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{{Episode|title=The Doctor’s Holiday|image=Robot-2.0.jpg|doctorFeatured=[[Sixteenth Doctor]]|companionsFeatured=[[Simon Smith|Simon]], [[Elizabeth Bailey|Elizabeth]]|mainEnemy=[[K1 Robots]]|mainSetting=Earth|writer=physicalgrass|directors=TheRebelOfTime, TheGingerDoctor|producers=TheRebelOfTime, TheGingerDoctor, Taxngri, physicalgrass|storyNumber=8|productionCode=xmas|airDate=24 December 2024|format=Christmas Special (9 minutes, 2 seconds)|previousEpisode=[[Remnants of Gallifrey (Minisode) | Remnants of Gallifrey]]|nextEpisode=[[The Then, The Now, The To Be (Anniversary Special) | The Then, The Now, The To Be]]}}

'''''The Doctor’s Holiday''''' is the seventh episode and the first Christmas Special since 2020's ''[[The Christmas Special (Minisode)|The Christmas Special]],'' following the end of Rebellious Projects’ [[Rebellious Projects' Minecraft Doctor Who Wiki|Doctor Who]] [[Season 1]].

== Synopsis ==
It's Christmas Eve; Simon and Liz have a date night and the Doctor is left all alone. But what are those familiar-looking robots in the window? Perhaps it won't be such a silent night after all...

== Plot ==
[[Simon Smith|Simon]] and [[Elizabeth Bailey|Liz]] get ready for their date night and request for [[Sixteenth Doctor|the Doctor]] to take them home. As he finds himself alone again, [[the TARDIS]] takes off and lands elsewhere on Earth, where [[Sixteenth Doctor|the Doctor]] finds himself outside a Kettlewell Mechanics store, full of [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/K1 K1 Robots].

The robots begin to activate and rampage across the city, which interrupts [[Simon Smith|Simon]] and [[Elizabeth Bailey|Liz]]’s date. They bump into [[Sixteenth Doctor|the Doctor]], who reveals the metal virus to destroy the robots and he uses his sonic screwdriver to filter the virus through the air, which successfully defeats the [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/K1 K1 Robots]. After defeating the robots, [[Sixteenth Doctor|the Doctor]] apologizes to [[Simon Smith|Simon]] and [[Elizabeth Bailey|Liz]] for ruining their date, but they admit that it felt wrong to leave their best friend alone. They go back to [[the TARDIS]], ready for more adventures yet to come, as a [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/K1 K1 Robot] lies in the street, beginning to glow…

== Cast ==

* [[Sixteenth Doctor|The Doctor]] - [[TheRebelOfTime]]
* [[Simon Smith]] - [[TheGingerDoctor]]
* [[Elizabeth Bailey]] - [[ItsZaya]]
* Waiter - [[Andrew Bradford]]

== Crew ==

* Writer - [[physicalgrass]]
* Directors - [[TheRebelOfTime]], [[TheGingerDoctor]]
* Visual Effects - [[TheRebelOfTime]]
* Theme Tune - [[RedMakesMusic]], featuring stems by Doctor_M1ck and Peter Miles
* Music - [[TheGingerDoctor]]
* Skin Designer - [[TheGingerDoctor]]
* Set Designers - [[TheRebelOfTime]], [[TheGingerDoctor]]
* Mods - SWDTeam, McHorse
* Special Thanks to - TheTroughton

== Trivia ==
This is the first notable Christmas special in three years since 2020's [[The Christmas Special (Minisode)|The Christmas Special]], which was the debut for the series.

== Continuity ==
The Doctor retrieved the leftover metal virus within his lab inside the TARDIS which he stored after his encounter with the original [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/K1 K1 Robot]. (TV: [https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Robot_(TV_story) Robot])