The Doctor is back for another holiday special. We'll show you where to watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special around the globe.

It’s not that Doctor Who’s festive episodes can’t be memorable; “The Husbands of River Song,” “A Christmas Carol,” “The Runaway Bride,” and more beg to differ. But I know it’s a holiday tradition in the U.

After setting up the Time Hotel the Doctor is staying at—a business of myriad gateways currently set to send guests to every Christmas in history—we’re quickly whisked through a bunch of those doorways as he follows a strange suitcase hopping between handcuffed,

Merry Christmas, Whovians! Whisk yourselves over to BBC One or BBC iPlayer to watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special 2024 online, which airs on Wednesday, December 25 at 5.10pm GMT in the UK.

This year's "Doctor Who" Christmas Day special stars Nicola Coughlan as Joy, a guest at a hotel where time travel ensues.

Along the way, we meet the usual circuit of weird and whacky characters like the endearing bellman Trev (Joel Fry) and the disarmingly charming hotel everywoman (seriously it’s unclear what her role is) Anita (Steph De Walley).

The "Doctor Who" Christmas special, "Joy to the World," will debut on Disney+ on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2024. The special stars Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor and Nicola Coughlan as Joy. ©Disney, All Rights Reserved Disney

Season 2 of "Squid Game," the latest "Doctor Who" Christmas special, and Nate Bargatze's new stand-up special are available on streaming this week.

Doctor Who’s Christmas special introduces the Fifteenth Doctor to a brief new adventure partner, Joy. In “Joy to the World,” the duo battle with Villeguard and a suitcase that threatens to wipe out humanity.