The meal is a traditional Moffat tautology, by which wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff places the impact earlier than the trigger. One of probably the most pleasant variations occurred in “The Big Bang,” by which the Doctor slakes his thirst with a drink he steals from the previous, which makes him parched within the first place. Then there’s the River Song plot all through Moffat’s episodes, by which we meet the Doctor’s spouse as a lady shifting backwards by way of time and ultimately study that she’s the daughter of Amy Pond. But one of the best is likely to be from Moffat’s first episode “Blink,” the place the Doctor communicates to Carey Mulligan’s Sally Sparrow by way of a message distributed throughout VHS tapes.
While a lot of these episode had been frequent underneath Russell T Davies‘s first tenure as showrunner, which was followed by Moffat in charge for seven years, they more or less fell away after Chris Chibnall took over in 2018. But with Davies back for a few more seasons, Moffat’s type of Doctor Who journey has a house as soon as once more.
In reality, they work significantly effectively throughout the sequence’ present overarching thriller, which started with final 12 months’s Christmas particular, “The Church on Ruby Road.” That particular launched Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday, the Doctor’s newest companion, whose true identification vexes the Doctor. Given that Ruby’s Christmas Day beginning normally, and the hooded determine who left her on a church doorstep particularly, drive the Fourteenth Doctor’s story, Moffat’s method is welcome. Is the one that delivered the toddler Ruby to the church on Ruby Road the grownup Ruby herself?
The 2024 Christmas Special isn’t prone to reply that query. Instead, like most Christmas specials, it’s going to let the Doctor run round with one other particular companion. But its depiction of time flattening out in a lodge may assist put together viewers to lastly perceive Ruby’s true identification.
The 2024 Doctor Who Christmas particular “Joy to the World” airs this Christmas on Disney+ within the U.S. and on BBC and BBC iPlayer within the UK.
