Doctor Who: The Specials

2022
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Season 4 episodes (5)

1 The Husbands of River Song
12/25/15
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is? All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.
101 Who Is River Song? A Recap
11/30/15
Ahead of the long-awaited return of River Song (Alex Kingston) in this year's Christmas Special, take a look back at her rich story in the show so far. And, if you haven't caught up on past seasons, be warned; this clip contains Spoilers, Sweetie.
102 Trailer
12/14/15
The Doctor and River Song are reunited once again. Watch the trailer for a preview of this year's exciting Christmas special.
103 The Adventures of River Song
12/26/15
Season-only
Join Alex Kingston and Steven Moffat as we look forward to River’s return in The Husbands of River Song. Find out how River’s character came to be created, why Alex just had to play the role, what happened when the cast discovered who River really is. Narrated by Nina Toussaint-White.
104 Behind the Scenes of The Husbands of River Song
12/26/15
Season-only
Matt Lucas is our guide as we join River Song, the Doctor and a star-liner full of supervillains for this festive Christmas special. We get the heads-up on the Hydroflax from Greg Davies, reveal Alex Kingston’s favorite sonic, and we find out what Peter Capaldi is getting for Christmas. Featuring interviews with Peter Capaldi, Alex Kingston, and Steven Moffat. Please note that this behind the scenes look contains spoilers, so make sure you’ve watched this episode first.

About this show

One of the longest running and most successful programs in television history, Doctor Who boasts an estimated 100 million fans in 54 countries. With high production values, innovative CGI from Oscar-winning company The Mill, an all-star cast and scripts from the cream of British writers led by Russell T Davies, Doctor Who is the ultimate adventure in the human race – gripping, breathtaking and action-packed.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
3.04K reviews
Bruce M. Foster
December 26, 2016
What's annoying is buying the Xmas episode in advance and finding out Amazon has it NOW and for less. Now being defined as at 7am on 12.26, NY time. Ten hrs later and they still haven't delivered. These dumbasses don't know what they are doing. Xmas specials from two seasons lumped into one? Screws with the sequential playback. But as Google doesn't listen to the customer ever, I expect nothing to be remedied.
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DoctorLlamaLord
December 26, 2017
Not much of a Christmas special if we don't get it until the day after.. Was looking forward to watching this with my husband after he got off work (worked a double so all day) and then noticed it says not available until the 26th. Well, merry Christmas from Google play and BBC. Also typing this on the 26th and its still not available UPDATE 4:45pm 12/26 STILL NOT AVAILABLE
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Ashlee Bowman
July 4, 2016
Why have the specials separate from their respected seasons? Having the specials all together is really unorganized and not to mention the way it's laid out. The End of Time was a Season 4 special and it's in the season 1 section. If you're going to have all the specials in one spot, then don't separate them by seasons because there's no use and its rather confusing. Still, I find it to be simply ridiculous that the specials aren't with their seasons. The specials are highly important to the show because they usually feature the regeneration scene, and to have something as important as that not with the regular episodes is stupid.
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