Noooooooo! The news we've all be hoping wouldn't come has finally been confirmed.
Actress Billie Piper is to leave Doctor Who at the end of the current series, the BBC has confirmed. But the corporation refused to comment on reports that her character, Rose Tyler, would die in the final episode. Writer Russell T Davies said the Doctor Who team had created "a stunning exit" for Piper's character. "The Doctor Who team have had a whole year to plan this final scene," he said. The series two finale, entitled Doomsday, sees Rose and the Doctor, played by David Tennant, caught up in an invasion that threatens to destroy modern-day Earth.
*** POSSIBLE PLOT SPOILER? ***
All through the series they've been dangling this possiblity in front of us. My money's on the final episode having something to do with The Face of Bo (remember the opening episode? A secret that The Face can only tell to the Dr... he promised he would, but not yet, not now.) And then last week's confirmation by Satan himself that "the lost girl so far from home would die in battle". Not looking like a happy ending and cups of tea all round... End of the last series - a new Doctor. End of this - a new companion.
This series has been stunning - ok, the special effects have sometimes been a bit dodgy but that's all part of the fun! And the apocalyptic/ messianic messages and symbols scattered throughout the episodes have proved that kids TV doesn't have to be dumbed down drivel. Truly brilliant telly for our times.
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Actually I'm quite pleased. Not because Billie Piper hasn't actually been quite good, but because:
(a) The Doctor - Rose relationship is all wrong. The Doctor is meant to be a sort of kindly uncle figure for his companions.
(b) There has been too much focus on Rose and her family throughout the two series. In a series called Doctor Who, the main character is meant to be the Doctor!
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