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When a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a chase across the galaxy.
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Title: The Husbands of River Song (25 Dec 2015)
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Cast
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| Peter Capaldi | ... | The Doctor | |
| Alex Kingston | ... | River Song | |
| Matt Lucas | ... | Nardole | |
| Greg Davies | ... | King Hydroflax | |
| Phillip Rhys | ... | Ramone | |
| Rowan Polonski | ... | Flemming | |
| Robert Curtis | ... | Scratch | |
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Anthony Cozens | ... | Concierge |
| Chris Lew Kum Hoi | ... | Alphonse | |
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Nicolle Smartt | ... | Receptionist |
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Liam Cook | ... | King Hydroflax's Body |
| Nonso Anozie | ... | Hydroflax (voice) | |
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It's Christmas Day on a remote human colony, and the Doctor is hiding from carols and comedy antlers. But when the Time Lord's help is requested, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy! King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious and his giant robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River work out who the Doctor is? All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and at a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time...
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christmas day | disembodied head | cyborg | husband | christmas special |Parents Guide:
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The Doctor: Sorry?
Nardole: In your capsule.
The Doctor: I'm never sure. I don't like being sure about things. One minute you're sure, the next everybody turns into lizards and a piano falls on you.
Nardole: Piano?
The Doctor: It's been a long day.
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Steven Moffat intended for a while to have this be his last episode before passing the show to a new runner, hence his using it to finally tie off his very first original plot thread. Then he decided at the last minute to stay a while longer. See more »Goofs
In her first appearance in the series, River questions the Tenth Doctor about the crash of the Byzantium, an adventure she shared with the Eleventh Doctor. While this makes sense if she is mistaking the Tenth Doctor for a Twelfth or later incarnation, her photo collection in this story has all of the prior Doctors in chronological order. This, coupled with her insistence that the photos are the only incarnations of the Doctor, implies that she does know the correct order, and therefore would also know that the Tenth Doctor would have no memory of the Byzantium. See more »Quotes
Nardole: We weren't sure where you'd come down.The Doctor: Sorry?
Nardole: In your capsule.
The Doctor: I'm never sure. I don't like being sure about things. One minute you're sure, the next everybody turns into lizards and a piano falls on you.
Nardole: Piano?
The Doctor: It's been a long day.
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Crazy Credits
Changes to the opening credits were made for this Christmas time episode. There are added snowstorm effects that the Tardis flies through and in addition the circling 'planets' (visible just after the Alex Kingston credit) are in fact Christmas ornaments. See more »
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25 December 2015 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I never liked River Song much but the relationship between her and Doctor is absolutetly splendid in this episode. Its carefree atmosphere is refreshing after dense 9th season. And Nardole is a great sidekick.