The Doctor gets uh..a new companion. Sort of (Big Spoiler)

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2007-11-27 06:09am

Actress Billie Piper is to return to Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.
She will star in three episodes of the sci-fi drama, reprising her role as the Doctor's companion, Rose Tyler.

Rose's return will mean the Doctor has three assistants in next year's series - Donna, played by Catherine Tate, and Freema Agyeman as Martha.

The new series begins in March and will run for 13 episodes. There will be three special editions in 2009 before the show takes a break until 2010.

To quote myself a few minutes ago: Whut

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2007-11-27 06:18am

I hope there going to do some funky cross your own timeline shit rather than access the parallel dimension. But still this sound very contrived. My expectations for the new series are going down.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2007-11-27 07:57am

They should call the episodes, the "Three Companions".

They should do the same thing they did in the "Two Doctors" and keep Rose's character stuck on a television screen.

Hillary · Post by **Hillary** » 2007-11-27 08:14am

Dear God no. This is just.......wrong.

Hillary · Post by **Hillary** » 2007-11-27 08:16am

Soontir C'boath wrote:They should call the episodes, the "Three Companions".

They should do the same thing they did in the "Two Doctors" and keep Rose's character stuck on a television screen.

That was "The Three Doctors" - Hartnell was stuck on the screen (due to his ill health in reality). "The Two Doctors" was Troughton and Colin Baker.

Teleros · Post by **Teleros** » 2007-11-27 08:34am

Hmm... not sure how this is going to work out. Still, be interesting to see how Rose & the Doctor cope seeing each other again...

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2007-11-27 08:38am

Hillary wrote:
Soontir C'boath wrote:They should call the episodes, the "Three Companions".

They should do the same thing they did in the "Two Doctors" and keep Rose's character stuck on a television screen.
That was "The Three Doctors" - Hartnell was stuck on the screen (due to his ill health in reality). "The Two Doctors" was Troughton and Colin Baker.

Whoops, that makes it all the more fun.

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2007-11-27 09:33am

I had a feeling Billie was coming back in the near future anyway, so it is not a particularily huge spoiler - the real spoiler is always why, how, and when...

SilverWingedSeraph · Post by **SilverWingedSeraph** » 2007-11-27 09:37am

Despite the fact it'll probably be pretty contrived, I'm actually kind of happy abou this. I liked Rose a hell of a lot more than Martha.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-11-27 09:53am

I do like Martha...but I hope they don't do something idiotic like kill off Rose. "Cross your own timeline" junk is always fun, though.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2007-11-27 11:15am

Soontir C'boath wrote:They should call the episodes, the "Three Companions".

They should do the same thing they did in the "Two Doctors" and keep Rose's character stuck on a television screen.

They actually already had an episode where Rose was stuck in a television.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-11-27 11:36am

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
They actually already had an episode where Rose was stuck in a television.

Some of us want to pretend that episode does not exist.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2007-11-27 12:27pm

General Zod wrote:
CaptainChewbacca wrote:They actually already had an episode where Rose was stuck in a television.
Some of us want to pretend that episode does not exist.

Or in my case, I forgot that episode.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-11-27 12:50pm

"LOLZ, remember rose, i can't evar see you again. EVAR! kthnxbye"

*Some time later*

"RAR! heyz docktor. BACK!"

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-11-27 04:57pm

You know how I was saying 4th season might be really bad?

Um... yeah. I hate to agree with Valdemar, but way to totally undermine the best finale so far. They could have at least made it Mickey's Extremely Gay Cyberman Hunter buddy, that guy was cool.

'The cybahmahn fund a whey to jump betwhen die menshuns. anhn so did whey!' Gold.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2007-11-27 05:07pm

Jake would be easy. He should have a version of him in this universe.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-11-27 05:13pm

HEY YEAH!

Dude, you just made my day. That guy was so... he was like... the gay cyberman hunting version of Lister. I want to see him skull a pint and put the glass ON HIS HEAD IN TRIUMPH!

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2007-11-27 05:26pm

Stark wrote:HEY YEAH!

Dude, you just made my day. That guy was so... he was like... the gay cyberman hunting version of Lister. I want to see him skull a pint and put the glass ON HIS HEAD IN TRIUMPH!

He was still cute, though.
What can I say, I'm easy...

But personally, I think this might be some kind of "Companion overload". I would have preferred to just have one, either Tate or Freema would be ok (though I'd go with Tate

)

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-11-27 05:30pm

Will Billie be nude this time around?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-11-27 05:36pm

Enigma wrote:Will Billie be nude this time around?

Will you stop being a lame retard any time soon?

Dahak, I guess it depends what you're into, but Jake had that whole really excited look on his face, so you know he's got to be action man lol.

Isn't Jack coming back a bit too? So on and off, four companions next season? It could work done right, (and not all simultaneously) but I somehow doubt it'll be cool like the Jack/Rose/Mickey stuff was.

Who is he, captain of the innuendo squad?

Post by **NecronLord** » 2007-11-27 06:03pm

Stark wrote:HEY YEAH!

Dude, you just made my day. That guy was so... he was like... the gay cyberman hunting version of Lister. I want to see him skull a pint and put the glass ON HIS HEAD IN TRIUMPH!

I wouldn't mind seeing him return on a semi permanant basis. Yeah, we get it, the Doctor has lots of female companions. But the Doctor/Guy dynamic works well enough too. Jamie springs to mind. You'd probably need a girl in there too, in order to keep people from whining about gender balance. But still.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » 2007-11-27 06:38pm

Stark wrote:
Enigma wrote:Will Billie be nude this time around?
Will you stop being a lame retard any time soon?

<snip>

Well fuck you too. I was making a joke since she recently filmed some made for T.V. in which she plays a prostitute and does go nude. Take that log out of your ass.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-11-27 07:14pm

Oh yeah, you showed me. How's 12 years old this time of year?

And NL, Jake was awesome. And really, 'better than Martha' is a low standard to meet.

Lord Woodlouse · Post by **Lord Woodlouse** » 2007-11-27 08:19pm

I'm cautiously enthused.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2007-11-27 09:45pm

I think it sounds like a shit idea unless they get Christopher Eccleston in on the action and those Langolier ripoffs and work on that idea a bit more.