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Doctor Who: The Snowmen (TV)

2012

Saul Metzstein

Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Tom Ward, Richard E. Grant ...

7.1

901

Sci-Fi. Fantasy The traditional Doctor Who Christmas Special, broadcasted in the middle of Season 7 and its 2012-2013 split. Christmas Eve, 1892, and the falling snow is the stuff of fairytales. When the fairytale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for help. But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to engage in the problems of the universe. As old ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Sam Wollaston The Guardian	"To be honest, I often have no idea what is going on in Doctor Who, but it doesn't matter. And this – by Steven Moffat himself – is a lovely one. It is as if he has got every idea he has ever had to do with snow and Christmas and cold, and a some other ideas, and stuff from other projects, Sherlock Holmes even, put it all in the snow globe of his mind, and given it a bloody good shake. Watch and marvel as it (sort of) settles."
		Telegraph	"Hang on a minute, I thought the gather-ye-round Yuletide edition of Doctor Who, The Snowmen (BBC One), was supposed to be the scariest ever? (...) [Moffat] didn’t have the legs needed to transport us to a state of breathless excitement (...) t was an enjoyable enough romp, I suppose."

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