"Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is 72 minutes long and was broadcast on 25 December 2007, being the third Christmas special since the show's 2005 revival. The episode introduces a new variation on Doctor Who theme tune, and is the only appearance of Australian singer and actor Kylie Minogue as companion Astrid Peth. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... This article is about the television series. ... Formerly known as Repent UK, is an organisation based in the United Kingdom which claims to be striving, through prayer and public campaigning, for national repentance. Christian Voice claims to follow the Word of God and the teachings of the Bible. ... David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. ... The Tenth Doctor is the name given to the tenth and current incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The War Chief redirects here. ... Clive Swift in his role as Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. ... Gray OBrien (born 11 August 1968) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in The Queen, Casualty, and Taggart. ... Russell Tovey (born 14 November 1981 in Essex, England[1]) is an English actor. ... Debbie Chazen is a British actress. ... Clive Rowe is a British actor, who has appeared in Tracy Beaker, Dalziel and Pascoe and The Bill. ... Jimmy Vee is a British actor and stunt performer, who has played a number of Doctor Who monsters and aliens. ... Geoffrey Dyson Palmer OBE (born 4 June 1927) is an English actor, noted mostly for his extensive career in British sitcoms. ... This is a list of henchmen, fictional characters serving villains and/or monsters and aliens in the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. ... Bernard Cribbins as Captain Michael in Space: 1999, episode: Brian the Brain (1976). ... Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell (born September 23, 1953) is a British journalist. ... Paul Kasey (born August 5, 1973 in Chatham, England) is an actor who frequently plays monsters on Doctor Who. ... The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has featured many robots. ... Jessica Martin (born 25 August 1962 in Fulham, London, England) is an actress and comedienne. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... James Strong is a British television director and writer. ... Russell T Davies, interviewed for the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential in 2005. ... She was born on September 3, 1981 in Richmond, Virginia. ... Doctor Who episodes redirects here. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Time Crash is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor Who episodes redirects here. ... A broadcast of the long-running and popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the television series. ... is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Doctor Who episodes redirects here. ... The Doctor Who theme music was created in 1963, composed by Ron Grainer and realised with electronics by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... Companion, in the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, is a term used to describe a character who travels with and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ...

The episode, which was proposed to Minogue's creative director in March 2007, was filmed in summer 2007. One scene required that a street in Cardiff's city centre be sealed for an entire evening due to security concerns. Another scene, filmed on a set labelled by the production team as the best set they had made, featured Murray Gold, Ben Foster, and Yamit Mamo, three people involved in producing the music of the episode, performing "The Stowaway", a song written specially for the episode. This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... Murray Gold (born 1969, Portsmouth, England) is a British composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. ... For other people with this name, see Ben Foster (disambiguation) Ben Foster (born October 29, 1980) is an American actor. ...

This story continues from the final scene of "Last of the Time Lords", in which a luxury space cruiser called the Titanic breaches the walls of the TARDIS console room. Shortly after the collision, the Titanic starts to fall to Earth. The Doctor teams up with waitress Astrid Peth to prevent the ship colliding with the Earth, while fending off a new enemy called the Host. Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... The current TARDIS prop. ...

On its original airdate, "Voyage of the Damned" was watched by 13.31 million viewers, the highest viewing figures for Doctor Who since the 1979 serial City of Death. It was the second most-watched programme of 2007, beaten only by the immediately following episode of EastEnders. Critical reception over the episode was divided, with the writing and Minogue's performance both criticised and praised. City of Death is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 29 to October 20, 1979. ... EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ...

Plot

Synopsis

The episode continues from the end of "Last of the Time Lords" and "Time Crash", when the TARDIS collided with the Titanic to the Doctor's (David Tennant) surprise.^[1][2] To further investigate, he repairs the TARDIS and boards the Titanic. The Doctor soon learns the ship is a replica of the Earth ocean liner from the planet Sto, orbiting present-day Earth to observe the "primitive celebration" of Christmas. He decides to stow away, only confessing his status to a waitress, Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue). Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Time Crash is a mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... David Tennant is the stage name of David John McDonald (born 18 April 1971), a Scottish actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. ... For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ... This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... For other uses, see Christmas (disambiguation). ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ...

Astrid, who joined to travel throughout the stars, is disappointed because she is not given shore leave. The Doctor sneaks her onto an excursion to London, along with couple Morvin and Foon Van Hoff (Clive Rowe and Debbie Chazen), an alien with a spiked red head called Bannakaffalatta (Jimmy Vee), and Mr Copper, (Clive Swift) the ship's historian. However, London was evacuated after the general populace fled in fear of a third consecutive attack, and only a few people remain, including the Royal Family and a newspaper seller called Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins). Shore Leave is a first season episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Clive Rowe is a British actor, who has appeared in Tracy Beaker, Dalziel and Pascoe and The Bill. ... Debbie Chazen is a British actress. ... Jimmy Vee is a British actor and stunt performer, who has played a number of Doctor Who monsters and aliens. ... Clive Swift in his role as Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. ... This article is about the monarchy-related concept. ... Bernard Cribbins as Captain Michael in Space: 1999, episode: Brian the Brain (1976). ...

On the Titanic's bridge, Captain Hardaker (Geoffrey Palmer) dismisses all his officers. One of them, Midshipman Alonzo Frame (Russell Tovoy), refuses to go, citing regulations. At the same time that the excursion party returns, Hardaker kills himself and most of the passengers on board by causing meteors to collide with the ship. The Titanic's engines start to fail, drawing the ship to an extinction level collision with Earth. The Doctor makes contact with Frame to help him stabilise the ship, and then leads a small group of survivors to reach him. The Right Honourable Sir Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer, AC, KCMG (born 21 April 1942), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from August 1989 until September 1990, leading the Labour Party. ... A midshipman is a subordinate officer, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navies of several English-speaking countries. ... An extinction event (also extinction-level event, ELE) is a period in time when a large number of species die out. ...

Complicating matters are the Host, information androids resembling angels, who were programmed to kill everyone on board. The Doctor's party is repeatedly attacked, and the Doctor's sonic screwdriver proves useless against them. While crossing a bridge over the engine, the party are attacked. Banakaffalata transmits an electromagnetic pulse from his cybernetic implants, killing himself in the process. The Van Hoffs die during this attack: Morvin falls into the engines, and Foon commits suicide while pulling one of the Host with her. The survivors take Bannakaffalatta's EMP unit with them as their only defence. This article is about the supernatural being. ... The Ninth Doctors redesigned sonic screwdriver from the 2005 series. ... The term electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has the following meanings: electromagnetic radiation from an explosion (especially a nuclear explosion) or an intensely fluctuating magnetic field caused by Compton-recoil electrons and photoelectrons from photons scattered in the materials of the electronic or explosive device or in a surrounding medium. ... This is a list of items from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ...

The Doctor breaks from the party and attempts to reach the control point for the Host. His status as a stowaway causes the Host take him to their leader, cruise line owner Max Capricorn (George Costigan). He is also cybernetic, and is bitter about being forced out of his own company. He plotted the Titanic's inevitable collision with Earth to bankrupt the company. Distraught, Astrid turns her back on the survivors, and uses the ship's teleport system to reach where the Doctor is being held. She saves the Doctor by ramming Capricorn with a forklift truck, both falling over a precipice to their deaths. The War Chief redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The Doctor, assuming control of the Host, uses them to make his way to the bridge. He uses the heat from entry into the Earth's atmosphere to restart the ship's engines. In mid-descent, he realises the ship is heading towards Buckingham Palace, but re-assumes control of the ship seconds before collision. After stabilising the Titanic, the Doctor realises that that the teleport bracelet Astrid was wearing backed up her molecular pattern. However, the damaged system can only partially regenerate Astrid. The Doctor reluctantly allows her to dissipate into atoms so she can fulfil her dream of exploring the universe. Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ...

At the end of the episode, the Doctor teleports to Earth with Mr. Copper, who admits he is a salesman who lied about his credentials to travel. Before leaving in the TARDIS, the Doctor allows him to build a new life, funded by the ship's expenses card.

Continuity

The episode continues several trends from previous specials. London's evacuation is a direct effect of the Sycorax invasion in "The Christmas Invasion" and the Webstar attack in "The Runaway Bride". The episode features the third consecutive white Christmas: in this episode and "The Christmas Invasion" the snow is debris falling to Earth,^[3] and in "The Runaway Bride", the Doctor uses the TARDIS to excite the atmosphere into snowing. The manufactured nature of all three events causes the Doctor to wonder if it will ever really snow. The Christmas Invasion is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Runaway Bride is a special episode of the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Earth was referred to as "Sol 3" and a "Level 5 civilisation". The former term is a designation for Earth often used in science fiction, derived from the Sun's Latin name of Sol, and was used in The Deadly Assassin and "Last of the Time Lords".^[4][5] The latter term was used in the Fourth Doctor serial City of Death and The Sarah Jane Adventures story Revenge of the Slitheen.^[6][7] Kasterborous, the constellation that the Time Lord planet Gallifrey is situated in, is mentioned for the first time since the show's revival in 2005.^[8] For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from October 30 to November 20, 1976. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... City of Death is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 29 to October 20, 1979. ... The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British television series, produced by BBC Wales for CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen and created by Russell T. Davies. ... Revenge of the Slitheen is the second story of the British science fiction television series The Sarah Jane Adventures. ... This article is about the Time Lords from Doctor Who. ... Gallifrey is a fictional planet in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ...

The Doctor uses the catchphrase "allons-y Alonzo" in the episode when helping Frame stabilise the ship, the general use of the phrase being a running gag originating in "Army of Ghosts".^[9] Another recurring theme present in the episode is angels, which previously occurred in "Blink", where the antagonists of the episode were Weeping Angels, and in "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords", where the Master's communication network was called the "Archangel Network".^[8] Despite angels being the antagonist in two episodes that aired close to each other, which slightly annoyed Davies when he read Steven Moffat's script for "Blink", the Host are functionally different as subordinate "robot butlers".^[10] Army of Ghosts is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who which was first broadcast on 1 July 2006. ... This article is about the supernatural being. ... Blink is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Sound of Drums is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Last of the Time Lords is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article is about the character. ... Archangels are superior or higher-ranking angels. ... Steven Moffat (born 1961 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British comedy/drama writer who has contributed to television series since the late 1980s. ... For other uses, see Butler (disambiguation). ...

Production

Minogue during the Showgirl tour, which included Cyberman-inspired animatronics.

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Casting

The News of the World initially reported in April 2007 that Kylie Minogue would be playing a "sexy Cyberwoman".^[11] Davies initially dismissed the story, but Minogue contemporaneously confirmed she would star in the show,^[12][13] and her role was officially confirmed in early July 2007.^[14] The production team were approached by Will Baker, Minogue's creative director, during the series three press launch about her appearing in the show. The production team, who felt that giving Minogue a brief cameo would be "terrible",^[15] instead gave her a one-off companion role, even though Davies had not fully written the script yet. This is not the first time Minogue and Doctor Who had crossed paths: "The Idiot's Lantern" mentions Minogue as a real person,^[16] while Baker, a fan of Doctor Who, included aspects of the classic series in Kylie's tours: the Raston Warriors (from The Five Doctors) in the Fever tour, and the Cybermen in the Showgirl tour.^[17] The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (pronounced [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is an Australian, Grammy award-winning pop singer, songwriter and actress. ... The Idiots Lantern is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has featured many robots. ... The Five Doctors was a special movie-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programmes twentieth anniversary. ... Alternate cover US cover Limited Edition cover Fever is Australian singer Kylie Minogues eighth album, released in late 2001 in Europe and Australia, 2002 in North America by Parlophone, Mushroom and Capitol. ... The Cybermen - 1966 vintage (from The Moonbase). ... Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour was a global concert tour in support of Kylie Minogues compilation album, Ultimate Kylie. ...

Writing and filming

Filming took part summer of 2007, starting with the scene where the group are accosted by the Host while crossing over the engines.^[10] Filming was partially delayed in July due to the death of Helen McDonald, David Tennant's mother, to allow Tennant to attend the funeral.^[18][19] The scene set in a deserted street in London was filmed on 31 July 2007, and required, for the first time, that the street be sealed off for security concerns.^[17] The scene aboard the Titanic required at least fifty extras, in addition to the band and the principal actors. is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

The Titanic sets in general were admired by the production team. Davies liked the period detail and the anatopism of the computer screens on the set, and the inclusion of the cruise line's logo on small inconspicuous items. Collinson liked the bridge set's conformity to the rest of the ship's Edwardian theme, so far to call it the best that they had made.^[17] Gardner, Collinson, and Davies all liked the design of the "strut" set, the bridge over the engine, and felt that the CGI further complemented it. An anatopism (from the Greek ana, against, and topos, place) is something that is out of its proper place. ... Computer-generated imagery (commonly abbreviated as CGI) is the application of the field of computer graphics (or more specifically, 3D computer graphics) to special effects in films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media. ...

The scene on Deck 31, where Capricorn was hidden, was difficult to shoot, due to health and safety concerns. In particular, some shots of Astrid needed a stunt double because Minogue did not have a licence to drive the forklift truck.^[17] Occupational safety and health is the discipline concerned with preserving and protecting human and facility resources in the workplace. ... Pallet truck redirects here. ...

A favourite part of the episode among the production staff and the principal actors was Astrid's death and resurrection. Astrid's fall to her death was written to follow a disaster movie cliché and to romanticise Astrid's "ultimate sacrifice". The coda on deck had to be filmed twice to make Astrid appear translucent: once with Minogue, and once without. Davies admired Tennant's emotion in acting. Likewise, Minogue felt it epitomised the Doctor's and Astrid's "bittersweet" and "poetic" relationship.^[17]

The episode includes several references to outside the show's fictional universe. Most notably, the episode is dedicated to Verity Lambert, Doctor Who's founding producer, who died a day before the show's forty-fourth anniversary. The malfunctioning Host stuttering over the name "Max" is a reference to 1980s virtual presenter Max Headroom.^[8] Davies cited The Poseidon Adventure as an influence for the episode's general plot, and the portrayal of Kansas in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as an analogue for Sto.^[10] Verity Lambert (born November 27, 1935 in London, England, UK) is a British television and film producer, best known for producing the science-fiction series Doctor Who for the BBC for its first two years, from 1963 to 1965. ... Max Headroom Max Headroom is the name of a fictional artificial intelligence, known for his surreal wit and a stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled delivery. ... The Poseidon Adventure is a 1972 action adventure/disaster film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film based on L. Frank Baums turn-of-the-century childrens story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, in which a resourceful American girl is snatched up by a Kansas tornado and deposited in a fantastic land of witches, talking...

Music

"The Stowaway"

The chorus of the song "The Stowaway", which was influenced by Irish folk music.

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Composer Murray Gold, arranger Ben Foster, and singer Yamit Mamo make cameo appearances as part of the ship's band.^[20][8] Mamo, who was recommended to Gold by a friend, performed the songs "My Angel Put the Devil in Me" and "The Stowaway" on the third series soundtrack.^[8] The latter, which was specifically composed for the episode, was recorded in September 2007 at AIR Studios in London. The song features everyone who was present in the studios during recording as backing vocals. "The Stowaway" continues the tradition of a Christmas song from "The Christmas Invasion" ("Song for Ten") and "The Runaway Bride" ("Love Don't Roam"). Gold loosely based the song on the episode, and set it from the captain's point of view. The song was influenced by Irish folk music, and contrasts the upbeat "under deck" feeling with its melancholy lyrics about unrequited love. Mamo, primarily a soul singer, was approached by Gold after his friends saw her performing, and she unconditionally accepted his offer.^[17] The episode features a new version of the theme tune during its credits, comparable to Peter Howell's version from the 1980s, which contains a new bass line, drums, and piano.^[8] Murray Gold (born 1969, Portsmouth, England) is a British composer for stage, film, and television and a dramatist for both theatre and radio. ... Ben Foster Ben Foster is a British orchestrator and conductor who is best known for his work as an orchestrator on the BBC series Doctor Who. ... September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ... AIR Studios is a professional audio recording facility in Central London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Christmas Invasion is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... The Runaway Bride is a special episode of the long running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic that is currently politically divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... The Doctor Who theme music was created in 1963, composed by Ron Grainer and realised with electronics by Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. ... Peter Howell is a television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who. ...

Broadcast and reception

Broadcast

Overnight figures estimated that the episode's Christmas Day broadcast was watched by 12.2 million viewers. The final viewing figures were 13.31 million viewers with a peak of 13.8 million, an audience narrowly exceeded by the 13.9 million who watched the immediately following episode of BBC soap EastEnders.^[21] The high viewing figures resulted in Eastenders and "Voyage of the Damned" were the most-watched programmes of 2007, respectively.^[22] The viewing figure is the highest for the new series, exceeding the previous record set by "Rose", and the highest for Doctor Who overall since 1979: specifically, the final episode of "City of Death", which aired while rival network ITV suffered programming disruptions.^[23][24] The episode's Appreciation Index rating was 86 ("excellent"), above the average score of 77 for drama programmes, and was the highest Index rating for any programme shown on terrestrial television on Christmas Day.^[25] EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985[4] and continuing to date. ... Rose is an episode in the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 26 March 2005. ... City of Death is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 29 to October 20, 1979. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Analogue television in the United Kingdom. ...

Criticism and review

Before its broadcast, the episode was criticised by Millvina Dean, the last living survivor of the 1912 Titanic sinking, who stated it was "disrespectful to make entertainment of such a tragedy".^[26] The organisation Christian Voice expressed offence at the religious imagery of a scene in which the Doctor is lifted through the ship by robot angels.^[27] Elizabeth Gladys Millvina Dean (born February 2, 1912) is one of only two living survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, and was the youngest passenger on board. ... Formerly known as Repent UK, is an organisation based in the United Kingdom which claims to be striving, through prayer and public campaigning, for national repentance. Christian Voice claims to follow the Word of God and the teachings of the Bible. ...

Gareth McLean, who reviewed a preview screening for The Guardian's TV and radio weblog, appreciated the episode's use of "the disaster movie template" and came to a favourable overall conclusion: "For the most part, The Voyage of the Damned is absolutely smashing." Its main flaw, in his view, was the "blank and insipid" acting of Kylie Minogue.^[28] Reviewing the thousands of deaths over Doctor Who's history, Doctor Who Magazine placed two of the deaths in its top 100: Banakaffalata's death was placed in the "top 20 tearjerkers" category, and Astrid's death was given the title of "Doctor Who's all-time greatest death scene", commenting it "ticks boxes in all of our main categories [gruesome, scary, self-sacrifice, tearjerking, surprising]", and "her death would truly make a glass eye cry".^[29] James Walton of The Daily Telegraph called the episode "a winning mixture of wild imagination and careful writerly calculation".^[30] Tim Teeman of The Times however, thought that the episode "sucks", stating that "It was boring, despite the endless dashing about and CGI flimflam".^[31] The Mirror commented the episode had "some brilliant psychedelic Pink Floyd-esque imagery", "great baddies", and "neat jokes", but lamented that "the plot was a mess, consisting mostly of one hi-tech chase scene after another, and it descended into noise and bluster.".^[32] Alex Clark of The Observer commented that the death toll was rather high, but still thought the episode was "an oasis of cheeky nonsense and careless invention featuring".^[33] Harry Venning of The Stage concluded his positive review of the episode by stating it "was well up to Doctor Who's impeccably high standards".^[34] The episode also received coverage in Minogue's native Australia, despite not being due for broadcast until 2009, with The Daily Telegraph calling it the "best ever" Doctor Who episode.^[35] Gareth McLean is a Scottish journalist who writes for The Guardian newspaper and the Radio Times magazine. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... The Mirror is a former and currently informal name for the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone; see The Mirror (The Twilight Zone) a film by Andrei Tarkovsky This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. ... The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation. ...

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External links

• "Voyage of the Damned" at bbc.co.uk
• "Voyage of the Damned" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel)
• "Voyage of the Damned" at the Doctor Who Reference Guide

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Official trailers

• BBC Christmas 2007 publicity trailer
• First teaser trailer
• Cinematic trailer
• "Trailer A"
• "Trailer B"
• 20-second trailer

Reviews

• "Last of the Time Lords" reviews at The Doctor Who Ratings Guide