Today marks 10 years since Doomsday aired... god I feel old :(

 

Just why is 2006 so long ago??? I really miss it :(

First look at the Christmas special which will be called: The Return of Doctor Mysterio

 

 

It sees Matt Lucas return as Nardole, who made an appearance in 'The Husbands of River Song' (last year's Christmas special), and he will also be appearing throughout Series 10. The episode sees a superhero (:mellow:), whose real name is Grant, played by Justin Chatwin and an investigative journalist played by Charity Wakefield. Adetomiwa Edun, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Logan Hoffman also appear in the episode that will be set (at least partially) in New York.

 

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I'm sure they'll be a twist to the superhero thing as like they did when Santa Claus appeared but I'm still a bit like is it necessary? I'm not sure how it will fit but I like how it's set in New York anyway.

 

interesting.

Errrr, so are Doctor Who now trying to appeal to a younger audience by emulating Marvel orrrr? I'm sure it won't be that simple, but that clip doesn't really fill me with hope. Also I wish they'd brought back Greg Davies rather than Matt Lucas.

hopefully the superhero turns out to be the bad guy in all this and the Doctor has to defeat him, that's where it'd get interesting.

At the moment, I'm really not feeling the whole concept of the episode as its not what the show is about at all! However, I did think that about Santa in 'Last Christmas' and that turned out to be my favourite Christmas special so we'll see. I just think we're in Superhero overload as it is :lol:

 

Also, Nardole (Matt Lucas' character) is going to be a regular guest character in Series 10 for better or worse.

 

I think the superhero could also be the villain as you suggest Dan as his 'logo'

is a G and an I which could stand for The Great Intelligence' who were in 'The Snowmen', 'The Bells of Saint John' and 'The Name of the Doctor' as well as in the classic series.

 

That was probably one of my least favourite episodes. There was next to no plot as it mainly just focused on 'omg he's a superhero but she doesn't know'. I didn't care for either of the characters, the girl in particular was just a wet lettuce. Nardole's appearance was very pointless and it was clear that he had been a last minute addition, as Steven Moffat basically has said. There was no tension because the villains weren't really focused on, they were only there for like 5 minutes at the start and then the final 10 minutes or so. They did hint at whoever they were returning though so maybe they'll be more focus on them in Series 10. (In fact I've just seen there that they made a brief appearance in last year's Christmas special so maybe its part of a wider arc? (I did think that the head opening was familiar)

 

 

I am looking forward to the next series though! It does look like they're taking it back to basics more with Bill just being an ordinary person looking for a better life and has no idea about the wider universe and actually has a personality from the start. That's what the show needs again I think.

I thought it was great to be honest, but then I didn't finish S9 so I've been out of the WHO loop for a bit. It was a nice, tight, coherent story which was a good one hour watch. I love arcs and self referencing and that as much as anyone else, but the last few years of the show have become a little too self satisfied and po faced with it all so it was great to see an episode which just focused on the Doctor saving the world against some bad guys. I thought Justin and Charity were excellent and, despite it being a well worn trope, brought so much fun and chemistry to the roles that it ended up being jolly good fun.

 

Matt Lucas wasn't the worst thing ever, which was quite a surprise and BIG LAUGHS at him being all smug at working out Superman is Clark Kent and then Grant just being like ''everyone know's that''. Brilliant.

Matt Lucas was excellent, I quite enjoyed him last year but he bounced off Capaldi really well this year, quite excited to see more of him in the next series! The two sides to the episode didn't really mix well for me but I enjoyed it regardless as a bit of Christmas fun. 100% agree that it was great to have an episode that stands on its own rather than being overly complicated!

Martha was a boring potato and the WORST EVER.

I enjoyed that speial quite a bit! looking forward to the new series :D

Martha was a boring potato and the WORST EVER.

What has Martha got to do with anything? :lol:

I watched this once with the family (who hated it) and once by myself, and I wasn't hugely impressed either time. I'm never hugely enamoured by Christmas specials but Peter Capaldi's have been quite enjoyable so far, so I hoped this would be the same, but it's not an episode I'll be revisiting.

 

I liked that the inclusion of the superhero was all quite tongue-in-cheek rather than literally having a superhero because they've been so popular over the past few years. That was an unexpected surprise as I thought they'd be aiming for the latter, which would have been rather desperate. But I thought they did it well.

 

Overall I wasn't particularly interested in either Grant or Lucy, and the villains weren't threatening at all. I found them nonthreatening in last year's Christmas special too.

 

The new trailer looks interesting and as much as I adore Doctor Who's complexities, rich history and self-references, I think the show needs to go back to the simpler story-telling which made it a hit in 2005 (Series 1/2.)

 

Just saw the Christmas special today and I loved it!

Not the best Christmas special tbh, although I've only seen it once. Maybe after seeing it again I'll grow onto it but it tended to drag on :(

I found it quite boring in parts. I don't care about those two forgettable American characters (can't even remember their names), yet the show centered around them. I enjoyed Matt Lucas much more this time round! Personally, I enjoyed The Husbands of River Song a lot more than this one, which is probably against the status quo of most online opinion.

It's just been confirmed Series 10 and this year's Christmas Special will be Capaldi's last :( :o I did think from previous comments he was in it for the long haul, so quite surprised by this.

I can't say I'll be sad to see Capaldi go. He and Moffat need to go.

I feel like Moffat's overall direction was the problem, but I really enjoyed Capaldi as the Doctor. Especially after two young ones, it made a nice change. It will be interesting to see how much Series 11 changes, they've got a very clear break now with a new Doctor and new show runner. I wonder whether Bill will last that long? They might opt for a complete refresh like Series 5.

Shame to see Capaldi going, I've really enjoyed his incarnation of the Doctor, although I'm not surprised he's leaving with Moffat. It will be good to get a total breath of fresh air for series 11 I must say!