THE CHRISTMAS INVASION (2005)

Still in his pyjamas, a newly regenerated Doctor (David Tennant) sees off an invasion by alien race the Sycorax – not to mention evil Robot Santas – with the help of Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), her mum Jackie and her boyfriend Mickey.

The Doctor

The companion: Rose Tyler

The monsters: The Sycorax

The monsters: Robot Santas

THE RUNAWAY BRIDE (2006)

A new companion for the Doctor (David Tennant) as Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) materialises aboard the Tardis just as she is about to get married in Chiswick. It's all part of a plot by the Empress of the Racnoss, an ancient arachnoid race who lie waiting to be revived at the centre of the Earth.

The Doctor

The companion: Donna Noble

The monster: Empress of the Racnoss

VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED (2007)

Aboard luxury space liner The Titanic, waitress Astrid (Kylie Minogue) and alien Bannakaffalatta (Jimmy Vee) help the Doctor (David Tennant) take on a disgruntled employee who is engineering the destruction of the vessel, and the Earth, having turned the ship's angelic information service The Host into killer robots.

The Doctor

The companion: Astrid Peth

The monsters: The Host

The Zocci: Bannakaffalatta

THE NEXT DOCTOR (2008)

London, Christmas Eve, 1851: the Doctor (David Tennant) encounters a man (David Morrissey) he initially believes to be a future incarnation of himself, who is suffering from amnesia. Together with his companion Rosita (Velili Tshabalala), they uncover a plot by the Cybermen and their human ally Miss Hartigan (Dervla Kirwan) to enslave the children of London and create a giant "Cyberking".

The Doctor

"The Doctor": Jackson Lake

The companion: Rosita Farisi

The villain: Miss Hartigan

The monsters: The Cybermen

The monsters: The Cybershades

THE END OF TIME (2009/2010)

The Master (John Simm) uses a medical device belonging to Vinvocci technicians (Lawry Lewin and Sinead Keenan) to swap the DNA of everyone on Earth for his own, creating a Master Race. The only exceptions are The Doctor (David Tennant) and Donna (Catherine Tate), who have Time Lord DNA, and Donna's grandfather Wilf (Bernard Cribbins) who is shielded from the procedure. Meanwhile, the race of Time Lords is returning, and The Doctor's days are numbered...

The Doctor

The former companion: Donna Noble

The companion: Wilf Mott

The Master

The Vinvocci: Rossiter and Addams

The Ood

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2010)

Dickens meets sci-fi as The Doctor (Matt Smith) goes back in time in an attempt to soften the heart of bitter miser Kazran Sardick (Michael Gambon) and persuade him to use his power to enable a stricken space ship – containing honeymooners Amy and Rory – to land safely. Opera singer Katherine Jenkins is Sardick's doomed love Abigail. Oh, and there's a flying shark too...  

The Doctor

The companion: Abigail

The villain: Kazran Sardick

The monster: Flying shark

THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE (2011)

The Doctor (Matt Smith) plays caretaker to a widowed mother (Claire Skinner) and her children (Maurice Cole and Holly Earl) who have been evacuated to the country for Christmas during the Second World War. The Doctor's Christmas present to them is a portal to a winter wonderland – which turns out to be the home of sentient trees, whose entire race is threatened with destruction...  

The Doctor

The Mother

The children

The monsters: The Wooden King and Queen

THE SNOWMEN (2012)

Victorian London, Christmas: The Doctor (Matt Smith) is in mourning after the loss of Amy and Rory but is drawn out of retirement by the pleas of young governess Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman), teaming up with old friends Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh), Strax and Jenny to face the threat of Dr Simeon (Richard E Grant) and his deadly Snowmen.

The Doctor

The companion: Clara

The villain: Dr Simeon

The monsters: The Snowmen

The Silurian detective: Madame Vastra