{"id":37343,"date":"2022-12-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=37343"},"modified":"2022-12-23T21:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T21:03:25","slug":"merry-christmas-celebrate-with-the-free-doctor-who-companion-annual-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/12\/25\/merry-christmas-celebrate-with-the-free-doctor-who-companion-annual-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas! Celebrate with the FREE Doctor Who Companion Annual 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merry Christmas from everyone here at the Doctor Who Companion<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope you’re having a fantastic day — but if you’re understandably subdued about the complete lack of Doctor Who<\/em> this festive season, we’ve got you covered: we hope you enjoy the DWC Annual 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is our third annual, a PDF that you can download or just open in your browser, completely free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because there’s no Doctor Who<\/em> on TV this Christmas, we’ve made sure we include two short stories to bookend the tome…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To download the Doctor Who Companion Annual 2023<\/em> PDF, just click here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the first Christmas with no Doctor Who<\/em> on TV since 2004… which yes, might sound sad, but actually, how amazing is that?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, we’ve had Christmas Day and New Year’s Day specials, including The Christmas Invasion, Voyage of the Damned, A Christmas Carol, The Snowmen, The Husbands of River Song, Twice Upon A Time, Resolution<\/em>, and, most recently, Eve of the Daleks<\/em> (reviewed by Joe Siegler in the annual, alongside Peter Shaw’s reviews of Legend of the Sea Devils<\/em> and The Power of the Doctor<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re in quite a privileged position, having enjoyed that wealth of stories, and with new showrunner, Russell T Davies, promising a return of the Christmas Day specials next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, you can enjoy some fiction and non-fiction in our annual!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to open the DWC Annual 2023, completely free.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And stay tuned to the Doctor Who Companion<\/em> because, with our usual news coverage, we’ve also got a bevvy of festive features and reviews, plus an extra surprise in the New Year…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas, our dear DWC readers.<\/p>\n

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Yep, it’s completely free to download; a Christmas present from us to you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Merry Christmas! 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