"Now your past is going to change. That means your memories will change to. Bit scary, but you'll get the hang of it. "
A Christmas Carol is probably the best of all the Christmas specials. It's really the story of Karsik's redemption; all the other characters and subplots, even Amy and Rory, are superfluous to this. Michael Gambon is brilliant as Karsik, a rariety in Doctor Who villians; someone who's not totally evil, just misguided and damaged and, for once, someone the Doctor can redeem. Toby Hayes direction is wonderful too, as is the haunting "Abigal's Song."
One thing that sticks in my mind from when A Christmas Carol was first broadcast was it was the first time my girlfriends father had seen Doctor Who since the Hartnell era. He loved it and would rave about it for days afterwards to anyone who's listen. It was to be his last Christmas as six months later cancer took him from us. I can't watch this episode now without thinking of him.
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