Doctor Who (2023) 2x0 Christmas Special REACTION!! "Joy to the World"

[@BlindWave]

Blind Wave BEYOND members and Raw Rider Patrons can watch the Full Length Reaction HERE: blindwave.com/video/doctor-who-2023-2x00-christmas-special-full/

[@bradm112]

just an extra fact about how the british government handled the quarantines around christmas - while they told everyone to not see their family around christmas and people couldn’t be in hospitals to help dying family members, the government were having christmas parties, drinking dancing and celebrating. it was all exposed eventually with recorded footage of their parties

[@FistOfFiori]

Yeah, came here to post that context! People are still understandable angry about it yet all the Tories do is shrug it off. One of the reasons they got smashed at the election. Also, of course there was a party in Downing Street either on the same day or the night before Prince Philip's funeral. A royal funeral that should have been a big event stuck to the 30 person rule like the rest of us did with funerals we attended, a striking and memorable image being the queen sitting alone and masked up. Mad.

[@Tao_Tology]

More specifically, not 'the government' but the tories.

[@lordolxinator]

Yeah Blind Wave missed the reference (maybe also the line?), but this was part of what made Joy so infuriated when The Doctor called her out for following "the rules". She angrily clarifies that yes, she followed the rules so she couldn't be with her mum as she passed away in hospital. Meanwhile, the government who instigated those rules (the Conservatives/Tories) flouted them so they could have fun parties. This was a major controversy in the UK for a long time, given how many people abided by the lockdown even in the event of family members dying and other tragic (or beautiful, such as births etc) missable events, and is touted as the critical moment of the long-standing Tory run in power. Many voted for Labour, Lib Dems, and other parties because of the lockdown parties (and general inadequacy).

[@jeckjeck3119]

@@FistOfFiori Party is one word to describe it, it was a whole rave.

[@LadyNymeria38]

And they should never ever stopped being called out about it. Its an absolute disgrace how they are allowed to just move on and pretend like they have anything left to contribute to public discourse.

[@sardineman7087]

earliest ive ever been! my nan died during the lockdowns while those politicians were out partying and i couldn't be there. joys story hit hard for me and a lot of other brits

[@kylemccrory8509]

I’m sorry to hear that - bless you xx how’re you now?

[@sardineman7087]

@@kylemccrory8509 better with time, thank you

[@Cooper_Vision]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss ❤

[@bustedsim]

Canada also has Daylight Savings time. Also, for anyone wondering why there was a hotel room 65 million years ago for the Time Hotel to use... it's because that was a Silurian room. Probably where the Silurian manager came from.

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

a lot of countries have daylight savings in some form, some places don't do it in local cases but every one does when it comes to the internet so even if a country stops doing it within their own country they will still be forced to do it online unless the whole world agrees to stop doing it which is what most people want but it's unlikely to actually happen globally

[@cosmicstv]

Ncuti plays the doctor with such meaning. You feel every thing from his portrayal, you care about every one he cares about. It’s really brilliant to have such an empathetic performer play the doctor. But the way he is also able to flip a switch like when he’s trying to wake joy up or he’s yelling at himself you see that darker side. He’s just so damn good!

[@thegentleassassin]

I’ll never understand those cold hearted cynics who complain about him “crying too much”. He clearly puts so much into his performance and that’s by no means cheapened by how frequently that emotion comes through

[@Everan614]

There's also a thing about tally marks on your arm but I forgot what it was about. Oh look another mark appeared, odd.

[@Faction.Paradox]

In a story with a Time Hotel, a dinosaur, a mind control briefcase & a person becoming star of Bethlehem; those ten minutes with Anita were by far the highlight for me

[@johnniequinn3215]

A Christmas Special inside a Christmas Special... take a chair.

[@charleslee8313]

For Ncuti's final episode, they *need* to bring back Anita.

[@TOYBOX2008]

Anita recognised a canon companion or we riot.

[@georgelinford5576]

​@@charleslee8313I honestly think thats the plan and I'm gonna bawl. I connected more with her in 1 episode than I did with Ruby over a season.

[@KyrosTherrund]

It's rare we get to see a bit of normality or "normal life" with The Doctor, but when we do it's amazing.

[@susannariera]

As much as I love Nicola (and she was lovely), Anita and Trev stole the show. Anita was just the best, and Joel Fry is just so good at being the sweetest man ever!

[@knavehart]

Justice for Trev

[@carlalussini]

I agree, and think the reason (given how awesome Nicola is) has to be a poorly structured story/script, like; it should have been 2 separate episodes.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Moffat loves putting scifi things to random stuff, like statues, shadows, movement off the corner of your eye, kids under blankets, and now locked doors

[@ameliacraiig4193]

....And cracks in walls; one of my favourites.

[@BlueSparxLPs]

As much as I love "It Takes You Away" just how it is, it does really make me wonder how Moffat would have done the mirror concept. Doctor Who definitely wasn't the first medium to do it, but I always wanted Moffat to take it on during his era and was excited when I saw it was happening with Chibnall.

[@mattymcmatty]

From 'The Doctor Dances' (2005) by Steven Moffat: DOCTOR: Sonic blaster, 51st century. Weapon Factories of Villengard? JACK: You've been to the factories? DOCTOR: Once. JACK: Well, they're gone now, destroyed. The main reactor went critical. Vaporized the lot. DOCTOR: Like I said. Once. There's a banana grove there, now. I like bananas. Bananas are good.

[@moreau1755]

The clothing shop called Mr. Benn's is a reference to an old British children's cartoon series (based on a series of children's books) called Mr. Benn. The title character was an ordinary Londoner who would pop along to a costume shop each week where the mysterious owner (who wore a fez!) would suggest an outfit to try on. Once changed into the costume, Mr. Benn would step through a door at the back of the changing room and find himself transported through time to the period the outfit belonged to. After having an adventure there the door to the changing room would show itself again, and Mr. Benn would return home to the modern day.

[@rileytipper5110]

How have I never heard of this ? I would’ve loved something like this as a kid. Shit even now it sounds like fun

[@mattymcmatty]

@@rileytipper5110 You may find a KZbin search productive.

[@mattymcmatty]

@@rileytipper5110 disappearing comment for my previous, but it's possible to check some out on this site

[@Tao_Tology]

Plus, given that it was made in the 70s there is a _strong_ undercurrent of psychedelic drug use: Shopkeeper - 'Come in to my shop, I've got something a bit special for you' * Mr Ben -takes the pill- _tries on the fancy hat_ and we go on an adventure * 😄

[@The45thClown]

As someone who watched them when I was younger, I was shocked to find out there were only 13 episodes.

[@Flashback007]

The "This is why nobody likes you" hits so much harder if you experienced that year with the Doctor. Weird how the same scene can feel different a second time

[@derrynfry]

For the record the UK has daylight savings too.

[@fraser8364]

almost all of europe has it too

[@joshuajoshua2732]

So does Australia.

[@AmalaFrequents]

In the UK it's called 'British Summer Time' and is +1 on GMT. It gets pretty dark in most of winter in Europe so it's an attempt at lighter mornings.

[@pedrolopespereira8766]

Brasil too

[@c.lvr2602]

Americans really do think they're the only country in the world, don't they? Like, what are they taught at school? Practically every country I know has some form of daylight savings. Why do Americans seem to think they're the only country to have things?

[@PerovNigma]

I didn't really click with this one like previous Christmas specials, but it was worth it for that one scene of Joy being furious that her mother died from Covid while the Tories were partying. There are a lot of families - a lot of children - who'll felt seen by their favourite show.

[@Kierankitty8869]

I haven't seen anyone point it out yet but Joy inadvertently created some of Villengard's biggest customers, The Church

[@jmcdonald.1998]

My fun fact for this episode: Tenzing Norgay was played in this episode by the real Tenzing Norgay’s Great Great Nephew who is starting out in the acting industry.

[@peternolan5501]

In some BTS for this Moffat actually talked about how you'd really like the Christmas specials to be standalone episodes that you could watch without knowing anything about anything, but the realities of actor contracts ending/beginning with them meant he was always stuck having to either "kill off someone you love. Merry Christmas!" or else do all the legwork of introducing a brand new character to people.

[@bustedsim]

And yet here with Trev and Joy, he does both with both.

[@michaelklaus]

That statements sounds really odd coming from Moffat; which producers is he trying to jab at here for annoying him with the contracts? or is it a jab for the actors for ending their contracts hwen he wasn't ready? the obviously odd bit is that introducing new characters also happens in standalones; so that should not be an issue here at all; unless he means introducing new recurring roles where the issue is differentiating them from the other one off characters; for most of these specials he was the showrunner of the show and made the creative decisions for which characters should appear on the show; for example he decided to keep Gillian and Darvill for series 7A for which he could have them cameo in The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (just like he decided to have A Christmas Carol companion lite); but keeping them also led to Coleman's Clara not getting introduced at the start of 7A but instead he decided to introduce her in The Snowmen... only to change his mind again and going with a contemporary Clara instead of a Victorian one which meant he had to kill off the character he also intrdouced in the same episode; you know... instead of reworking The Snowmen and/or simply introducing a new companion at the start of 7B; Then of course Matt Smith's departure was kind of a surprise and Moffat needed to cram the end of his Trenzalore arc into The Name of the Doctor... because he couldn't do that at the end of the series before; Moffat then embraced the nostlagic sendoff by bringing Gillian back again for a cameo instead of avoiding "the issue"; which leads us to Coleman's departure which was a really weird thing; Death in Heaven actually saw her being written from the show only for her to come back for Last Christmas for which according to Moffat he and Coleman kept it a secret whether or not she would return for series 9... or get killed off in that special; notice how the (exec) producers and other people who could have a say in this were alledgedly equally in the dark as the audience; this brings us to The Husband of River Song and The Return of Doctor Mysterio which both worked the most as standalones (from Moffat's Christmas specials) but my main gripe was that both featured Nardole who became a recurring role with the latter but was never ever fleshed out properly; finally we have Twice Upon a Time in which Moffat again doesn't avoid the above "issue" but instead embraces it or rather the bitter sweet nostalgia thricefold; by bringing Mackie back, bringing Bradlay in as the first Doctor, and by revealing that the Captain is the grandfather of the Brigadier and great-grandfather of Kate; you know instead of simply sending off a Doctor OR by sending off Capaldi in The Doctor Falls... and episode title obviously chosen to mislead audience into assuming it would have been his last; the issue Moffat was obviously more concerned about was introducing a new Doctor in a Christmas special and competing with The Christmas Invasion;

[@peternolan5501]

@@michaelklaus I think you're reading a lot more into it than he ever intended. He's not making a 'jab' or criticism at anyone at all. He's simply pointing out the reality that the Christmas Special is almost always either the first or last episode of a production block even though it's the one with the most casual audience outside the regular viewers meaning that as a writer you have to balance the two demands on what the episode has to do. It's an interview on the official BBC KZbin channel so you can always check it out for yourself.

[@brycelloyd3592]

I genuinely hope Anita ends up the next Donna. Pops in for a special. Has great chemistry with the Doctor. Pops up a season later to become the Doctor's bestie.

[@firefly24601]

FINALLY, a Moffat character named Anita that doesn't die at the end!

[@themanofconnor]

"These are our FORESTS. They are our MEAT."

[@Kitcats-vt5putvr]

I’m not sure wether non-UK people will fully feel this episode with Joy’s story and her Mum’s passing…. It was truly for most of us in the UK especially devastating and touched home because we had very very very stringent rules which almost all of us understood the reason for and followed during Covid. Our lockdown was much much much more stringent than most others. For a period we literally could not mix with ANYONE from other households who did not live with us, we could not go to Hospitals or funerals etc. We couldn’t meet even family. We could only go outside for one form of exercise daily etc and only near where we lived. And while the most stringent elements of lockdown were going on, the Tory (Conservative) government was having parties and drinks at Downing Street completely ignoring the social distancing and lockdown rules. So many people died alone. But it’s a testament to the strength of this episode that almost every reactor I’ve seen regardless of where in the world has been moved to tears.This episode to me was expertly paced and actually is one that gets better with a rewatch too. I’ve also seen a lot of comments from people who seem to have not even watched this episode comment negatively due to their own prejudices against either Ncuti or the writer. That’s says more about them. Thanks for this reaction, really enjoyed it. 💜

[@IcyWind14]

Nah, I think that's something that's fairly universal. A lot of countries had really stringent lockdown rules that the governments in charge blatantly ignored because they thought they were above their own restrictions.

[@andareon]

As a resident of Cardiff, It always makes me smile when they use a clear location that is located here in filming then just pass it for London with a bit of set arrangements and such. This time around It's even funnier because they filmed the actual Sandringham Hotel in Cardiff and just slapped a 'London' at the end (and I don't think there is one in London, and if there is It looks nothing like the face of the building they filmed which is clearly the one in Cardiff). It specifically gives me joy, that sort of detail, because I'm not originally from the UK and when I first visited Cardiff before moving here for good, that's the very hotel where I stayed.

[@johndent8813]

Yes - that was a Hobbit Door ... and the woman on the Orient Express is a character who appeared in the first two James Bond movies - Dr No & From Russia With Love.....

[@johnniequinn3215]

Thank you!

[@stevenparkin2725]

The two women that Basil knew could be Vastra and Jenny. I believe they lived on Paternoster Row which I think was destroyed during the London Blitz.

[@laticsprem]

Basil was in Manchester

[@JoshThompsonProductions]

That would be a vastly different era wouldn’t it? Didn’t the Paternoster Gang live during the 1800’s? 🤔 so it possibly could have been them, but would be very unlikely for them to have overlapped

[@ListerDavid]

Moffat has said it was meant to be London but was changed at the last second, and it was a nod to Vastra and Jenny.

[@EvripidouM]

The last scene with the mother made me weep

[@Animalfriend777]

God i hope they do Derry Girls at some point, nice short series

[@axiomsoffate90]

out of the 195 Countries in the world, 70 of them have some form of Daylight Savings, The idea for DST was developed by British scientist William Willett, and spread across Europe during the 1st world war, the 1st Country to adopt Daylight Savings time was Germany in 1916, Quickly followed by the UK, where it is Referred to as British Summertime (BST) normally it is Greenwich mean time (GMT) America Adopted it in 1918.

[@OriionCygnus]

Benjamin Franklin proposed the idea in a satirical paper in 1784 long before Willett. That same paper is the source of the proverb "early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" and that is taught in US schools and is kinda general knowledge. Americans attribute (falsely) the invention of DST to Ben Franklin which makes it seem like an American idea. In reality the first to formally adopt it was Ontario Canada in 1908. Several prominent figures independently came up with the idea for various reasons including an entomologist in New Zealand who wanted more daylight hours to collect and study insects.

[@connordalwood2926]

I think this is my favourite ncuti episode so far and I hope next season he gets an episode count and writing that reflects how good he is as the doctor

[@michaeljeacock]

Yes, the Cheese toastie and your grilled cheese are very similar. Our bread, butter, and cheddar are a bit different, and we usually use a panini press rather than a griddle pan, but other than that they are quite similar.

[@michaeljeacock]

The costume shop does say Mr Benn's for a reason. Mr Benn was a series of books and a children's cartoon in 70s Britain (when I was a kid) where Mr Benn visits a costume shop in every episode changes into a costume in the changing room then leaves through a magical back door in the changing room into an adventure tied to the costume he is wearing.

[@pandaphil]

Meanwhile down in Bethlehem, the 10th Doctor is renting the last room at the inn. I forget which episode that's from.

[@christianwise637]

Voyage of the Damned

[@anhdungtran6432]

There is no year 0; JC was born during the spring; Christmas is on the 25 of December because coopting the Solstice celebration.

[@DracoCeltt]

I'm excited to see where their going to take anita dobsons' character in the next series. I met her in comic con cardiff, and she did hint a lot without giving anything away! 😌

[@Cooper_Vision]

Mel really works in the line up, she's got interesting insights and can hold her own Solid episode, fun reaction 🎉

[@robinandrews3792]

“Right now I’m waiting for us to acquire Greenland and Canada so my milk can be cheaper.” Hah. It’s almost funny. Almost. And yet…we’re all dying inside, aren’t we?

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

"Evil must logo." I love that one.

[@MediocrMrFox]

It's kind of weird that Anita felt more of a companion in 10 minutes than Ruby did in an entire season AND had a more emotional departure

[@path5657]

Thinking you're are the only ones with daylight savings time is SO American of y'all. While the first city to move their clocks forward an hour was in Ontario, Canada back in 1908, it became popularized by Germany in 1916, halfway through WW1, to save on energy costs and other countries followed suit. The world went back to regular time after the war, and DST didn't return until WW2 when It was nicknamed "War Time" and was used all-year-round. While many countries repealed national DST after WW2, many continued to practice it locally until more specific DST laws were created like the Uniform Time Act of 1966 in the US.

[@JeM130177]

Damn I love Ncuti’s theme music in this show. Absolute banger!

[@spacemonkeymafia4756]

Joy's last name is Almondo. It literally translates to "to the world"

[@jasonl8681]

To Melanie's comment of historical and educational episodes, one of the original directives of the show in 1963 was to educate kids about historical events through the lens of time travel, however those stories quite quickly began to decline in viewership and popularity when compared to the more sci-fi serials and were eventually pulled from the production pipeline almost entirely.

[@willknight13]

I think something that sort of goes missed with this episode is that Villengaurd won. We see in Boom that they make their money using a highly religious order, this was their plan to get the star back in time to inspire the creation of the religion. A similar bootstrap to the way that the doctor “learns” the code for the briefcase.

[@johnniequinn3215]

They didn't make money "using" a religious order. That order was one of their many customers... and predates the Valengaurd in "The Time of Angels" with the return of Dr River Song.

[@SB992REBORN]

YES THANKS FOR DOING THIS GUYS IM GLADHAPPY I ASKED FOR THIS!!!

[@j-train13]

Quite a few countries do have Daylight savings. The thing is, all the countries that do have an agreed upon day in which the clocks change... except for the US, which changes a week or so ahead/behind everyone else

[@stream_gene]

I think I literally fell in love with Anita watching this episode, seeing her get the chance to go work in the Time Hotel and live an amazing life broke my heart.

[@alexanderwiles2003]

Around 70 other countries have daylight savings, like the entirety of the uk for example lol

[@sonicsean34]

I did love the start of the ep where Melanie was like “ I wish I knew more about British history” during a scene of World War 2 one of the most famous events in the 20th century hehe I have wondered if the US thinks of it as starting at Pearl Harbour while the U.K. view it as September 1939 to September 1945 (until 30 seconds ago I’d have told you June or July cos VE Day but Wiki says sept. Also, I guess Americans might only really think about D-day as well when they think of that war.

[@alexachipman]

He may be my new favorite Doctor, brilliant actor!

[@Newbunkle]

I agree with Melanie. I'm waiting for Rogue to come back.

[@stacyp2186]

If you would like to watch a good tv show with dinosaurs, there was a British show called Primeval. It was fun.

[@lauriebrown7285]

Oh I loved that show. It was back when BBC America had some actual British shows.

[@StevenDavisonYT]

Primeval was so good!!

[@Mads97415]

I love that they didn't know Nicola Coughlin was in the special! I'm surprised they didn't see SOMETHING about it because it's advertised for months haha

[@jeremyh841]

14:05 The Doctor just admiting that he created a bootstrap paradox to win is a level of OP flex I did not know was possible! Even when hes being a good guy the Doctor is still kinda scary...

[@Regailion]

My headcanon is she's the sentient star that 10 and Martha go to

[@mayotango1317]

No, that is another one.

[@Phonixrmf]

@@mayotango1317man, how many sentient stars are there?

[@livingcoffee_edits]

I don't think Joy would try kill all of them and that star was stated to be "half a universes" away from Earth so it couldn't be the same star

[@mayotango1317]

@@Phonixrmf More that you think.

[@harryvideoz8863]

@@Phonixrmfan infinite amount like every doctor has said the universe is infinitely growing

[@OneTrueScotsman]

You guys really should do Sex Ed (the show, not the lesson, lol). It's brilliant.

[@KotaTheGreatest]

I cried so many times during this episode and I just got the plunger joke OFC it's a dalak reference I thought it was a poop joke lol

[@saraluvsdisney]

Trev is played by Joel Fry, and I HIGHLY recommend watching him in Our Flag Means Death!

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

I had just recently learned that British people call grilled cheese sandwiches "cheese toasties," so actually understood what he was bringing them. lol

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks to Eric, Calvin, Melanie and Aaron! ⏳

[@mimic1984]

Welcome back to base, Wave Squadron. I'm glad to see your ships landed safely. 💜

[@spacemonkeymafia4756]

Also, they are pretty much all historic or fictional figures. Found this on the net. Niamh Marie Smith played Sylvia Trench, a passenger on the Orient Express in 1962, whom Moffat confirmed as the same character as the love interest of James Bond in the films Dr. No (1962) and From Russia with Love (1963).

[@andresfelipemanjarres7061]

"Ncuti is so good, like Jesus you dont have to be so good" yeah Eric Same, and i will wait for his run to end, but if this continue and the stories are also as good at the have being, probably he will win my favorite Doctor over Capaldi, again i will wait but on acting alone i think those two are the best Actors that ever play the Doctor until now

[@savmiller8327]

The UK does have daylight savings time. But it actually ends a week before the U.S. daylight savings time (so this past year it ended October 27th for them and Nov. 3rd for us). So for a week the time difference between the U.S. and the U.K. is an hour less. I think the U.S. changed the date of the end of daylight savings time specifically so kids wouldn't have to trick or treat in the dark. U.K. doesn't do Halloween really, so they don't have that problem.

[@holly2786]

uk does halloween! its just not as commercialised.

[@inofficialplaytester3271]

Joy to the world, time lord hath come

[@GreenBoxStudio1]

Never been so early to a video in my whole 10 years watching these guys😂

[@humanlegacy2165]

Imagine how sad it'll be when he regenerates! 😭😭

[@theaces3697]

do Americans not get taught about the world? - UK, almost all of Europe, Brazil, Australia and a few others also have daylight saving time, daylight savings were actually created by the British

[@AmyWarriorPrincess]

You're one of the only channels that likes Ncuti as the Doctor. It's actually very refreshing to see. A lot of people do not like him as the Doctor. Actually their time does change in England.

[@nny2dope]

There wasnt room at the inn b/c Tennant took the last room. So theres 2 Doctors in the last scene.

[@kanton4108]

Sir Edmund Hilary is on the New Zealand $5 note. We don't have $1 and $2 bills; they're gold coins.

[@3DesignerAJW]

Thank you for saying this. I was going to comment here about all of it. Cheers from Christchurch, New Zealand :)

[@jakeoliver9167]

How could Europe not have daylight savings? If it didn't then for a few months it jumps timezone difference with most other countries. Only Iceland in Europe doesn't have it.

[@ElleKayGee]

It’s because in the U.S. we have two states that don’t observe it (and U.S. territories), so it’s not too far fetched that not everyone around the work does it. There are always people here who want to get rid of it. Then again, maybe it was always taught and I did learn it and just forgot about it.

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Joy is the official companion for the episode but Anita stole the show. It's fun to see Ncuti's 15th Doctor living on earth for a year when Smith's 11th Doctor couldn't manage a day in Power of Three.😄 Comparing doctor personalities is fun!

[@ms_scribbles]

Because Eleven was childish. No, not childlike. Childish. Impatient, throws tantrums, sulks when things go wrong...

[@Caramiela]

Melanie be hopeful regarding Rogue - I also need him back! I don't know if you noticed but Rogue's ring was the only single piece of jewellery Doctor kept wearing during his year with Anita and in at least few shots director really posed his hand they way to make sure we will notice:) also his "I don't have a boyfriend" while looking smiling at the night sky... not gonna lie, me and my friend threw popcorn at the screen when we first heard him saying that but it was clearly there to make us yell: Doctor go find him! Rogue must be back. It's Jonathan Groff we're talking about after all!

[@CrankyGrandma]

Good catch on the actual reason for dec 25th birthdate! It was based on the date of Jesus crucifixion, march 25. It was thought great prophets died on the same day they were conceived. So March 25 was held as the date of the annunciation, when the angel came to Mary and she said yes to being the mother of God incarnate. That feast day was held first. Years later when people wanted to celebrate Christ’s birthday they just added nine months to March 25. And yes there would be shepherds because nomadic shepherds were year round in the fields. The season goes from Christmas Eve to three kings day (the twelve days of Christmas). 🎄

[@reececapati7297]

12:27 Was that a teaser for a dalek episode for season 2. I hope it is.

[@thenortherndalek]

theres no returning villians for season 2.

[@reececapati7297]

@thenortherndalek Are you sure about that "northernDALEK"? I thought you were a doctor who/ Daleks fan, have hope that the most iconic villain of the Doctor should return.

[@thenortherndalek]

@reececapati7297 unfortunatly the leaks for season two have backed this claim up as well as Russell himself saying the Daleks ( primary ) needing a break from the show ( something I agree on, you need to build them up and make them scary again like they were back in series 1 of the revival.) and won't be returning any time soon.

[@jfrance649]

I liked this episode better than the last Christmas special. I wasn't sure about the ending though.

[@JustB3NJI]

Mr Benn was kids shows very much like Doctor Who, except he only went to the past.

[@ayyLumao]

As someone from the UK, I believe the reason we still use Daylight Savings is because of brexit (genuinely) I think the UK went along with the EU's plan to abolish Daylight Savings, but then Brexit happened and the UK was no longer part of that plan since we're no longer part of the EU.

[@StephMcAlea]

Yeshua was born on September 7th (Gregorian Calendar). December 25th was Saturnalia/Yule and the date was taken over by the Church.

[@ladyesmeralda999]

5:10 NEVER use a microwave for tea!!!! Tea is a dried herb, so it needs to steep/brew in BOILING water.... from a KETTLE With love, from a Brit

[@CrankyGrandma]

I really enjoyed Chibnall’s historicals too. Tesla was my favorite.

[@Deception975]

Right, there is no year 0. It goes from BCE (BC) 1 to CE (AD) 1.

[@lacondrathompson1747]

Happy New Year guys🎉🎉

[@scarletmikasa]

11:23 i guess i was looking at this part all wrong. i saw it as the Doctor's trauma, rage and hatred for himself still bubbling just below the surface ready to explode, especially when he is alone. but these guys were HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA kinda weird not going to lie

[@mokongx3m]

Have you guys ever watched Derry Girls? Nichola Coughlan's first major role.

[@Christopherkevinescritt3915]

Doctor who joy to the World was in 2024 not 2023 guys

[@stevemartegani]

Holiday beard overgrowth LOL

[@nix2747]

You guys should watch Joel Fry in Plebs. That is such a silly, fun show. Also, I cosign everyone else in the comments who say to watch Sex Education.

[@catdmz9957]

Melenie looks beautiful~

[@TheKamenGentleman]

What I find interesting that not many people seemed to catch, the final scene has potentially two doctors present as Tennant’s doctor has claimed in Voyage of the Dammed, he had taken the last room at the inn at Bethlehem

[@crystal_english_himeji]

Christmas is 25th December to 6th January.

[@RD-uq4hg]

Like half the world has some form of daylight savings what are you guys taught at school😭😭

[@ElleKayGee]

Not about daylight savings time around the world. That’s something that would only come up when traveling. Schools do teach world history though, but I don’t know if that subject has been added or not these days.

[@CMOT101]

​@@ElleKayGee we are taught about daylight savings. Yanks are so insular it becomes arrogance

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

Based on the reigns of the kings mentioned in the stories, the birth would have been more 4 BCE. Also, according to the story, the magi did not visit a newborn or infant at a manger. They visited a small child at a house. Plus, the king ordered children up to two years old to be killed, not just infants.

[@chrism7395]

I really hope Anita's miniature TARDIS pays off in a later episode and she appears in a later episode. The whole White Christmas thing comes from the Victorians creating gifts like Christmas cards depicting wintery scenes.

[@DuIstalri]

Basically all of Europe and North America has daylights savings, along with parts of South America, Africa, and Oceania.

[@bananasaregood8655]

Why don't u watch classic who? :(

[@kylemccrory8509]

Such a great episode.

[@flaggerify]

It was bad.

[@kylemccrory8509]

@ sorry you didn’t enjoy it! What didn’t you like?

[@knighthawk3749]

​@@kylemccrory8509I guarantee that they didn't even watch it.

[@ms_scribbles]

@@knighthawk3749 Amen. After his run as showrunner, I grew to despise Moffat, but even I can agree it was a good, fun episode.

[@knighthawk3749]

@@ms_scribbles I don't despise him, but I dislike how he often puts too much emphasis on horror. Sometimes it works (Blink), but sometimes I just found it annoying.

[@juliet1203_]

Let's gooooo I may not have loved this story, but there's aspects that I did enjoy. The ending, for me, felt a lil cheap and Nichola's character Joy didn't feel like a guest star companion, cuz she felt more like an extra

[@joshuajoshua2732]

It was soap opera the ending was shit.

[@BlueSparxLPs]

@@joshuajoshua2732 If anything it was a fairly dark ending in the context of other stories. Villengard winning here by getting to create the star is what led to the establishment of Christianity, which eventually led to the state of the planet in Boom (among other corporate atrocities Villengard are known to have created the religion to facilitate).

[@juliet1203_]

@@BlueSparxLPs I didn't think of it like that. You've changed my perspective on the ending a little there, and I'm slightly embarrassed that I didn't notice

[@KMM-kx2yn]

I LOVE THIS DOCTOR

[@pandaphil]

I hope we see Anita again.

[@ImBigDave79]

Technically this isnt season 2. Specials are normally considered their own thing by writers and the bbc.

[@ms_scribbles]

See, this is the kind of thing Moffat should have stuck to writing to. He was a mess when he was running the show and trying to write whole series arcs, but his single episodes (or two-parters) are really good.

[@Wolf6119]

There is indeed no “Year 0”, it goes straight from 1 BC to 1 AD. The last year before Christ and then the first year of Christ/the Common era. That’s why decades, centuries, etc END on the year that ends in 0, rather than starting on it. The first decade was 1-10 AD (rather than 0-9) so the second was 11-20 AD, and so on from there. And now we’re in the 21st century because it starts 2001 and ends 2100.