Christmas Special: The Christmas Invasion

Summary:
The Doctor lands the Tardis in London before he faints. Rose puts him into bed at her Mum's flat and the only thing she, Jackie and Mickey can do is to wait until he wakes up again. It is Christmas and Rose and Mickey go out to do some Christmas shopping but they aren't able to spend some time together because strange figures dressed as Santa start to shoot at them. When they are back at Rose's place there is a different Christmas tree standing in the living room. The tree suddenly gets alive and Rose can wake the Doctor who saves them but they have woken him too soon and he is unconscious again. Then an alien ship turns up and hovers above London. Rose and the other hide with the Doctor in the Tardis and Rose has to play the ambassador of the human race because the Doctor is not awake yet. On the ship she meets Harriet Jones again and soon they notice that the Doctor is awake again. Can he send the aliens back to where they came from?

The first ever Christmas Special of New Who and we already have to get used to a new Doctor. You don't see that much of the Doctor in this episode because he often lies somewhere and is unconscious but in my opinion that's a good way to introduce him. Rose doesn't know what she thinks about this new Doctor and she doesn't know if he still wants to travel with her, which gives the episode an exciting edge. It is so great to see Harriet Jones again and I'm glad that they brought her back into the show. It's a bit like a running gag when she still shows her ID to everybody and even the aliens know who she is. One moment I really like is the fight scene between the Doctor and the Sycorax leader when his hand grows back because he is still in his regeneration phase. When Rose watches him sleep, you just want to tell her that everything will be alright. I can understand why Harriet told Torchwood they should destroy the retreating ship but I can also understand the Doctor who doesn't want to kill someone who capitulated. This must have been Torchwood London, which is destroyed later and it wasn't Jack who fired this weapon because he is the leader of Torchwood Cardiff. It's a bit sad that the snow at the end of the episode is no snow but ash but it's nice to know that the Doctor still wants to have Rose as a companion.