Astrid Peth "a full return to the limelight", Minogue's appearance was not universally praised. Gareth McLean, a TV writer for "The Guardian", described Minogue as "not that good...she's blank and insipid". McLean wrote: "There's no chemistry between Astrid and the Doctor, she delivers her lines with a real lack of conviction and thus we never really believe in Astrid as a character. Where Catherine Tate's Donna in last year's special was overbearing, Kylie Minogue's Astrid is hardly there at all. It does make you wonder why casting Kylie was regarded as a coup. She's a pop star – of course she's going
A Christmas Story (1972 TV special) On July 31, 2012, Warner Home Video released "Hanna-Barbera Christmas Classics Collection" on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection burn on demand service. This collection features a trilogy of Christmas specials: "A Christmas Story", "The Town Santa Forgot" and "Casper's First Christmas". A Christmas Story (1972 TV special) A Christmas Story is a 1972 American animated Christmas television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which was broadcast in syndication on December 9, 1972. As a family gathers around the tree on Christmas Eve, their son Timmy has made a special wish in his letter to Santa Claus. But