Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

As Christmas draws near, so does the Doctor Who Christmas special, this year called 'A Christmas Carol'. Steven Moffat, the head writer of Doctor Who, wrote the episode, so we can expect good quality. He has also said that it will be the most Christmassy episode ever. It involves a giant flying shark and a crashing space liner and is set on Androzani Minor. The official synopsis is shown below:
 

It’s the deepest part of winter, the exact midpoint, Christmas Eve – half way out of the dark. Amy and Rory are trapped on a stricken space liner that’s plummeting through banks of thick icy fog to the surface of the planet below. Only one man has the power to save them; only one man is in possession of a machine that can clear the fog and let them land safely. That man is Kazran Sardick, a rich but lonely old miser who rules Sardicktown with a sky-mast of iron.
The Doctor’s only chance of rescuing the ship’s 4,000 passengers is to save Kazran’s soul and show him that life is worth living. For this he needs to go back, way back, to when Kazran was a boy with a life full of promise. But can the Doctor put a song in Kazran’s heart and love in his life, in time for Christmas? Can he bring him out of the dark?

Source: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/a-christmas-carol-new-details-pics-12165.htm#ixzz17F6EGvu8

 

Not many spoilers are given  but it is very intriguing. A few pictures have been released including ones of the flying shark. Here are some:

The Christmas special stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy, Arthur Darvill as Rory, Michael Gambon as Kazran and Katherine Jenkins as Abigail Pettigrew. We know that the story involves a flying shark and a crashing space liner. Unfortunately we will have to wait until Christmas towatch the whoe epidsode of 'Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol'.