Doctor Who in Australia in 1965 after her father's appointment as the ABC's Head of Drama and later starred in the first two seasons of "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo", before returning to the UK in 1969. Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue played Astrid Peth in the 2007 Christmas special "Voyage of the Damned" and Australian actor Peter O'Brien played Ed Gold in the 2009 special "The Waters of Mars". Australia itself has also featured in "Doctor Who" more than once, though without ever having been filmed or produced locally. The Second Doctor 1967–68 serial "The Enemy of the World" was set on and
Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas locomotive. Peter then declares that "this really is a merry Christmas". "The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" was released on VHS tape on August 15, 1992 in NTSC format, and on January 1, 2002 in PAL format. The special was released on DVD in late 2005 in Region 2 as a Daily Mail newspaper promo. "The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" was followed by two more "Nilus the Sandman" television specials which also premiered on CTV: These specials were followed by a "Nilus the Sandman" TV series, which aired on The Family Channel from October 5, 1996 to November 23, 1998, with