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Doctor Who: Christmas Special 2024 – Joy to the World

“The Starseed will bloom and the flesh will rise!”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

Loves his catchphrases, does Steven Moffat. Yes, former showrunner and now occasional writer Moffat was back on scripting duties for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special – now thankfully back on Christmas Day. After giving us a simple, high-concept episode of the previous season, he was back to his twisty, turny, timey-wimey form, with an ep that took advantage of the show’s premise of time travel, while attempting to tell a heartwarming Christmas story full of spectacle, humour and thrills.

Doctor Who: Season 14, Episode 3 – Boom

“War is business. And business is booming.”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

Old school Who fans who were (perhaps understandably) concerned that last week’s brightly coloured deluge of space babies, farting space stations and musical numbers signalled a show more in the style of CBeebies will have been reassured by the massive tonal shift in the show this week, courtesy of returning alumnus Steven Moffat.