If someone can come up with a source for that synopsis that anon IP keeps inserting, please do. I've scanned the usual fan and news channels and Outpost Gallifrey and have come up with nothing. So unless a source reveals itself, I'm afraid I'll have to keep reverting it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khaosworks (talk • contribs) 11:29, 22 June 2005 (UTC)
Answer: On the offical BBC Doctor Who webpage had this to say about the Christmas Invasion: Filming of the Christmas episode kicks off in London and continues in various locations across Wales, predominantly in Cardiff. Christmas becomes a time of terror for Planet Earth, as the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the alien Sycorax. Rose needs the Doctor's help, but can she trust a man with a new face?
And this:
Elisabeth Sladen resumes her role as the iconic character Sarah Jane Smith; remembered by a whole generation of Doctor Who fans as the assistant to both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker.
I hope that answers your question! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kitty~enwiki (talk • contribs) 19:09, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
There's a lot of notes in this article that refer to season 2 in general, and not to this episode specifically. I think most of that info is now either in List of Doctor Who serials, specific episode articles, character/actor articles, etc. Might it be a good idea to clear these out a bit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radagast (talk • contribs) 12:03, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
It should be pointed out that the last time an original song was written for the series was "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" in The Gunfighters (1966).
Factually incorrect. The last song written specificly for the program was "Here's to the future" in the 1987 Episode "Delta And The Bannermen." and was written by Keff McCulloch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.103.21 (talk) 18:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Nominator: DoctorWhoFan91 (talk · contribs) 08:32, 17 September 2024 (UTC)
Reviewer: ClaudineChionh (talk · contribs) 06:29, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
I will start the review after I have rewatched the episode in the next 24–48 hours. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 06:29, 22 October 2024 (UTC)
This needs quite a lot of copy-editing before it gets to GA standard. What really stands out are many long, run-on sentences that could be broken up into two or three sentences, and awkward phrasing. I think you could benefit from working through Tony1's excellent writing guides and tutorials, especially User:Tony1/How to improve your writing § Achieving flow and User:Tony1/Exercises in textual flow.
Do you think this is something you can work on within seven days? ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 10:24, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
ResolvedThe production of the special, and the entire series, began before the broadcast of the first series, and therefore so none of Davies' team if the script will ever see production.Should this read "none of Davies' team knew ..."? "So" is redundant after "therefore".
Done ResolvedThis episode features the first full-episode appearance of Tennant as the Doctor and is also the first specially produced Christmas special in the programme's history which was commissioned following the success of the first series earlier in the year to see how well the show could do at Christmas.
Done DoneIn the episode, principally set in London) is also one long run-on sentence that could be broken up.
Done ResolvedThe episode shared a production block
DoneThis special was the first full episode starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctorcould be broken up; maybe the costume change warrants a sentence of its own.
Donepocket actinga common phrase?
DonePenelope Wilton returned as Harriet Jonesis really clunky and also repeats some of the Writing section.
DoneNoel Clarke and Camille Coduri also returned as Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler respectivelyis also clunky.
Done (though you can check, I'm not sure the sentence seems right even now) Done DoneThe Canadian presentation on the CBC on 26 December 2005 was hosted by Piperis another long one that could be broken up.
DoneThe performance of Tennant was praisedis also too long.
DoneThe episode was characterised as one of many of Davies’ attempts at “epic”is the start of another paragraph made up of one long sentence.
DonePowell Estate: this is a fictional housing estate, right? (I don't know London very well.) Is the name significant or could we just say they "get a taxi back home" as we already have
takes Rose back to her old estateat the start of this paragraph?
Done Done ResolvedWriting: I wasn't comfortable about the awkward phrasing of Davies wished to have an adversary having an prosthetic face using the actor's eyes and mouth, and always found the idea of Santa, an old man creeping into children's rooms at night, creepy
and checked the Pixley source, and it looks like this might be a case of close paraphrasing while also introducing ambiguity. You could summarise the conception of each monster (Sycorax and Santa) separately rather than in one long sentence. Done
ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 05:00, 25 October 2024 (UTC)ana prosthetic face
I haven't checked for close paraphrasing elsewhere yet. Having done a spot check of sources, I'm less concerned about this now. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 05:39, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
The Pixley 2006 reference belongs in References (maybe a separate Bibliography heading), not in External links. Done
Four random numbers (as at Special:Permalink/1253276757): 18, 4, 21, 7.
The production of the special, along with the entirety of the second series, began before the broadcast of the first series, and therefore none of Davies' team knew if the script would ever see production.
Verified VerifiedThe episode's opening shot is a repeat of the opening shot of "Rose".
VerifiedIt was also confirmed at the BAFTA preview of the series one finale that Billie Piper would return for the Christmas Special and all 13 episodes of the second series.
VerifiedIn 2014, over 7,000 readers of Radio Times voted "The Christmas Invasion" as the greatest Doctor Who Christmas special with over a quarter of the votes going to it, 24.92%, a whole 10% more votes than the second favourite.? Maybe I can't seem to load the poll results in the Wayback Machine version (and the original is gone) and 24.92% is just under a quarter. We could probably just round it to "a quarter of the votes".
Done (it was 'around', not over- sorry, I had assumed that the edits before mine would have been correct ) Verified Resolved DoneDoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 06:46, 26 October 2024 (UTC).