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Last year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special was easy to look forward to. It was Clara’s first episode as the new companion, and we already knew we liked her because she was Souffle Girl. Plus, hello, it was the Doctor Who Christmas Special, and we were once again getting it here on Christmas Day, just a few hours later than it was broadcast in the UK.

This year is a little harder. Of course we’re over the moon about it, because, again, it’s the Doctor Who Christmas Special, and of course we’re again getting it just a few hours after the UK. But it’s Matt Smith‘s final episode as the Doctor. For many fans, he is their Doctor. These farewell episodes are never easy, regardless. But there is no way we’ll miss it, and we’re completely looking forward to it, we just...

With the news that Albert Finney has been cast for one of the Doctor Who 2009 Specials, speculation is running at Blogtorwho that he will reprise Winston Churchill, a part he’s played on television in the past.

So, it’s probably best to sum up all that we know to date about the four Specials and the annual Christmas story so we can keep fact from fiction straight.

The 2008 Christmas Special, entitled "The Next Doctor" according to the BBC, will guest star David Morrissey (The Other Boleyn Girl) and Dervla Kirwan (True Dare Kiss) and air on the BBC in December. No American airdate has been announced.

The four 2009 specials have two written by producer Russell T. Davies, one written by Davies and Phil Ford and one by Davies and Gareth Roberts. Two are expected to be filmed in the United States. One will feature the characters of Donna Noble(Catherine Tate) and her grandfather,...

Former Coronation Street stars Richard Fleeshman and Sarah Lancashire are starring in a new BBC One drama series centering around two rival choirs. The show, penned by Cutting It and True Dare Kiss writer Debbie Horsfield, has a working title of The Choir Project and will run for six one-hour episodes early next year. Set in a north England town, the drama follows the chaos caused when glamorous soprano Layla, played by Sarah Alexander, joins an unremarkable local choir. Determined to help the group hit the big time, she inspires a cull of the weakest members, with the implications not only affecting the choir but also the marriage (more)...