somewhat over the course of this story. Peter Capaldi continues to impress as the 12th Doctor, he’s as grumpy as Scrooge from the outset, and his icy rivalry with Santa results in some really funny scenes between them. The Doctor and Clara suddenly arrive at the base, inadvertently causing Shona to become distracted, whereby the sleepers begin to wake up as the telepathic Kantrofarri wrapped around their faces begin homing in on their thoughts. These crab-like aliens have attached themselves to the faces of some of their fellow crewmembers, who soon became violent towards the others, and they are now isolated the infirmary. After travelling in the TARDIS to the North Pole the Doctor and Clara become trapped on a Polar Base where Professor Albert (David Troughton) and his crew are battling for survival in the sub-zero temperatures against the terrifying Kantrofarri. The Time Lord isn’t exactly happy to see Santa, but they soon manage to set aside their differences when a deadly new threat rises. When Santa’s sleigh crashes into the roof of Clara’s house on Christmas Day, she soon gets another Christmas surprise when the Doctor also arrives in the TARDIS. After Santa’s sudden arrival during the final moments of the series eight finale (Death In Heaven) when the Doctor was alone in the TARDIS following Clara’s departure, Last Christmas brings Peter Capaldi’s grouchy Time Lord and Nick Frost’s equally cantankerous Santa Claus together for an adventure that quickly sees the Doctor reunited with Clara again. Last Christmas is the tenth consecutive Doctor Who Christmas special since the series returned in 2005 and it’s also the fifth to be written by show runner Steven Moffat. It’s Christmas Day at the North Pole, the world is in peril from a new alien menace, so who are you going to call? Well, as it happens, the Doctor and Santa Claus of course, as this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special: Last Christmas, sends the TARDIS and Santa’s sleigh to deliver a wealth of Sci-Fi thrills, along with a sack full of toys and the odd tangerine or two, for possibly the quirkiest and darkest Christmas special ever! With the Doctor and Clara facing certain doom, can Santa bring the gift of salvation and still deliver everyone’s presents on time? But how will the crew of the base react when the Doctor and Santa Claus arrive to help them? The Time Lord and Santa must join forces with the crew against the Kantrofarri. When the Doctor returns to whisk Clara Oswald away for an adventure on Christmas Day, the TARDIS materialises at the North Pole where the crew of an Ice Cap Polar Base are under attack from the sinister alien Kantrofarri.
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