This year, we get &quot;Doctor Who&quot; does &quot;Inception&quot; with a side order of &quot;Alien.&quot; And Father Christmas, of course. The combination is dark, unsettling and heartbreaking – this Christmas, our characters might not get what they want but, thanks to the episode's dream-within-a-dream-within-a-dream-within-a-ratings-busting-TV-show, at least they get what they need.


  Designed to be watched in a post-Christmas dinner slump whilst picking at a box of chocolates even though you're not really hungry, &quot;Last Christmas&quot; (written by Steven Moffat) suffers from the same problem of great concept but messy execution that plagued the previous season, but at least it's tighter than last year's mess of a regeneration. (Has it really only been a year since Peter Capaldi stepped into the TARDIS?)

  After a rocky start at the beginning of the previous season, Capaldi and Coleman have hit their stride as a partnership, especially now that they've both come clean about...<br/>
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