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2015 SERIES

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he Master and Davros are arguably Dactor Whos greatest ever vllsns, 30 tosee them on Gi The Magetan Apprentie/The Wich’ Ramsar 2015 ~see page 72 is areal ng-term viewers ofthe ser.

Maysktee Terror ofthe Autons 1971 ~ ste Volume 16} vith Davros’ début in Genes ofthe Dalks [975 ~ ses Volume 23}; doo

Dector Win is sil nding inventive ways to tse these sedutivel brilliant baddies.

Other writers may have gene for anal: cut, Manel Comic’ tye tesm-up besween the Doctors arches of foes, but in The ‘Magician’: Agprenia/‘The Wich’ Fania lead wues Steven Moffac keeps Missy atid Davros’ time rogetheras lite more than aguick wave during the seary's cima,

“The effectveness oftheir br encomnter

writing and the {both Michdlle Gomez as ‘Missy and Julian Bleach as Davros,

‘Aer her full début in Dark Water/Death i Heaven (2014 ~ se Volume 79], Gomez truly makes Missy her own on this eturn Paiaereracce erie eae Sinister afd charming in equal measure, ‘and always keeps you guessing. SheSraken an icon of Doctor Who and redefined i for amodern audience Ie no wonder that ‘when she returned for the 2017 series, her involvement would be asa semi-regule fase member, recaling orignal Master actor Roger Delgado’ status inthe 1971 series

Jolian Beach, making his second appearance Davros since The Stan Earth Journey's End[2008 ~ se Volume 0), delivers another breathtaking

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ragedy and Jhumanity within the character to the fore, (OF course, he' sill a bad tan of the highest ‘order, but combining the so always

Makes for ehe wesc potent villains, Bleach,

‘manages to pay tribute tothe perfermance of everyactor to play Davros over the years Michael Wisher, David Gooderson And Terzy Molloy - while adding his own dlistincewe interpretation,

rom two icons of Doctor Who, his volume of Doctor Who ~ The Comet History begins with an icon ofthe world = Santa Claus. Wit the Doctor logging ences eecered 2005, iewas only matter of time before he erossed paths with Sana

‘The universe doesnt seem big enough 0 accommodate 199 magical mac men, one ‘with an impossible bos, the othersding an ‘impossible sleigh, but Last Chrismas [2014 “see page 6] sa fouchingtale of love, Toss and reeoneilation. The fact it has terrifying stream crabs that will tery Kiquify your brain ial part ofthe Dacor Who fin

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‘The Doctor and Clara arrive at a North Pole base that

has been infiltrated by dream crabs. As dreams and reality tix, the Doctor mustrescue Clara from her perfect

last christmas and send the research team home, There's only one person who can help - Santa Claus!

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Introduction

he 2014 series had finised rather unsatisfactory ‘ended withthe Doctor and Clara ying to each other The Dactor chimed he was returning home to Galley - even though he hada’ realy found

ler the Doctor believe that hee ind Danny had returned from the “slthough be hadn' - and that tying on Earth with him The 2014 Christmas Special, Last Chrismas, ‘emodied this rather sourending, by allowing Clara to say a proper goodbye cas reconciled withthe Doctorand at the end they beaded of in (Ofien the Ditor Who Christmas Avore:

seach of exciting new adventures Speci area bit ighterin tone, a bie mee: Ofcourse, hese ceflingeoncerns were | mone fun, Whar fun about including Beaman eclipsed by the most dszsingly improbable | Santain the maxis tae comedy eves ranan sek (Christa storyline yet. Forte tech and fying sleighearenethar much more (B2U=A conercirve Christmas Spin, writer imnprobable than arime-craelling scien

Seeven Moffat decided to include Sanea | dreserd aca magician, To underline this, (Claus in an episode of Dacor Who. the episode draws all sors of parallels Four years eatler, the Doctor had between the Doctor anc Sana: there's claimedthe knew Santa in Christmas ‘morethan oneof him, his journey around (Garal(2010- see Volume 66) Hedalso | the world on Christmas Eve involves some suggested he was Father Christmas himself | ime-bending and a sack of presents thats in The Empty Chill/The Dostor Danas (2005. | bigger on the ins see Volume $0), when he implied hedd outs, tokeep us on the tight side of sneaked back to deliver a sed bicyck to | parody, it becomes clear quite ealy on thet a 12-yeat-old Rose Tyler: Santa, and mash else besides, i just part aator Who has often indded ‘ofa lethal dream induced by some alien incongesous elements ~and it's no parasites, The ending does eat some small jst the inclusion of unlikely fictional Sout on wheter the Doctor has escaped ‘haracters In the 2015 series that the nested series of dreams triggered & followed on from Last Christmas, the the dream crabs. Or does Santa realy exise Doctorand Clare met ghosts ~ which inthe Doctor Who universe? Ie's a ting presented dificuies for the generally fending for an aidience on Christmas Day teuonaloulookofmescDoar Win | the sigesion Sata ia wel at east Jn Under the Lake) Before the Flood (2015), areal asthe Doctor.

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ara is woken by acres Cs: She walks out onto h Smext covers 008 t0 find Santa

berating two elves an ane the Wo [2] The TARDIS materiaises nearby and the Dectar emerges

step inside and asks her, “Do you realy believe in Santa Claus?

In a bise near the North Pole, three crew members ~ Albett, Ashley anc Bellows - sit in a comtrl room, guiding the fourth erewmember, Shona, by radio

Ine enters the infirmary There see our “slepers” in there, which she must snot wake up. They can read her mind, so Shona distracts herself by singing slong, to Merry Xmas Everybody [2]

The Dactor and Clara walls in, The sleepers st up in their beds; their Faces fre covered by crab-like creatures

The rest ofthe crew bursts in just more ofthe creatates descond from

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the ceiling, Then there's sn explo blowing away the exterior door to reveal Santa sitting on Rdolph the reindeer, [3) He enters with Ian and th Wolf and explains they are dealing with an invasion of Kantrofarri ot “dream crabs

They goto the contr room to review recording ofthe crabs’ discovery The Doctor says the crabs are digesting the Drains ofthe sleepers in the infirmary, inducing a dream state to keep thet victims pappy. [4] Clara goes to the laboratory to ‘dream crab ~ and it actacke her! She wales pin her bedroom. Damny Pink walks in, [5] He imites her slownstsrs; on the way down she sees a blackboard with ‘CLARA! written om i.

Back in the laboratory, the Doctor speaks to Clara, he has» dream crab fon her fice.

‘Clara hears a lack ac dhe door. she answersit; t's the Doctot He tllsher that sheis dreaming, andin orderto

reaca her, he has allowed a dream erab to grab him sa he could join her in the dream. [8] Danay ells Clara co wake up, ‘Every Christinas is last Christmas, and this sours The Dacror and Clara wake np back in thelaboratory, bur the Doct they ae dealing with dream sate inside each oher. [2] They have all been ina collective dream since they were ‘caught bythe crabs in the infirm ‘nd the Doctor, Clara and the rew wale up backin the infirmary

b “They rexurn tothe contol room, where the Doctor informs the

sell ina dreara! The crew are probably Seatteted ll over the world, networked

inco the same nightmare (One ofthe sleepers reiches out theough & monitor and ills Albert [8] Everybody else runscouside to see slespers ofthe Doctor and Chara ‘from the TARDIS, [9] The

Doctor say's they must cream chemselves hhome~ by calling on Santa?

They ride Santas sleigh through the aly, Bellows wakes up ina siting oom she i In is the nexe to wake up, fllowed by Shona, [10]

The Doctor wakes upon a volcanic planer, thinking he's broken ove of the dream eyele, He rushes inside che ‘TARDIS, and travels co Clara’ house. She is still asleep with adream cmb on her fice. The Doctor kills it and then removes i - co reveal that Clarais 62 yoats older. [24] “The Doctor wishes that he had comeback eater, then Santa appears ‘Do you, Doctor? How much do you wish that?" He's till dreaming

“The Doctor wake planet anid this tine it for real the erab~ and this tine Clara is her young self [12| They se off in the "TARDIS together, but As the bo lematerialise tangerine on the window ledge

wheelchair. Ashley

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hey mast met! Tats the caver fate txings magus Kid righe era? eid Tend wer Stowen Moti in Dacor Who Maariv. The Be coinination othe Door and Rie Cras was a ptencand bviolscombination fora Cuisinas Day Speciaandaninage th Mo ele toch Doge We comic sip story wich cignaly peated in stes 73 (0795 of

TV Comic(25 December 1965-15 January 1966) in which Santa Claus had been

behind on koy productionand washelped ‘out by the Doctor in his first incarsation,

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Sarea Claus, the legendary figure ‘who brings good children roys at Chrizimas tims, bad bows mentioned in ‘Doctes Who befor. The Doctor had implied ‘thar Santa wasa real person in che 2010 ‘Chrissmas Speval, A Cisimas Carl showing photegraphic evidence of how be ‘met Father Chrstanas - who he knew as “Geol ~ at Frank Sinatia’s bunting lodge in 1952, Following thisbriet reference, Moat now wanted to inhade Santa properly ina ChrisemasSpecal, n away * ‘that the mass aucience wove accept and

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‘The sor of story that would alow the Doctor and Santa ra meet efecrvely x= ‘one which looked at che ides of embedded seams. On Decor Who Esto, Moffat said thara concept which he found creepy was: “The dream that keeps going once you've awoken up Doctor Who had previously tackled dreams that were presented a: realty in Amys Ghoze [2010 -s0e Volume: 64], bur the showrunner now wanted 0 use the theme of nested unrealities ina sliferene vay.

“The dreamscape in which the Doctor's latese adventure would be enacted was {odraw upon elements ofthiee popula ‘movies. “chink Imbeing prety open tha is Santa meets Ales meets The Th ane Anaer World meets Made ot 3th Sie, Iisa weird mash-upl? remarked Mofic in Daator Who Magazin, Two ofthese fils ‘were much-loved entries in the horror?

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science-fiction gente; the 1979 movie ‘len had seen a face-hugging alien atzacke ‘a crewmember ofa spaceship and hutch ineo a terrifying creature which piled rhe ‘crew offin the vessels darkcorridors, while the 1951 film The Thing from Another World (and thelacer 1982 adaptarion The Thing, also based on Joh W Campbell Jr's 1938 novela Who Goes There?) saw an isolated team ofsoldiers and scientats confronting ace ESOS

base. These would allow a traditional, claustrophobic ‘base-under-siege’ story tha ‘would ve a contrast to the usual age scale Christmas Specials By comparison, nace on 3th Stree was a estive fantasy originally released in 1947 concerning a ‘epartnent store Santa Claus sho insist in court tha he was the gensineartile and wasindeed revealed tobe so; ths had Treen remade in 1994 and also appeared

as various television productions, The fact ‘hae thecinematie sources for the dream

‘would be explicitly stated sso allowed fan swith the idea eat the Doctor ~aseience- Ftion character ~ was notaware offamous science-fiction movies such ln Although it had originaly been planned shat the Doctor and Clara Oswald would go theirseparateways atthe end ofthe 2014 series following the death of Danny Pink Dar Witr/Doath in Heaven [2014 see Volume 79} Jenna Coleman had enjoyed working alongside Peter Capaldi fon the series so much that in discursions ‘with the production teamit had been agreed that she would remain on fora Further recording in the early autumn fand bow out inthe Christmas Special. In Cara's timeline, the events ofthis Special swotuld be six months after her goosbye ta the Dactor in Dark Water/Death in ileaven ‘Moffat delivered hie script forthe 2014 series Christmas Episode - referred fo.asX-in segments frm late July DDrafé One was dated Monday 28 July and ‘opened with Clan emerging to investigate the strange noiseon the ‘conveniently spacioe roof The intruder ne Santa

Claus, exactly ashe should be. alin re, vith white trim, Perfect! And two es, ‘Theienames are Tan ane the Wolf-Green uriforms, pointy hats the whole cing” Mott decided that there was an untold backstory about the two elvee’ names, The WalF lovedhis really cool name, ‘while an was rather resenful (of the munanity of his! Santa originally emphasised to the elves the they were supposed to bea steath ‘operation, andwhen Clara anid be Father Christmas, che igure agreed "if you want co be formal" and suggested she called him “Sana [..] Oc Daddy Crimbo. ‘Give, i's never going to fy?” remareed the Woke

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‘The story continued in DraftOne b, dated Tuesday 5 August, By which rime

the earworm sas now Santa Clas is Coming to Tow, a festive song written by Job Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie in 1934 which hella veel eae artists including Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, The Kantiofarr- or dream crabs ~ were escibed: ‘Their heads are bulbous, tlesby masses, roughly spherical, Sprouting from the flesh there are segmented tendril - 18s aha ses aE Pe ‘Fsight. When we se them from behind, the tendrils all bunch together, like this is acreaturewrappedround ahuman bead The face: no eyes, 0 eats, no nose ~ just alipless mouth, right inthe cenre. An inverted smile, ike the mouth of a shark: 2s the infirmary figures advanced, che Doctor tld Clara to ernce them from her setive memory: "Dont you have an erase

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To shock Clara the Doctor said, "Danny Plok was aselerighteous moron and char's

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the infirmary. noted: ‘They're lice giane spiders descending on rapidly spun webs ~bue then wesee they resemblethe heads of

the Sleepers. As ifthat fleshy mass were ‘unwrapped from around their heads, and now flapping fre in search ofa new vitim 0 engulf! When the roys appeared prior ro Santas entrance othe base, chese included

jackin-the-boxesas well. Surveying the Sarcindheie samen eee script indicated that Santa Claus goes

Gary Cooper’ ~areference to the star of ‘many’ Western movies such as High Noon is Sanna remarked chat be dit vane

‘rouble a the Noeth Pole ‘When Clara asked the Doctor wh the hill was going on, he replied thac it dobviousand asked again ifshe believed fn Santa Claus. Aer Ashley asked the

Monday 11 August in Draft One_e, When Santa offered mince pies fom the elves, Claraasked fora hot ore; Clara vas more ‘engaged throughout the whole sequence,

asking the Dactorifnot everything they ‘ould see was real. The eves then returned having admited that they couldnt male mince pis - to say thatthey hadeold Santathe crow wanted tangerine instead 10 make use oftheir surplus. Explaining swhy head angered Clara with his remark about Danny, the Doctor admitted that had checked and discovered that Danny was sill dead

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ad do the whole ofthe 2015 series. An initial Draft One_ vias issued on Friday 415 August In this, Cara commentedto Danny thit she needed to se him walk inhis shoes a he sui there was another Surprise for her apparently out inthe

{ar In thehouse, Cara would find herself inside a corridor ofblackbosrds just Bee those in the TARDIS. Wher Ashley sid that she dant ike:he way txe Doctor vas talking, hereplied, “Neither do I. If do it ‘gain, give me hell -that's aa order!

‘After Santa told the crew to have alitle faith, he added to Ashley: "Ie wouldnt be the first night Ive got you through ~ vould 2 osilsy ince chery eee told Clarathar she had been dreaming aly afew minutes, she asked how long she could stay dreamin: A whele lifetime? When Danny said that he fe real, the

sore Doctor replied, "eure a subroutine feet) | Atrackon an album, A collstion of COI remotes paying hi clara iain, er

ying mind." To ave the drearn, the Doctor told Clara to picture where she really was and then swim to the suface, When the Doctor and C the lab, Ashley got them some water the ‘dream crabs had flipped onto their backs, pparertly dead, "Ever eaten a steak that big back” asked the Doctor. “They have: RStiEaeseieeac'ad Shona helped put the dormant crats into a specimen jar she described them as “et sick with ly When Bellows wondered how to neutralise them, the Doctor suggested, "Stickthem inthe ficezer® The second page ofthe ‘manual that Clara asked the erew to deter the draf ended, By now, a direcor forthe Special hhad been arranged in the orm of Paul Wilmsharst, who had overseen Kil*he Moon (2014 see Volume 78] and Mion ‘on the Orient Express [2014 see Volume 78] uring May/June and was bien finishing,

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editing on Mrmny onthe Orient Express Keen totake on the assigrment, which was ta be recorded during Sepeember and Octobe, che diesor cancelled a family holiday to ensure he was free. this early stage, Wilmshurss hoped that the budget would be sulficien co cave o Iceland co record shots ofthe genuine glaciers that ‘could be used coestablish the polar base The direcor saw the script ae very similar to the 2910 seience-Rtion fis

in which the protagonist found himself in series of different levels of subconscious reality the dream status of which would be indicated by a personal totem; Wilmshusst saw cheangerine ae the very end ofthe ‘ory asthe final proof that Sanca wns rol

‘JeniiaS exit

hile the scripe wa still being completed, on Sunday 17 August ‘he Sunday Mirror ran a story by

‘Simon Boyle under the tile: Doctor Who ena Lense Colona quis ole as Tine Tord’ assistant and wil leave at Chriemas ‘A ‘soutre! indicated

bout Jenna’ exicave started, anda plan isin place whichis being ironed out[..]

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Te was very much a mutual decison ' important to keep the series moving

and Fstpaced, and the time i just. starting to fel right andthe feling is thar it could be a perfect Christmas storyline,” The BBC refised to comment ‘on Coleman's departure Although Moffat travelled to both Mexia City and Ris de Janiera Fer the World Tour on Sunday 17 and Monday 18, Monday 18 August saw the completion (of the sript as an extended Drafi One_d ‘When Santa and the eles confirmed thas the crew wasina dream, an said,"Dont tere makeus tex the tooth fairy.” "Shes hor Avisinot though" noted the WolE “le she a he? Kenvoan asked Ian. “Dees it matter” replied the ‘Wolf When Santa complimented Ashley con her scientist style qusry of whit she ‘was experiencing, the Dactor remare ‘You should never have given her that microscope” *Noy' rephed Santa, ‘clearly Its exc) what t should have given het {As the Doctor marched off to the TARDIS, Clare asked him where he was going, "Mezar= hon in Vienna" he Feplied, "Tim inche middle ofa bliards ‘game. I've regenerated price since we started but Ive gt highhopes Fr his farm lengsh.’ When che sleepers tried to ‘emerge from the screens, Albers grabbed a rifle, bie the Doctor called: "No, you ioe, youd be killing “yours” Fie hutled Albere ‘Outside into the snow as he grabbed a fice extinguisher

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do, the Doctor repied:"Whe belies in| the episode Bs [2007 cmcstonhhon ‘Santa Claus?” They all piled in, and Santa | see Volume 56) ~ but this ee rematled: "You want tore up font teas jetisonedas being Goahabesmedtne don't you?" “And how would you know too self-referential baiegezieinetinningl {tat med he Doctor“ Sa ‘Ashe last one on Santas 238hichagntthe replied the driver Aboardthe sleigh above J sled, Clara remarked: “Iknow inks London, as Shona and Ashley recalled ‘why Idon't want to wake up. mit toech sw thy were Shona wenderedfalbert | You know to, dont you

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‘other women, causing Clara to angrily tll she watches ityo, Freeze hh tha: her boyirend was dead, Clara Frameon this, fadeto ack’ | now remained more detached from the Draft To of sn sequence, andan and Sana was now entitled no longer tried te explain their undercover present smut above Shona ing = My Litle Pony atthe age of 2: now specified that 4 thedialogueabout pee eer hae i Dit Tarts caerenting

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choice of page was now 24 The tocth fairy dislogae andthe Doctor’: speech as Ihe returned tothe TARDIS were omitted. Professor Allert was nowislled by his own, Slogper palling him through the seen, land the group quickly scrambled aboard ‘Santas led to make their escape. Cara’ slalogue with Santa before she awoke vas ‘changes, and as Old Claratalled tothe Doctor she now explained about how she had eravelled, taught in every county in Europe and lears to fy Lateran Monday minor dialogue changes ~ mainly aie Danny’ death in Death in “Roan ~ were made and the script ssued as reacthrough drat ‘Doctor Who and Santa Claus inone programme, Prery amazing” commented Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who Extra. The readthrough forthe episode took place at the London Walsh Coneeo on Grays Inn Road in Ceneral London fiom 3.15pm on ‘Wednesday 3 September, Since finishing recording on the 2014 series with Is Fes ofthe Night (2014 - see Volume 79), ~ at thestart of August ~ Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman had both been key ‘clement ofthe publicity build-up fr the new series of Dacor Who which toon Cardiff London, Seo, Sydney, New York, Merico ity and Rio de Janiero between ‘Thurscay 7 and Monday 18 Augus, since ‘shen they had been busy with further

UK appearances prior tothe series? launch on Saturday 23; during this time, Jenna Coleman had conned toevade answering any questions about when Clara Oswald woul eease to travel with the Doctor. On Tussday 2 september, the two stars had been present st the GQMen of the Year Awards at the Royal Opera House in London where Jenna Coleman had presented an award eo Feter Capaldi

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Millenium FX handled the appleation ‘of the elvsh ess to Dan Statkey and Nathan MeMallen the apshor of Ian swith the North Pole was taken, and the Facusfor the day was th scene in which the words from the manval told those in thebase that chey were dead. This quence was then completed on Friday 12, with the Dactor Who Ex team presen ta watch the white background photoshoot forthe guest est in Stadio 4, Werk also began on the control roam scene of Shona interrogating Santa whi the Dost reviewed Bellows’ Footage.

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