The BBC have released the official synopsis for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special.

As well as giving us an intriguing insight into what lies in store for the Doctor this season, the plot overview also confirms that Peter Capaldi will be joined by comedians Greg Davies and Matt Lucas in the yuletide escapade, which will serve as the centrepiece of BBC One’s Christmas Day festivities. As previously announced, the episode will also mark the return of Alex Kingston as River Song who will be meeting the Time Lord’s twelfth incarnation for the first time.

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out of control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?

All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.

Ho ho ho, sweeties! Unwrap the latest news about this year’s Christmas Special…