Comments on: 12 Days of Christmas – Day 1

By: Foo

Foo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:22:04 +0000

For me, it would have to be The Next Doctor. It’s odd you ask as I was going to start a discussion on the NZDWFC msg board as to what the best special was, but never got around to it. Man, I’m lazy.

By: Peter A

Peter A — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:48:12 +0000

Feast of Steven begins next year when the new lad takes the reins, Dave!

Cheers everyone for the nice comments about the banner. There are more to come as suggested above – they’ll be Christmassy and not at all mutant. That style’s obviously being saved for Last Return (one Doctor left on that to cover too, you see).

By: the_other_dave

the_other_dave — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:07:30 +0000

Yes, kudos for the photoshoppery, (although I do wonder where all the festive hyenas have gone :p) although back to the topic at hand, and not wishing to state the obvious – but Feast of Steven anyone?

By: Al

Al — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:21:09 +0000

The Christmas Invasion was the first and best!
Possibly, as Dave says, the novelty factor has a lot to do with this – and we get misty-eyed about it in the same way we do Christmases past (well, some of us, anyway).
Runaway Bride almost makes second place due entirely to the TARDIS/Taxi chase, but I’m giving The Next Doctor the silver due to the compelling premise and honking great robot at the end.
And as for Voyage of the Damned, well, I only wish I had been inebriated…

Great banner image, by the way!

By: Thad Ritchards

Thad Ritchards — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:40 +0000

Let’s see… Attack of the Graske is the shortest…

By: Alden

Alden — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:50:54 +0000

I like the Runaway Bride! Christmas Invasion suffers from the Doctor… not being in it all that much. Voyage of the Danged is all right, but I liked it better when it was called the Poseidon Adventure. The Next Doctor I enjoyed, but that was mostly because I was inebriated – rewatched, it tends to fall apart…

By: the_other_dave

the_other_dave — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:58:59 +0000

I’d have to plum for the Christmas Invasion as well. It was all new and special, and not the obligatory festive run about these things always threaten to become. I may have had my reservations about the new Doctor after watching, but as introductory stories go, this isn’t a bad first outing.

Second would probably have to go to the ring in Unquiet Dead, I suspect if it was made now it would still no be the priemier Xmas episode as it lacks the manditory “event factor” to it, which in my book actually works in it’s favour.

By: Peter A

Peter A — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:51:50 +0000

I’ll kick this one off then. The Christmas Invasion, followed by Runaway Bride.