The Doctor is not coming this Xmas

It has been announced that for the first time since it returned in 2005 Doctor Who will not have a Christmas special. Instead there will be an episode on New Year's Day. This is not the first time the new run has has had an episode go out on that day, David Tennat's final episode in the role went out on New Year's Day 2010. The reason given for the gap this year is that the production team have run out of ideas to tie plots into the festive period!