#Doctor who last christmas ending series

Bad Santa: Steven Moffat made a point of assuring people that this would be averted and indeed, this Santa is heroic.

He can save people with Slinkies and robot toys!

Badass Santa: Santa Claus is the visualization of your mind's fight against the Dream Crab's illusion.

As You Know: Shona wasn't paying attention to the briefing (see above), so everything has to be explained to her again (and thus the audience).

Ask a Stupid Question.: The question is usually along the lines of 'how can Santa be real?' The answer is 'of course, he's not! This is a dream, stupid'.

Armour-Piercing Slap: Clara to the Doctor when he deliberately brings up some painful memories to distract her from the dreamcrabs.

#Doctor who last christmas ending series

Clara's Series 7 'Impossible Girl' arc is referenced when Old Clara implies that she would have married the Doctor, but 'he was impossible.'.They just claim it's a long story, because it's really a dream so they don't actually know the answer. This becomes a little more meaningful when the Doctor shows that no one seems to be able to explain the story of why they're there. Part way through the episode, the Doctor asks three different times why the scientists are up there, and each of them say It's a Long Story.The Doctor points out that it's going to be incredibly hard to differentiate between what's a dream and what's reality because he travels in a spaceship disguised as a telephone kiosk, so reality is also ridiculous. And the Adventure Continues: The end of the episode sees Clara back with the Doctor in the TARDIS, ready for more adventures.However, unlike standard instances of the trope, this episode serves to undo the parting of the Doctor and Clara, and it's also quite dangerous as one individual is Killed Off for Real and the Doctor determines the same could apply to both him and Clara, too. All Just a Dream: Everything in this episode (except for the final scene) is a dream created by the Dream Crabs.This happens for much of the episode, with Clara's encounter with Danny being an especially vivid example. Adventures in Comaland: When people are taken over by Dream Crabs, this has to happen for them to wake.In the Doctor Who: Extra for this special, Steven Moffat even said he has ' the perfect name' for the role of Santa. He's played several different Sontarans, aliens who are generally quite short in stature. At the end, Shona wakes up in a living room that looks awfully like Pussy Haven.Danny claims that he died to save Clara, not the world, but this is ultimately revealed as just a part of the dream. Act of True Love: Discussed but ultimately averted.If that chalkboardВ’s not lying, it has three awful words for her. It all looks so life-like! It all looks uncanny! Especially when Clara wakes up, and thereВ’s Danny!Д«ut timeВ’s running out. So is this all a Crab dream? What's real and what's not? What never existed, and what's been forgot? note And maybe that snow isn't even real snow! Just like all those other times that'd sure blow. So they'll spin you some dreams within some other dreams, THEN they'll suck out your brain. They put you to sleep, make you dream, then proceed. See, the Crabs use a certain grim method to feed. But that's not the end of the problem, now is it?

Everyone's still alive, thanks to his well-timed visit. The Dream Crabs recede, and the sleepers take pause they're back in their beds again, ordered by Claus. And the Dream Crabs descend! And they can't drive them back-Д«ut, quick as the jingle of bells on a sleigh, Father Christmas is there, and he's saving the day! But why the hell's Santa Claus coming at all? 'Christmas Day! In the North Pole! Who you gonna call?' 'Say, who are those folks lying there in that bed? With those facehugging Dream Crabs clamped around their head?' And they've thought of them now, so the sleepers attack. You see, the Doctor and Clara just burst through the door.

And hey, looks like you'd better add on two more. note Albert's played by Michael Troughton: Patrick Troughton's son, wouldn't you know! Yep, yet another Troughton appears on the show. There's three other people inside that base, actually thereВ’s Professor Albert, and Bellows, and one named Ashley. The song 'Merry Christmas Everybody' is played! She'd better keep moving, or else she'll get slayed. Shona starts walking, trying not to get caught her boss plays some music to help drown out her thoughts. Now we're out on a base in the freezing North Pole, with a girl whoВ’s about to try taking a stroll through the baseВ’s infirm'ry, with 'sleepers' inside: think of them and they'll leave you with no place to hide.