The BBC has provoked controversy over a Christmas Day Doctor Who special that uses religious imagery to depict the Time Lord as a messiah. Voyage of the Damned, starring Kylie Minogue, is expected to be the holiday viewing highlight. However, Christian groups expressed concern that the imagery employed was inappropriate for a BBC One Christmas evening show. The Doctor (David Tennant) must save a group of passengers after the Titanic, now a futuristic space vessel, is holed by a meteorite storm.
Kylie Minogue will join Doctor Who on board the Titanic in a Christmas special, the BBC has announced. The Australian singer will mark her recovery from cancer with a leading role in the episode. Minogue, right, joins David Tennant for Voyage of the Damned, which starts filming in Cardiff next month. The story follows on from the ending of the current series last Saturday.