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"Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is scheduled to be broadcast on BBC One on 25 December, 2007, and is the third Christmas special of the revived Doctor Who series by Russell T. Davies.

Synopsis

This story continues from the final scene in "Last of the Time Lords", in which the Titanic breaches the walls of the TARDIS console room. The Doctor meets Astrid, a waitress working aboard the ship, and also the captain himself.

Cast

• The Doctor — David Tennant
• Astrid — Kylie Minogue
• Captain Edward J. Smith — Geoffrey Palmer
• TBA — Clive Swift
• TBA — Debbie Chazen
• TBA — Clive Rowe
• TBA — Gray O'Brien
• TBA — Russell Tovey
• TBA — George Costigan
• TBA — Jimmy Vee

Cast notes

• Clive Swift previously appeared as Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks.
• Geoffrey Palmer previously appeared in Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Mutants.
• Jimmy Vee previously appeared as the Moxx of Balhoon in "The End of the World", as the Space Pig in "Aliens of London" and as the Graske in "Attack of the Graske".

Continuity

• The Doctor previously mentioned Kylie Minogue in "The Idiot's Lantern", in which he mentioned her song "Never Too Late".

The Titanic and Doctor Who

The RMS Titanic has been mentioned a number of times previously, but this marks its first actual appearance.

• In the Fourth Doctor story The Invasion of Time (1978), the Doctor claims that he "wasn't responsible" for the disaster.
• In "Rose", Clive, a conspiracy theorist, shows Rose an old photograph of the Ninth Doctor with "the Daniels family of Southampton", on the eve of their scheduled voyage aboard the Titanic. For an unspecified reason, they cancelled their trip, escaping the ship's fate.
• In "The End of the World", the Ninth Doctor mentions that he "was on board another ship once. They said that was unsinkable. I ended up clinging to an iceberg, it wasn't half cold."
• The Titanic appeared in the Virgin New Adventures book The Left-Handed Hummingbird, written by Kate Orman. Like all spin-off media, the canonicity of this appearance is unclear.
• The 1989 Doctor Who Magazine comic strip Follow That TARDIS! includes a sequence in which the Titanic is deliberately rammed into the iceberg in the mistaken belief that it is the Meddling Monk's TARDIS in disguise.

Pre-broadcast publicity

• Kylie Minogue was reported by tabloid newspapers to be appearing in this episode. Russell T Davies initially dismissed this story but a statement by Minogue indicated that she would be in the episode. The BBC officially confirmed her role in early July.
• On July 6, 2007 the Jewish Telegraph reported that Clive Swift will appear in the Christmas Special. Swift is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.
• On July 10 2007, The Sun claimed that Geoffrey Palmer would appear in the episode. Though the report's reliability was unclear, it was later confirmed by the BBC.

References

1. ^ "Tate to be Doctor's new companion". BBC News. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-06. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
2. Jarrod Cooper (2007-06-01). "Series 4 Writers Announced". Outpost Gallifrey. Retrieved 2007-06-15. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
3. Doctor Who Magazine, July 25 2007, p4
4. ^ "Step Back In Time". BBC. 2007-07-03. Retrieved 2007-07-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
5. ^ "Kylie Boards Titanic!". BBC. 2007-07-11. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
6. "Christmas Episode 2007". Outpost Gallifrey. 2007-05-12. Retrieved 2007-07-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
7. "Davies dismisses Kylie rumour". Outpost Gallifrey. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2007-07-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
8. Kylie confirms 'Doctor Who' role
9. "Bucket now for Edinburgh treat". Jewish Telegraph. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2006-07-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
10. "Look Who's back for Xmas". The Sun. 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2007-07-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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