Astrid Peth Who Confidential", Minogue describes Astrid as a "dreamer" and that meeting with the Doctor rekindles Astrid's desire to explore. Later in his book "A Writer's Tale" Davies discussed with co-author Benjamin Cook how he had originally named the character "Peth" in a treatment but it bugged him, he later renamed her to "Astrid" giving the reason that it "...sounds more spacey, more like a futuristing Doctor's companion". Despite Davies stating that the companion in "Voyage of the Damned" was "always going to [be] a one-off...little knowing that it would be Kylie Minogue", he has since stated that he would cast
Christmas Day in the Morning Seven Joys of Mary,' the songs that Mr. Ives sings to his own guitar accompaniment, are the most attractive, for in the others the ballad singer is pulled out of his element by being starred as the soloist with a choir and an orchestra." The same eight songs, along with four others, were released as "Christmas Eve with Burl Ives" (Decca DL 8391) in 1957. These songs, in turn, were released as "Twelve Days of Christmas" (Pickwick SPC 1018) in the 1960s. Christmas Day in the Morning Christmas Day in the Morning (Decca DL 5428, 1952) is the first of