'Doc Martin' Will Officially End With a Holiday Installment This December

Although the tenth and final season of Doc Martin has concluded, we're still not quite finished with Portwenn just yet. (Much like the Ellinghams themselves!) The Season 10 finale ended with Martin and his wife Louisa deciding to abandon their plans to move to London after a series of dramatic emotional events caused them both to reconsider what they truly wanted from life. This is, technically I suppose, a spoiler, but did anyone really think that Doc Martin would wrap up forever by having its titular character abandon the quirky little weirdo village that's become his home? (Of course not!))

But that's not the end of the story. The series will officially wrap up with something brand new: A holiday installment. It's a little bit hard to believe, given the fact that this show has run ten seasons over two decades, but we've never seen a Doc Martin Christmas Special before.  What can we possibly expect?

"Snow, Christmas lights, the lovely Claire Bloom came back to play the character of the Doc’s mother, and Ron Cook as Santa," star Martin Clunes told ITV. The episode will see Martin learn about the true magic of the holiday after forcing the local Santa's grotto to shut down after he suspects Jolly Old St. Nick of having something contagious and posing a threat to local children. (Which, to be fair, is exactly the plot I'd expect from a Doc Martin Christmas episode.)