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| '''"The Stowaway"''' was a [[Christmas]]-themed song performed by an unidentified musical group at a dance on spaceship ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' before its plunge into [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]]. The song conveys a romantic view of Christmas, despite the belief by Mr [[Copper (Voyage of the Damned)|Copper]] and others that Christmas was a somewhat sinister event. ([[DW]]: ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'') | | {{you may|The Stowaway (soundtrack)|n1=this song's real world soundtrack release}} |
| | | '''"The Stowaway"''' was a [[Christmas]]-themed song performed by a [[Band (Voyage of the Damned)|band]] at a dance on the ''[[Max Capricorn Cruiseliners]]'' [[spaceship]] the ''[[Titanic (spaceship)|Titanic]]'' before its plunge into [[Earth]]'s [[atmosphere]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Voyage of the Damned (TV story)}}) |
| == Behind the scenes ==
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| Composed by [[Murray Gold]] and recorded by [[Yamit Mamo]], "The Stowaway" was the fourth original song commissioned for the revival of ''Doctor Who'', following songs Gold composed for the two previous [[Christmas]] specials and ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]''. Mamo appears on camera performing the song in the episode and Gold appears as one of her musicians. The song was released prior to the episode's broadcast on the Series 3 soundtrack album. Gold provides backing vocals on the album recording.
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| The song is somewhat unusual in that it is [[diegetic]], or part of the narrative. Like "[[Abigail's Song]]" and "[[My Angel Put the Devil in Me]]" — but ''unlike'' "[[Song for Ten]]" or "[[Vale Decem]]" — it's heard by the characters in the episode.
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| Exactly from whose perspective the lyrics are told is a matter of debate. Media coverage suggested the song might be told from [[Hardaker|the ''Titanic''' captain]]'s point of view, although the [[Tenth Doctor]] and he do not meet nor share any sort of romantic interaction. A more likely candidate is [[Astrid Peth]], who greets the Doctor as a stowaway and become attracted to him (though the outcome of the lyrics differs from the outcome of the episode vis a vis Peth's fate).
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| A brief instrumental rendition of the theme was included as part of the ''Voyage of the Damned'' "Suite" on the Series 4 soundtrack album.
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