The Office Christmas specials wrote that the specials are "as wickedly, painfully funny as the first two seasons and, in tiny, fleeting doses, as delicately tender". The following year it was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. Gervais and Merchant received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. The episodes won in the Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Mini-series & Specials category at the American Television Critics Association Awards. The award was collected by Lucy Davis. The specials appeared at #4 on Channel 4's "100 Greatest Christmas Moments" polls in 2004. The specials
Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials) "The Next Doctor" was the first special to be accompanied by its own "Confidential" episode, and was considered part of the fourth "Confidential" series. Alongside the accompanying episodes for each of the specials, three additional "Confidential" episodes alongside the specials' episodes: one for the past five Christmas specials, one for the 2008 "Doctor Who" prom, and one for the revealing of Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor. Preliminary figures show that "The Next Doctor" had a viewing audience of 11.71 million during its original airing, with a peak at 12.58 million viewers. It was the second most watched programme of