tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768269625740412102.post7911578248734209364..comments2023-07-22T14:39:32.423+01:00Comments on THE TIME MEDDLER: Doctor Who: The Christmas InvasionPaul Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02927027468227544676noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1768269625740412102.post-19284329464797579992018-02-13T17:15:42.876+00:002018-02-13T17:15:42.876+00:00I rewatched this recently and was surprised by how...I rewatched this recently and was surprised by how different the show was back then. I know this was a Christmas episode, but tonally it's quite different to a modern day episode. It's simpler, and everything is far lighter than I remember. It also has a more grounded Christmas story than the later Christmas offerings: gone are the fairy tale trappings, replaced instead with the story of Rose and her Mum spending Christmas at home. I do miss the Rose/Jackie family dynamic. Davies tried to replicate it in season three, had perhaps more successfully in season four, but I don't think Moffat really succeeded in recapturing that early familial warmth.Marvinnoreply@blogger.com