The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe: Doctor WHeasel reviews the Christmas Special

Amy Duck-Pond, Roary Roaricus and Doctor WHeasel return for the Christmas special. Is it chock full of tasty time nuts or just a big old plumb duff? And just what has Downton Abbey got to do with it all.

Plus for weasel fans a foretaste of how Doctor WHeasel is going to fill his time though to September and the start of Series 7!

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[ALEXJDXBL]

Compared with the other Christmas specials in my personal opinion it was quite poor....in fact its sort of made me long for what the episodes and the monsters were like in the David Tennant era to return.

[llordllama]

@ALEXJDXBL Even the Cyberking?

[gadgetgeekgirl]

I quite liked the tree creatures as art, and Bill Bailey was very good. Perhaps they could have stretched him a bit longer and done a Black Books mashup. The hubby returning stuff almost induced a return of my over large Christmas dinner. Even my Dad was unmoved and he's a Military Wives groupie...

Splishy splashy.

[llordllama]

@gadgetgeekgirl Good lord, are we in agreement for once?!

[dreamer98]

isn't it Androzani Major not Prime?

[llordllama]

@dreamer98 *ahem* You're right, Doctor WHeasel clearly got his planets mixed up. Not for the first time mind you.

[hickups1012]

Well, I thought it was ok... but Moffat could've done so much more with it. Bit like the beast below. Ah well, least the ending was good :)

[ALEXJDXBL]

@llordllama I watched that straight after thanks to the magic of Iplayer and even then I didn't find that as bad. 

[llordllama]

@catcircle I liked it more the second time I watched it without being surrounded by grouchy relatives, but it still didn't really sparkle for me. Then again, neither did Downton Abbey!

[catcircle]

Oh, so cynical, Dr. WHeasel! I was ready for an episode with him companionless, though you're right, it was the beginning and ending that made it. The trees, granted, have been a bit overdone. This isn't Avatar. Perhaps the budget didn't stretch to a giant lion and a faun. Of course, could have been casting conflicts with the lion busy on Mars running Pigfarts...