Last Christmas

I didn't really like this episode very much.

Let me explain.

1. Santa doesn't exist, and if he really does care about his holiday, why didn't he step in earlier?
2. Not very Christmasy.
3. Clara and The Doctor are traveling together again.
4. Clara and The Doctor could remember what happened at the end, but the others didn't.
5. It was WAY too late at night.


This episode started out with Clara waking up on Christmas Eve, and there is something or someone of her roof. It turns out to be Santa Clause, and The Doctor shows up taking Clara away from the scene. The whole episode is about this alien that feeds on people's brains while they are in a sleep state. The Doctor and Clara are a couple of the people that the alien decides to feed off of. Santa Clause comes into the picture because the subconscious of your brain has to do something to tell you that you are in a dream, and since it is Christmas, it chose Santa Clause.

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Do you want me to elaborate on why I didn't like the episode?

1. When Santa and The Doctor meet at Clara's house, Santa makes it clear that he's only there to save his holiday from being ruined by the alien. However, so much has happened on Christmas, why hasn't he stepped in sooner? Why is now, this Christmas, so important?

2. Besides having Santa Clause in the show for part of the time, the episode isn't very Christmasy. What happened to the snowmen that popped out of the snow when you thought about them? Or the plastic mannequins in the stores being controlled by remote? What happened to the danger of something Christmasy on Christmas? When did it become an alien that just happened to attack on Christmas while your subconscious brings Santa in?

3. The episode Death In Heaven made it clear that Clara didn't want to and couldn't travel with The Doctor again. This episode brings about Clara missing the TARDIS and traveling with The Doctor so much, she's going to travel with him again. Clara just seems so indecisive and not sure of what she wants to do.

4. When the alien is defeated and the people they were eating wake up, they don't remember what happened in their dream. They just go on with their lives like nothing happened. However it is apparent that The Doctor and Clara remembered. For example, the grandma that woke up at the end, she acted like nothing had happened and gave no signs that she remembered anything.

5. Lastly, the episode was way to late at night. I had to stay up until 10pm on Christmas to watch this episode and it didn't end until about 11:30pm at night. I was exhausted. Why was this episode so late at night while the normal episodes started at 7pm and ended an hour later. It was really annoying.

Anyway, the special wasn't all that I expected. Here's a list of all the Christmas Specials.

I hope I can think of a rap soon though........... This is not going to end well...