Doctor Who
Summary
Although it may seem likeDoctor Who’sChristmas episodes first began when the show was reboot in 2005 , as it turns out , Doctor Who’sfirst Christmas sequence premiere all the way of life back in 1965.Doctor Whois a British sci - fi television series that first premiered in 1963 on the BBC . It tell the story of th Doctor , an extraterrestrial being known as a Time Lord , imply he can travel through meter and blank space in a twist called the TARDIS , which resembles a British constabulary box . The Doctor has been act as by 14 actorsover the year , the most late of which isSex Educationstar , Ncuti Gatwa .
In 2005,Doctor Whowas boot after being off the ash gray screen door for 16 years . With the show returning to the melodic line , young traditions were show just as newfangled Doctors were cast , andone special trend that apparently began in 2005 wasDoctor Who’sspecial holiday episodesthat premier every year . So far , there have been 19 Christmas installment ofDoctor Who , and it seems probable that there will be more to come . But , perhaps the parentage ofDoctor Who’sChristmas episodesis not what fans ordinarily assume it to be . Perhaps , Doctor WhoChristmas started much earlier .
Related : Dr. Who Season 14 : Ncuti Gatwa ’s Doctor , New Cast & Everything We Know
Doctor Who’s First Christmas Special Explained
The very firstDoctor WhoChristmas special was not 2005 ’s " The Christmas Invasion , " but was 1965 ’s " The Feast of Steven . “This was the 16th instalment ofDoctor Whoseason 3 . At that sentence , William Hartnell portrayed the Doctor , and furthermore , this episode was part of aDoctor Whostory arc entitled " The Dalek ’s Master Plan . " " The Feast of Steven " was released on Christmas Day 1965 , but no longer exists in its entirety due to the BBC ’s erasure of many archived television receiver series during the sixties and seventy . Therefore , Doctor Who’sfirst Christmas instalment only live as stills in the current day .
What makes " The Feast of Steven " unlike from the modernDoctor WhoChristmas special is that it is less about Christmas , and more about Daleks . SinceDoctor Who’sstart , it had been unloose episodes about Daleks on Christmas , mostly to get the most out of the sixties " Dalekmania . " However,1965 ’s " The Feast of Steven " was actively design to be a throwaway episode . Assuming that few multitude would be watch television on Christmas , Doctor Whoshowrunners wrote " The Feast of Steven " to be lacking in important plot , and or else , as a comedic Dalek story .
Doctor Who’s First Christmas Special Broke The Fourth Wall
One particularly singular item aboutDoctor Who"The Feast of Steven " is that it broke the fourth wall . In the installment , the Doctor visits a Liverpool police place and a Silent Era movie bent . While at the police station , the Doctor miraculously remembers that it is Christmas Day , and as a result , look straight at the cameraand says , " Incidentally , a well-chosen Christmas to all of you at home!“In the end , the firstDoctor WhoChristmas installment is not only a forgotten episode from the show ’s former 24-hour interval , but it also let in some especial point as well .
