The Next Doctor quite like "The Next Doctor"." The book also contained two pictures from a scene cut from the end of the previous episode, intended to segue into the special echoing the previous two series. This scene was included on the series boxset. Following the success of last year's Christmas special, "Voyage of the Damned", which guest starred pop star Kylie Minogue as one-off companion Astrid Peth, Russell T Davies had initially felt tempted to copy this format with another high-profile guest star, but decided against it after jokingly offering up "Cheryl Cole on board the "Hindenburg"" as an example. Regarding an
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