About this episode
🎄It’s 2010, and I’m hiding in a closet from a flying shark that ate half my screwdriver. I’ve finally caught up with the timeline of people who have been requesting that I watch the “Doctor Who” Christmas specials, particularly this twisted take on “A Christmas Carol” starring Michael Gambon in the Scrooge role and the 11th Doctor as at least 2 ghosts of Christmas. **** 🎙 Guests: Andre Bennett ( Bluesky ) Jack Ford ( Total Christmas Podcast ) Anthony Strand ( ToughPigs.com , Movin’ Right Along , Bluesky ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Andre’s review of this episode from 2011. 2. Anthony ranks all of Steven Moffat’s “Doctor Who” episodes . 3. Amy and Rory’s outfits may or may not be but probably are a nod to a similar scene in a 2001 “Only Fools and Horses” Christmas special . 4. Michael Gambon in “ Toys ,” as the Ultragorgon on Jim Henson’s “Monster Maker,” and as the Ghost of Christmas Present in 2001’s “ Christmas Carol: The Movie .” 5. Abigail is basically Nora Fries from Batman. 6. Katherine Jenkins on “ Dancing with the Stars .” 7. Danny Horn (Young Adult Kazran) on Bandcamp . 8. Greenland sharks could live for hundreds of years. 9. “ Abigail’s Song (Silence Is All You Know) ” **** 📼 Commercial Break: Tesco Christmas Advert: “Mrs. Belcher” (2010) Tinsel Tunes: The Christmas Music Podcast **** “Doctor Who” and “A Christmas Carol” © 2010 BBC. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .