Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol Preview

The Doctor has been off our screens for quite sometime now: having finished his first season in the role, however, Matt Smith has been busy filming the 2010 Christmas Special, and we got our first glimpse of the episode tonight on the Children In Need show. Doctor Who has a long-established history with BBC's charity show, from clips of the Christmas Special each year since 2005 to a fully-fledged episode back in 1983 still regarded as amongst the best stories of the sci-fi. This year saw a trailer for the special, dubbed A Christmas Carol, debut after Matt and Karen Gillan held a tea party with two physically-challenged children in the TARDIS, allowing them to pilot the coveted time machine! From what this writer could make out, A Christmas Carol will be a darker, more impactful Christmas Special, offering a perhaps-tragic spin on Dickens' tale of the same name. Michael Gambon (aka Dumbledore) and Katherine Jenkins are both co-stars in the hour-long special currently scheduled to air on Christmas Day, and from what we've seen already the episode could be one of the best stories of Doctor Who yet!