David Tennant and Kylie Minogue in Doctor Who (2005) Voyage of the Damned
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When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
*On the second day of shooting, David Tennant learned that his mother, Helen McDonald, was on the verge of losing her five-year battle with cancer. Tennant immediately left Upper Boat to be present during his mother's final moments. The led to the shooting schedule being re-arranged to focus on scenes that didn't feature the Doctor and visual effects work. The production was then suspended until Tennant was able to return, a stressful situation given Kylie Minogue's short window of availability.
*Broadcast 95 years after the historic 1912 disaster (April 16 2008) which the passenger liner Titanic was struck by a iceberg and sunk, which 1,503 people died.
