![]() Not only are they effectively made menacing on their own, but are also used intelligently by the episode’s writer to delve into deeper emotional beats.Īs the episode delves into the subconscious and all the potential emotional scars associated with loss and the Christmas season, the episode’s title takes on a deeper and welcome meaning. The Dream Crabs are a magnificent one-off creation, brought to life with some great practical effects and some excellent camera work. The episode also manages pull off combining Alien with The Thing, Inception and The Miracle on 34th Street, with a bit of The Matrix thrown in for good measure. As barmy as such a strange mix sounds, the episode’s structure and plot allows this to happen organically and the characters actually have a reason to acknowledge the similarities (more on that below). The episode is well-paced, well-written, and with the right balance of darkness, humour and character development you could wish for. The new characters introduced here are all likable and competent enough, having viewers spend enough time getting to know them to care about their fates and empathise, without ever distracting from the Doctor and Clara’s own compelling struggles. Last Christmas is simply a great (sleigh) ride from start to finish. The Doctor gets an unexpected second chance and he and Clara leave in the TARDIS. Santa reappears and urges the Doctor to save her, and he manages to do so, finding her to still be a young woman and both in the real world at last. As they wake up, the Doctor returns to Clara, only to find her an elderly woman. Surrounded by manifestations of the parts of their minds already lost to the crabs, the Doctor reminds them that Santa helped them once before, and he soon comes in to save them with his sleigh. Back at the base, the Doctor deduces that they are still in another layer of the dream world, and that Santa Claus is only a manifestation of their subconscious fighting back against the crabs. Despite Santa helping them escape the dream crabs, it’s revealed that the scenario is still a dream once Clara realises that they met Santa Claus before arriving at the base. In the dream world, Clara is reunited with an old friend, but is soon saved by the Doctor. ![]() They are soon saved by Santa, and in the ensuing deliberation the Doctor and Clara reveal their lies to each other at the end of Death in Heaven, soon before the latter is successfully attacked by a crab. The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) isn’t far behind, whisking Clara off to the North Pole, where they find four scientists – Shona (Faye Marsay), Ashley (Natalie Gumede), Bellows (Maureen Beattie) and Professor Albert (Michael Troughton, son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton) – at an Artctic base under attack from the Kantrofarri, or dream crabs. (Spoilers ahoy!) (Copyright BBC)Ĭlara (Jenna Coleman), still reeling from the events of the last episode, is woken up on Christmas Eve by the arrival of Santa Claus (Nick Frost) and his two elves Ian (Dan Starkey) and Wolf (Nathan McMullen). So, just in time to get ready for the new series, here’s my review of what the Doctor and Clara did last Christmas. Going back to my last Doctor Who review having left the two going their separate ways, I realised I never tackled the rather important Christmas special that followed the series finale. Original Youth film costumes on display.With Doctor Who Series 9 just right the corner and shaping up to be quite a whooper judging by latest epic trailer, in which the Doctor proudly pronounces that we’re back to the “same old, same old, just the Doctor and Clara Oswald in the TARDIS”.Jennifer Lawrence Joy movie costumes on display.Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence Joy film cost.Doctor Who Last Christmas costumes and props on di.Star Wars: The Force Awakens Captain Phasma and Fi.Anomalisa stop-motion puppets and sets on display.
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