TV Review: Doctor Who – A Christmas Carol
Joseph Savitski March 14, 2011It’s been announced that new episodes of the fave Time Lord will be hitting screens April 23rd, an eternity for fans who’ve been facing withdrawal symptoms that rival those endured by heroin addicts. At least they have the latest Christmas special to ease their suffering, released in BBC logic shortly after Valentine’s Day. It’s not a perfect offering, but it is an entertaining spectacle to while away an hour or so. On their honeymoon, Amy and Rory find the passenger ship they’re on experiencing a slight problem. Namely, it’s about to crash and kill everyone aboard. The only chance for survival is to land on the planet beneath them; it’s a world controlled by the cruel and heartless Kazran Sardick who doesn’t have the remotest interest in handing out humanitarian aid. But The Doctor takes a page from Dickens, deciding to give Sardick a “Christmas Carol” of his own, in hopes of persuading him to save the doomed ship. But… Continue Reading »