New Who Review for Last Christmas

[puppetmaker]

They have a point about treating each Christmas as Last Christmas. You honestly don’t know where you are going to be a year later or even if you are going to still be.

This was an interesting one. Combination of two films in a way or the tropes of those films. More on that behind the cut.

Solid acting all the way around. Story kept me engaged. Nick Frost was born to play Santa Clause. They managed to keep the magic of Santa for the believers, which I did have some concerns about.

It entertained me and in the end isn’t that the purpose of Doctor Who?



Alien meets Inception is how I have seen this episode described and it pretty much was that.

This was, according to things I read, to be the last Clara episode and if that had been the last time we saw Clara, I would not be upset. Nor am I upset that Jenna Coleman decided to stay around for the next season. I enjoyed Clara more this season than the previous ones. Capaldi and Coleman mesh well and I look forward to seeing the next season.

It was a clever episode. And again not a bad thing to have a clever episode. I had about half of it sorted out but the ending still surprised me a bit.

Santa and the Doctor having a go at each other was worth watching the whole episode.

I am grateful for shows that still entertain me even after all these years.

Comments

Quite agreed!

[elayne riggs (from livejournal.com)]

They usually do pretty well with their Christmas offerings, and this one was no exception. I happen to completely disagree with Moffat's premise about every Christmas being your last - particularly with this holiday, which is all about renewal (the days becoming longer again, the turn of the calendar year). This time of year I like to dwell in the past and the present more than the future. :)