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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #407, on March 21st, 2012, 11:16 AM »
She's certainly been rumoured to be involved, and her last Who outing was a Moffat episode... and she's also mentioned on Twitter that she might be involved...
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #408, on March 21st, 2012, 12:05 PM »
We'll see tomorrow. I think it's her, too.
Would have preferred a man though... For a change? Even if not for a long time.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #409, on March 21st, 2012, 12:13 PM »
Won't happen, New Who adds a definite 'slight love interest' angle that Old Who never did. You never really saw any of Old Who's Doctor incarnations actively referring to his companions as 'best friends', did you?

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #410, on March 21st, 2012, 01:16 PM »
Jenna Louise Coleman. Meh.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #411, on March 21st, 2012, 01:22 PM »
Interesting choice, very interesting. Will be curious to see where they take her off to.

There is something about having relative unknowns in the show, as opposed to returning actors (Karen Gillan did actually turn up in a season 4 episode but you didn't really notice it, for example)

I don't see it as a 'meh', I see it as giving someone the chance to shine who might not otherwise have done so - but will reserve judgement until later in the year.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #414, on March 21st, 2012, 02:13 PM »
First picture is Christina Ricci after her surgery. Second picture is human-looking. Third picture has me /facepalming.

Again: meh.
But yeah, I guess she might be a good actress... We'll have to wait and see. It's not like we can change anything to the casting choice.
But I do remember I was more enthusiastic about Karen Gillan when she was cast -- she looked normal, yet cute. And her character ended up being great -- her grumpy side will always make me smile. It's like me with boobs.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #416, on March 21st, 2012, 10:39 PM »
I really don't understand the pessimism. Aside from a barbie-doll-like photo I saw on SFX Magazine's site, she seems nice enough, really. Certainly not your average blonde actress with the IQ of a goldfish. As the guys over at SFX put it:
Quote from SFX Magazine
Once again, Tom Baker’s hopes that the Doctor should be accompanied by a talking cabbage have been dashed.
I'll judge her when I've seen an episode or two. Looking forward to the next series, actually. [1]
 1. Yes, I know she won't be in it, yet.
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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #417, on March 21st, 2012, 10:43 PM »
She should be introduced mid-series, actually.

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Re: Doctor Who
« Reply #419, on March 21st, 2012, 10:45 PM »
Quote from Nao on March 21st, 2012, 10:43 PM
She should be introduced mid-series, actually.
She won't. Apparently she'll be introduced in the Christmas special, after
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No really, this is a proper spoiler.
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Amy and Rory are killed by the weeping angels in ep 5.
Quote from Arantor on March 21st, 2012, 10:44 PM
Better photo, IMO: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/21/new_dr_who_companion/

I'm looking forward to it.
Nice find. As am I!

:edit: FWIW, it looks like spoiler captions of more than one word in length are broken.
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