Every "Doctor Who" Christmas Special Ranked by IMDb Rating
See how the Doctor's holiday adventures stack up, based on IMDb fans' ratings.
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- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantJohn SimmBernard CribbinsWith almost everyone on Earth now recast in his image, The Master controls the Earth. He's shocked however when he realises one person hasn't changed; Donna Noble. The Doctor soon understands what the pounding in the Master's head is; it's the Time Lords, who are trying to return and re-establish Gallifrey. If they succeed, it'll mean the Last Great Time War will re-start, and all the horrors which came with it. In order to stop Rasillon's mad plan, the Doctor must make a choice. Finally, the Ood's prophecy for the Doctor becomes true, and he takes the TARDIS on a trip, to see friends for one last time, before he's to regenerate.
- DirectorToby HaynesStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillFestive edition of the time-travelling drama. The Doctor has one hour to save a crashing spaceship and a miser's soul - but what lurks in the fog?
- DirectorDouglas MackinnonStarsPeter CapaldiAlex KingstonMatt LucasWhen a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a chase across the galaxy.
- DirectorJamie PayneStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanOrla BradyThe Doctor's worst enemies, The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Angels and The Silence, return, as the doctor's eleventh life comes to a close, and his twelfth life begins.
- DirectorSaul MetzsteinStarsMatt SmithJenna ColemanTom WardLondon, 1892. Snow is evolving, turning into icy monstrosities, but this is no concern for the Doctor who has given up trying to save the universe, leaving it to a clever young governess named Clara to save the day.
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantJohn SimmBernard CribbinsThe Ood have given a warning to The Doctor. The Master is returning yet that is not the biggest threat. A darkness is coming which brings with it The End of Time.
- DirectorPaul WilmshurstStarsPeter CapaldiJenna ColemanNick FrostThe Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
- DirectorRachel TalalayStarsPeter CapaldiDavid BradleyPearl MackieThe Twelfth Doctor, still refusing to change, goes on a last adventure with the First Doctor.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsDavid TennantBillie PiperCamille CoduriIt's Christmas Eve, but this is to be a far from silent night - the cruel Sycorax have come to Earth to enslave mankind and, as ever, only The Doctor can stop them. Unfortunately, he's lying in a coma in Jackie's home...
- DirectorJames StrongStarsDavid TennantKylie MinogueGeoffrey PalmerWhen disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
- DirectorEuros LynStarsDavid TennantCatherine TateSarah ParishThe Doctor is baffled when a young woman is transported to the TARDIS on her wedding day, and attempts to find out how she is connected to an alien plot to destroy Earth.
- DirectorAndy GoddardStarsDavid TennantDavid MorrisseyDervla KirwanThe Doctor arrives in London on Christmas Eve in 1851 where he encounters the Cybermen and a man who claims he's a Time Lord called the Doctor.
- DirectorEdward BazalgetteStarsPeter CapaldiMatt LucasJustin ChatwinOne fateful night in New York City, the Doctor inadvertently causes a young boy to gain superpowers. Returning years later on the trail of the shady Harmony Shoal Institute, he finds the boy all grown up as masked superhero The Ghost.
- 2005–202259mTV-PG7.1 (6.5K)TV EpisodeDirectorFarren BlackburnStarsMatt SmithKaren GillanArthur DarvillOn Christmas Eve 1941, the Doctor poses as a caretaker to give recently widowed Madge Arwell and her two children an unforgettable Christmas but things quickly get out of hand when her son Cyril enters a snowy forest world full of dangers.
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsNcuti GatwaMillie GibsonDavina McCallLong ago on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, stolen babies, goblins and perhaps the secret of her birth.
- DirectorJamie Magnus StoneStarsJodie WhittakerBradley WalshMandip GillWhen intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the only person who can help... The Doctor.
- DirectorAnnetta LauferStarsJodie WhittakerMandip GillJohn BishopSarah owns and runs ELF storage, and Nick is a customer who visits his unit every year on New Year's Eve. This year, however, their night turns out to be a little different than planned.
- DirectorLee Haven JonesStarsJodie WhittakerBradley WalshTosin ColeRobertson returns, and inadvertently gives the mutant Dalek a chance to clone itself. The Doctor escapes from her alien prison with the help of an old friend, and returns to help.
- DirectorWayne YipStarsJodie WhittakerBradley WalshTosin ColeAs the New Year begins, a terrifying evil is stirring from across the centuries of Earth's history. As the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz return home, will they be able to overcome the threat to planet Earth?