The classic series once has a Christmas episode purely by accident because it happened to fall on Christmas day. MOFFAT: I think I always had a vague wish that Doctor Who would meet Santa Claus, when I was a kid, but I never thought about it more than that. So, it feels fairly right for Christmas day.Īs a fan, when did you first start noticing that connection? It’s a show that the entire family utterly engages in. It’s not a show that children tolerate for their parents, or that parents tolerate for their children. Families watch it together, and Christmas is about family.

It’s also, certainly in Britain, a show that is beloved by families. It features, at its core, this improbable man with a time machine who does feel like the science fiction equivalent of Santa Claus. It’s a big-hearted, optimistic show that does, of course, have monsters that want to commit genocide of the entire universe, but apart from that, it is a big-hearted, optimistic show. It’s not all the way to Narnia, but it’s closer to that tradition. Aesthetically, it feels like something closer to Narnia, at times. It’s a magic man in a magic box, dressed up in sci-fi language. STEVEN MOFFAT: Doctor Who isn’t like other sci-fi shows because it’s more magical than that. Question: Doctor Who and Christmas seem to have a special relationship and really compliment each other.

Check out what he had to say after the jump. It is the tenth Christmas special since the show’s revival in 2005, and the first full Christmas special to feature the Twelfth Doctor.ĭuring this interview with press to promote the upcoming special, showrunner Steven Moffat talked about why Doctor Who and Christmas have a special relationship, the challenges of plotting and planning a Christmas special, why it took so long to use Santa Claus as a plot point, how Nick Frost came to be cast in the role, the Doctor’s view on Santa Claus versus Robin Hood, getting more clarity on where the relationship between the Doctor and Clara stands now, why companions typically end up being contemporary characters, his fondest memories of writing his five Christmas specials, and the best Doctor Who merchandise he’s received. Airing both in the US and UK on Christmas Day, in Doctor Who: Last Christmas, it’s Christmas in the North Pole and the Doctor ( Peter Capaldi) and Clara ( Jenna Coleman) are joined by Santa Claus ( Nick Frost) and some grumpy elves for an all-new adventure.

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