{"id":228,"date":"2008-12-22T13:00:58","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2008-12-22T01:21:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:21:51","slug":"doctor-who-christmas-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who Christmas Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only three days until the Doctor Who Christmas Special, &#8220;The Next Doctor&#8221;!\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait!\u00a0 Here are the first couple minutes of the episode.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IVT6LXK1KMA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And here is a fun holiday-related image I found at <a title=\"HeroPress.net\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heropress.net\/2008\/11\/christmas-is-coming.html\" class=\"broken_link\">HeroPress.net<\/a>.\u00a0 It comes from SFX Magazine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"HeroPress\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heropress.net\/2008\/11\/christmas-is-coming.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sfxmas.jpg\" alt=\"SFX X-mas Doctor Who \" width=\"350\" height=\"496\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Merry Geekmas!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-228\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-228\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-228\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/22\/doctor-who-christmas-special\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only three days until the Doctor Who Christmas Special, &#8220;The Next Doctor&#8221;!\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait!\u00a0 Here are the first couple minutes of the episode. 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Click here if you are unable to view\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doctor Who&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Doctor Who","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/drwho_newlogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":233,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/30\/christmas-at-the-irredeemable-household\/","url_meta":{"origin":228,"position":2},"title":"Christmas at the Irredeemable Household","date":"December 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"All in all, it was a good Christmas.\u00a0 The kids woke up to a nice haul on Christmas morning and everyone seemed to enjoy the day.\u00a0 We also visited with some in-laws that came by, and that seemed to go well.\u00a0 On the whole, it was an enjoyable day with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;apparel&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Batman DVD, Marvel Heroes, and USB Massager","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/x-mas2008a.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1442,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/28\/doctor-who-trailers-for-tennants-final-episodes\/","url_meta":{"origin":228,"position":3},"title":"Doctor Who: Trailers for Tennant&#8217;s Final Episodes","date":"July 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"At the San Diego Comic Con they showed trailers for The Waters of Mars and The End of Time.\u00a0 The second one isn't very clear, but it's the best copy I could find. 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