Today, we discover that Billie Piper has not yet been asked to return as Rose Tyler (that is, unless she’s under a strict “don’t tell” clause. Again.) for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode.
The actress was of course the first companion of the nuWho era, joining Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor and David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor on the trip of a lifetime across universes before settling down with a half human meta-crisis version of the Tenth Doctor in the Pete’s World reality.
The blonde actress – who appears on this week’s Graham Norton Show (Friday, 10.40pm, BBC One) – revealed that no one has asked her to join in the celebrations.
Piper is of course renowned for having “returned” to Doctor Who not once, not twice, not three, but four times after her character was first cut-off from the Doctor, so we can probably take her denials with a pinch of salt at this stage.
Yesterday we learned that John Barrowman has an agreement to hot foot it back to the UK from his current regular TV role in order to appear in the celebratory episode, if asked.
What do you think? Is this general theme of “I haven’t been asked” genuine, or are Billie and John playing games with us? Shooting for the episode is believed to be taking place around April – should casting have been finalised and agreed by now?
I just hope we get something spectacular, something more than a few “talking heads” shows.
Billie can come back if she dresses like that!
What Daniel said. I’m against Rose coming back, but if she looks like that…
I would love to see previous companions such as Rose and Jack, as well as others, return for the 50th. I think the anniversary special would be a great chance for a big team-up episode.