Christmas Special

The Christmas special has been a yearly tradition of Doctor Who since 2005's The Christmas Invasion. Every 25 December since the series was revived by BBC Wales, a special has aired on BBC One.

Previously, the only episode of Doctor Who to premiere on Christmas Day was "The Feast of Steven", the seventh part of the 1966 serial The Daleks' Master Plan. Though not technically a Christmas special, the fact that it was Christmas was acknowledged via a fourth wall-breaking "Happy Christmas" at the end of the episode.

List of Doctor Who Christmas specials

 * 2005 - The Christmas Invasion (series 2)
 * 2006 - The Runaway Bride (series 3)
 * 2007 - Voyage of the Damned (series 4)
 * 2008 - The Next Doctor (series 4)
 * 2009 - The End of Time: Part One (2009 Specials)
 * 2010 - A Christmas Carol (series 6)
 * 2011 - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (series 7)
 * 2012 - The Snowmen (series 7)