Doctor Who’s Cheerful Christmas Carol
![The Doctor (Matt Smith) and a child stand in the snow.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/doctor-who-christmas-carol-snow.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
![Kazran Sardick (Michael Gambon) and Abigail (Katherine Jenkins) stand in the snow.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/doctor-who-christmas-carol-couple.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
![Poor Amy Pond being attacked by lens flares on the shiny bridge of a doomed starliner.](https://i0.wp.com/bluemoonrising.com/content/doctor-who-christmas-carol-amy.jpg?fit=150%2C225&ssl=1)
The best Doctor Who episodes take a wholly unbelievable premise and work it into an enjoyable story. Steven Moffat proves himself more than up to the task, in Doctor Who’s “A Christmas Carol” with a relentless barrage of sharp dialogue and improbable scenarios that merge to form an unforgettable tangle of classic Dickens, classic Doctor Who, and a bit of J. J. Abrams.
Matt Smith seems well at ease as the …read more