"Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on 25 December, 2007, it is 72 minutes long and the third Christmas special since the show’s revival in 2005. The narrative continues from the final scene of "Last of the Time Lords", when a luxury space cruiser called the Titanic, a pastiche of the historical ocean liner, breached the walls of the TARDIS. The ship's captain, Hardaker...
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"Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. First broadcast on 25 December, 2007, it is 72 minutes long and the third Christmas special since the show’s revival in 2005. The narrative continues from the final scene of "Last of the Time Lords", when a luxury space cruiser called the Titanic, a pastiche of the historical ocean liner, breached the walls of the TARDIS. The ship's captain, Hardaker (Geoffrey Palmer), sabotages the ship shortly after the Titanic's collision with the TARDIS. The Doctor (David Tennant) works with a waitress named Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue) to prevent an imminent collision with Earth.
The episode marks the only appearance of Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue as the Doctor's companion, Astrid Peth. Executive producer and writer Russell T Davies described her casting as a "very exceptional case", having written the part of Astrid specifically for Minogue. On its original airdate, "Voyage of the...
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