The Runaway Bride is a Dr Who Christmas special which aired in 2006. This trailer included David Tennant as the doctor (who was also in the previous years Christmas special 'The Christmas Invasion') and Catherine Tate as donna (Dr Who's new companion). When watching this trailer, I felt that it was very similar to the 'Christmas Invasion' episode because of how it was set in London and also the same Santa villain characters were used. In the trailer we are introduced to this new companion for the doctor (Donna). In the Christmas invasion episode we were also introduced to David Tennant who is the new doctor. Both these episode are very similar because they use these special episodes to be able to introduce new characters/actors of characters but without affecting the new series.
Voyage of the Damned is the third Christmas special of the new rebooted doctor who series. This episode aired in 2007 and was one of the most watched doctor who episodes of all time. This episode is very different compared to the last two because of how it is a extended episode from the narrative "last of the time lords" and is also based around the historic event of titanic. In this trailer we also don't get shown many props, costumes or location to do with Christmas.
The Next Doctor is the fourth doctor who Christmas special which aired in 2008 of the rebooted series. In the trailer we see a montage of different doctors from the new rebooted series and also the old series. This trailer involves a few clips with dialogue of old doctors talking about regeneration and also change that happens. In the trailer we also don't see much of the Christmas theme throughout and I feel this episode is more to do with character development and inform new audiences more about the regeneration process that happens in doctor who.
The End Of Time episode Is very different to the other trailers that I have seen because it feel like more of a dramatic episode and from the dialogue we hear in the trailer and the music it almost feel like quite a horror/sad episode. In the trailer we also see a different side to the doctor because he is less humorous and much more serious in the way he speaks. Near the end of the episode we also get close ups of the doctor and hear him say "I'm going to die".
A Christmas carol is the first Doctor who special with the doctor being played as a new actor (Matt Smith) in the new rebooted series. The narrative for this episode is inspired by the Charles Dickens novel 'A Christmas Carol'. In this episode we see the doctor go back in time to save a falling spaceship and make a character called Karsan. Throughout the episode we see a christmas theme throughout shown through props, weather (snowing), dialogue, costumes etc.
'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe' is a episode very similar to 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Voyage of the Damned', because of how the narrative plays on a older film/ historic event or book (The lion, the witch and the wardrobe). This episode is Christmas themed because of how straight away in the trailer we get told in the dialogue and see a christmas tree. I feel that they have focused less on using sic-fi conventions because of how its set in the past and included much more action and horror throughout because of how there are many scenes of fire and destruction and we are also scared for the boy.
'The Snowmen' christmas episode is a episode that is very similar to 'The runaway bride' because of how we are introduced to the doctors new companion (Klara). Its a very christmas themed episode because how it is based around snowmen and christmas overall.
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