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Doctor Who : Voyage Of The Damned - Christmas Special with Kylie [2007]
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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | The 2007 Christmas special of Doctor Who, Voyage of the Damned is a rip-roaring, hugely entertaining adventure, whose pace, energy and ambition plasters over its undeniable cracks. With David Tennant in the title role, and Doctor Who fan Kylie Minogue stepping into the role of his assistant, Astrid, the adventure picks up where the third series of the programme ended: with the Titanic crashing into the Tardis. With the loose ends quickly resolved, Voyage of the Damned soon picks up its key threads. There's a futuristic Titanic spaceship, a cast of space tourists (with recognisable names from British television, such as Clive Swift and Geoffrey Palmer), and inevitably, impending disaster. Voyage of the Damned then manages to inject fast action, better-than-expected special effects, and a surprisingly high body count. It's got cracks in its setup, and isn't bereft of flaws (not least a slightly inflated running time), but it is a whole lot of fun, and a great improvement on the previous year's special, The Runaway Bride. It's good, too, that in spite of Kylie Minogue's star billing, her character isn't allowed to dominate the story, and as a result she turns in good work, holding her own in an impressive cast. In all, Voyage of the Damned is a fun, rewatchable adventure, with plenty in the tank to keep you entertained. Definitely worth picking up. --Simon Brew | |
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| Not the best ever Who, but a lot of FUN | |
| | Ok so perhaps this wasn't the most original or even best written episode of the New Who. That being said it was perfect Christmas day viewing, a bit of glamor (Tennant/Kylie), some interesting aliens (Bannakaffalata), and a big glitzy action romp. David Tennant as ever, is brilliant as the Doctor, and the rest of the cast do a solid job. What was really great about this was, despite the high death toll it was watchable by the WHOLE family, and indeed had something for everyone, which cannot be said about most modern Sci-Fi productions. I like many of the other reviewers am a life-long Doctor WHo fan, however, unlike some other reviews here I realise the shows strength has always been it's ability to deliver a range of types of stories, in a variety of genres, and yet always still be Doctor Who. New Who goes from strength to strength, I will be tuning in next Christmas, even if it is Rudolf the red nosed Rutan!!
| | I really, really liked it and for that I am grateful | |
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Being both a massive Doctor Who fan and a massive Kylie fan when I first heard about Voyage of the Damned it was a dream come true. And come Christmas Day, it totally lived up to my expectations - it was fantastic! The acting was superb all round and added to the simply wondrous special effects the whole thing felt like a film - easily marking it out as the best of the Christmas specials so far.
The first time I watched this episode I did so as a Kylie fan and thus was heartbroken that Astrid didn't survive (although she isn't technically dead, but then that's a whole different story). Especially since her and David had such brilliant chemistry. But the second time I watched this as a Doctor Who fan and what I found most interesting about this episode is that it has that sense of how the Doctor has to live through the deaths of so many - just as we saw in the series one Dalek finale, so many people pay the final price and the reality is that they are gone in a flash, never to be seen again. It is a sombre mood and one I think works so well in the grandeur of this episode.
The host are suitably chilling enemies while I love the way the theme of class is played out between the human characters, everyone slotting into their roles perfectly - the good natured Mr. Copper acting as a perfect counterbalance to the selfish Rickson Slade. But in the end, just like the Doctor, although it is not the ones you would have wished to survive that make it through, after so much death you are grateful for anyone who survived. It is this feeling of spirit, community and courage that makes this such a great episode for Christmas. Big emotions (I certainly was close to tears when Astrid fell into the ship's engines), big effects and the Doctor's truly admirable assertiveness combining perfectly to create a total winner of an episode.
Even I had some pet peeves with this episode though. The two main ones being the Banakafalata and Max Capricorn. Both being a case of being just too cheesy. The former had a ridiculous name and voice, a character merely there for laughs while Max Capricorn, despite being pretty funny, just doesn't fit the bill of a Doctor Who villain - there was no gravitas with him, no seriousness, just a silly head in a box. And of course the worst of all, the Queen running out of the palace to thank the Doctor... but the less said about that the better...
No, on the whole this is a fantastic episode. There's all the nice usual pop culture references to watch out for, this time including Austin Powers and The Apprentice among others. Kylie is a true star and her performance as Astrid is perfect - so innocent in her ambitions to see the universe and travel with the Doctor. David himself is as magnificent as ever - truly fitting his role as a Time Lord here - fighting through it all to emerge triumphant. All in all, this is just more evidence of why Doctor Who is such an amazing series and I am forever thankful that the series is back on our screens. The 13 million viewers that tuned in to see this testament to the show's immense popularity.
What about extras, though? Well, thankfully, in contrast to the previous `vanilla' DVD releases, this has got a couple of extras on it, hopefully a pattern they'll continue to use for series 4. We've got the 15 minute Confidential Cut-Down making of which as always is fascinating viewing with lots of great interviews. Then we have the Children In Need episode `Time Crash' featuring the marvellous Peter Davison reprising his role as the 5th Doctor. It's a fantastic moment for old fans as well as introducing him to a generation of new ones. An episode full of nostalgia for fans to work their way through and is pure joy to watch - Peter and David bouncing dialogue wonderfully off each other.
So, all in all, yet another great Doctor Who DVD release - everyone is entitled to their opinion and personally, I really liked Voyage Of The Damned. If you weren't sure the first time you saw it, maybe give it a second chance. But either way, well worth buying!
| | | Voyage of the Damned was a huge disappointment - little more then a dull sci-fi remake of The Poseidon Adventure; not even the talents of David Tennant could polish this turd.
| | A little bit more effort required next Christmas | |
| | Ok, being a big Dr Who fan of all the Doctor Who series since 1963 I do enjoy the new 21st Century series. However, this Christmas i was very dissapointed with this offering.
The storyline firstly was simply boring, it could have been lifted from any disaster movie you like. I was getting bored toward the end and everybody at our house was glad when it finished. The monsters hadnt really been given any thought, a bit of a cross between an axon and a "robot of death" i thought. Quite frankly the teaser trailer was more interesting than the storyline.
Also, why the need to have celebrities like Kylie or Catherine Tate? There just is no need and it's in danger of becoming a farce. I'm dreading the next episode coming up which appears to have Catherine Tate again - why oh why? Get with the programme BBC, Dr Who is a serious show, not a satirical take the micky for cheap one liners.
| | | This is a very good episode of the award winning programme.
The bonus features are very good as well
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