“I thought, what are the paradigm scary adventures of Doctor Who that have been serially ripped off in the cinema,” said Moffat. “They never asked Doctor Who to borrow the plot of the Ark in Space,” said Moffat, a reference to four Doctor Who episodes, starring Tom Baker, from 1975. But Steven Moffat, the show’s lead writerand executive producer, said he did not seek permission from its makers. Such is the resemblance of the Doctor’s latest adversaries to the monster in Alien that one of the characters in the episode refers to the 1979 film. The hour-long special, the centrepiece of BBC1’s Christmas Day lineup, also features the Doctor’s first-ever encounter with Santa Claus, played by Shaun of the Dead star Nick Frost. ![]() ![]() ![]() But the monsters in the Christmas edition of BBC1’s Doctor Who bear more than a passing resemblance to the “facehuggers” from the classic horror film. Terrifying sci-fi chiller Alien is an unlikely inspiration for a festive family TV treat.
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