Doctor Who: Christmas Episodes Poll

[butterfly]

So, sunnytyler001 did a poll on which Christmas special was your favorite and I decided that I wanted to know even more. Also, I can't get to sleep.

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Apart from polls, I'd curious about how you'd place the episodes in relation to each other. Personally, "The Christmas Invasion" remains my favorite of the Christmas episodes, with "The Next Doctor" slipping into second place. "Voyage of the Damned" is third (I really like Astrid) followed by "The Unquiet Dead" and topped off with "The Runaway Bride" (which I still like a lot -- I've enjoyed all of the Christmas episodes).

* there may be spoilers in comments *

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I don't really get it either! It was a lot of fun to watch for me.

But then again, I like Love and Monsters too and Russell T Davies in general-- I can't be a "real" fan because I like the show too much! :P

Sometimes it does seem like some people feel like 'real' fans have to be dissatisfied with the show!

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

This.

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Oh, I had my problems with LoM, mostly the ending, but otherwise found it an interesting show in the same way that Lower Decks did for Next Gen--we get to see the main cast from the POV of other characters in the story, when we are usually seeing the show from the POV of the main characters. A fascinating premise that gives the viewers new insights into the characters that they thought they knew so well.

And RTD gave us a lot with New Who. I suspect that many Moffat fans might be doing a re-think a couple years down the road, because DW will change a lot under his showrunning. (It's done this with every change of producer in the past.) I like Moffat and I hope that he will be good for the show, and I've liked the episodes that he has written, for the most part. At the same time, I had major problems with all of them. I really think that Paul Cornell has been overlooked when it comes to awards time for his scripts for the show. A DW Moffat-penned episode has won the Hugo Award in its category for the last three years, for example. But I would love to see Cornell write more for DW. :)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Paul Cornell is, hands-down, my favorite writer for Who! Of course, he's only written two stories, but both were so beautiful, used the companions so well and so knowledgeably and were just so overall excellent that I can't help but adore his work.