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"Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. First broadcast on 25 December 2007, it is 72 minutes long and the third Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. The narrative continues from the final scenes of both "Last of the Time Lords" and the mini-episode "Time Crash", when a luxury space liner called the ''Titanic'', a pastiche of the historical ocean liner, breached the walls of the TARDIS. The ship's captain, Hardaker (Geoffrey Palmer), sabotages the ship shortly after the ''Titanic'' The episode features the only performance in ''Doctor Who'' by the Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue. Executive producer and writer Russell T Davies described her casting as a "very exceptional case", having written the part of Astrid specifically for Minogue. On its original airdate, "Voyage of the Damned" was watched by 13.31 million viewers, the highest viewing figure for ''Doctor Who'' since the 1979 serial ''City of Death'' and as of October 2015 it still has the highest viewership of any episode since the show's revival. It was the second most-watched programme of 2007, beaten only by the episode of ''EastEnders'' which aired immediately after it. Critical opinion about the episode was divided; the writing and Minogue's performance were both praised and criticised. ==Synopsis== The episode opens immediately following the events of "Time Crash", with the bow of the ''Titanic'' crashing into the TARDIS. The Doctor manages to reverse time and repair the damage before landing the TARDIS on the ship. He discovers it's not the famed RMS ''Titanic'', but instead is a starliner hailing from the planet Sto. The ''Titanic'' is orbiting present day Earth to observe the traditions of primitive cultures, specifically Christmas. The Doctor dons a tuxedo and joins the reception on board, meeting waitress Astrid Peth. The Doctor convinces Astrid to join him on a brief excursion to the surface of Earth. They are accompanied by married couple Morvin and Foon Van Hoff, a Zocci named Bannakaffalatta, and historian and guide Mr. Copper. While on Earth, specifically a commercial district of London, the Doctor notes that London seems abandoned, and questions a man in a newspaper stand about it. The man, Wilfred Mott, tells the Doctor that most people have left London because of the previous two years of alien activity in London on Christmas ("The Christmas Invasion" and "The Runaway Bride"). Back on the ''Titanic'', Captain Hardaker dismisses the ship's officers from the bridge. Citing regulations, Midshipman Alonso Frame remains on the bridge. After the group returns from their excursion, Hardaker drops the vessel's protective shielding and magnetises the hull. This causes nearby meteors to be pulled toward the ship on a collision course. Midshipman Frame attempts to reactivate the shields but is shot by Hardaker as the meteors collide with the ship. The collision kills most of the 2,000 passengers and staff on board and causes the vessel to begin plunging toward the Earth. The Doctor makes contact with the wounded Midshipman Frame, who stabilises and maintains the power from the damaged engines. The Doctor and the rest of the excursion party attempt to reach the bridge but are repeatedly attacked by the ship's Angel Hosts, androids resembling angels who were programmed to supply information. Morvin falls off of a ledge into the ship's engine, and the rest of the group are surrounded by Angel Hosts. Bannakaffalatta reveals that he is a cyborg, and uses his internal EMP device to disable the Hosts. The EMP burst drains the Zocci's power cells and he dies. Mr. Copper takes the EMP device in the hopes that it can be recharged and used again. A lone Angel Host attacks them again, and Foon ties herself to it and throws them both into the ship's engine. The Doctor separates from the rest and attempts to reach Deck 31, where he hopes to find the controls for the Heavenly Hosts. He convinces the Hosts that he is a stowaway and the confused androids take him to see their operator, Max Capricorn. Max explains that he planned the ''Titanics inevitable collision with Earth to bankrupt the company that voted him out. To save the Doctor, Astrid uses a forklift to ram Max Capricorn and push him into the ship's engine. The forklift falls on top of him, seemingly killing Astrid as well. With Max Capricorn dead, the Heavenly Host divert to the next highest authority, the Doctor and aid him in quickly reaching the bridge. Together with Midshipman Frame, he uses the heat from the entry into the Earth's atmosphere to restart the ship's auxiliary engines. The ship stabilises and narrowly avoids a collision with Buckingham Palace. The Doctor then realizes that Astrid was wearing a teleport bracelet when she fell into the engine. In an emergency, the teleport bracelets were programmed to hold a person's molecular pattern in stasis until it can be recovered. The Doctor frantically attempts to retrieve Astrid's pattern, but the machine is too badly damaged. The Doctor reluctantly allows the ghostly remains of Astrid's atoms to dissipate into space. As the surviving passengers wait for rescue, the Doctor, and Mr. Copper who would otherwise be sent to prison for committing fraud in order to get a job with the company, teleport to Earth and find that the TARDIS landed unharmed, thrown from the ship after the collision. An estatic Mr. Copper is left to live on Earth with a credit card he preloaded with a million pounds, unaware of the conversion between pound sterling and Sto credits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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