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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was a popular Christmas song on the planet Earth. A rock and roll version of the song played on the radio on Earth, (TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas special (BBC One, 2005).) and on the Earth of a parallel world. (TV: Turn Left [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)

Behind the scenes[]

  • The song became a standard in 1948 when it was recorded by American singer Gene Autry. It subsequently inspired many aspects of the Santa Claus legend. In Doctor Who, the same recording of the song was used for Turn Left and The Christmas Invasion, but the performers were not credited (the song is actually by Slade and called "Merry Xmas Everybody").
  • This is also one of the songs performed by Strax in the invalid webcast Songtaran Carols.
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