Stories Television Doctor Who Season One Joy to the World 5 images Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 43 Statistics Quotes 6 Transcript Overview First aired Wednesday, December 25, 2024 Written by Steven Moffat Directed by Alex Pillai Runtime 60 minutes Story Type Christmas Time Travel Past, Present, Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Bootstrap Paradox, Dinosaurs, Doctor meets themself, Mavity, Profiting from time travel, Temporary Companion, Time Travel Pivotal Inventory (Potential Spoilers!) Psychic Paper, Fireworks, Sonic Screwdriver Location (Potential Spoilers!) Nepal, the Himalayas, The Time Hotel, The Sandringham Hotel, Earth, England, Italy, London, Manchester, Palestine UK Viewers 5.91 million Appreciation Index 75.6 Synopsis 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. Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa Joy Almondo Anita Benn First Appearance Silurians Dinosaurs Ruby Sunday Spoiler!Click to reveal 👀 Show All Characters (6) How to watch Joy to the World: Watch on iPlayer Watch on Disney+ Doctor Who Unleashed BTS on YouTube Blu-Ray Joy to the World DVD Joy to the World Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 43 reviews 4 May 2025 · 65 words Review by kawaii2234 Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! doctor who is the only show where you could ever have a t-rex and the birth of christ in the same episode and it not even be in the top 15 of craziest things the show has ever done. I am completely here for the lesbians on the orient express. overall wasn't the worst holiday special produced but not one I'm likely to rewatch anytime soon. kawaii2234 View profile Like Liked 1 2 May 2025 · 11 words Review by godslayer86 Well first of all jesus was born before 1 AD. Historically inaccurate. godslayer86 View profile Like Liked 0 29 April 2025 · 44 words Review by ClydeLangerRules Ncuti Gatwa is scary man. Bro is a charisma machine. Feel like I'm watching a folkloric, faintly hypnotic creature from a mystical grove, offering me honeyed dates and wine. What a smile. What a Doctor. Even when his surroundings are faintly annoying, he shines. ClydeLangerRules View profile Like Liked 0 24 April 2025 · 38 words Review by Azurillkirby i love doctor who so f**king much holy s**t oh my god. just f**king everything. i don't understand how a single soul dislikes the current era of the show. it's so filled with LOVE S. Azurillkirby View profile Like Liked 0 11 April 2025 · 3 words Review by jamesnneill Rewatched 2025-04-11 (⭐⭐⭐½) jamesnneill View profile Like Liked 0 Show All Reviews (43) Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating821 members 3.29 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1117 Favourited 60 Reviewed 43 Saved 10 Skipped 1 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite DOCTOR: I mean, basically the code came from nowhere, but then so did the universe, and no-one complains about that. — Joy to the World Show All Quotes (6) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking [The Queen's Hotel, Manchester, 1940] (During an air raid.) HILDA: (playing solitaire) Close the window, Basil. There's a war on.BASIL: Cathedral's been hit. Oh. Don't think there'll be much left. I used to know someone who lived up that way. Long time ago.HILDA: Woman, was it?BASIL: Mmm, two women, in fact.HILDA: Well, that doesn't surprise me. (Nearby explosion rattles the decanter and glasses.) BASIL: It's the end of everything, you know. Everything we hold dear. Democracy itself will fall. Show Full Transcript Open in new window
