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New trailer for the Christmas special.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n75m9

Looks great. Intrigued by the Dalek speaking a very interesting phrase. Had heard some rumors about that.

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BBC America Dr Who trailer

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Looks like it might be a great xmas special for once.

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I quite liked the one last year

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First clip from the Christmas Special

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01nq7xz

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Christmas is DEFENDED

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I usually love most if not all episodes but that felt crap until the last 15 minutes or so. I guess I just expected more after the 50th :(

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Really enjoyed that. I loved the nod towards 1980s style regeneration with the Doctor hallucinating old companions.

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Yup, I really liked that one.

I think that the Christmas specials can be quite hit and miss... that was one of the good ones, IMO.

Dealt with the regeneration issue in the expected way, tied up the Silence and their connection to the arcs in previous Matt Smith series (the crack and the stuff with River).

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Hmmm.

Well I guess it dealt with the regeneration (pretty much as expected) but tbh, I did not rate that as good as the 50th special last month.

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Well it explained the sequence of regenerations, but it didn't explain why the doctor was miraculously given another regen by the time lords, or how, or how many more he has or anything.

It was another typical Moffat/RTD "it all just works out in the end" get out.

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Because Clara told them he needed their help, I guess.

He said that he got a whole new cycle of regenerations.

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Did he? I must of missed that bit, but I had consumed rather a lot of wine.

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Yeah I'm a bit confused with the whole 'reset' thing, was it even mentioned? Was there a clear reason given?

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edit: I just watched that bit back on iPlayer and if I've got this right, when Clara went to the 'rip' and told the Time Lords to help him, they reset his regenerations to allow him to cheat Matt's "death by old age" and destroy the Daleks.