Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol vs Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.9/10 for Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol). Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 2m. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol is the older of the two (2010 against 2013). Both are drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Matt Smith, Karen Gillan.

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol posterDoctor Who: A Christmas Carol2010 VS Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor posterDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor2013
Doctor Who: A Christmas CarolDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 8.1/10
Year20102013
Length1h 2m1h
GenresDrama, Science FictionDrama, Science Fiction, TV Movie
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorToby HaynesJamie Payne
Main castLeo Bill, Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill, Michael Gambon, Karen GillanMatt Smith, Kayvan Novak, Jenna Coleman, Tessa Peake-Jones, Karen Gillan

Synopsis

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor

Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them, the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.

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