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*The Doctor agrees to let Astrid travel with him, but she dies before she gets the chance to. This also happened to [[Reinette]] in [[The Girl in the Fireplace]] and [[Lynda Moss]] in [[The Parting of the Ways]], although Astrid gets to act more in the traditional vein of companion, placing her in the same category of one-time companion as [[Grace Holloway]] and [[Sara Kingdom]]. | *The Doctor agrees to let Astrid travel with him, but she dies before she gets the chance to. This also happened to [[Reinette]] in [[The Girl in the Fireplace]] and [[Lynda Moss]] in [[The Parting of the Ways]], although Astrid gets to act more in the traditional vein of companion, placing her in the same category of one-time companion as [[Grace Holloway]] and [[Sara Kingdom]]. | ||
*The scene where the Doctor is lifted into the air by Angels was heavily criticized by Catholic audiences. | *The scene where the Doctor is lifted into the air by Angels was heavily criticized by Catholic audiences. | ||
*This was Kylie Minogue's first major acting appearance since her diagnosis and survival from breast cancer two years earlier. She reportedly brought her experience to bear to comfort David Tennant when his mother died of cancer around the time the special was produced. | |||
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