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Doctor Who Christmas Special Live Stream: How to Watch Twice Upon a Time Online

Peter Capaldi's era as the Twelfth Doctor comes to a end–and the reign of Jodie Whittaker begins–with Doctor Who's 2017 Christmas Special, titled "Twice Upon a Time.

" Every episode of Doctor Who is always an anticipated event, but this special looks like a can't-miss hour of television.

In the United States, "Twice Upon a Time" will first air Christmas day at 9 p.m.

ET/8 p.m. CT/9 p.m.

PT and will be broadcast on BBC America (it will also be shown at other times, and you can find the schedule here).

And if you don't have cable or can't get to a TV, you can watch BBC America live online by signing up for one of the following cable-free, live-TV streaming services: DirecTV Now has a couple of different deals going on in December, making it worth your while to sign up now, while Sling TV is the cheapest for the long-term.

Both of them cost a monthly fee that depends on what channel package you select, but they also come with a free trial, allowing you to test them out and see which one fits your streaming needs best.

With that in mind, here's a complete rundown of what these live streaming services provide, how to sign up, and how to start watching Doctor Who's Christmas Special on your computer, phone or other streaming device:.

DirecTV Now.

DirecTV Now offers four different channel packages, and BBC America is included in all of them.

The cheapest bundle is $35 per month, which is actually the most expensive entry point of these particular services, but there are two potential deals when signing up that will make it worth your while: You can either get $25 off your first month when you enter promo code "BDAY2017", or you can get a free Roku Streaming Stick when you prepay for one month.

Here's everything you need to know about DTV Now:.

Total Channels Included: Live a Little: 60-plus, depending on local channels available | Just Right: 80-plus | Go Big: 100-plus | Gotta Have It: 120-plus | You can find the complete channel list right here.

Price: Live a Little: $35 per month | Just Right: $50 per month | Go Big: $60 per month | Gotta Have It: $70 per month | Plus, if you enter the promo code "BDAY2017" before checking out, you can get $25 off your first month.

Extras: Watch on two different devices at the same time; DVR is in Beta stage; free Roku Premiere Streaming Media Player if you prepay one month.

How to Sign Up: Head to the DirecTV Now website and select "Start your free trial now." After creating an account, select your channel package–every bundle includes BBC America–and add the free Roku if you want to prepay a month (this deal can't be combined with the $25 off "BDAY2017" promotion).

You'll need to enter your payment information, but if you cancel your subscription within seven days of signing up, you won't be charged.

How to Watch: If you want to watch on your computer, simply return to the DirecTV Now website and navigate to the channel you want to start watching on your browser.

If you want to watch on your phone, tablet or other device, you can do so via the DirecTV Now app, which is free to download for the following devices: Amazon Fire TV or TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Android phones and tablets 4.4 and higher, and iPads and iPhones with iOS 9 and higher.

You can read here for more information on compatible devices.

Sling TV.

The first to dive in to the cable-free, live-TV streaming service, Sling TV remains the lowest price point if you're planning on keeping a service for the long term.

The downside is that you won't get as many channels as the other streaming services unless you include a bunch of add-ons, but if you're looking to keep things basic, the two main channel bundles comes in at just $20 (Sling Orange) or $25 (Sling Blue) per month, and they both include BBC America.

Here's everything you need to know:.

Total Channels Included: Sling Orange: 25-plus | Sling Blue: 45-plus | Sling Orange + Blue: Everything from both Sling Orange and Sling Blue | You can find the complete channel list right here.

Price: Sling Orange: $20 per month | Sling Blue: $25 per month | Sling Orange + Blue: $40 per month.

Extras: Watch on one device at once with Sling Orange, or three devices at once with Sling Blue; 50 hours of cloud DVR is $5 per month extra (restrictions with certain channels).

How to Sign Up: Head to the Sling TV website and select "Watch Now 7 Days Free." After creating an account, select your channel package–BBC America is included in both Sling Orange and Sling Blue–and any extras if you want.

You'll need to enter your payment information, but if you cancel your subscription within seven days of signing up, you will not be charged.

How to Watch: If you want to watch on your computer, just return to the Sling TV website and start watching on your browser.

If you want to watch on your phone, tablet or other streaming device, you can do so via the Sling TV app, which is free to download for the following devices: Amazon Fire TV or TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Android phones and tablets, iPads and iPhones, Fire tablets, and Xbox One.

You can read here for more information on compatible devices.

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Five things to watch in NBA on Christmas Day - Duration: 14:29.

Five things to watch in NBA on Christmas Day

For many fans, Christmas Day is the unofficial start of the NBA season.

Forget the fact that things are kind of already decided — last year 13 of the 16 NBA teams that made the playoffs were already in that position, the season before it was 14 out of 16 — this is the day many fans start really paying attention to the NBA because football is winding down.

So what should you be watching for on Christmas Day? Were going to help you out with five things to keep an eye on.

1) Joel Embiid vs. Kristaps Porzingis: Battle of the modern big men. First, a plea to the basketball gods: Please let them play.

Both played in their teams most recent games, but in both cases the teams are understandably thinking about the long term and being cautious rather than just throwing them out there injured to win a December game. Whether or not Embiid plays for the Sixers may determine just how entertaining this game is: When Embiid is on the court the Sixers play at the level of a 56 win team, but when he is off the court they play at the level of a 24 win team (by net rating).

He matters that much to them.

Embiid and Kristaps Porzingis are must watch because they epitomize how the modern NBA big man is evolving — when teams talk about "going small" it doesn't have to be literally smaller. Its about the style of play.

If you've got a 7-footer who can step out and stretch the floor on offense, who is athletic enough to switch on defense and cover a guard on the pick-and-roll, plus get back and defend the rim, then you are playing small. Embiid and Porzingis can both do those things.

Both have become the face of the franchise and cornerstone building blocks in the "small ball era" because of the versatility of their skills. And both are incredibly hard to defend.

Embiid is ahead on the growth curve right now because he is a bigger force defensively, plus he is more able to punish smaller defenders in the post.

Porzingis is better as a threat from three, he and Frank Ntilikina have developed a good pick-and-pop chemistry that will be hard for the Sixers to defend.

Rarely will they be matched up on each other (keep an eye on Kyle OQuinn, who should get a lot of run for New York) but watch them play and see the future of the big man in the NBA.

2) The Cavaliers vs. LeBron James is among those who have said Cavs/Warriors isn't a rivalry. Um, yes it is — you meet three straight seasons in the NBA Finals and it's a rivalry.

Both of these teams are once again near the top of their respective conferences while not playing terribly focused basketball so far this season — both understand their season really starts mid-April.

Also, both teams will be without a star guard: Stephen Curry is still out for the Warriors (right ankle sprain), and Isaiah Thomas (hip) will make his debut in the Cavaliers uniform later in the week but not on Christmas day.

Not that this game is lacking star power.

LeBron James, playing at an MVP level this season while carrying a ridiculous workload, will be looking to measure where his team stacks up against the bar every team in the NBA is trying to clear.

Kevin Durant has been the focal point since Curry went down, averaging 32.3 points per game, 9.6 rebounds, and 6.6 assists per game (all while playing the best defense of his career).

Then there is Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Kevin Love, and Dwyane Wade all suiting up in this one.

What makes this matchup an especially tantalizing mid-season game is these teams know each other and the scouting reports so well. Most NBA games teams might tweak their defense — "go under the pick vs.

this point guard" — or try to massage their rotation a little for matchups, but basically, in the regular season they play their game. Teams are who they are.

Come the playoffs there can be significant adjustments to take advantage of weaknesses or matchups — because the Warriors and Cavaliers know each other so well we will see far more of the chess match.

They know the scouting reports and can fall back on them in a way they cannot against most teams during the season.

Plus, both these teams know this could well be a Finals preview again. It's not a statement game, but winning can be a confidence boost (especially for the Cavaliers).

3) Houston's offense vs. The Houston Rockets don't just have the best offense in the NBA this season — 113.7 points per 100 possessions, via NBA.com — but they are on pace to have the best offense in NBA history.

They have been insanely good.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have the third-best defense in the NBA this season, it is the reason that while their "you take a turn, then I take a turn" offense has stumbled to start the season, the Thunder are now three games over.

500 and the five seed in the West. In a matchup of strengths, who comes out on top? The Thunder can throw Paul George and Andre Roberson at James Harden as defenders, with Steven Adams patrolling the paint behind them.

The ball will be in Harden's hands a lot, without Chris Paul the Rockets have become the Harden show again (he had two 51-point games in a row).

The Rockets are jacking up a historic-pace of 43.1 threes per game (hitting 37.1 percent as a team) and the Thunder are not particularly good at chasing opposing teams off the arc — if Houston gets clean looks they will win this game.

In reality, this game may be won by which is better between the Rockets defense (which has been top 10 in the NBA this season but terrible in two recent losses) or the Thunder offense (which has been better lately, with more Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony accepting an off-the-ball role).

The improving Thunder — winners of four in a row — may also come in with a chip on their shoulder, seeing this as a chance to make a "we are who you thought we were before the season" statement.

But the fun part watching is how the Thunder defense lines up when Harden has the ball.

4) The symphony of Boston's team play (not just Kyrie Irving). This is just another game for Kyrie Irving, because Christmas is not really a holiday to him, it's just another day for a televised game. Whatevs.

Irving is getting all the hype — and early MVP talk in some quarters — but Boston is the ultimate team this season. The Celtics are no one-man show, they are a unit with Brad Stevens pulling all the right strings.

Their defensive switching is sublimely smooth and beautiful, and Al Horford is having his best defensive season, serving as a backstop in the paint and a guy who can contest a little on the perimeter.

Jaylen Brown has been fantastic defensively, as has Marcus Smart, and the Celtics switch just about everything. Washington will force them to do just that with lots of picks, but Bostons defense is deep with smart players.

On offense, Irving is playing within the system (most of the time), and Horford's jack-of-all-trades game plays brilliantly in this offense.

Jayson Tatum is getting open looks, and to his credit, the rookie is not hesitating to pull the trigger — he has a ridiculously good 49.5 percent three-point shooting percentage, and his true shooting percentage is 64.6.

Thats incredible for a perimeter player (or even a guy who gets his shots at the bucket). Boston moves the ball, moves off the ball, and gets clean looks.  Watch Boston and enjoy the NBAs best team this season.

5) Will Lakers show Timberwolves what grit looks like? Minnesota is 19-13 on the season, they are loaded with young talent led by Karl-Anthony Towns, they have the fifth best offense in the NBA, and they are on pace to break a playoff draught that dates back to when "Hollaback Girl" was just released (the longest in the NBA).

Still, Minnesota feels like a mirage, a team not as good as their talent or record (they have played the second easiest schedule in the league so far).

They have the 25th ranked defense in the NBA and Towns — despite his world of talent and potential — is disinterested on that end of the court.

The Timberwolves are getting wins because coach Tom Thibodeau is running his stars into the ground — Andrew Wiggins is third in the NBA in minutes played, Towns seventh, and Jimmy Butler is 14th.

There are rumors all over the league of friction between Thibodeau and his young stars.

Christmas Day the Timberwolves take on a Lakers team that is also is young, not quite as talented, but plays hard every night for coach Luke Walton, defends, and shows grit. The Lakers have shown the heart Minnesota lacks.

The Lakers have been playing better lately as Lonzo Ball's decision making and shooting are showing more confidence, as Brandon Ingram is developing into a dangerous scoring threat, and as Kyle Kuzma keeps scoring like a guy who belongs in the Rookie of the Year conversation.

Los Angels gets a lot out of guys like Josh Hart and Julius Randle, and Larry Nance Jr. is a keeper and a draft steal by the Lakers.

Walton trusts his young players, goes deep into his bench every game, and has the Lakers with the seventh best defense in the NBA this season (although it has had a couple stumbles of late).

Who wins out, the more talented team with the franchise player, or the team playing more as a unit and with more grit? It makes an interesting desert to a strong NBA lineup on Christmas Day.