Fan Casting What If Doctor Who Wasn't Axed? - Doktor – Przez Czas i Przestrzeń (Dec. 2021)

When creating season 2, Tomasz Szafrański had an idea of making a Christmas Special as Doctor Who had a long history with them, and TVN was excited at the prospect of a Christmas special, due to COVID-19 putting the kibosh on their plans for a rom-com releasing around the Christmas season. Despite special episodes not being all that popular in Poland, they decided to take the risk and make the episode because it could net a small profit. It was eventually shot at the end of Summer 2021, after season 2 had already premiered and ended. Maggy Chan wanted to have it be shot bilingually due to the fan outcry (ironically mainly from Poland) to have it be shot like season 1. Chan saw this as the last attempt to pursue the format and if it actually worked, would continue it this way for season 3. It eventually premiered on Christmas Day, despite Christmas Eve being more important culturally in Poland, as BBC didn't want to risk breaking up the Christmas Eve programming in Poland. It also received an extensive marketing campaign. The plot follows the somewhat still newly regenerated Doktor noticing anachronisms in 1871 and 2021 Poland, and must figure out what is that cause and must try to stop it. This involves going to Pola's family gathering for Christmas Eve in 2021, as well as a small family gathering in 1871, and trying to find a tie between the two.