![]() ![]() Shona distracts herself with Christmas music. ![]() Their human hosts are pressed into service, shambling towards the heroes. Thinking about the facehuggers stirs them into action. Basically some hapless humans have telepathic facehuggers attached to their skulls. Since they don”t know the rules, they immediately start looking at and thinking about the sleepers. Instead the Doctor and Clara appear at the door. My biggest fear that she”ll accidentally flail into one of the creatures isn”t realized. To distract herself from not thinking about purple giraffes, or creepy sleepers, Shona is rocking out to Christmas music with her eyes closed. Either Moffat has actually turned a new leaf, or someone in a position of power at the BBC forced the issue of fixing Doctor Who”s misogyny problem. Ashley and Bellows are even displeased with his casual sexism. Professor Albert is the lone dude scientist. Oh great, it”s a purple giraffe situation.Īlso, for the billionth time this season the gender tables are turned. Shona is about to go confront the four sleepers to try and get to…something? Someone? Either way, Shona will be fine as long as she doesn't look at the sleepers or think about them. Elsewhere in the facility, her associates provide moral support from the control room. A blonde lady – Shona – stands outside the infirmary with trepidation. And something decidedly un-Christmas like is going down. In the midst of a blizzard sits a research facility. I will assume this is the North Pole until told otherwise. ![]() You know, normal stuff.įor reasons unknown, we skip to a barren icy plane. The entirety of humanity may hinge on whether or not Clara Oswald believes in Santa Claus. She”s been mourning the loss of the love of her life and her best friend, but now there”s an adventure to distract her again. After an indeterminate amount of time alone, without Twelve or Danny, she is back on the TARDIS. Something major is up but Clara Oswald doesn”t care. Twelve sizes up Santa, tells him “Happy Easter,” and climbs back into his police box. Clara obeys, a sure sign that she is in shock. Just another Tuesday night at the Oswald home. Out bursts Twelve in a hoodie, which is odd and quite frankly dashing, and demands Clara stop talking to Santa Claus and get in the TARDIS. ![]() Clara states she just “outgrew fairy tales” and on cue, the TARDIS sound kicks on. In disappointed dad fashion, Santa pulls out a checklist and notes Clara stopped believing when she was nine. Also, so adorable that Santa grew out the beard as a disguise and it backfired, making him more recognizable than ever. Time to grow up and live in the real world. The elves scoff at the fairy tale story that one night a year, all the parents in the world got together and decided to give their kids presents because they love them so much. There”s a great bit of subversion for the kids on the cusp on disbelief while they watch this. Sidenote: Are the tangerine gifts a British thing? We don”t have that tradition in the US. Spotted by a human, Santa tries to defuse the situation by saying no, obviously he is not Father Christmas! For a magical elf whose livelihood is based in subterfuge, Santa sure is a terrible liar. Santa has crashed his sleigh and the reindeer are free at last and refuse to come down. Clad only in her nightgown and robe, she goes to investigate. Obviously Christmas Eve.Ĭlara is nestled all snug in her bed, when from outside she hears the sound of Santa and his elves bickering on the roof. Like countless holiday specials before it, and countless ones yet to come, the episode opens with a decorated Christmas tree framed by windows. Break out the tissues because you”re going to need them during “Last Christmas.” The last time we saw Twelve and Clara, they were recreating the darkest timeline version of “The Gift of the Magi.” The Doctor lied to Clara about finding Gallifrey so she”d want to stay with Danny and be happy, while Clara lied about Danny being alive so the Doctor would return home to his people on Gallifrey.Įveryone”s a liar and everything hurts. Welcome back, Whovians! I hope everyone had a nice break, but it”s time to get back to it, at least for one episode. ![]()
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