 Gareth McLean , who reviewed a preview screening for The Guardian 's TV and radio weblog , appreciated the episode 's use of " the disaster movie template " and came to a favourable overall conclusion : " For the most part , The Voyage of the Damned is absolutely smashing . " Its main flaw , in his view , was the " blank and insipid " acting of Kylie Minogue . James Walton of The Daily Telegraph gave the episode a positive review , summarising it as " a winning mixture of wild imagination and careful writerly calculation " . Alex Clark of The Observer commented that the death toll was rather high , but she still thought the episode was " an oasis of cheeky nonsense and careless invention " . Harry Venning of The Stage concluded his positive review of the episode by stating it " was well up to Doctor Who 's impeccably high standards " . Doctor Who Magazine placed two of the deaths in the episode in its list of the top 100 deaths in the history of the show . Bannakaffalatta 's death , a self @-@ sacrifice to save the Doctor 's party , was placed in the " top 20 <unk> " category . Astrid 's death was given the title of " Doctor Who 's all @-@ time greatest death scene " , commenting it " ticks boxes in all of our main categories [ ( gruesome , scary , self @-@ sacrifice , tearjerking , surprising ) ] " , and " her death would truly make a glass eye cry . " Tim Teeman of The Times gave the episode a negative review , stating that " It was boring , despite the endless dashing about and CGI <unk> . " The Daily Mirror commented the episode had " some brilliant psychedelic Pink Floyd @-@ esque imagery " , " great baddies " , and " neat jokes " , but lamented that " the plot was a mess , consisting mostly of one hi @-@ tech chase scene after another , and it descended into noise and bluster . " 
