Saturday’s TV highlights

SERIES

Doctor Who: The long-running sci-fi series puts its own spin on Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” (6 and 9 p.m. BBC America) and celebrates itself in the new special “Doctor Who at the Proms” (10 a.m. BBC America).

Community: The college-themed sitcom reprises its stop-

motion-animated holiday episode (8 p.m. NBC).

Elvira’s Movie Macabre: The hostess with the mostest takes on the 1964 holiday stinker “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (midnight KDOC).

SPECIALS

Yule Log: Local stations offer images of a roaring hearth accompanied by seasonal music (4:30 a.m. KTLA, 6 a.m. KCAL).

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade: Ryan Seacrest, Nick Cannon and Maria Menounos host, with musical guests including Mariah Carey and Selena Gomez (9 a.m. ABC).

Salute to American Skating: Some of figure skating’s finest perform in Atlantic City, N.J. (1 p.m. NBC).

Nutcracker on Ice: Figure skating’s Oksana Baiul and Viktor Petrenko are featured in this frosty take on Tchaikovsky’s musical fable (8 p.m. KCAL).

MOVIES

Tooth Fairy: Dwayne Johnson takes the job in this 2010 fantasy comedy (8 p.m. HBO).

Nine: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophia Loren, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Kate Hudson and Fergie star in this 2009 film adaptation of the Broadway musical (9 p.m. Showtime).

SPORTS

Basketball: The Bulls battle the Knicks (9 a.m. ESPN); the Celtics meet the Magic (11:30 a.m. ABC); the Lakers host the Heat (2 p.m. ABC); the Nuggets face the Thunder (5 p.m. ESPN); and the Trail Blazers take on the Warriors (7:30 p.m. ESPN).

Football: The Cowboys visit the Cardinals (4 p.m. NFL).