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physician Who : Last Christmas is one of Steven Moffat ’s best Christmas particular episodes , but did he on the Q.T. write Santa as a hidden Doctor ?
Doctor WhoChristmas specials have been an annual linchpin for nearly a whole generation now , block up the four geezerhood when they were substitute by a New Year ’s Special that did n’t have quite the same common sense that they were a extra event , andSteven Moffathas save more Christmas special since he was the longest - serve showrunner of the series . That means his specials varied in timbre , but one of his best was 2014 ’s " Last Christmas . " Ten years subsequently , a thinking suddenly occur – Was Santa Claus ( Nick Frost ) a Time Lord ? In fact , was he another out of sight MD ? Hear me out .
Santa Acted A Lot Like The Doctor
virtually all " Last Christmas " occurred in a dreaming shared by Clara ( Jenna Coleman ) , the Doctor , and several people who all found themselves in peril in a scenario that combinedJohn Carpenter ’s The Thingand the firstAlien . Santa shows up in the aspiration to help The Doctor count on out how to save everyone so that nobody dies . We ’re led to assume that Santa is just a figment of this pipe dream , but in hindsight , there ’s something off about him . Instead of a warm , mirthful fellow , he ’s sardonic and more or less ill-humoured , reasonably like … The Doctor . The elves are his snarky companion . The Doctor react to him as he would whenever he encounters another personification of himself : with outright hostility and reluctantly knead with him .
Santa is wise , wisecracking , and have intercourse what is start on more than our hero . He was frequently two stride in the lead of the Doctor and showed up in the nick of prison term to help carry through the day more than once , just like you - screw - who wish to do . He was also slightly chesty , declare early that " You ’ll be beaming of my assist before the day is done , Doctor . " You could say the Doctor is already Santa Claus . He ’s every fry ’s sorcerous notional friend , and here he ’s Clara ’s . He also becomes The Doctor ’s imaginary friend when he does n’t jazz he needs his assistance . He ’s a build of fatherly comfort and solace , especially to a alone and sorrow Clara .
A Dream Within a Dream Within a Dream, but Who is Santa Exactly?
So is Santa merely a dreaming , everyone ’s expulsion of the Santa they need to help the Doctor spare them from the alien menace that ’s killing them through that dream ? Or is Santa real ? Is Santa really the Doctor ’s own projection of one part of his personality or is there an avatar of The Doctor out there who ’s decide to just be Santa perpetually ? How else would he be able to deliver presents to every kid in the world on Christmas Eve except through timey - wimey time travel ? His release is almost certainly a TARDIS , vainglorious on the inside . Moffat keeps it ambiguous at the end , but Santa has yield the Doctor and Clara what they wanted most for Christmas : an final stage to their forlornness and a rekindling of their friendship .
Was Moffat Up to His Usual Tricks Again?
We would n’t put it past Moffat to have write Santa as another out of sight Doctor . It ’s just the kind of thing he does as much to disport himself , his geeky fanboy ego , and chortle at having a secret nobody figured out or spotted . After all , he only admitted recently that he write a hidden future medico in " muteness in the Library . " Doctor Moon ( Colin Salmon ) seemed to be an AI character reference in the digital hereafter that Donna ( Catherine Tate ) and later River Song ( Alex Kingston ) met with on a regular basis . As far as Moffat is concerned , Doctor Moon is a future incarnation of The Doctor who uploaded his consciousness , or a written matter of it , to the digital afterlife to be with his married woman , River . None of us knew it or even suspected it until Moffat came out and admitted it .
This is all purely venture on our part , but it ’s the vacation . What else is there to do but idly imagine , dream , and fantasize about cockamamie things , especiallyDoctor Who ?
Doctor Who : Last Christmasis streaming onMAXin the US .
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