the episode tries really hard to pretend that this is a "giant battle" but I think it forgets that it was established that THOUSANDS of people would die in this battle yet we can clearly see the town (along with other people) holds a maximum capacity of around 200 or so. I don't know, the 10-20 we saw earlier in the episode? To make things WORSE, we do get to see the final epic battle when the Dalek ship sends down its troops, and it literally only sends down maybe 10. Did the show forget that there is a DALEK SPACESHIP THE SIZE OF A CITY FLOATING IN SPACE? Or a Cyber-man FLEET SITTING IN THE ATMOSPHERE? Why send one wooden cyber-man? Why not send 2,000? The weeping angels don't join anyone's allegiance, so why was there only ONE weeping angel infilitrating the town instead of. see the problem here? Literally, ALL of the Doctor's enemies apparently attack him ONE AT A TIME (due to the montage, it appears they attack him once a week or once). In ALL of the scenarios, we see the Doctor "cleverly" destroying all challengers. This is a slap in the face to the audience, because we also get to see some of the battles. Literally, it takes place in a tiny 1800s styled town, and the Doctor has "supposedly" been fighting off Daleks, Weeping Angels, and Cyber-men for HUNDREDS of years in this tiny town. This episode is supposed to show a giant battle that consumes thousands/millions of lives (we see the tomb stones of this battle in previous episodes), however the scope of this battle is literally only a handful of people. This episode really takes the cake for big let downs. The "Promise for a super huge battle that will be epic that turns out to be a battle between only a handful of enemies": This promise has been done so many times in Doctor Who, but rarely has it ever been fulfilled. The "Doctor makes a promise, and it seems like he breaks it, but quickly fulfills it later because the Doctor "never fails anyone in danger.": This is done at least twice in this episode. It may have been funny once, but now it just seems like fan service. The "Doctor does something embarrassing that looks like he is in a sexual relationship with his companion": This is done in this episode. It has way too many Doctor Who clichés in it so it feels like a retread of old territory. Now, while the premise of this episode may sound good, the execution is less than that. get it? It's ironic because Christmas is supposed to be a happy thing yet it is chaotic and has war on it. He does all of this to save the people of a small town called "Christmas". On this planet he is forced to spend hundreds of years fighting off Cyber-men, Daleks, and Weeping Angels. In the episode the Doctor faces his "biggest threat" yet where he is stuck on the planet where he is destined to die on. The episode follows the Doctor for almost the entire time and he stands as the main character in this episode. This episode contains virtually every Doctor Who cliché in it which might be why people like it, but to me it makes it incredibly weak. I loved Doctor Who, however, there are some reoccurring elements that seem to be popping up much more frequently than they need to be.