Santa Claus Santa Claus — also known as Father Christmas or , according to the Eleventh Doctor , Jeff ( TV : " A Christmas Carol " ) — was a legendary figure who distributed presents to good children on Christmas morning under their trees . He played an important part in the Christmas tradition on the planet Earth . Much like other Earth legends such as King Arthur , sources heavily contradict and dispute each other on the topic of whether Santa was a real figure or a fictional entity . Profile . Santa maintained a workshop where he created toy s . It used to be located at the North Pole , but due to the aeroplane s which began flying over it in the 20th century it became very noisy , so he moved it to the Christmas - land . ( COMIC : " A Christmas Story " ) In order to deliver presents to all children in a single night , Santa used time loop s and clone s of himself . ( PROSE : " The Man Who ( Nearly ) Killed Christmas " ) He was married to Mary Christmas . ( AUDIO : " Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa " ) Biography . The First Doctor visited Santa Claus in his workshop and helped save Christmas . ( COMIC : " A Christmas Story " ) The Second Doctor warned Santa of a future where the toy workshop spanned over two thousand worlds and the fabric of space was being torn by his time looping . A solution was found involving a fleet of robot Santas and newly calculated , more stable wormhole s . ( PROSE : " The Man Who ( Nearly ) Killed Christmas " ) The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith travelled to New York City in 1822 , where they met Saint Nicholas . Clement C . Moore watched them from his window , and then sat down to write Twas the Night Before Christmas . ( PROSE : " A Visit from Saint Nicholas " ) Santa helped Iris Wildthyme save Panda from Mary Christmas . ( AUDIO : " Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa " ) Astrolabus claimed to be Santa . ( COMIC : " Voyager " ) He met the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller at Nadir Motorway Service Station in 2008 , and he was depressed that people weren ' t believing in him any more . They took him with Anty Pat to Lucie ' s parents ' home . Though it later turned out he was likely just an old man who played Farther Christmas at shopping centres and had lost his job as he was apparently to old , he was offered a job because of his people skills at a hospital . ( AUDIO : " Death in Blackpool " ) At some point , the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble met him , after a skirmish with roboforms and snowmen . He replaced the Doctor ' s sonic screwdriver . ( PROSE : ) A shared - dream version of Santa Claus and his elves Ian and the Wolf , as well as his flying reindeer , appeared in a collective dream shared by the Twelfth Doctor , Clara Oswald , Shona McCullough , Ashley Carter , Albert Smithe and Fiona Bellows , who were being fed on by dream crab s . ( TV : " Last Christmas " ) He first appeared to the Doctor when he entered his TARDIS , and told him that Clara was not happy with their recent separation . ( TV : " Death in Heaven " ) According to the Doctor , Father Christmas represented their subconscious minds trying to break free of the induced dream state which was killing them . He appeared to know things about them , like that Shona liked My Little Pony , and also claimed to have watched over and taken care of everyone sharing the dream " from Christmas to Christmas " . The group of six rode on Santa ' s sleigh over London as they one by one woke up again into the real world . He later appeared again to the Doctor , causing him to realise he was still in a dream and to wake up for real . As the Doctor and Clara Oswald reunited in the real world and resumed their adventures together , a tangerine , one of Santa ' s calling card gifts , was seen on her windowsill . ( TV : " Last Christmas " ) Impersonations . The Fourth Doctor dressed as Santa and sneaked into the Brigadier ' s house with Romana II in order to leave him a Christmas present . ( PROSE : " Better Watch Out , Better Take Care " ) On Christmas Eve 2006 , Rose and Mickey Smith encountered dangerous " pilot fish " disguised as Santas . ( TV : " The Christmas Invasion " ) On 25 December 2007 , the same robots , now under control of the Empress of the Racnoss , attacked Donna Noble and Lance Bennett ' s wedding reception . ( TV : " The Runaway Bride " ) On 24 December 2008 , the Eighth Doctor , Lucie Miller and Haygoth ran into a drunken man whose job was to impersonate Santa Claus . However , he was fired due him being " too old " . ( AUDIO : " Death in Blackpool " ) Danny Pink dressed as Santa Claus on Christmas Day in a dream crab - induced dream Clara Oswald was in . When she asked what day it was , he briefly joked that it was Easter and that he was dressed up as " Father Easter " . Danny was in reality dead at this point in her timeline . ( TV : " Last Christmas " ) References . The Ninth Doctor hinted that he was Santa Claus and he had delivered a red bicycle to Rose Tyler when she was twelve years old . ( TV : " The Doctor Dances " ) Bayldon Copper , who had a phony Earthonomics degree from Mrs Golightly ' s Happy Travelling University and Dry Cleaners on the planet Sto , incorrectly told the passengers of the " Titanic " that Earth worshipped a god named " Santa " and his wife Mary . Santa was described as a beast with fearsome claws ( Santa " Claus " ) . ( TV : " Voyage of the Damned " ) On 23 November 1963 , the five - year - old Kevin Dovie wondered if the TARDIS , which landed on the roof of his home in Totton , Hampshire , belonged to Father Christmas . ( AUDIO : " The Light at the End " ) In April 1996 , Amelia Pond once prayed to Santa to do something about the crack in her bedroom wall . ( TV : " The Eleventh Hour " ) When the Eleventh Doctor jumped down a chimney in the 44th century , he told a child that the " fat fella " would be down later . He showed the child a picture of himself , Santa and Albert Einstein at Frank Sinatra ' s hunting lodge as proof , adding that he knew Santa as " Jeff " . ( TV : " A Christmas Carol " )