Joy to the World

I find that a major problem with the Doctor is that he doesn't do anything! This Christmas episode was okay but my question is, how come he doesn't save anybody? If fact everyone who comes in contact with him dies. This is a major issue for me not loving the last four seasons of Doctor Who. He should be saving lives not causing deaths. He should be moving the story forward without people dying all around him. He is not a wizard like Harry Potter so why has he all these new skills, maybe it's just to get a laugh or get the writers out of a spot of bad writing. But it's lazy and should be dropped. He is a Time Lord. He doesn't have and never has had widarding skills. So please get back to good stories where he meets and helps people. PLEASE!

I was so happy to watch the latest episode.

The magic is back.

We were looking for something special from Mr Davis . He has delivered.

I can't say to much for obvious reasons. Except to say the Doctor was working his magic.

As a long time Whovian I was waiting for something to come through.

The Doctor is amazing in this episode. He shows all his old abilities to change things for the better. In this episode he showed a lot of emotion again. Always appropriate. In the way The Doctor delivered.

I am just so happy with this. Joy is wonderful. Can't wait for the new season.

Welcome back Doctor.

Absolutely loved this, a great story combined with really nice positive messages like appreciating life, taking time to talk to other people, take the time for the people you care about, appreciating everyone around you.

Their are characters to instantly fall in love with in this episode, and within a few seconds we're invested in their lives and stories.

It was refreshing to see a side to the doctor we've not seen before, a human side, a living each day at a time, taking in and appreciating the little things.

Really enjoyed this Christmas special, Ncuti is doing a fantastic job as the Doctor and I can't wait to see more in the new year!

I am cautiously optimistic. This episode had good suspense, good Doctor stuff, nothing that made me roll my eyes. It wasn't perfect, but I feel so much better about the next series. Like a lot of people, I was disappointed with the first Ncuti series. It's not his fault. Like Jodie, he was the victim of poor stories and scripts. I assumed when Russell came back, the show would immediately rise back up to the level of his last time at the wheel, but it very much did not, IMO. But this episode felt to me like a real Doctor Who experience, so I am once again looking forward to the next adventure.

Joy checks in to The fabulous Time Hotel, but a deadly plan is taking place, only The Doctor can help.

How on Earth could an hour of so called sci fi entertainment, feel like a decade of painful Disney fluff?

On this evidence, I think it's good that Steven Moffat has decided to move on, he chose to move on by punishing us with this excruciating snooze fest. When you think of his highlights, just compare those to this.

Quite literally nothing happens, you keep hoping for something big, some major reveal, or some huge villain....nope we get the angry suitcase. The plot was incoherent, the CGI looked about two decades out of date.

It preached at us, as you'd expect from The BBC, it literally offered us nothing, even poor Ncuti seemed uninterested, sadly none of the supporting characters offered very much.

Sadly, a massive disappointment.

3/10.