‘Doctor Who’ news roundup

I love what Grand Moff said about her.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm

He described her as "funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it".

"A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too,"

So, that whole thing with the Shadow Proclamation and Earth being moved through space and almost getting destroyed by Davros... that was not their biggest threat ever? *sigh*

Maybe this is the biggest threat the Doc and Sarah Jane have ever faced together--not that the whole universe has faced? OK, splitting hairs, I know. I'm just happy happy at the thought of the Doctor on Bannerman Road. The only thing that worries me is that mention has been made of a wedding taking place in that episode--unless the bride and groom are Sarah and the Doctor (yeah, yeah, I know, being facetious here!) it will be an absolute betrayal of her character and I'll be throwing things at the TV. Especially if it's some baddie taking advantage of the poor lonely older woman who is desperately grasping at making her existence meaningful by finally getting a man, and the Doctor has to rescue her from this. *shudder* OK, sometimes having a writer's imagination isn't helpful. I truly hope RTD doesn't go there or even in that neighborhood.

Anyway...re: new companion. Rumors say that the Moff starts series 5 hundreds of years further along in the Doctor's personal timeline, and that he's been alone all that while. So, here's my theory--with that hair--she's obviously Donna Noble's descendant. That's why the Doctor finally breaks down and decides to have a companion again.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :-P At least until the new series comes out. And maybe even then, if they don't say anything to rule out my theory!

PS--MaryAnn--check out my Twitter home page photo. :) Thanks again! (I'm Weimlady there, too.)

Hmm. If Donna is actually, biologically part Time Lady now, her kids will be too, assuming becoming a Metacrisis didn't make her sterile. (Wouldn't you love to be the fertility specialist who worked on that case?) Can they handle being, what, 1/4 Time Lord (not sure the metacrisis is exactly 50/50 of course) without burning up? If you're born a metacrisis and grow up not knowing anything else, can you cope?

Hmmmmmmmmmm..........

Ugh, 21 y.o. companion and under-30 Doctor.

So glad I'm a relatively no0B fan, because I have no desire to watch Doctor Who 90210. As much as the Donna companionship was a welcome respite from the older man/younger woman dynamic (yes, I know the Doctor's ooooollddd, but I'm talking in casting terms) I'm quite disappointed that they seem to have moved toward the New Adventures of Robin Hood (or whatever they've called it) with the new cast. It's a shame, because Moffat was probably my favorite writer.

I'm really looking forward to the Hamlet - which will not be just a camera-in-front-of-a stage, and will have some location filming and whatnot. The film sounds intriguing... just hope I'll get the opportunity to see it.

SO pleased about the filming of Hamlet. The performance I saw was one of those Tennant missed due to back trouble, so I'm doubly enthused - not only do I get to see an excellent production again, I get to see another interpretation of the lead!

All I can say I'm happy about all the stuff DT is doing (DW and otherwise especially Hamlet). I will continue to follow is career post-DW.

As for the new companion she is cute but once again she's only a few years under than Doc 11. I really don't like this 90210 feel that is coming to the show and all the propping I'm seeing from those associated with the show seem to me to be trying to reassure the audience the show will go on and that MS will be wonderful. I don't recall this kind of propping when DT started. All I can say is that I will continue to watch DW but it won't be the obsession that it has been these last five years to both CE and DT.

The 21-year-old will take over after a finale farewell from Billie Piper - and previous strawberry-blonde assistant Catherine Tate - to join new Time Lord Matt Smith.

Wait a sec! Catherine Tate isn't a redhead? She's a strawberry blonde?

I always thought "strawberry blonde" was a term best reserved for "dark blondes" like Elisabeth Shue, not actual redheads like Ms. Tate.

Or is the distinction being made here one of those British things that Yanks like me just don't get?