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A freshly regenerated Doctor stumbles out of the police box doors, greets them by name and wishes them a merry Christmas before collapsing. Rushing out into the street of the Powell Estate, they see the TARDIS blink into existence above them, ricochet off a few buildings and a post van, then come to a crashing halt. As Jackie prepares presents and Mickey works in the garage, both of them hear the distinctive sound of the TARDIS' engines. The Tenth Doctor must recover from his regeneration in time to save the human race from slavery. It's Christmas Eve and high above London, the alien Sycorax are holding the Earth for ransom. 5.13 United Nations Intelligence Taskforce.5.5 Cultural references from the real world.
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Its setting was the first and last place on Earth the Tenth Doctor saw. Its initial pre-titles sequence on the Powell Estate was later used to "bookend" the closing scenes of The End of Time. More importantly, it was the first full story to feature the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant. Narratively, it continued the story of Harriet Jones, started the Torchwood story arc and involved UNIT in its first major appearance in the new series. It was thus the first in the modern tradition of the " Christmas special", and its sixty-minute running time made it then the longest episode yet produced by BBC Wales. However, unlike that episode, The Christmas Invasion was specially commissioned by BBC One to be transmitted outside the programme's normal broadcasting season.
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It was the first episode of Doctor Who to premiere on Christmas Day since " The Feast of Steven", the seventh part of 1966 twelve-part serial The Daleks' Master Plan. It was the show's first Christmas special since its revival and the first Christmas special starring Tennant as the Doctor. The Christmas Invasion was the 2005 Christmas Special of Doctor Who. You may be looking for The Christmas Inversion.