Soapland Christmas: Difference between revisions

* "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2006 CS the Runaway Bride|The Runaway Bride]]" (2006, set in 2007): He had to face an ancient menace called the Racnoss whose offspring wished to gorge on life across the cosmos. Their web-shaped ship was mistaken for a giant decorative Christmas star by Londoners until it started zapping the city with bolts of electricity. This adventure immediately follows the loss of one of the Doctor's dearest companions and features an especially dark moment for him in which he kills a ton of alien babies and almost lets himself die along with them. Oh, and the Thames is drained.

* "[[Doctor Who/Recap/2007 CS Voyage of the Damned|Voyage of the Damned]]" (2007, set in 2008): He vows to save everyone on the Starship Titanic and fails—in part because the good characters consider saving ''him'' a higher priority. Among the casualties is {{spoiler|the woman he'd wanted for his next companion}}. At least he managed to keep that ship from crashing into the Earth. Beautifully lampshaded as everyone in London knows nasty things have been happening for the past two Christmases, so, this year, practically nobody's ''in'' central London for the nasty things to happen.

{{quote|'''Joshua Naismith:''' Ladies and gentlemen! It seems [[Sealed Evil in a Can|help is at hand]]! [[Lampshade Hanging|Christmas is cancelled.]]}}

* In the 2010 episode "A Christmas Carol" (set some time in the 44th century), Christmas was brought by a galaxy-class cruise liner crashing with Rory and Amy aboard, and the Doctor having to find a way to save them and everyone else aboard. {{spoiler|Along the way he was able to save the soul of the old man Kazran who controls the planet's upper atmosphere, but through some very morally grey use of time-travel, and Kazran was forced to see the love of his life die}}.