25 December 25 December was the traditional date of Christmas Day . ( TV : " Voyage of the Damned " ) In 1814 , the Seventh Doctor and Chris Cwej became stranded on a small island in the Indian Ocean . ( PROSE : " No Room " ) In 1851 , the Cybermen created by Cybus Industries attempted to conquer Earth , but were stopped by the Tenth Doctor . Their accomplice , Mercy Hartigan , was converted into a CyberKing and used her mind to assume dominant authority over the other Cybermen , but the Doctor broke the connection between her and the Cybermen . She quickly went into a panic , causing an electrical overload that disintegrated herself and the Cybermen . Jackson Lake learned he had gained the Doctor ' s knowledge through exposure to a backfiring infostamp and rescued his son Frederick from the Cybermen . Lake also invited the Doctor to Christmas dinner after some coaxing . ( TV : " The Next Doctor " ) In 1914 , the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler visited a World War I battlefield and participated in a football match between the British and German soldiers during the Christmas truce . ( COMIC : " The Forgotten " ) Elsewhere on the Western Front , the Fifth Doctor witnessed another such football match while temporarily separated from Peri Brown . ( PROSE : " Never Seen Cairo " ) The First Doctor , Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom likewise visited the Western Front at this time . ( PROSE : " The Little Drummer Boy " ) In 1935 , the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush visited England . ( PROSE : " 24 Crawford Street " ) In 1938 , the eight - year - old Alistair Gordon Lethbridge - Stewart was given a box of toy soldiers by his namesake grandfather . ( COMIC : " The Warkeeper ' s Crown " ) In 1957 , the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe met the Cracker family . ( PROSE : " The Crackers " ) In 1965 , the TARDIS materialised outside a police station in Liverpool . The First Doctor , Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom were arrested . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ) In 1976 , Leslie Laughland , a future passenger of the SS " Elysium " on the trip where it would meet its demise to Cybermen , was born . ( PROSE : " Iceberg " ) In 1980 , Professor Edward Travers died . ( HOMEVID : " Downtime " ) In 1981 , Sarah Jane Smith , Brendan Richards and K9 had Christmas dinner in the home of Howard and Juno Baker in Moreton Harwood . ( TV : " A Girl ' s Best Friend " ) In 1995 , the Seventh Doctor and Melanie Bush visited England . ( PROSE : " 24 Crawford Street " ) In 2004 , the First Doctor , Ian Chesterton , Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister became trapped in a time loop in the home of George Smythe , his wife Patricia and his children Josie and Mark . ( PROSE : " Every Day " ) In 2006 , the newly regenerated Tenth Doctor stopped an invasion of Earth by the Sycorax . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) The Third Doctor , Jo Grant , and Mike Yates responded to a signal for help from Harriet Jones . ( PROSE : " The Christmas Inversion " ) In 2007 , the Sixth Doctor and Evelyn Smythe celebrated Christmas with the Cracker family . ( PROSE : " The Crackers " ) The Tenth Doctor prevented an attempted incursion to Earth instigated by the Empress of the Racnoss . ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) In 2008 , Astrid Peth sacrificed her life to kill Max Capricorn onboard the spacegoing replica of the RMS " Titanic " , also called the " Titanic " . The control of the Heavenly Host passed to the Tenth Doctor , and they helped him narrowly avoid a planned collision with Buckingham Palace . ( TV : " Voyage of the Damned " ) In 2012 , after an absence of two years , the Eleventh Doctor finally reunited with Amy Pond and Rory Williams at their home in London , joining them for Christmas dinner . They saved a place at the table for him every year . ( TV : " The Doctor , the Widow and the Wardrobe " ) In 2015 , the Eleventh Doctor pretended to be Clara Oswald ' s boyfriend , and helped her with the turkey for the Christmas dinner . The two went to Trenzalore , but he later abandoned her again on Earth , leading her family to think he dumped her . Later the same day , the TARDIS materialise d near Clara ' s house , piloted by Tasha Lem . ( TV : " The Time of the Doctor " ) Following his regeneration , the Twelfth Doctor tried to return her home on this date , but they instead ended up in Glasgow , ( TV : " Deep Breath " ) where the Doctor went off to find coffee . ( TV : " Deep Breath " , " Into the Dalek " ) In 2015 , Erimem , Andy Hansen , Ibrahim Hadmani , Helena and Matt Hansen celebrated Christmas together in Ibrahim and Helena ' s flat . ( PROSE : " In Search of Doctor X " ) In 2017 , the Chelbil invaded Earth . They were scared away from the planet by the Eighth Doctor and Goilin B . After the departure of the Chelbil , the Doctor planned to invite Jason Kane , Bernice Summerfield , Ace and Grace Holloway to Christmas dinner . ( PROSE : " Not in My Back Yard " ) In 2058 , the crew of Bowie Base One celebrated their first Christmas on Mars . They ate dehydrated protein for Christmas dinner . ( TV : " The Waters of Mars " ) Parallel world . In a parallel world on 25 December 2008 , the collision of " Titanic " into London was not stopped and the city was destroyed in a nuclear blast , caused by the ship ' s nuclear storm drive exploding . ( TV : " Turn Left " )