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Doctor Who Specials • Christmas Special

The Husbands of River Song

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Doctor Who (2005-2022)
Twelfth Doctor

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First aired Friday, December 25, 2015
Written by Steven Moffat
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Runtime 56 minutes
Time Travel Future
Tropes: (Potential Spoilers!) Human Colony Deadlock Seal Spoilers Time Travel Pivotal Meeting in the wrong order By Royal Command Robots
Story Arc: (Potential Spoilers!) River Song Timeline
Inventory: (Potential Spoilers!) River Song's Diary Sonic trowel Sonic Screwdriver
UK Viewers 7.62 million
Appreciation Index 82
Synopsis

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy.

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