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Dr Who Rolls On

Posted by Zonk on from the tardis-ho dept.

derek_farn writes "It looks like us lucky Brits will be getting a Dr Who christmas special, plus a third series has been commissioned. Those of you who get their news from the BBC web site will know that the current Dr Who, Christopher Eccleston, left after the first series and was replaced by the actor who recently played Casanova in a mini-series (not quite the same as the women wearing lycra in Star Trek, but we Brits are a bit more reserved)."

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  1. Rose by EnderWigginsXenocide · · Score: 4, Informative

    Rose (played by Billie Piper) will also stay on for the entire second season, despite rumors that said otherwise.

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  2. I just want to say... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Informative
    ...the series so far has been truly awesome. I'm watching AVIs in the US that I download from a Tivo in the UK each week. I feel like I ought to be paying the BBC money to encourage them to keep up the good work - but I guess I'll just buy the boxed set when it's released.

    The whole Bad Wolf thing has been particularly entertaining. They're even making comparisons to Pynchon in the UK.

    Beg, buy, borrow or steal it. Whatever, just make sure you watch it!

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  3. Re:Badwolf by spookymonster · · Score: 3, Informative

    Badwolf will be The Master I reckon. But I'm probably wrong.

    Yup, you're wrong. The IMDB entry for this last episode originally had a casting for Davros (it has since been changed). The Master has never appeared on the casting list. Most likely, we're going to see Davros, or the Emperor Dalek, as the big baddy for the final episode.

    However, there are other theories out there, some of which are bolstered by the casting Laura Frazer as the Tardis's Voice. Is the Tardis itself the Bad Wolf? Or maybe there's something/someone else inside the Tardis, manipulating it and/or the Doctor? When you consider the US made-for-TV Dr. Who movie from 1996 and how it ended, your original suggestion may not be too far from the mark.

    Another theory has it that the Controller (the girl that Transmatted the Doctor onto Space Station 5 in the first place) may have been using time travelling technology to send subliminal S.O.S.es to the Doctor, in the hopes that she would draw his attention without revealing herself to her silent masters.

    Who knows? Indeed! We'll see tomorrow (or Sunday even, thanks to my friend B.T.).

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