EastEnders spin-offs few episodes still being made after this. A series of documentary shows, similar to "EastEnders Revealed" aired from 2006. "EastEnders Xtra" was an interactive series available between February and May 2005 via BBCi. There have also been two "EastEnders" Christmas specials, and two charity specials: "Dimensions in Time" was a crossover with the science fiction series "Doctor Who", and "Pudding Lane" relocated the characters to Pudding Lane in 1666. Both charity specials were made for Children in Need and neither are considered canon. On 4 April 2015, "EastEnders" bosses announced plans of a new six-part BBC drama series featuring iconic
Christmas by medium film tax benefits). Before 1962, when "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" premiered, true Christmas specials made for TV were either adaptations of stories such as "A Christmas Carol" (with live actors), or the Nativity Story, or episodes of variety shows highlighting Christmas music. They were often hosted by such celebrities as Perry Como, Jane Wyatt, or Florence Henderson. (A notable exception was "The Spirit of Christmas" in 1950, which, although featuring an appearance by Alexander Scourby, who also narrated, starred the Mabel Beaton Marionettes.) This all changed once variety shows began dying out in the late 1980s and Rankin-Bass began producing