It’s not that Doctor Who’s festive episodes can’t be memorable; “The Husbands of River Song,” “A Christmas Carol,” “The Runaway Bride,” and more beg to differ. But I know it’s a holiday tradition in the U.

Coughlan brings her own radiance to Joy, her beautiful round face and bright blue eyes shimmering with tears, her hair a halo of gold, framed by a bright red beret and matching jacket. Visually and emotionally, she is a shining symbol of the season, its warmth, yearning, and heartache. And in the end, she is the star this episode demanded.

"Joy to the World" is the 2025 Doctor Who Christmas Special. A hotel with rooms all across time becomes the latest adventure for the Doctor. The post REVIEW: ‘Doctor Who’ — “Joy to the World” appeared first on But Why Tho?

When Joy opens a secret doorway to the Time Hotel, she discovers danger, dinosaurs and the Doctor. But a deadly plan is unfolding across the earth, just in time for Christmas.

After setting up the Time Hotel the Doctor is staying at—a business of myriad gateways currently set to send guests to every Christmas in history—we’re quickly whisked through a bunch of those doorways as he follows a strange suitcase hopping between handcuffed,

One of the great ironies of Doctor Who is that the one episode that most people tend to watch – the big, broad appeal Christmas special – is often the least inspiring. I am still haunted by the year,