Steven Moffat – Doctor Who’s head writer and executive producer – has thanked the programme's fans for keeping secret the closing moments of this year’s season finale.
The BBC returns Doctor Who to its roots for this year’s now-traditional Christmas Day episode – which usually offers a good dose of tinsel with the sci-fi intrigue.
The BBC have now released the name of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, together with a new trailer for the episode, a series of promotional photos and a minisode.
Richard E Grant is to appear in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, playing an as-yet-unknown character alogside Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, in the BBC’s long-running science-fiction drama series.