A Christmas Carol is a British television special and an episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who, written and produced by Russell T. Davies, in which a space liner, with a large number of passengers aboard, encounters difficulties while flying through the atmosphere of an unknown planet.
It originally aired in the UK on 25 December, 2010. It is an hour long.
A Christmas Carol aired in South Africa on DStv's BBC Entertainment channel on Sunday 25 December 2011, at 16h05. It was followed by the Season 6 premiere of Doctor Who the following day.
Synopsis
Newlyweds Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) are joined by Harry Potter’s Michael Gambon and Opera diva Katherine Jenkins, for what may be the Doctor’s most Christmassy adventure yet.
A space liner, with a large number of passengers aboard, is in difficulties while flying through the atmosphere of an unknown planet.
Amy and Rory have been spending some time on board in the honeymoon suite and they quickly appear on deck. Amy calls the doctor for help and the TARDIS soon appears ahead of the ship.
However the Doctor cannot save them and the only other option is to land on the planet below.
There the Doctor meets a Scrooge like figure by the name of Kazran Sardick, the only person that can save Amy, Rory and all the other lives on the Spacecraft.
The Doctor learns that the atmosphere surrounding the planet is controlled by Kazran who is unwilling to help the liner. The only option to save the ship is for the Doctor to persuade Kazran to save the liner himself.