# Doctor Who Christmas Special Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102 "2017-11-19T20:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/1 "2017-11-19T20:31:45Z")
[Well, there’s a few false starts but you get there in the end.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=123&v=IkWxMG-JDk4) Love the dynamic between David Bradley’s One and Capaldi’s Twelve, and Mark Gatiss being crushed to accidentally learn his Great War isn’t the last is heartbreaking. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/2 "2017-11-19T21:28:51Z")
I am younger! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/3 "2017-11-19T23:27:06Z")
Yep, yep, yep. Good trailer, looking forward to it. “Have I been burgled?” “Always remember where you parked it. It’s going to come up a lot” ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/4 "2017-11-20T01:29:03Z")
Most of the other Doctors have been slightly in awe of One when he came back {at least in The Five Doctors, anyway}, but I like how Capaldi just starts off being rude. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/5 "2017-11-20T01:34:20Z")
Love David Bradley. He was fantastic in the movie they made about the making of the original Doctor Who. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/6 "2017-11-20T01:42:37Z")
I still think the actor playing One looks very little like William Hartnell, but the costuming does all right. The characterization bothers me. One is really crabby in this. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/7 "2017-11-20T05:56:37Z")
Having seen some of Hartnell’s run One _was_ frequently crabby! (Actually, they all tend towards crab to one degree or another) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/8 "2017-11-20T13:27:01Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I still think the actor playing One looks very little like William Hartnell, but the costuming does all right. > > The characterization bothers me. One is really crabby in this. The First Doctor was crabby in everything. That was his dominant personality trait. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/9 "2017-11-20T14:27:49Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > The characterization bothers me. One is really crabby in this. I haven’t watched all of old Who, but are there really any stories where one isn’t really crabby? That’s an accurate description of him in every story I’ve seen of his, including both of the specials (Three Doctors and Five Doctors). ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/802102/10 "2017-11-20T21:43:49Z")
About the only story I remember where One wasn’t crabby was “The Romans.” He even has an honest-to-Ghod fight scene with a would-be assassin (although this being _Doctor Who,_ One trounces the assassin in a “Doctor-ish” way.) But the whole story has a light touch that showcases Hartnell’s gift for comedy.