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icepixieAll I know is that the Beeb announced that Billie will not be returning for S3. I've heard murmurings about spoilers that she will die, but I don't think they've been confirmed in any way (and if they have, DON'T TELL ME). So in that vein, here are my predictions for Rose's departure at the end of episode thirteen:
1. Rose will die, oh noes!!!
2. Rose will sort of merge with the TARDIS, so that she's always there, floating around in the circuits, but Billie doesn't need to be around. People will still write porn anyway.
3. Rose will be kidnapped and the Doctor will spend the next season(s) searching time and space for her, a la Daniel and Sha're.
4. Rose will take heed of the anvils and realize that Family Is Awesome and leave the Doctor of her own volition to return to Jackie/her own time or to bugger off to the alternate universe from ROTC/AOS.
5. Rose goes to work for Torchwood. Possibly Sarah Jane is there too?
6. Something else entirely will happen, and it will be awesome, and my respect for Rusty will be restored.
7. Something else entirely will happen, and it will be awful, and I will give up in disgust.
Personally, my money's on number four, and I think one is the most unlikely. Five would rock like a rocking thing, but seems unlikely as then we'd need to see Billie in Torchwood (although Sarah Jane in the show would be SO AWESOME). I had actually thought of two and three well before this season started, because I remember one of the first things I read when I got into this fandom was RTD's claim that he'd known how Rose would leave from the very beginning, and that she wouldn't die, because he wanted to leave the door open for Billie to come back and guest star in the future.
This is less speculation than wishful thinking: can the next companion please not be from the early twenty-first century? Please? I'd really love a historical companion. That would be awesome. Or one from the far future, maybe? *puppy eyes* If we're going to continually be stuck in 2007-ish London, then we could at least have a companion who isn't from that particular time and place. I don't know if they've cast/announced who the next companion will be, and don't want to know until he/she (but probably she) shows up on my screen, so don't tell me that, either.
Also, I watched "City of Death" today, and it boggles me that there are people in this world who can actually think that the Doctor and Romana aren't on a date pretty much throughout that serial. Because...dude. DUDE. I went to Paris with some very good friends, but I certainly didn't hold their hands all the way through it. Or give them big goofy grins at every opportunity. Or basically LOOK LIKE I WAS ON A DATE. (I suppose Tom Baker and Lalla Ward kind of were at that point, weren't they? Heh.)
And I finally figured out who Elisabeth Sladen/Sarah Jane reminds me of...she looks like a dark-haired Meg Ryan. Seriously! Something about their facial structure is very much alike. Plus there's the perkiness and plucky-girl-reporter-ness...my God, she was the first Sally Albright! Heh.
1. Rose will die, oh noes!!!
2. Rose will sort of merge with the TARDIS, so that she's always there, floating around in the circuits, but Billie doesn't need to be around. People will still write porn anyway.
3. Rose will be kidnapped and the Doctor will spend the next season(s) searching time and space for her, a la Daniel and Sha're.
4. Rose will take heed of the anvils and realize that Family Is Awesome and leave the Doctor of her own volition to return to Jackie/her own time or to bugger off to the alternate universe from ROTC/AOS.
5. Rose goes to work for Torchwood. Possibly Sarah Jane is there too?
6. Something else entirely will happen, and it will be awesome, and my respect for Rusty will be restored.
7. Something else entirely will happen, and it will be awful, and I will give up in disgust.
Personally, my money's on number four, and I think one is the most unlikely. Five would rock like a rocking thing, but seems unlikely as then we'd need to see Billie in Torchwood (although Sarah Jane in the show would be SO AWESOME). I had actually thought of two and three well before this season started, because I remember one of the first things I read when I got into this fandom was RTD's claim that he'd known how Rose would leave from the very beginning, and that she wouldn't die, because he wanted to leave the door open for Billie to come back and guest star in the future.
This is less speculation than wishful thinking: can the next companion please not be from the early twenty-first century? Please? I'd really love a historical companion. That would be awesome. Or one from the far future, maybe? *puppy eyes* If we're going to continually be stuck in 2007-ish London, then we could at least have a companion who isn't from that particular time and place. I don't know if they've cast/announced who the next companion will be, and don't want to know until he/she (but probably she) shows up on my screen, so don't tell me that, either.
Also, I watched "City of Death" today, and it boggles me that there are people in this world who can actually think that the Doctor and Romana aren't on a date pretty much throughout that serial. Because...dude. DUDE. I went to Paris with some very good friends, but I certainly didn't hold their hands all the way through it. Or give them big goofy grins at every opportunity. Or basically LOOK LIKE I WAS ON A DATE. (I suppose Tom Baker and Lalla Ward kind of were at that point, weren't they? Heh.)
And I finally figured out who Elisabeth Sladen/Sarah Jane reminds me of...she looks like a dark-haired Meg Ryan. Seriously! Something about their facial structure is very much alike. Plus there's the perkiness and plucky-girl-reporter-ness...my God, she was the first Sally Albright! Heh.
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Date: 2006-06-27 01:34 am (UTC)Really? I think it would be a bit of a comfort, actually--for the Doctor and for Rose-fans, including RTD (since he kind of seems to be the biggest Rose-fan of them all).
Yeah, three is the one where I would probably stop watching if it happened. *g*
Did I read Shaye's ficlet, I wonder? I can't remember. I'll have to look. As for the AU idea...eh, I dunno. I don't think she would, because that would be leaving our Jackie without anybody, and I don't see Rose doing that, you know?
I get the impression that Billie is interested in doing more one-off, high-profile parts, which I can't blame her for. I doubt she'll be on Torchwood, although that would be sort of nifty. I do desperately want to see Sarah there, even if it's just a very small recurring guest role. (I am so fangirling Sarah right now, you would not believe.)
I think you need to track down the Prime Computer commercials they did together now.
Are they really entertaining? I've seen them somewhere--maybe YouTube?--but thought they wouldn't be worth watching because, hey, commercials.
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Date: 2006-06-27 04:27 am (UTC)Billie on Torchwood: I think you're probably right, but I still can't say I'd be completely surprised if she DID turn out to be just hopping shows. Billie would get to do a more adult series, Rose would get the development she still needs--learning to live her life on Earth as she does in the heavens--and it would actually make some sense out of all the vague and odd publicity that's leaked over whether Billie is or isn't leaving Who and her fate being tied into the 'cliffhanger'.
Sarah Jane: Heheheh, fangirling Sarah is absolutely understandable! You know she's got her own series of audios, yes? With Lis Sladen's real life daughter as one of Sarah's sidekicks. (K9 isn't a part of them, though, and it's apparently implied he was destroyed...though no one, even the Big Finish folks, are quite certain where these take place in regards to School Reunion, that's the one bit that bugs me. :?P)
Prime Computer Commercials: They are *definitely* worth watching. Trust me--you'll know exactly what I mean when you see them!
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Date: 2006-06-27 05:57 pm (UTC)*shrug* Maybe not. I wasn't watching stuff like this as a kid--I was purely into, like, Looney Toons and stuff like that, where if that sort of thing happened it would be played purely for laughs--so I dunno how a kid would take it.
Billie on Torchwood...it would actually make some sense out of all the vague and odd publicity that's leaked over whether Billie is or isn't leaving Who and her fate being tied into the 'cliffhanger'.
Now that is an interesting thought. Do I want to give the publicity folks enough credit for thinking of that? *g*
Sarah Jane: I'd heard about the audios, and they sound interesting, but I think I'm at my Who saturation point. I'm going to try and get through more of the TV canon before I start in on spinoffs. I still need to see some Sarah episodes with the Third Doctor...
Prime Computer Commercials: They are *definitely* worth watching. Trust me--you'll know exactly what I mean when you see them!
I'll take your word for it. Now, I wonder where it was that I saw them at...
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Date: 2006-06-28 03:56 am (UTC)*Waits for you to see the Prime Commercials* *g*