Both for the dream-inside-a-dream scenario, which went on much longer than I thought it would, and because what could have been an end wasn’t. I enjoyed this episode more than expected, but it still frustrated me. They both realize they’ve got a chance to start over and head off on their next adventure. The Doctor wakes up once more, repeats the previous scenario only to find Clara her usual age this time. That was a big fake out, and one I’ll admit I wasn’t expecting after the rumors of Jenna Coleman leaving the show.

Suddenly I feel an attachment to Clara I never knew I had when it seems like this is the last chapter of her story.

Their reunion is bittersweet and feels… final. The Doctor and Clara have been apart for 62 years. I immediately noticed her hair looked blond in the dark and then my eyes went to her hands. Santa breaks into the facility while riding Rudolph, and that’s not an image I’m going to forget any time soon.Ĭlara is the last to leave Santa and is trying to savor what’s left of her sleigh flight, when we cut to the Doctor waking up and racing to find her. It’s all a bit fuzzy at this point, but that’s not unusual for the show. The Doctor tries to distract Clara by saying something about Danny flirting with a neighbor and she immediately slaps him and finally informs him Danny is dead. They quickly realize their attempt to help is failing and it looks like they may meet the same fate as the scientists who were… face-hugged. Our main characters arrive and realize this fairly quickly. They apparently wake up if you look at or even think of them. We meet them as they’re trying to do… something and are introduced to my favorite new Doctor Who character we may never see again – Shona – doing the most amazing dance to keep herself distracted from said aliens. It seems their team has been attacked by an… alien entity. He convinces Clara to ask no questions and get in the TARDIS while he stays and gives Santa a bit of a talking to.ĭoctor and Clara then head to the North Pole where a research team is in a bit of a bind. There’s some fun dancing around by Santa trying to pretend like he’s not actually Santa but Clara is all, “Yeah, it’s cool, I’m used to unbelievable things,” and then the Doctor shows up looking very, very serious. Clara wakes up upon hearing a “click, click, click,” and finds guest star Nick Frost as a crashed Santa Claus on her roof with a couple of elves.

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