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The Best Doctor Who Christmas Specials, Ranked

Hoai-Tran Bui,, ,Ryan Britt, and ,Dais Johnston

created: Dec. 12, 2025, 3 p.m. | updated: Dec. 18, 2025, 11:14 p.m.

Inverse’s Doctor Who fans put their heads together to rank all the Christmas specials. Here are all the Doctor Who Christmas specials so far, ranked. When the Doctor (David Tennant) encounters a man who also claims to be the Doctor (David Morrissey), we get a bittersweet story about what happens when people are utterly broken. That’s what makes “A Christmas Carol” not just the best-ever Christmas special of Doctor Who, but one of the best screen adaptations of the Charles Dickens novella. — Hoai-Tran BuiAll the Doctor Who Christmas specials are available to rent on Apple TV, Amazon, and elsewhere.

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