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After seven days , the Dr. Who Christmas Special " Joy to the World " work in 5.9 million viewers , sixth place for the holiday season .

A Modern class think we go focusing on anything and everything having to do with the second season of ShowrunnerRussell T. Davies’sNcuti Gatwa(Fifteenth Doctor),Millie Gibson(Ruby Sunday ) , andVarada Sethu(Belinda Chandra)-starringDoctor Who . But that does n’t mean we do n’t have fourth dimension for some concluding " housecleaning " when it come to theNicola Coughlan - starring , Steven Moffat - penned Christmas Special,“Joy to the World . “So how did the holiday special do viewing audience - wise ? Earlier today , Radio Timesran the figure , with " Joy to the World " the sixth most - watched program during the seven - day stint . In term of where it grade , the Christmas Special ’s 5.9 million viewer place the show behindGavin & Stacey : The Finale , Wallace & Gromit : Vengeance Most Fowl , Call the Midwife(two episodes ) , and theOutnumberedChristmas special . In comparing , last yr ’s MD Who Christmas Special , " The Church on Ruby Road , " was watched by 7.4 million viewers over a seven - day period – though , to be honest , that was also Gatwa ’s first full run as The Doctor , so a big curiosity factor was baked into those act . Of course , there ’s also the Disney+ factor to deal when looking at consider Book of Numbers ( though banner can be a bite askew when it comes to reporting numbers ) .

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Doctor Who Season 2: Eccleston Era Weapon Returns & More

Even with the limelight shinny brightly on   " Joy to the World"leading into Christmas Day , that did n’t intend there was n’t time to look ahead at what the 2d season had to proffer viewers . InDoctor Who Magazine#611 , RTD did just that with aDoctor Who - theme edition of " The 12 Days of Christmas " that had some cardinal clues to what viewers can look from the second season :

" Twelve eps - a - counting!“RTD rally that an acronym for the deed of conveyance of Season 2 Episode 1 is " TRR . "

" Ten setting - a - heading!“RTD notes that the header for Episode 8 Scene 10 read : " INT . CUTAWAY , METAL DOOR 2 " ( RTD : " Oh but wait till you incur out what ’s behind that alloy room access ! Not to mention Doors 1 and 3 . Scream ! )

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" Nine eras - a - remembering!“RTD teases that a weapon from the metre ofChristopher Eccleston ’s Ninth Doctor " is about to make a terrific return . I know nothing about it until the writer handed in their magnificent script , and … prisoner of war ! What a rejoinder ! "

" Eight shows - a - glimpsing!“Though not confirmed until it actually air , RTD note that we could be getting a time of year 2 teaser preview over Christmas " with some amazing Edgar Guest star in there . " But this was the part that really caught our eye : " We keep unruffled about next year ’s actors while time of year 1 was centre microscope stage , or it would ’ve look puzzling . "

" Seven words - a - listing!“RTD offers seven words from Episode 7 : " It contains violet , hooter , door , poppy , slip , Chinese , and Persephone . "

" Four words - a - puzzling!“RTD offer a four - formulate ribbing that will mean something at some point : " Tables do n’t do that . "

" Three words - a - assignment ! " : RTD refers to one of the character in Season 2 " is a complex beast " who is " peradventure the product team ’s front-runner . And very quotable ! " The character reference was known by the shorthand RAD and noted in scene as " RAD enters the elbow room , " " RAD gather the Doctor , " and " RAD is sad . "

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