Doctor Who: Joy to the World

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Doctor Who: Joy to the World

2024

Directed by Alex Pillai

Check into Christmas, everywhere, all at once!

When Joy checks into a London hotel in 2024, she opens up a secret doorway to the Time Hotel- discovering danger, dinosaurs, and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the Earth, just in time for Christmas.

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Ncuti Gatwa Nicola Coughlan Jonathan Aris Peter Benedict Niamh Marie Smith Phil Baxter Samuel Sherpa-Moore Steph de Whalley

Director

Alex Pillai

Writer

Steven Moffat

Executive Producer

Russell T Davies

Studios

BBC Studios Bad Wolf

Country

UK

Language

English

Genres

Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure Drama

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AbandonChimp
Review by AbandonChimp ★★★ 1

Goddammit Doc, read the room. Nobody wants your ham and cheese toastie or your stupid pumpkin latte.

DrAshleyWho: Have Yourself a Sea Devilly Little Christmas!
Review by DrAshleyWho: Have Yourself a Sea Devilly Little Christmas! ★★★★½ Liked 3

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So who’s up for some ham and cheese toasties and pumpkin lattes?

Not going to do some big bullet-pointed deep delve into this one for a change, but if this is going to be the last Moffat script as it’s been hinted at, then it’s safe to say he ended on a positive note, even more so than Twice Upon a Time. Has a lot in common with both that (the melancholy moments that give off a more somber tone than usual such as Joy losing her mother to COVID, the initial threat actually being a benevolent force) and The Husbands of River Song (just the idea of the Time Hotel itself),…

OliverTitcomb
Review by OliverTitcomb ★★★★½

“Ham and cheese toastie with a pumpkin latte.”

Wow, brilliant. Ncuti Gatwa really shines in this special. The use of the time hotel was a really interesting idea. I’m surprised how little was spoiled in advance, I like that about it. Moffat can do good Christmas specials, I’m glad RTD got him to do this one.

Luke
Review by Luke ★★ 1

i love ncuti in this role so much can we please get him some better episodes

Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸
Review by Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸 ★★ 26

Joy to the World sees Steven Moffat ask audiences have we ever wondered what the deal is with those locked doors in hotel rooms. Yes, the man who once found the creepy in the everyday, is now some kind of sci-fi Seinfeld. The answer, Moff, is, of course, no. It's just where the bog rolls are kept, mate. Still don't let that interfere with another of your deeply predictable "everyone dies" stories eh?

"Many things about this are suboptimal" says the Doctor at one point in this "special" (someone call the trade descriptions act), but, honestly, it might just be a wholly accurate statement on Doctor Who right now. Here's a show that I've loved since my childhood in the…

Troy Thrace 🏳️‍🌈🍉
Review by Troy Thrace 🏳️‍🌈🍉 ★★ 15

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Raina!!
Review by Raina!! ★★ Liked

when joy is brainwashed she sounds marginally more english than before, this is a subtle reference to the fact that the english are evil

StreetNoise
Review by StreetNoise ★★★★★ Liked 2

Fell in love the moment The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS in his bathrobe!

Trev was an utter darling.

The Anita section was my favorite! I adore that this Doctor can be happy living one day at a time in one place (didn't work so well for Eleven in The Power of Three!) with a friend. And ordering little blue boxes online....

I really do love spending time with Fifteen and can't wait to do it again!!!

TomPines
Review by TomPines 2

It's Christmas day and I'm a bit bevvied and this was still shite.

Something555
Review by Something555 ★★½

There is just something right about Christmas and Doctor Who. To me, it felt little bit too fast paced, and a bit slow in places as well. A tad convoluted, but ultimately harmless and still enjoyable. Not the best Christmas special by any means, but still brings in the heart and sense of joy and hope Doctor Who does so well.

anna-may marenghi 🛸✨
Review by anna-may marenghi 🛸✨ ½ 10

HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH HAH HAH HAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH AH HA HAH HAH PARDON MY FRENCH BUT WHAT THE FRENCH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAH 

this era of the show is such fucking SLOP holy shit. what actual garbage. can we PLEASE move on from the fucking AWFUL self righteous WANKERY that this was because this is actually pathetic. miserable, utter garbage. zero sauce. zero depth with the characters and all the while they’re always so inconsistent from one scene to the next. surprisingly AWFUL vfx for doctor who having the biggest budget it’s ever had lmaoooo. genuine fucking dog shit. what is it with Steven Moffat…