Voyage of the Damned

I thought I would post what ever pictures/info/and other stuff I could find about Voyage of the Damned. Enjoy :)
Written by Russell T Davies
Directed by James Strong
Length: 71 minutes

Kylie Minogue - Astrid
David Tennant - The Doctor
Geoffrey Palmer - Captain Edward J. Smith

New lines
Doctor:
- (talking to a 'Host') Titanic... um... who thought of the name?
- Check your scanners Captain, you've got meteors coming in and no shielding!
- (struggling under guards) Look out the windows!
- Bad name for a ship
- I don't think it was an accident
- I will get you out of here Astrid, I promise.
- We're gonna save the Titanic

Host:
Information: You're all going to die

Midshipman:
I've got life signs all over the ship but they're going out one by one!

Astrid: It's gonna fall!
Doctor: Keep going!

"It’s a spaceship that’s full of aliens and is hovering above Earth so... yes, it’s their Christmas cruise and they’re celebrating an earth Christmas. It’s a theme cruise.”

Voyage of the Damned Extract

The Doctor: There we go
Astrid: Thank you sir, I can manage
The Doctor: I never said you couldn't, I'm The Doctor by the way
Astrid: Astrid, sir, Astrid Peth
The Doctor: Nice to meet you Astrid, Merry Christmas
Astrid: Merry Christmas sir
The Doctor: Just Doctor, not sir
Astrid: You enjoying the cruise?
The Doctor: Erm .. yeah, I suppose, I don't know, it doesn't quite work, a cruise on your own
Astrid: You're not with anyone?
The Doctor: No, no, just me , just err used to be but er no
Astrid: So you travel a lot?
The Doctor: All the time, just for fun, well that's the plan it never quite works
Astrid: I see your rich though
The Doctor: Haven't got a penny (whispers) Stowaway...
Astrid: I should report you
The Doctor: Go on then
(Pause)
Astrid: I'll get you a drink.

Mr Copper: Red Six Seven, this way, if you could convene, fast as you can, Red Six Seven departing shortly.
(Morvin and Foon hurry towards him, The Doctor following - Astrid just passing by)
Astrid: I got you that drink-
The Doctor: And I got you a treat! C'mon -
(He takes the tray, slams it down, pulls her across, fast-)
(To join Mr Copper, the Doctor shows his psychic paper)
The Doctor: Red Six Seven, plus one.

Astrid: Oh, i think Bannakaffalata and I just got engaged

(Taken from Newsround)

Astrid: Its a different planet! I'm standing on a different planet! There's like... concrete! and shops! Alien shops! Real, alien shops! Look you can see the stars! And it smells! It stinks! This is amazing. Thank you.

The episode is set on board the Titanic, "which has become a spaceship run by arch-baddie Max Capricorn." Astrid and the Doctor team up to save the earth from Max's scheme... (something about an insurance scam??) THESE angels, known as "The Hosts" are some form of servant droid that goes a tad evil... I say tad...












Some words that are included in the episode are: "Host", "Lifeboats", "Trapped" and the sentence "They think we should be in steerage".
RTD says that his favorite lines in VotD are the Doctor's "A, B, 1, 2" speech. DT comments that it was "a nightmare to learn".

Here are nine things I can tell you about the Doctor Who Christmas special, 'Voyage of the Damned':

1. This isn't the regular sunk-in-1912 Titanic. It's a vessel named Titanic from the planet Stow, which is taking a tourist excursion to Earth. The purpose is for its passengers to observe "primitive lifeforms".

2. The theme tune has undergone a bit of a revamp for the Christmas special. It's rockier!

3. Legendary actor Clive Swift (Keeping Up Appearances) plays Mr. Copper, a tour guide who claims to have a degree in "Earthonomics".

4. As we all know, Kylie plays 'Astrid Peth', a waitress on board the ship who strikes up an immediate friendship with the Doctor. She's actually rather good! Don't read as much into her name as some of you have been doing, though.

5. Mr. Copper's degree in Earthonomics may not have been from the most reputable establishment. Among some of the facts he tells his tour party: humans worship Santa and his wife Mary, and every Christmas the UK goes to war with Turkey and eats its people.

6. Will Kylie be the new assistant? "Can I come with you?" she asks. The Doc's reply: "Yeah, I'd like that." But surely there can't be another assistant...?

7. Like its namesake, the spaceship Titanic has a doomed future. Gabriel would not be proud.

8. There is a special homage to one of the nation's greatest Christmas Day traditions.

9. Some random quotes:

"That's eight of them now on the blink"
"My name is Max."
"Any day now they start boxing."
"Information: You are all going to die."
"I don't half love you."
"She's ****d***"
"I travel alone. It's best that way."

Phil Collison has been seen talking about a new set that is being build for the Voyage of the Damned, and he mentions how it is "two ends of a bridge that the characters have to cross... that spans across a big chasm. The whole thing is surrounded by green screen so that then The Mill (special effects & computer graphics people) can paint in all the chasm that surrounds them and the big dangerous drop thats underneath them... very dangerous"
Hence the photos above...


Considering that, in the trailer above you can see this wee, red, spiky alien have a nice old dance, and wearing a posh tux, kind of suggests that hes a guest on board the ship, rather than an evil monster who is causing whatever trouble. He's been named "Bannakaffalatta", and is apparent;y from the species of "The Porg"

The Sun claims that the special ends with a stunning scene in which the Titanic falls from the sky and looks like crashing on said palace... (RTD has confirmed that Buckingham will be appearing at some point)

• Kylie Minogue's character, named Astrid Peth
• She's a waitress on board the Titanic.
  
• At the end of the episode she tells the Doctor: 'You need someone to look after you -- can I come with you?' He agrees.
  

The award for Strangest Story Of The Day (so far) goes to…Kylie Minogue being named as Doctor Who’s TARDIS.

(Ah but apparently shes not anymore!!)
The pop princess, 39, is reportedly going to be revealed as the living organism of the Time Lord’s time machine. Kylie plays waitress Astrid Perth on the doomed Titanic and her name is an anagram of TARDIS.
(But they said don't look to far into that!)
Fueling the speculation, Kylie’s character is said to leave the show by spinning into space just as the TARDIS does. ‘Viewers have often been told the TARDIS is a living organism,’ a BBC insider tells the Sun.
(That doesn't mean its a person from Stow)
‘But mystery has always surrounded what it is and what gives it its powers. The elements we know about Kylie’s appearance all point towards her being the TARDIS.

(possibly...)

‘The fact Kylie had a hit called Spinning Around is an added irony.’