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Shona initially mistakes them for ghosts, calling the Doctor a skeleton man.Īs Clara wonders what's happened to the victims, they wake up and begin moving. She reaches the end of the infirmary, by which point the Doctor and Clara appear. She enters the infirmary and begins dancing to Slade's " Merry Xmas Everybody" which appears to take her mind off the victims. One of the scientists called Ashley tells Shona not to think about "them" and to concentrate on something else. She answers that right now, she does, believing Father Christmas brought the Doctor back as a gift.Īt a base in the North Pole, a group of scientists are tracking Shona as she enters an infirmary. He tells Clara that she should trust nothing and be critical towards everything, concluding that the most important question is if she truly believes in Santa Claus. Inside the TARDIS, Clara comments on how much she had missed it, as the Doctor takes off. The elves laugh, having previously said the same thing to Santa, but weren't believed. The Doctor departs by wishing Santa a "Happy Easter" and tells him that no-one likes his tangerines. Santa questions if he truly does, and tells him that before the night is through, the Doctor will be glad for his help. The Doctor leans in close to Santa and states that he knows what is going on, and what is at stake. The Doctor emerges, telling a stunned Clara that he's back he then orders her to remain absolutely silent and go into the TARDIS right away. The elves are surprised to have been upstaged it's not very often that happens. Santa questions if she still believes in fairy-tales, as the TARDIS materialises. Santa even lists items Clara wanted at Christmas everything Clara wanted was actually practical items, instead of other items for hobbies and such. One elf points out the beard Santa grew to hide his identity has been public for some time.Ĭlara tries to deny his existence as a fairytale, having always believed her parents had given her presents instead of him, which the elves laugh at. They weakly attempt to pass themselves off as ordinary people, but after Clara sees the reindeer flying loose in the sky, they reveal their true identities.
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Ian quickly informs Santa that they've been sighted. Putting on her dressing gown, she leaves her room to investigate and discovers Santa Claus, his elves Ian and Wolf, reindeer and sleigh upon her roof, having crashed after an accident. On a frosty night before Christmas, Clara Oswald awakens to the sound of an object crashing on her rooftop. Something sinister lurks in an arctic base at the North Pole, and it's beyond even the most terrible, nightmarish creatures the Doctor has faced before. Reunited with the Twelfth Doctor, she faces what could possibly be her last Christmas. It also sees Dan Starkey, who previously portrayed the Sontaran Strax in numerous stories, now in a small part of the Elf Ian.Ĭlara Oswald is in for one Christmas Eve that she's never going to forget. It also dealt with Clara finally moving on from her grief.Ĭasting-wise, it was notable for featuring the first on-screen Doctor Who appearance of Michael Troughton, son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton and brother of David Troughton, who had previously made several of his own guest appearances on the series. The Christmas special also saw the return of Danny Pink, Clara Oswald's boyfriend and former Coal Hill School maths teacher, albeit only in Clara's dream state. This story dealt with repairing the bond between the Doctor and Clara after they parted ways under the belief that the other had a better life waiting for them instead of continuing their adventures. It guest-starred Nick Frost as a dream manifestation of Santa Claus, previously seen at the end of Death in Heaven as a lead-in to this story. It was the show's tenth Christmas special since its revival and the first of four Christmas specials starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor. Last Christmas was the 2014 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. You may wish to consult Last Christmas for other, similarly-named pages.