A Christmas Carol
 

I've been watching NuWho for the first time on Netflix and I've just finished series 5 but for some reason Netflix doesn't have A Christmas Carol. My local library has it but there is a wait so I'm just going to skip to series 6 and come back to it later, so I'm wondering if anything happens that I need to know for series 6. I'm looking for just the stuff i need to know for series 6 to make sense with hopefully little spoilers for the episode. Thanks.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

From memory, A Christmas Carol is pretty much self contained.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

The Christmas Specials are often labeled as Episode 0 of the following Season.

So, if S6 starts in April, the Christmas Special prior to it, is labeled as 6.00 (Season 6, Episode 0)

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Absolutely nothing important happens in "A Christmas Carol." Amy and Rory aren't even a part of the main story. You can skip right to Season 6.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Although he'll miss the wonderful Christmas song sung by Katherine Jenkins which has undertones of the series themes

"When you're alone. Silence is all you hear"

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

^ Or, in short, he'll miss Katherine Jenkins, which would be a crime in itself.

I liked the story quite a lot, but it's true you could watch it anytime order-wide.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Its probably my favorite Christmas story. But yeah, you can carry on watching and come back to it later.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Well, then he could stop watching/reading fiction altogether... he would never miss anything of any importance.

A Christmas Carol is a very sweet episode and well worth watching; it's much better than The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Cutter John has the right of it.

Re: A Christmas Carol
 

Well, you've clearly stopped reading, or you would understand why I responded the way I did. The OP specifically said he didn't want to miss out on anything important before starting Season 6. Since nothing in A Christmas Carol has any effect on Season 6 in anyway, he is safe to skip it without missing out on any important plot elements. I didn't say "Never watch it."