Relative Dimensions was the 2011 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. It was written by Paul Cornell & Marc Platt, directed by Ashley Way and starred Peter Capaldi as the Thirteenth Doctor, Gemma Chan as Kelsey Haule & Tom Ellis as Richard McIntyre.
Synopsis[]
Christmas is a time for family, they say — which is why the Doctor has invited his grand-daughter Susan and great-grandson Alex for Christmas dinner in his time and space machine. But who, or what, is the spectre at their yuletide feast?
Venturing deep into the dark heart of the TARDIS, Susan uncovers her past and the Doctor finds himself caught in a deadly dangerous present!
Plot[]
To be added.
Cast[]
- The Doctor - Peter Capaldi
- Kelsey Haule - Gemma Chan
- Richard McIntyre - Tom Ellis
- Susan Campbell - Carole Ann Ford
- Alex Campbell - To be added.
Crew[]
To be added.
Worldbuilding[]
Christmas[]
- At Kelsey's suggestion, she and the Doctor do their Christmas shopping during the subsequent January sales. He is able to pay for the gifts using his previously untouched UNIT salary, which has accrued a great deal of interest over the years.
- The TARDIS' Christmas tree is a Norwegian spruce.
- For Christmas, both Susan and Kelsey bought socks for the Doctor while the Doctor intended to give Kelsey socks as well as a TARDIS key.
- Susan builds a snowman version of the First Doctor with a carrot for a nose and two brussels sprouts for his eyes.
- The Doctor wants to watch Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas Speech from 25 December 1953 using the Time-Space Visualiser.
Historical figures[]
- The Doctor tells Susan, Lucie and Alex that Leonardo da Vinci begged him to take him to Bethlehem in order to witness the birth of Jesus Christ. Kelsey erroneously believed that he was referring to the American film actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Individuals[]
- Alex is studying the history of European architecture in London.
- Alex is not telepathic and cannot regenerate. The Doctor analyses his DNA and discovers that his Gallifreyan genes constitute only 7% of his genome.
Planets[]
- During their travels together, the First Doctor and Susan travelled to the planet Ambrosia, where everything smelled of spice apart from their sovereign.
Species[]
- The TARDIS contains a colony of bats known as fledershrews.
- The Doctor, Kelsey, Richard, Susan and Alex are attacked in the TARDIS library by an eight foot alien fish.
The TARDIS[]
- The TARDIS holding ring contains the stored rooms of all of the Doctor's previous companions, including Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor, Dodo Chaplet, Polly Wright, Ben Jackson, Jamie McCrimmon & Victoria Waterfield.
- The library has a copy of Gauntlet's Bestiary of the Fourth Universe.
Time Lords[]
- Alex was previously unaware that Time Lords have two hearts.
Notes[]
- The working title for this story was The Fish That Stole Christmas.
- In the final scene, the Doctor says, "Happy Christmas, Doctor. And happy Christmas to everyone else too. If anyone's watching." This is a reference to the First Doctor breaking the fourth wall in the final scene of TV: "The Feast of Steven", episode seven of The Daleks' Master Plan which was first broadcast on 25 December 1965, by turning to face the camera and saying, "Incidentally, a happy Christmas to all of you at home!"
Continuity[]
- Alex recalls meeting his great-grandfather, the Doctor, for the first time during the events of TV: An Earthly Child
- Susan mentions that the Doctor has regenerated since they last met. (TV: An Earthly Child)
- Susan remembers being abandoned on Earth by the Doctor following the end of the Dalek occupation. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
- Susan tells her grandfather that the Iborians were sincere in their desire to render assistance in rebuilding Earth and that they have already accomplished much in the previous six months. (TV: An Earthly Child)
- Susan refers to the Doctor's recklessness in lying to herself and their former travelling companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright about the fluid link being broken so to provide an excuse to explore in the Dalek city on Skaro. (TV: The Daleks)
- As a Christmas present, the Doctor gives Susan the Aztec bracelet which Cameca had previously given to him as an engagement present in Mexico in the 15th century. (TV: The Aztecs) The Eighth Doctor previously wore it on the lapel of his cream linen suit. (PROSE: White Darkness)
- The Blitzen fish ruins the Thal cloak which Alydon had given Susan on Skaro. (TV: The Daleks)
Home video releases[]
DVD[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 48 were released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Eighth Season in 2012.
- This story along with the other stories in Season 48, Part 2 were released as Doctor Who: Season 48, Part 2 in 2012.
Blu-ray[]
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47 were later released as Doctor Who: The Complete Forty-Eighth Season on Blu-ray in 2012.
- This story along with the other stories in Season 47, Part 2 were released as Doctor Who: Season 48, Part 2 on Blu-ray in 2012.