Astrid Peth

Biography

Astrid Peth was an alien from the planet Sto who worked as a waitress aboard the Titanic. All her life she dreamed of seeing other planets. She sacrificed her life to save the Doctor's life by using a Forklift truck to lift the cyberneticbody of the evil Max Capricorn and threw him into the engines of the Titanic, she herself fell in as Max had cut the forklifts brakes and she dies. The Doctor tries to resurrect her but fails miserably. He lets her for fill her wish to travel by making her float as atoms in the air.

Personality

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Astrid: So you travel alone?
The Doctor: [whispers] Stowaway.

Astrid: Walk like an Egyptian.

Notes

Astrid is an anagram of TARDIS. It is also two letters short of the word 'Asteroid' (which Max Capricorn plans to sink the Titanic with). Astrid is also a name of North Germanic origin meaning "Divine Beauty".

Behind the scenes

Conception and behind the scenes

It was officially announced that Kylie Minogue was to feature as Astrid in "Voyage of the Damned" by the BBC on 3 July 2007 following rumours in the press and sightings of her filming.[4] It was confirmed that she is the next companion after Freema Agyeman's Martha Jones by Russell T. Davies on a 14 August 2007. Her surname, Peth, is confirmed in the Christmas edition of Radio Times.

Russell T Davies has stated that the character was always be going to be a "one-off" even before Kylie Minogue was cast and that Astrid will demonstrate "a whole new take - again - on what a companion can be."

Tenth Doctor actor David Tennant interviewed Kylie Minogue about her role in "Voyage of the Damned" on BBC Radio 2 in X-Amining Kylie first broadcast on 27th November 2007.[5] On Doctor Who Confidential, Minogue describes Astrid as a "dreamer" and that meeting with the Doctor rekindles Astrid's desire to explore. Russell T. Davies reveals that when he first discussed the role of Astrid with Kylie Minogue he had not written that she would be killed off.

Astrid is the first companion in the revived series of Doctor Who to never set foot in the TARDIS, let alone travel in it. She only sees the TARDIS from a distance adrift.

Throughout the Voyage of the Damned, Astrid Peth is seen wearing a 'waitress-dress' - since her job role suggests that she is a waitor on the the luxury space cruise (aka Titanic). Despite the fact that the Doctor knows of Kylie Minogue, her appearance, history etc.