christmas tv
Who—a festive staple for five years since last day I’d have been in a bit of a state,
Tennant appeared in the first ever spe- but the moment they called a wrap was
cially written seasonal episode—will still quite emotional.”
be tinged with melancholy.
“This year we’ve done something You’d expect this Doctor to get
different, partly because we’re telling something extra-special for his efforts,
the stories of the end of the Doctor’s and he did. David Tennant—and die-
time. It is still set at Christmas, but it’s hard fans might want to take a seat
perhaps not got quite as much, er… before reading on—is now the proud
Christmas cheer as before.” possessor of his own sonic screwdriver,
0123456789 He sits back, takes a sip of pineapple the Doctor’s signature gizmo.
juice, runs a hand through his hair. He “I have one of the real things! There
has a twinkle in his eye, but he’s tread- were two; I think I got one that was
ing carefully—giving away the plot for being sent out to pasture because they
his last hurrah would endear him neither only last so long. Phil, the grandmaster
to fans nor employers. Tennant filmed of props, presented it in this beautiful
his final episode back in May. “It was a box that had the sonic screwdriver and
bit sad. The last things I filmed were the stethoscope and torch that I used
weird green-screeny things with me inside. It was really, really nice.”
hanging on a bit of wire. We’d done all Read the full interview in the
the big emotional stuff before that. I
December issue of Reader’s Digest.
think if we’d done my last scene on my
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christmas tv
some of our favourite celebs reveal their
best and worst christmas tv moments
MY BEST
CHRISTMAS TV
as Father christmas with the cast dressed
by Fergus craig
as nursery rhyme stars. jason Donovan
plays a phenomenally camp tin soldier,
my favourite christmas tv Kylie minogue a clockwork doll and, rather
moment was on the 1986 disturbingly, mrs mangel plays a sort of
Neighbours christmas special. Dr clive flirtatious little girl.
gibbons is knocked out refereeing a if that’s not the best way of celebrating
boxing match and we see his resulting the birth of jesus christ, i don’t know
dream sequence. it’s incredible stuff what is.
done on a minuscule budget—the set is Fergus Craig is Hackney Empire
clearly polystyrene. gibbons is depicted New Act of the Year 2009.
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