Quotes
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"You dreamt of another sky. New sun, new air, new life. A whole universe teeming with life. Why stand still when there're all that life out there?" ~ The Tenth Doctor
"To repeat, I am Mister Copper, the ship's historian, and I shall be taking you to old London town in the country of UK, ruled over by good King Wenceslas. Now, human beings worship the great god Santa, a creature with fearsome claws, and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner like savages." ~ Mr. Copper
"Well, between you and me, I think her Majesty's got it right. Far as I know, this year, nothing to worry about." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"Bad name for a ship. Either that or this suit is really unlucky." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"I'm the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I'm from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous. I'm nine hundred and three years old and I'm the man who's going to save your lives and all six billion people on the planet below. You got a problem with that?" ~ The Tenth Doctor
"Actually, that's not true. Christmas is a time of, of peace and thanksgiving and what am I on about? My Christmases are always like this." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"Never say trapped, just inconveniently circumstanced." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"All I do is travel. That's what I am. Just a traveller. Imagine it. No tax, no bills, no boss. Just the open sky." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"You can't even sink the Titanic." ~ The Tenth Doctor
"You're kidding me. That's something else I've always wanted to say. Allons-y, Alonso. Whoa!" ~ The Tenth Doctor
"Of all the people to survive, he's not the one you would have chosen, is he? But if you could choose, Doctor, if you decide who lives and who dies, that would make you a monster." ~ Mister Copper
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Trivia
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The working title for this story was Starship Titanic. As Davies writes in The Writer's Tale, it was changed when it was pointed out that Douglas Adams had created a video game and novel of that title, with an extremely similar concept, years earlier.
The episode is dedicated to the late Verity Lambert, the first producer of Doctor Who and a legend in the TV industry. Verity died on 22 November 2007, one day before Doctor Who's forty-fourth anniversary. Davies immediately requested a tribute card be inserted into the episode. The TARDIS sound effect is heard softly in the background as the tribute is shown.
Composer Murray Gold and arranger Ben Foster both had cameos as members of the Titanic's band, along with singer Yamit Mamo, who performs the original song, "The Stowaway." Mamo also performs "Winter Wonderland". An instrumental version of "Jingle Bells" is heard when the Doctor first arrives.
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.
The scene where the Doctor is lifted into the air by angels was heavily criticised by Catholic audiences. Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, also criticised the episode, claiming it was disrespectful to make entertainment of the disaster.
It was originally planned for the Judoon to return at the end to arrest the villain.
This was Kylie Minogue's first major acting appearance since her diagnosis and recovery from breast cancer two years earlier. Minogue was actually a film and TV actor before she became a singer, and had made occasional film appearances since launching her musical career.
David Tennant's mother died near the start of production of the episode, forcing the crew to shoot around him during his consequent absence.
At 71 minutes long, Voyage of the Damned holds the record for the second longest 'single episode' of Doctor Who since the series revival and the fourth longest single episode of all (the third longest episode ever is The End of Time Part Two, which was 75 minutes long, the second longest episode ever is the 1996 movie, which was 85 minutes long, and the longest was the special The Five Doctors, which was 90 minutes long).
A shortened version of this story was broadcast, at least on BBC America. This version skipped quite a bit of material, including the trip to deserted London, the attempt to revive Astrid, and the closing conversation with Mr. Cooper. This version was broadcast at least in 2009, and fitted into a 60-minute timeslot, including commercials.
Bernard Cribbins' character in this episode was originally called 'Stan' and was intended to be a one-off appearance. However, when Howard Attfield was forced to leave the show while filming Season 4 due to the advancement of his cancer (of which he later died), it was decided that the newspaper vendor would be brought back as the grandfather of new companion Donna Noble. Russell T Davies, feeling that the name Stan wasn't suitable for a recurring character, changed Bernard Cribbins' credit at the end of this episode to reflect the change.
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Trailer
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