Doctor Who: The Snowmen - new pictures, details

Following the Children in Need prequel and trailer for Doctor Who: The Snowmen, some new details and pictures for this year's Christmas Special have emerged online.

Three new shots featuring Matt Smith's Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman's Clara; Vastra, Strax, Jenny and Richard E. Grant's Doctor Simeon have been published.

Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, said, ‘The Doctor at Christmas is one of my favourite things - but this year it's different.  He's lost Amy and Rory to the Weeping Angels, and he's not in a good place: in fact, he's Scrooge.  He's withdrawn from the world and no longer cares what happens to it.  So when all of humanity hangs in the balance, can anyone persuade a tired and heartbroken Doctor that it's time to return to the good fight?  Enter Jenna-Louise Coleman…’

Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, commented, ‘For this year’s Christmas Special we have the wonderfully villainous Richard E Grant as Doctor Simeon.  As well as lizards, Victorian assassins and deranged warriors from the future all return to convince the Doctor that he should board the TARDIS again and save the world.  Add to that Jenna-Louise Coleman and so begins the Christmas Special, 2012. I hope everyone enjoys it!’

Doctor Who: The Snowmen will be broadcast on BBC One on Christmas Day.

(Source: Doctor Who Blog)