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*A specific special effects shot is repeated several times in the episode: someone falling while looking up towards the camera. This occurs at least four times in the episode: when the steward is sucked into space (although he's technically not falling), and when Foon and Astrid fall to their deaths; a fourth occasion can just be glimpsed when Morvin falls. | *A specific special effects shot is repeated several times in the episode: someone falling while looking up towards the camera. This occurs at least four times in the episode: when the steward is sucked into space (although he's technically not falling), and when Foon and Astrid fall to their deaths; a fourth occasion can just be glimpsed when Morvin falls. | ||
*In his first draft of the episode, Davies had Buckingham Palace destroyed by the ''Titanic'' (the Doctor stops the ship from crashing but not before it smashes through the palace). In this version, instead of wishing the Doctor a Happy Christmas, the Queen is heard to curse the Doctor. This same early draft also featured a hoped-for cameo by Prince Charles. Davies spared the Palace as he felt it was too negative an ending for a holiday episode. | *In his first draft of the episode, Davies had Buckingham Palace destroyed by the ''Titanic'' (the Doctor stops the ship from crashing but not before it smashes through the palace). In this version, instead of wishing the Doctor a Happy Christmas, the Queen is heard to curse the Doctor. This same early draft also featured a hoped-for cameo by Prince Charles. Davies spared the Palace as he felt it was too negative an ending for a holiday episode. | ||
*It was originally planned for the Judoon to return at the end to arrest the villain. | |||
*At 71 minutes long, ''Voyage of the Damned'' holds the record for the second longest 'single episode' of Doctor Who since the series revival and the fourth longest single episode of all (the third longest episode ever is ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]] Part Two, which was 75 minutes long, the second longest episode ever is the 1996 movie, which was 85 minutes long, and the longest was the special ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', which was 90 minutes long ). '' | *At 71 minutes long, ''Voyage of the Damned'' holds the record for the second longest 'single episode' of Doctor Who since the series revival and the fourth longest single episode of all (the third longest episode ever is ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]] Part Two, which was 75 minutes long, the second longest episode ever is the 1996 movie, which was 85 minutes long, and the longest was the special ''[[The Five Doctors]]'', which was 90 minutes long ). '' | ||
*''Voyage of the Damned'' has the distinction of being the only episode of the revived ''Doctor Who'' not to be shown by the series' original Canadian broadcast network, the [[CBC]]. The network skipped the episode when it began showing Series 4 in the fall of 2008. Perhaps coincidentally, beginning with ''Voyage of the Damned'', the CBC no longer received an on-screen credit for its participation in funding the series, although it continued to do so for the remainder of Series 4. Although the CBC retained the rights to air the special until April 2010, it never did so, though a French-language broadcaster in Canada did show it at some point. In April 2010 the series' new home broadcaster, [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], took over the rights to air ''Voyage of the Damned'', and will do so for the first time on 24 July 2010, which is being promoted as the English-language Canadian premiere of the episode.[http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-week-in-doctor-who-june-26-2010.html] The CBC subsidiary network, CBC Bold, which as of mid-2010 continued to air reruns, announced it would host the "CBC premiere" of the special on 28th July, but at the last minute the broadcast was cancelled in favor of highlights from a comedy festival, meaning ''Voyage of the Damned'' continues to be unbroadcast by the CBC close to three years after it aired in the UK.[http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-week-in-doctor-who-july-24-2010.html] | *''Voyage of the Damned'' has the distinction of being the only episode of the revived ''Doctor Who'' not to be shown by the series' original Canadian broadcast network, the [[CBC]]. The network skipped the episode when it began showing Series 4 in the fall of 2008. Perhaps coincidentally, beginning with ''Voyage of the Damned'', the CBC no longer received an on-screen credit for its participation in funding the series, although it continued to do so for the remainder of Series 4. Although the CBC retained the rights to air the special until April 2010, it never did so, though a French-language broadcaster in Canada did show it at some point. In April 2010 the series' new home broadcaster, [[Space (TV channel)|Space]], took over the rights to air ''Voyage of the Damned'', and will do so for the first time on 24 July 2010, which is being promoted as the English-language Canadian premiere of the episode.[http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-week-in-doctor-who-june-26-2010.html] The CBC subsidiary network, CBC Bold, which as of mid-2010 continued to air reruns, announced it would host the "CBC premiere" of the special on 28th July, but at the last minute the broadcast was cancelled in favor of highlights from a comedy festival, meaning ''Voyage of the Damned'' continues to be unbroadcast by the CBC close to three years after it aired in the UK.[http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-week-in-doctor-who-july-24-2010.html] | ||