Dr Moo The 2007 Christmas Special had to get it right. After the 2006 offering "The Runaway Bride" went for half-hearted comedy it was necessary to give a festive outing that would keep viewers interested. It's a shame it had to resort to the 'stunt casting' of Kylie Minogue but that did draw in a crowd and helped make the episode the most viewed episode in the history of the show, not even "The Day Of The Doctor" outperforms it on ratings. Minogue swiftly reminds us though that her previous acting experience is limited solely to soaps and she seems to be phoning it in. Credit is due to David Tennant as the 10th Doctor for supporting her helping her look like a better actress than she actually is but her performance doesn't hold up to closer scrutiny as you realise she's merely on screen with the amazing Mr Tennant.RTD had to redeem himself with his script after a so-so series finale (Remember the bit with Dobby the House-Elf Doctor ??) prior to this episode and he just about manages it with a story about the Titanic threatening to crash and burn destroying Earth. It's a clever idea and makes for a unique experience but it's not too long before the whole thing becomes an extended obstacle course which is disappointing. Still, the Heavenly Host of killer angels make for one of NuWho's more deadly villains and create most of the sense of dread throughout the story.The supporting characters are not particularly interesting either. RTD seems to think that they all need some sort of back story but none of the characters are fleshed out enough to make us care. The same is true of the villain Max Capricorn with his plot being hard to truly buy into as a credible motivation for his actions (Complete with a plot-hole: Why not choose a planet closer than Earth? Why travel so far from home?). His character gives us some overacting, as with many Sci-Fi villains, but it's another opportunity for David Tennant to support his costars with his own incredible performance.To conclude: Average episode, 'meh' script, uninteresting supporting cast, worthy of 5/10. To be fair though, David Tennant is wonderful here and this may not be the best 10th Doctor story but it is one of Tennant's best performances and raises the score to 6/10 instead.Also, Bernard Cribbens makes his debut as Wilfred Mott ahead of his recurring status in series four. So that's good. Bernard Cribbens makes everything better.

Theo Robertson It seems that DOCTOR WHO has now become part of Christmas and I for one am glad of that . I always used to receive a DOCTOR WHO annual without for my Christmas as a youngster . Ironically enough a few minutes after seeing this Christmas I caught a snippet of CORONATION STREET where a child character was trying out their " human Dalek " mask seen in Daleks In Manhatten . It says something of the show's success when BBC merchandise makes an appearance in an oppositions show As for the episode itself it will be for ever remembered as " The one with Kylie Minouge " which isn't really a bad thing . Whilst being enjoyable this episode by Russell T Davies is far from original . I'm all for traditional ( read scary ) stories but basically it's a remake of the 1977 story Robots Of Death where instead of passengers being murdered by voc robots they're being murdered by robotic angels . Throw in some of THE POSIEDON ADVENTURE and you've got television by numbers . I shouldn't criticise too much because it was much better than the previous year's special and this episode got almost 14 million viewers making it the second most watched programme of the year - only the EASTENDERS episode the same day got more viewers !

ghpilato This is the second Christmas Special for New Who to really disappoint, without actually being dull, particularly bad, or really horribly offensive. This was prettier, wittier, and just plain bigger than the story we got last year for Christmas, but it still paled in comparison to the hit of 2005's special which introduced the ever more popular David Tennant as the dashing geek, the Tenth Doctor. The primary complaint to be leveled here is that this was a rather tired and very familiar sort of story for Who, all flashy and fun but still overwrought with so many strange notes of high passion when the passion just seems to be all wrong for the moment. It was not bad, just tired. Nothing really new and worthy went on here after the first five minutes passed. For fear of spoiling your enjoyment, I'll keep quiet about most of the details.Great success was to be found here by the production team for Who in making a truly beautiful show, all shiny and gorgeous, but the many witty homages, jokes both inside and out, and great casting aside, this was still just another overwrought melodramatic Russell T. Davies story with some really bizarre scenes involving the deaths of short-term characters and some inexplicably emotional responses to said deaths. If you watch this for the cheap thrills of the Who-ness of some really pretty big-budget Doctor Who on Christmas, then by all means, enjoy. But the thematic, imaginative, and storytelling great heights and depths that have been reached occasionally in the best of the new series are not touched here, merely aimed for - and missed.This was a very pretty disappointment. Frankly, I'm tired of that. The majority of the big themes are undeveloped enough make the justification for epic qualities, unfortunately. Even if it surely justified 12.2 million live British viewers upon first viewing.

Magda I have been saddened by watching this episode. First of all, "Voyage" contains no new ideas: it is a rip-off of "the End of the World": aliens watching us from afar; and a female heroine that is willing to give her life for Doctor. But let us not forget there are bits and pieces from other previous episodes, "42" and "the Girl in the Fireplace".Secondly, I hated Kylie's character. I genuinely like Kylie and I know she CAN act, but there is no actor (or actress) that is able to overcome difficulties brought about by the script. And yes, she did look "matronly" (the Herald).Sorry folks, this is truly the worst episode of the new Doctor Who. Waste of time, waste of tape and, most of all, waste of such great potential of actors.