Doctor Who - Voyage Of The Damned (DVD)

The christmas edition of Doctor Who is now almost as much a part of the television tradition as Its A Wonderful Life or The Wizard Of Oz. Now on its third outing, as a companion to the BBC series, 2007's christmas special of Doctor Who was entitled Voyage Of The Damned and saw the Doctor's Tardis crashing into the bow of the doomed ocean liner Titanic. The Titanic was a real life ship that was initially deemed unsinkable. However, on its maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank and killed 1517 passengers. When the Doctor stows onto the ship, he finds that this isn't the ocean liner though, but in fact a space age replica that has rested ...  Read the complete review

The first day it was released, I ventured into town to purchase the latest edition to my Doctor Who DVD collection; Voyage Of the Damned: The 2007 Christmas episode. As soon as I arrived home with it, into the DVD player it went to let the fun begin! What's It All About? -------------------------- Doctor Who started way back in 1963, with William Hartnell playing the Doctor, a last of the Time Lords from Gallifrey. His performance must have been as immense as the nation is still obsessed with this gripping programme, 44 years later! Since then, we have met 10 Doctors, and adored every one of them! This Doctor (10th) is ...  Read the complete review

Until last year's "The Next Doctor" I was getting all settled in to the belief that I wouldn't enjoy Doctor Who's christmas specials very much. Thankfully, I thought that one was a really excellent, well played piece of drama. The first two, Christmas Invasion and Runaway Bride however hadn't been my thing. It's not that I thought they were bad, I just felt that the christmas outings had been more for the kids. I don't mind that, it is a children's show after all. There are plenty of episodes in the normal run that I think are brilliant for kids even though I can't stand them (Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel and Fear Her spring to mind.) 2007's Voyage of the ...  Read the complete review

Writer: Russell T. Davis Director: James Stron Producer: Phil Collinson, Russell T Davis and Julie Gardner With the third series ending, leaving the Doctor alone once more, he is stunned to find the TARDIS defences being infiltrated by a massive spaceship, aptly named 'the Titanic' (after the famous unsinkable ship which met disaster in 1912 after hitting an iceberg) So as this 2007 Christmas special begins we see the Doctor taking a quiet break on a galactic tour spaceship, orbiting the planet Earth... only this time he has no companion... for now. ** BRIEF PLOT ** The Doctor lands the TARDIS on the ...  Read the complete review

Christmas time for me has now gone from counting how much less I got in presents compare to how much I shelled out for other people, to one of pure joy for a measly hour. And this is because of the Doctor Who Xmas specials. I always make sure that I am free at that time and everyone has to shut up, go to sleep or be somewhere else. From watching the series 3 finale we know that the Titanic crashes though the Tardis wall, so we all know a disaster is going to happen. It takes place between the Children in Need special where the tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) collide and the start of the fourth season where the Doctor meets ...  Read the complete review