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Clint Hassell reviews The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special.

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The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe is the fifth most viewed Doctor Who Christmas special, according to final viewing figures from BARB.

This year’s festive special increased from its initial overnight estimate of 8.9 million to 10.77 million.

The most viewed special is still Voyage of the Damned with 13.31 million viewers. The lowest is The Runaway Bride with 9.35 million.

Top 7 Doctor Who Christmas specials by amount of viewers:

1. Voyage of the Damned (2007) 13.31 million
2. The Next Doctor (2008) 13.10 million
3. A Christmas Carol (2010) 12.11 million
4. The End of Time Part 1 (2009) 12.04 million
5. The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011) 10.77 million
6. The Christmas Invasion (2005) 9.84 million
7. The Runaway Bride (2006) 9.35 million

BARB viewing figures count those who recorded the programme and watched within 7 days. They do not take into account iPlayer viewings.

You’ve been voting all week in our poll to rate the 2011 Doctor Who Christmas special, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. The poll is now closed and the final results are in.

Of the thousands who voted, 45% thought the episode was worthy of full marks and a ‘Christmas cracker!’ 26% rated it ‘very good’; 15% said it was ‘average’; and 9% ‘poor’. Just 5% scored it lowest of the low. Overall, it wasn’t quite as well received as Steven Moffat’s first festive special, A Christmas Carol, which is still the highest rated of all the specials.

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So was The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe the perfect Christmas gift or did it leave you frosty? Rate in our poll and feel free to discuss further in the comments.

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We would just like to take a moment to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas!

Tomorrow, of course, we have the best Christmas Day gift of them all – a brand new episode of Doctor Who with The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe. Catch up with all the latest news, pics, clips and more by clicking here.

We’ll be running our regular poll straight after the episode at 8pm, so join us if you can to rate the episode and share your thoughts!

Naturally, news is going slow down over the next week or so, but we have some great features lined-up so you’re not completely Doctor Who deprived once the special is over!

In the meantime have a great Christmas holiday everyone!

Here are another 15 teasers for The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe.

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The Christmas edition of The Graham Norton Show featured a new clip from The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Note: the rest of the interview is included, but if you just want to see the clip, skip to 02:35 on the video.

Here are Doctor Who TV’s first 15 teasers for The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe.

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The BBC has released some surprisingly spoilery new pics from The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe as part of today’s ‘Adventure Calendar’. If you haven’t seen them yet, and don’t mind spoilers, check them out below.

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If you missed this yesterday and have got 45 minutes to spare, be sure to check out this great interview from Radio 5. Richard Bacon presents the Doctor Who special featuring Matt Smith and Steven Moffat.

A number of topics are covered including: the recovery of the classic episodes; Series 6 being too complicated and the ratings; Matt Smith’s future (Matt jokes he’s doing it for the next 50 years); Series 7 and the 50th Anniversary; David Yates’ Doctor Who movie (“It would be a heathen thing to do”) and, of course, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.

Note: This was recorded before the news broke of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill’s departure from the show.