4 Parts (8 pages) Art by Bill Mevin
TV Comic 732-735, 20th December 1965 to 10th January 1966, Reprinted in Doctor Who Classic Comics 15
Dr. Who and his grandchildren, John and Gillian, visit Christmas-land.
They follow a mysterious sleigh to a house in the forest, where they meet none other than Santa Claus himself!
Luckily, Dr. Who has a magic box that can create many copies instantaneously!
Dr. Who goes on ahead as John and Gillian start on Santa's deliveries, but when they find their grandfather's sleigh abandoned, they fear the worst!
Turns out Dr. Who has been cornered by a grumpy Polar Bear! John is able to follow his grandfather's instructions to cut the bear down to size.
The Demon Magician appears to tell them that their efforts are in vain...
When he steals all Santa's toys and throws up a giant wall all around them, Dr. Who spots Chekov's Squirrel...
Sure enough, with the Squirrel embiggened, they're able to hitch a ride (or leap) to clear the wall.
They make it back to the TARDIS, but Santa has been and gone, leaving them a note explaining that the TARDIS models are a roaring success and he's headed straight out to deliver them.
But the Demon Magician is still at large, and has laid a trap - a Snowman that imprisons John and Gillian in a vice-like grip!
Dr. Who uses his magic box to recreate the heartbreaking final scenes of Raymond Briggs' timeless classic, The Snowman.
The Demon Magician comes thundering down the mountain in the form of a snowball, hoping to destroy Santa's workshop in an avalanche.
But Dr. Who uses his magic box to shrink him in his snowball form...
...and John traps him in a toy rocket, which they fire into space!
Santa shows his gratitude with a huge message that lights up the sky as they leave: "HAPPY JOURNEY TO TARDIS!"
2020 and all that...
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It seems more and more people are running and joining in with tweetalongs nowadays, which is fantastic, if a bit crowded! It takes a while to prep tweets and screencaps etc. so we know how much work (and time!) goes into them, and these days if you're not careful checking what stories others are doing you can end up clashing and having to change your plans. Nevertheless, it's always nice to be able to give a signal boost to others even if you're not going to be able to join in yourself - like evenings are not always very good for us but it's nice to boost others, and always appreciated if the favour's ever returned.
It did get to a point where it felt a bit like we'd been steamrollered out of the way in amongst all the lockdown enthusiasm for this "new" idea (that was old hat when we started 7 years ago!), and that there wasn't much consideration for daft low-profile accounts like ours from what you might call the in-crowd, but none of that really matters at all, it's just been so wonderful to see so many people getting into it, enjoying themselves, being positive, and so creative!
What we do is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things but we'll keep going for as long as it's fun and people are enjoying it. It was actually quite nice to have a bit of a break over the Spring and early Summer and just enjoy things, but we've been back in full swing since the end of July. We'll have another little break after Christmas, and then make plans for 2021, so do let us know if there's any particular stories you'd like us to cover in future (revisits welcome as long as we've not done them too recently!).
Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, just go forward in all your beliefs, take care of yourselves and each other, wash your hands, keep a good distance, wear a mask when you can or should, and here's to happier times and places in 2021! Oh, and incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home!
Just wanted to say a great big thank you to everyone who follows our tweetalongs with @tygerwhocame2t, or gives us a signal boost with a retweet now and then. We don't have celeb connections, mad video editing skills, or anything like that, it's just us muddling away in what we like to think of as the old 90s UK Gold Omnibus slot! It's very much appreciated.
It seems more and more people are running and joining in with tweetalongs nowadays, which is fantastic, if a bit crowded! It takes a while to prep tweets and screencaps etc. so we know how much work (and time!) goes into them, and these days if you're not careful checking what stories others are doing you can end up clashing and having to change your plans. Nevertheless, it's always nice to be able to give a signal boost to others even if you're not going to be able to join in yourself - like evenings are not always very good for us but it's nice to boost others, and always appreciated if the favour's ever returned.
It did get to a point where it felt a bit like we'd been steamrollered out of the way in amongst all the lockdown enthusiasm for this "new" idea (that was old hat when we started 7 years ago!), and that there wasn't much consideration for daft low-profile accounts like ours from what you might call the in-crowd, but none of that really matters at all, it's just been so wonderful to see so many people getting into it, enjoying themselves, being positive, and so creative!
What we do is neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things but we'll keep going for as long as it's fun and people are enjoying it. It was actually quite nice to have a bit of a break over the Spring and early Summer and just enjoy things, but we've been back in full swing since the end of July. We'll have another little break after Christmas, and then make plans for 2021, so do let us know if there's any particular stories you'd like us to cover in future (revisits welcome as long as we've not done them too recently!).
Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties, just go forward in all your beliefs, take care of yourselves and each other, wash your hands, keep a good distance, wear a mask when you can or should, and here's to happier times and places in 2021! Oh, and incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home!
TTFN! K.
Coming Soon... 2021!
Coming Soon... 2021!
