So, yes, it will be a long time before we get a new episode of Doctor Who, which means that I will be freaking out all day tomorrow to see more of Matt Smith. Let us all celebrate some more of Eleven tomorrow ON CHRISTMAS. I GET TO SEE THIS ON CHRISTMAS. DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING THIS IS TO ME? oh my god HOLD ME ON THE ASTRAL PLANE.
Y’ALL, I NEED AN ADULT!!!!
NO SERIOUSLY EVERYONE. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST CHANCE TO WATCH A DOCTOR WHOÂ CHRISTMAS SPECIAL ON FUCKING CHRISTMAS. This could be the worst episode of television in all of history and it will still be the very best thing I have ever seen. Oh, is that a reference to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe? Oh, there is no way this isn’t perfect.
Anyway, I’m putting this up now because it airs at different times for all of us. Use this post whenever this episode airs for you and liveblog it to hell and back. DO IT. If you’re worried about spoilers, I generally stick to the first page and enter my commentary there, and then go back later to comment on what other people have said.
I’m still taking Monday off to do holiday stuff, to prepare for my first Mark Does Stuff meet-up on Boxing Day, and to finally sit down and finish writing Mark Reads Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. My review for this episode will NOT take the place of a review of Buffy; instead, you’ll just get two reviews in one day sometime next week. DEAL???
oh god y’all, I am so excited I can’t wait to see more of Matt Smith’s beautiful face.
Eek! So excited! Even though I don't get BBC America, so I will just have to hope some kind and generous and enterprising soul gets it online before December 26, so it can properly feel like a Christmas-day Christmas special. (Now that I've gotten my dad hooked on Doctor Who, I keep dropping not-at-all subtle hints like "geez, if we got BBC America, we could be watching the all-day Doctor Who marathon right now". And then he tells me we can have our own Doctor Who marathon through Netflix instant anytime we want. WHATEVER, DAD.)
Regardless, SO MUCH YAY for more of Eleven, and at least a little bit of the Ponds, and the awesome that is sure to be the Narnia/Doctor Who mashup! \o/ HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! 😀
Yep, definitely in need of some Doctor Who liveblogging and maybe possibly some Downton Abbey healing right now.
I finally got around to finishing Dance With Dragons and it has destroyed me. Bad decision to read those last hundred pages on Christmas night when I was just a little drunk still.
So, Moffat, you're on notice, no tearing out my heart, pleeease. Or if you must, make it minimally invasive.
This is Moffat. Come on.
Ooooh, I think it starts in about an hour for me!
It has started, let the excite begin!
well, I'm feeeling a bit lonesome here, but I dare say it's a very Star Trekie start
What a sweet beginning.
Oh no, WW2!
You know, children grow quite a lot in three years.
lol I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT
It's all I could think of.
Those glasses really enlarge that kid's eyes.
Awesome round glasses!
Dancing chairs?!
mwahahah, an actual police box!!!
HAMMOCKS!
I'm behind now because we had to pause to cut some cake and make a cup of tea.
Aw Doctor, y u so adorable?
The Doctor in the role of the mad uncle, Love it love it
I really hope my Narnia expectations are not squashed, that's a lot of assumptions based on just the title
I wouldn't even hesitate. I'd scream, "NARNIA!!!" and dive right on in.
But where did the present come if not from the Doctor?
it's got to be from the Doctor though? Apart from it is really creepy
OMG IT IS NARNIA!!! Time moves differently!!
Honestly who sleeps with big glasses on?
"Oh grow up Lily! Fairyland looks completely different!"
Bless.
Trees talking…oh dear, Mark.
omg omg I want that present!!!
I suppose Narnia wasn't published at this time. I'd never go into the White Witch's palace.
Even the safe planets get troublesome for the Doctor.
Let's all hug across the dimensional planes
Awww, poor lady.
Sorry, sentient plants are terrifying.
Okay, that was awesome.
Nice, the woman soldier has a bit of sense.
Mama Bear people, MAMA BEAR!
If I saw a door with a big snake on it (or whatever that thing is) I think I would think twice about opening it.
What the devil?
Oh God I just realised, that's BILL BAILEY!
OH MY GOD IT WAS
Sometimes I wish the Doctor would USE the TARDIS to look at the history of where he plans to take children.
Green and weak to wood…
Original Green Lantern ring!
Like a giant version of the ring.
Yay!! Work that robot!
'kay, that's a bit bizarre.
"Hold tight and pretend it's a plan"
Need this as a poster please.
Or a T-Shirt. Actually that could get awkward.
He's got such old eyes. It's heartbreaking.
these soldiers are so funny
OK, so if they get home then what about the forest? Where did they go?
What about the other two on the plane?
No seriously. What about the others on the plane?
Poor Doctor. Time to go in your box, find some new companions!
I just assumed they were still on the plane – one was injured and the other one was looking after him, was the impression I got – and then they got out and went home in the next gap between scenes.
WHERE'S RORY!?!
They always set a place for him?
Happy tears?
BRB, WILL NEVER STOP CRYING.
flowing in the time vortex? She's good!
There's always a place for the Doctor at christmas. That made me tear up!
LOL the Doctor at the end looked like a robot. "What is this strange salty discharge from my eyes, is this what you HU-MANS call crying?"
His hand seriously looked like an Auton's.
Amy's Christmas jumper is really quite good. And I thought it was the last we'd seen of the Ponds, I'm so glad they're still here!
And the teaser for Great Expectations afterwards! Gillian Anderson can do no wrong as far as our household is concerned.
PONDS FOR CHRISTMAS. THEY ALWAYS SET A PLACE FOR HIM. WATER PISTOL AS SIGN OF AFFECTION.
I firmly believe that River shows up a few hours in and starts pouring them all shots.
I don't care what anyone else says, I will ALWAYS be happy the Ponds are still around. 😀
(The rest of the episode… hey, it was an episode! I'm just sad they wasted Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir on kind of random appearances. They're both so good!
And… no A +M pilots shoutout? XD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwNQf08Kxsw)
(No spoilers there)
I firmly believe that River was already there, sitting at the table, and waiting for the Doctor to arrive. After all, why wouldn't she celebrate Christmas with her parents?
Like Amy said, she's a good girl 🙂
Mark! MARK! And EVERYONE! I found a complete timeline of Doctor Who from 1963 till 2011.
It's HUGE as you can expect it to be so I'm just going to paste the direct link to it
http://www.cabletv.com/images/cabletv/doctor-who-…
Wow much??
Why that's lovely. Except that they counted Adam as a companion and he was more of a hanger on.
True, but nothing's perfect.
They also counted Craig as a companion when he neither rode in the TARDIS nor got his name in the credits. Still, it's a beautiful chart with lots of great information.
He LIVED with the Doctor though!
That's awesome, I love the little facts on the side.
That's brilliant!
so I thought I was going to be watching this downloaded like everything else, or in like two years when it comes out on DVD. but then I remembered I'm at my parents' house for Christmas and MY PARENTS HAVE BBCAMERICA. They don't even watch Doctor Who! They have no idea what they're missing! If I had BBCA I would watch ALL THE DOCTOR WHO MARATHONS. Anyway, NOW I CAN WATCH IT AND IT STARTS IN TEN MINUTES AND I AM SO EXCITE.
As I watched the opening credits, I was sad because there would be no Amy and Rory in the episode.
BUT THEN THERE WAS HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH.
It was a bit sad to have everyone repeat that no one should be alone on Christmas. Since here I am, alone on Christmas.
Aw, you're never alone with the MarkDoesStuff crew, right?
I WILL NEED AN ADULT SOON!!!
Squee. It's starting.
Big asplosion.
Ummmm…..
I'm pretty sure he did fall and he is hurt, Lady.
Oh Doctor NOW what are you up to?
His glasses make me green with envy.
Loving this music.
Oh no. Oh God. Oh lord. BAD THINGS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON THE DAY JESUS WAS BORN.
"I agree"
Oh, Doctor. You're so awesome.
I love how this show isn't afraid to just let go and be bizarre.
Hammocks, Bunk Beds, the Doctor loves alternative sleeping tools. Does that sentence make any sense?
Holy mood swing, Doctor Who.
I want the doctor to come and fix my house so much.
Also, First Liveblog I'm so excite!!
I could of sworn I didn't have BBC America, but I checked the channel today AND IT WAS THERE!!!
Truly a Christmas miracle! 😀
That bedroom is beyond awesome!
First time being a part of the liveblog 🙂
Well, The Fades looks awesome.
The Doctor is the BEST interior decorator EVER!
I feel as if that present should be left alone.
Leave the box alone!
No, stay away from the present..
Doctor please never stop being a giant 10-year-old
Ominous voices whispering! D:
The mysterious boxy doorway is levitating above the snowy ground, this could go one of two ways.
It appears as if the tree branch is ovulating christmas ornaments…
"Fairyland looks completely different!"
Of course it does.
Oh no, more ornament eggs.
Uh-oh. Madge will be quite upset.
Killer Trees? Insert "The Happening" joke.
If a White Witch pops out, I'm cracking skulls.
THEY BLINK. OH NO.
Oh shit, that's creepy.
It blinked!
Wooden bearded angels!
Trees whispering, that can't be bad can it?
These things look wildly out of place. Is that Manny from Black Books, or am I making that up?
Doctor: "What do they teach you in school??"
Me: Everything and nothing.
That's a line from 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe', the old Professor kept saying it to Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. I did squee when I saw the previews for this and the Doctor said that line!
I really hope Cyril won't sit in the throne, DON'T SIT IN THE THRONE
Cyril isn't making very good choices this Christmas.
“Please stop crying. I can’t interrogate you while you’re crying."
UGH! THE NERVE! YOU CAN'T JUST TELL A WOMAN TO STOP CRYING!! xDD
Oh good. It was driving me banana sandwich.
I wish my trees did that.
AGH, THE KING TREE IS WALKING
Queen tree needs to go very far away. Perhaps Thailand or Middle Earth.
I take it back Queen tree, I judged your scary exterior.
Nevermind. Still scary.