Talk:Last Christmas (TV story)

Series Placing
Is there any reason this story is considered a part of series 9, rather than series 8? Considering when it was produced/when it aired/how it deals with the narrative threads left hanging from series 8, I'd say it was the last story of that series, as opposed to the first story of the next one. Is there any reason why this isn't the case? KingOrokos ☎  14:45, January 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * I believe it's because of production reasons, not story reasons. JagoAndLitefoot ☎  15:11, January 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * I thought that might be the case, but I can't actually find any evidence that it was produced as part of series 9 rather than 8. Considering it was filmed September-October 2014, and filming for on series 9 only started in January 2015, I would presume it was considered part of series 8's production blocks. There might be some evidence I haven't found that says otherwise, though. KingOrokos ☎  15:52, January 27, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ever since 2012, production "seasons" have gone out of the window. This matter was discussed at Thread:180640, and we came to the conclusion that home video releases would form the basis of how we construed "seasons" following the end of production code use. RogerAckroydLives ☎  06:19, January 28, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ah I see, fair enough. Thanks for clearing that up for me. KingOrokos ☎  13:03, January 28, 2016 (UTC)

Production order
This page and Under the Lake claims that Under the Lake and Before the Flood follow Last Christmas in production order, while Prologue says that Prologue, The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familiar are next. Which is it? -- Tybort (talk page) 20:25, December 19, 2016 (UTC)