![]() Kylie plays a waitress aboard the Titanic starship. Seeing Kylie in the episode was a first for me and I found her really impressive. I had learnt from my parents that she once had cancer and she starred in ‘Neighbours’ for some time. Now I’ve never heard of Kylie Minogue before and didn’t know much about her as a singer. This Christmas episode is extra-special as the biggest guest star is Kylie Minogue as Astrid Peth. I love the Doctor’s defiance to Rickston Slade and also when he confronts the true villain in the final showdown of the episode. He can do funny and serious stuff at the same time in an action-packed episode as this. He also makes friends with other passengers and takes charge when he leads them and Astrid to safety, once the Titanic gets hit by a meteor shower in outer space.ĭavid’s energy is so enduring and he never lets down on a performance. The Doctor makes friends with Astrid Peth, who he consciously or self-consciously sees as a potential new companion. The Doctor wears his tuxedo with the bow-tie and all. He arrives on the starship Titanic and has a mooch joining in the festivities of Christmas. The Doctor’s on his own now, having said goodbye to Martha Jones in the previous series. I felt really Christmassy when I watched this episode, as you could enjoy a cruise set in space before disaster happened.ĭavid Tennant is brilliant as the Doctor in this episode. The starship Titanic also has the atmosphere of 1912 outwardly and inwardly, with people in period costumes suited to the era and the set design is very impressive. The starship is like the real Titanic from its exterior to interior. The Doctor already experienced the real Titanic when he was the Ninth Doctor as referenced in the episode ‘Rose’. This didn’t disappoint me though, as in my naivety I accepted anything ridiculous and it was ‘Doctor Who’. ![]() Imagine my surprise when I found out it was the actually the starship Titanic. Davies to be an historical adventure set aboard the Titantic in 1912 when it crashed into an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the sea. I was expecting this Christmas episode by show-runner Russell T. With help from his new friend, Astrid Peth, the Doctor must save his group as well as stopping the Titanic crash into the Earth on Christmas Day. Only the Doctor and a handful of people survive. The Titanic gets hit not by an iceberg but by a meteor shower, getting space-wrecked and adrift. But something goes wrong as this pleasure cruise progresses. They’re journeying on the Titanic to celebrate Christmas. The Doctor finds himself on a cruise containing humanoid passengers from the planet Sto. For this TV adventure, the Doctor lands on the Titanic after it had crashed in his TARDIS.īut it’s not the real Titanic on Earth, 1912. ‘Voyage of the Damned’ is possibly one of the best Christmas specials ever made in the show’s history, shown in 2017. I was delighted, since it was David Tennant, who is my favourite Doctor. This was a fantastic Christmas Special to start watching the TV series properly on TV. I had seen previous ‘Doctor Who’ episodes from the new TV series on DVD, but I hadn’t seen a proper episode on the TV screen for its initial transmission. This is a very special ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas for me! □īelieve it or not, this was the first ‘Doctor Who’ episode I ever saw on TV. Tim Bradley with David Tennant at the TARDIS at the ‘London Comic Con Winter 2022’, November 2022
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