4.0 - Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned was the 2007 Christmas Special of Doctor Who.

It was the show's third Christmas special since its revival and the third Christmas special starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor.

Astrid's death at the conclusion of the episode was the first time a companion of the Doctor was seen to die in the revived series. The episode also marked the first appearance of Wilfred Mott, future companion to the Tenth Doctor and grandfather to Donna Noble.

For a few months, Voyage of the Damned was the highest-charting episode in Doctor Who history. The second-most-watched programme of its week and indeed of the entire of 2007, Damned took the crown from part two of The Ark in Space. However, it would be displaced about seven months later by Journey's End, which was the first episode of Doctor Who ever to win its week of original transmission.

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