The Ghost of Christmas PastMaster

London, 1843. Charles Dickens is writing A Christmas Carol at 48 Doughty Street, and the PastMaster crew have been summoned by three Christmas spirits to atone for their previous sins against the timeline. Ryan, Tan, and Keon stand accused of "temporal meddling in previous adventures" — guilty as charged — and tonight they have a chance at redemption. Three tasks, three eras, three spirits. Nick Horseman returns as guest narrator, voicing the Christmas Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future with the authority of a spirit who has genuinely had enough. Each host takes on a challenge across a different time period. Ryan's wearing a polyester Christmas jumper that's "probably about to catch on fire," Tan's dressed as an elf, and Keon's sporting what might be a dinosaur-themed outfit. The AI Game Master opens with a speech about temporal meddling that suggests it's been keeping notes all season. Dickens published A Christmas Carol in December 1843, and it essentially invented the modern Christmas: the family gatherings, the generosity, the ghosts. The story was written in six weeks to pay off debts, and it changed the way an entire culture celebrated the holiday. Whether three comedians in festive knitwear can reshape Christmas history while arguing about whether Coca-Cola adverts count as historical events is the festive question. If you were sent back in time, could you survive and thrive — or would you be burnt at the stake for being a witch? PastMaster is the show that turns history into an interactive adventure game. Each episode, a comedian is dropped into the past with nothing but modern knowledge and terrible ideas. The AI Game Master is strict. The chaos is inevitable. The past will be mastered. Era: Industrial | 1843 CE | London, England EPISODE LINKS Follow the team's adventure on the PastMaster Interactive Map 👉 https://map.pastmasterpod.com GET IN TOUCH Sign up to our newsletter 👉 www.pastmasterpod.com Instagram 👉 @pastmasterpod TikTok 👉 @pastmasterpod X 👉 @pastmasterAI Email us 👉 [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices