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Doctor Who : Joy to the World saw Steven Moffat blend clever , timey - wimey laughs with heartfelt split for a in truth perfect Christmas special .
" Joy to the World " might be the most thirstily anticipatedDoctor WhoChristmas Special in years , partially because it ’s only the 2nd one post-60th day of remembrance but mostly because it ’s written by former showrunner and the serial ' cleverest writerSteven Moffat . And he makes certain it ’s as Christmassy andDoctor Whoas potential … " The Most ' Doctor Who ' Christmas Special Ever " ! There are no spoilers here because the joy ( wordplay intended ) is in watching it for the first time . If you saw the prevue and clip , they only teased what ’s to come . We can talk about the spoiler after you ’ve all find out it – and we will have an strain , spoiler - fill review for you after it hits BBC One , BBC iPlayer , and Disney+ .
Moffat’s Timey-Wimey Laughter and Tears
Christmas special often feature the Doctor on their own and help someone who becomes their temporary associate . This class , it ’s a lonesome soul named Joy Macondo , play byBridgertonandDerry GirlsstarNicola Coughlan , who checks into a alone little London hotel on Christmas Eve . The Doctor is n’t the Doctor without someone to show off to and be the Doctor with , so of course of study , she winds up in problem almost right away . Nothing draws The Doctor like a fellow lonely soul , especially when there are cosmic stake . It ’s not a Moffat script without lashings of timey - wimey shenanigans and peculiar backchat , and loads of in - jokes and callbacks , some to his retiring stories to make longtime fan go gooey .
The latest sonic screwdriver gets a lot of work here , constitute it bet coolheaded which should leave in upping the plaything to many youngster and fans . It ’s not Christmas without rampant product and plaything sales , after all , even if many multitude wo n’t get it until after Christmas . But this being a Moffat script , the canny plotting starts with laughs and ends with rent . Coughlan fits flop in as a screwball comedy heroine with a melancholic heart , and Moffat is deft as ever with turning , making side characters memorable and lovable with just a few lines of dialogue . There ’s also his light touch of social comment about malefic bay window and the hurt of the COVID lockdown .
Doctor Who: The Doctor of Loss
Most of all , Moffat pins down the sum of what makesNcuti Gatwa ’s Doctor dissimilar from all his predecessors . The Fifteenth Doctor may be the most aroused , with his heart on his sleeve , weep for the people he suffer . This is the Doctor who keep back losing citizenry , even though that was always part of the character . He is the solitary god who brings solace to lonely solace , the mobile angel who makes people he cope with better even if he lose them . The Fifteenth Doctor is arguably the saddest Doctor of them all . If this is Moffat ’s final handwriting forDoctor Who(unlikely as he may or may not have written one for time of year two ) , it ’s as perfect as a Christmas Special as we may ever get and a fine note for Moffat to cease his run on .
Doctor Who Christmas Special " Joy to the World"will stream on Christmas Day on BBC , BBC iPlayer , andDisney+ .
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