Doctor Who - Voyage of the Damned (2007)

I've been watching Dr Who since I was a kid, so I know what to (and not to) expect. Also, I know that Christmas specials are not generally known for their lofty standards. But seriously, this is WOEFUL. It might have been funny to see the Doctor work his way through a script which quite deliberately ticks off some of the most cliched lines of all time (of the "take me to your leader" ilk). But the only laughs you'll get are those of stunned disbelief. Kylie is boring and pathetic as a cocktail waitress on an intergalactic Titanic, and the attempt to create a spark between her and the good Doctor is sick-making. Add to this the attempt to stitch on a "Christmas message" and you've got a movie-length bucket of merde. Really, don't even bother.

yum, Kylie. Not a bad effort either. Only one episode on this disc but plenty of extras

Not too bad overall.

Well this is another Xmas episode, so try to remember that as the plotholes and the cliches sail majestically before your eyes. David T is effortlessly good as the Doctor now roaring confidently into his third year in the role. Kylie is actually a bit wooden but anyone who actually seen her in a movie before will probably be expecting this. Some of the characters are fun, some a excruitiating. The moment when some unidentified occupant of Buckingham Palace sticks her head out of the window and waves at the retreating Starship Titanic with a pythonesque silly laugh is likely to interfere with your dramatic tension buildup (or something). All in all a jolly harmless little romp through what Russell T thinks Xmas is all about, but not to be taken too seriously even by the fans. On the other hand by the time Season 4 climaxes, you'd better have been paying attention or else you might miss something....... ;-)

Well this another Xmas episode so try to remember that as the plotholes and the cliches sail majestically before your eyes. David T is effortlessly good as the Doctor now roaring confidently into his third year in the role. Kylie is actually a bit wooden but anyone who actually seen her in a movie before will probably be expecting this. Some of the characters are fun, some a excruitiating. The moment when some unidentified occupant of Buckingham Palace sticks her head out o fthe window and waves at the retreating Starship Titanic with a pythonesque silly laugh is likely to interfere with your dramatic tension buildup (or something). All in all a jolly harmless little romp through what Russell T thinks Xmas is all about, but not to be taken too seriously even by the fans. On the other hand by the time Season 4 climaxes, you'd better have been paying attention or else you might miss something....... ;-)