Description
If you remember A Christmas Carol as “Scrooge in space,” remember again — before the Doctor changes your memories for you. Steven Moffat’s first Christmas special for Doctor Who is a seasonally delicious timey-wimey layer cake of Michael Gambon, Matt Smith, and nightmare sharks, with a sonic microphone song on top. Is it a Banger, or will the Bah Humbug corner convince us that Eleven interfered too much? Let’s head down the chimney and find out!
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Story Essentials
2010 Christmas Special
Story number: 216, per the The Pull To Open Codex
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Toby Haynes
Showrunner: Steven Moffat
Aired 25 December 2010
Pull To Open: A Christmas Carol
Season 4
Episode 53
Hosts: Pete Pachal and Chris Taylor
Music: Martin West/Thinking Fish
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