Ever sinceDoctor Who’s revival in 2005, theChristmas special has become a staple of the show.

“The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe"commits the cardinal TV sin of being boring.

However, it is certainlyone of the more impactful Christmas specials.

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Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor holding up his screwdriver in “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe”

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Jackson Lake talking to the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who episode ‘The Next Doctor’

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Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor and Matt Lucas as Nardole in “The Return of Doctor Mysterio”

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Richard E Grant as The Great Intelligence with his Snowmen in ‘Doctor Who’, “The Snowmen”

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Bernard Cribbins as Wilfred Mott in a promotional image for the 2006 Doctor Who special

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Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor and Alex Kingston as River Song gazing into each other’s eyes.

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Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor and David Bradley’s First Doctor in “Twice Upon a Time”

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Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday and Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor sitting on the ground, tied to a beam

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David Tennant and Kylie Minogue looking nervous in “Voyage of the Damned”

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Matt Smith as an older Eleventh Doctor in “Time of the Doctor”

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