Voyage with the Doctor for 71 Minutes

The official BBC Doctor Who website has announced that the forthcoming Christmas special, Voyage of the Damned, will be 71 minutes long - longer than either of the two previous festive episodes, and the longest single episode of the programme since its return in 2005.The report also confirms the start time for the episode - 6.50pm on BBC 1 on Christmas Day, Tuesday the 25th of December - and a brand-new one-hour Doctor Who Confidential for BBC 3, starting at 8.30pm.The episode will also be repeated on New Year's Day at 2.15pm, and with in-vision signing for the deaf at 1.15am on December 27th.