Voyage of the Damned (TV story)

Synopsis
The Doctor is more than surprised to see the Titanic crashed into his TARDIS. Little does he know he will soon be meeting up with a waitress on board named Astrid.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Astrid Peth - Kylie Minogue
 * Bayldon Copper - Clive Swift
 * Captain Hardaker - Geoffrey Palmer
 * Morvin Van Hoof - Clive Rowe
 * Bannakaffalatta - Jimmy Vee
 * Rickston Slade - Gray O'Brien
 * Foon Van Hoof - Debbie Chazen
 * Midshipman Frame - Russel Tovey
 * Max Capricorn - George Costigan
 * Chief Steward - Andrew Havill
 * Engineer - Bruce Lawrence
 * Wilfred Mott - Bernard Cribbins
 * Nicholas Witchell - Himself
 * Singer - Yamit Mamo
 * Kitchen Hand — Stefan Davis
 * Newsreader — Jason Mohammad
 * Alien Voices — Colin McFarlane, Ewan Bailey
 * Voice of the Queen — Jessica Martin

Production Crew

 * 1st Assistant Director - Peter Bennett
 * 2nd Assistant Director - Jennie Fava
 * 3rd Assistant Director - Sarah Davies
 * Location Manager - Gareth Skelding
 * Unit Manager - Rhys Griffiths
 * Production Co-ordinator - Jess van Niekerk
 * Production Secretary - Kevin Myers
 * Assistant Production Co-ordinator - Debi Griffiths
 * Production Runners - Nicola Brown
 * Drivers - Wayne Humphreys, Darren Leen
 * Floor Runners - Heddi Joy Taylor, Andy Newbery
 * Contracts Assistants - Kath Blackman, Beth Britton
 * Continuity - Sheila Johnston
 * Script Editor - Brian Minchin
 * Camera Operator - Julian Barber
 * 2nd Camera Operator - Rory Taylor
 * Focus Puller - Steve Rees
 * 2nd Focus Puller - Jamie Southcott
 * Camera Assistants - Tom Hartley, Jon Vidgen
 * Steadicam Operator - Paul Edwards
 * Grip - John Robinson
 * Boom Operator - Jeff Welch
 * Gaffer - Mark Hutchings
 * Best Boy - Peter Chester
 * Electricians - Steve Slocombe, Clive Johnson, Ben Griffiths
 * Stunt Co-ordinator - Tom Lucy
 * Stunt Performers - Jason Hunjan, Stephanie Carey, Danielle Da Costa
 * Stand-Ins - Colum Regan, Robyn Lea
 * Choreographer - Ailsa Berk
 * Chief Supervising Art Director - Stephen Nicholas
 * Art Department Production Manager - Jonathan Marquand Allison
 * Supervising Art Director - Arwel Wyn Jones
 * Associate Designer - James North
 * Art Department Coordinator - Anna Coote
 * Set Decorator - Tristan Peatfield
 * Props Buyer - Joelle Rumbelow
 * Standby Art Director - Rebecca Hemy
 * Design Assistants - Peter McKinstry, Sarah Payne, Al Roberts
 * Storyboard Artist - Shaun Williams
 * Standby Props - Phil Shellard, Nick Murray, Patrick Deacy
 * Standby Carpenter - Will Pope
 * Standby Painter - Ellen Woods
 * Standby Rigger - Keith Freeman
 * Property Master - Phil Lyons
 * Forward Dressers - Nicholas Wysoczanskyj, Stuart Mackay
 * Senior Props Maker - Barry Jones
 * Props Makers - Penny Howarth, Nick Robatto, Jon Grundon
 * Practical Electrician - Albert James
 * Construction Manager - Matthew Hywel-Davies
 * Scenic Artists - John Whalley, John Pinkerton
 * Construction Workshop Manager - Mark Hill
 * Construction Chargehands - Scott Fisher, Allen Jones
 * Graphics - BBC Wales Graphics
 * Assistant Costume Designer - Rose Goodhart
 * Costume Supervisor - Lindsay Bonaccorsi
 * Costume Assistants - Barbara Harrington, Louise Martin
 * Make-Up Artists - Pam Mullins, Steve Smith, John Munro
 * Casting Associate - Andy Brierley
 * Casting Assistant - Amy Rogers
 * VFX Editor - Ceres Doyle
 * Assistant Editor - Carmen Roberts
 * Post Production Supervisors - Samantha Hall, Chris Blatchford
 * Post Production Co-ordinator - Marie Brown
 * SFX Co-ordinator - Ben Ashmore
 * SFX Supervisors - Danny Hargreaves, Paul Kelly
 * SFX Technicians - Henry Brook, Dan Bentley
 * Prosthetics Designer - Neill Gorton
 * Prosthetics Supervisors - Rob Mayor, Pete Hawkins
 * Prosthetics Technicians - Charlie Bluett, Jon Moore, Abbie Jones, Lenny Sant, Laura Wellman
 * Prosthetic Make-up Artist - Sarah Lockwood
 * On Line Editors - Matthew Clarke, Mark Bright
 * Colourist - Mick Vincent
 * 3D Supervisors - Jean Claude Deguar, Nicolas Hernandez
 * 3D Artists - Nick Webber, Neil Roche, Will Pryor, Andy Guest, Ruth Bailey, Bruce Magroune, Matt McKinney, Mark Wallman, Jeff North, Jean Yves Audouard
 * 2D Supervisor - Sara Bennett
 * 2D Artists - Russell Horth, Bryan Bartlett, Greg Spencer, Tim Barter, Arianna Lago, Loraine Cooper, James Moxon, Simon Holden, Isobel Barber
 * Matte Painters - Simon Wicker, [[Charlie Bennett, Alex Fort
 * VFX Co-ordinators - Jenna Powell, Rebecca Johnson
 * VFX Production Assistant - Marianne Paton
 * On Set VFX Supervisor - Tim Barter
 * Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts
 * Supervising Sound Editor - Paul McFadden
 * Sound FX Editor - Paul Jefferies
 * Foley Editor - Kelly-Marie Angell
 * Finance Manager - Chris Rogers

Story Notes

 * Composer Murray Gold and arranger Ben Foster both cameo as members of the Titanic's band, along with singer Yamit Mamo.
 * The theme tune has been revamped for Voyage Of The Damned. "I think I just decided to spruce it up - new drums, new rhythm section, new bass line, new little bit of piano," says Murray Gold.
 * The episode is dedicated to the late Verity Lambert, the very first producer of Doctor Who and a legend in the TV industry. Verity died on 22 November 2007, one day before Doctor Who's 44th anniversary.
 * Angels seem to be a recurring theme throughout the new series. The Doctor has been referred to as a Lonely Angel, faced The Weeping Angels and made use of the Master's mesmeric communication network, Archangel.

Ratings
At times the ratings peaked at 13.8 million. ..
 * Overnight - 12.2 million viewers

Myths

 * This is set on the real Titanic from 1912. (it has been explicitly stated that it is NOT the actual Titanic)
 * A lot was made of the fact that Astrid is an anagram of Tardis. This however, turned out to be a red herring and not at all significant to the story.

Location Filming

 * St John's Street, Cardiff (by the Queen's Arcade Shopping Centre)
 * Close to where the shop dummies went on a rampage in "Rose".
 * Where the evil Father Christmases menaced Rose and Micky in the Christmas market in the first Christmas special.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * Before the asteroids collide with the ship, a red alert is given on the radar display. This appears to contradict with The Empty Child where it was established that the universal colour for danger is mauve, red being considered too camp.

Continuity

 * It is explained in the final scenes of Time Crash that the Titanic collided with the TARDIS because the Doctor left its shields down.
 * Reference is made to the two previous Christmas specials, The Christmas Invasion and The Runaway Bride.
 * The Doctor uses the phrase Allons-y Alonso, which he stated he liked in Doomsday.
 * The Doctor mentions that his black suit is unlucky, referring to his previous statement in The Lazarus Experiment and his suit wearing in Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel.
 * There are more than a few references to The Robots of Death, the robots chanting "Kill, Kill, Kill" in monotone and the hand of the robot being stuck in the bridge's door and being subsequently cut off.

DVD and Other Releases
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