Doctor Who Confirmed for Christmas Day!

By Christian Cawley, October 19, 2012 - Doctor Who - 4 comments

Matt Smith as the Doctor at Christmas!

Here’s a turn-up – the BBC has released details of its Christmas Day schedule, confirming the presence of Doctor Who in a lineup that also includes EastEnders, Call the Midwife and The Royle Family.

Traditionally, confirmation of just which shows will be aired on the national holiday are held back to late November, and even then scheduling details are not released until early December. This new tactic from the BBC suggests that they’re throwing down a gauntlet to ITV early for 2012, raising questions as to how the independent broadcaster might respond.

But what time will these shows go out? There are no details for this yet, but we can be pretty certain it will be in the evening. Oh, and it will be on iPlayer soon after, just in case you miss it…

While we know very little about the coming Christmas special (beyond a rough idea of the setting and various cast members) we Doctor Who fans can at last sit back and plan the special day in plenty of advance.

Which is pretty cool, don’t you think?

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A long-term Doctor Who fan, Christian grew up watching the show and has early memories of the Graham Williams era. His favourite stories are Inferno, The Seeds of Doom and Human Nature (although The Empty Child, Blink and Utopia all come close). When he’s not bossing around the news team, Christian is a freelance writer specialising in mobile technology and domestic computing, and enjoys classic rock, cooking and spending time in the countryside with his wife and young children. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.