The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)

[FennerMachine]

I didn't find it a great stretch of the imagination:
The Trees of Cheem where time sensitive.
The trees in this episode where obviously time sensitive.
There power being channelled by a woman who thought her husband had died & using that memory as a focal point. The mental power of that many time sensitive's could easily have protected the aeroplane bringing it through the vortex.
Watch the beginning of Trial of a Time Lord (or all of it, I think its very underrated) to get an idea of how powerful many powerful minds can be in the Doctor Who universe.

[The Flyattractor]

I noticed everyone seems to have an issue with the spacesuit and Eleventh surviving in a vacuum for a short amount of time (we could hear him so I say there was an air tunnel), .

In the 4 to Doomsday story the Doctor survived in the vacuum of space for something like 10 min or so with just a oxy helmet. His time lord physiologiy was strong enough for that... If I recall correctly.
So there is that precedence anyway.

[Flyboy]

but am I the only one who has a problem with a WW2 plane flying through the time vortex,

Not at all. That's British engineering for you!

[Blencathra]

You lot should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. A bigger lot of Grumpy Old Men I have never come across. This episode was made for the 7 pm slot on Christmas Day. I bet nearly every single one of the nation's children was tuned in and enjoyed it thoroughly. I personally couldn't give a toss whether the Doctor survived in a vacuum or went to Narnia. All I care about is that it was a lovely, feel-good Christmassy story that my daughter loved.

[Flyboy]

You lot should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. A bigger lot of Grumpy Old Men I have never come across. This episode was made for the 7 pm slot on Christmas Day. I bet nearly every single one of the nation's children was tuned in and enjoyed it thoroughly. I personally couldn't give a toss whether the Doctor survived in a vacuum or went to Narnia. All I care about is that it was a lovely, feel-good Christmassy story that my daughter loved.

QFT.

If we can't have a bit of magic and 'feel-good' on Christmas day, when can we have it? Christmas is a time for miracles, and I would have been thoroughly unimpressed with anything less than a happily ever after at the end of that episode, despite my general appreciation of darker approaches to storytelling.

[4thDoctor]

"Come along now Jo, you know very well that it's science and not magic that wins the day".

[Flyboy]

"Come along now Jo, you know very well that it's science and not magic that wins the day".

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'There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in you philosophy, even yours Doctor.'

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[DigiFluid]

You lot should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves. A bigger lot of Grumpy Old Men I have never come across. This episode was made for the 7 pm slot on Christmas Day. I bet nearly every single one of the nation's children was tuned in and enjoyed it thoroughly. I personally couldn't give a toss whether the Doctor survived in a vacuum or went to Narnia. All I care about is that it was a lovely, feel-good Christmassy story that my daughter loved.

Yeah well, I don't watch it because I care what British children think; I watch it because I enjoy well-written and entertaining television. That, this episode, was not. So...NYAH

[4thDoctor]

'There are more things in heaven and Earth than are dreamt of in you philosophy, even yours Doctor.'

Oh.....Flap-Doodle!

[Blencathra]

Yeah well, I don't watch it because I care what British children think; I watch it because I enjoy well-written and entertaining television. That, this episode, was not. So...NYAH

Don't you mean "Bah Humbug"?

[Zarius]

I watch it because I enjoy well-written and entertaining television. That, this episode, was not.

Except it was.

[The Flyattractor]

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You will be Ex-Christmas-inated

[SaberBlade]

Oh.....Flap-Doodle!

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The Doctor: Magic, Leela? Magic?
Leela: I know; I know, there's no such thing as magic.
The Doctor: That's right. To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained.

Quite fun using The Doctor's own words to dismiss the overly magical wonderfulness of Christmas episodes when they don't attempt to explain anything with technobabble.

[Vyse]

It honestly bothers me that these specials assume everyone in the universe is Christian, and celebrates Christmas. I love Doctor Who, but these specials have a huge amount of arrogance built into them.

[The Flyattractor]

Yeah. Like Christmas is a Christian Holiday anymore.