The countdown is on for the finale of Doctor Who Season Seven! River Song (Alex Kingston) returns. The villain from Christmas episode, The Snowmen (Richard E. Grant) is back. The mystery of Clara revealed? The real name of the Doctor revealed!?!
Take a look at the BBC trailer for The Name of the Doctor:
Who is the Impossible Girl? What if Clara was Romana regenerated? Romana was a young Time Lord who assisted the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) during the Key to Time epic. Romana was played by Mary Tamm then Lalla Ward.
In the finale of the E-Space trilogy, Romana and the robot dog K-9 stayed in the parallel universe rather than return to Gallifrey. There have been conflicting reports but no official on-screen revelation about Romana dying in the Great Time War.
But the big question…do you want to know the Doctor’s real name?
The legendary Dame Diana Rigg, Neil Gaiman and the return of the Cybermen are among the reasons to cheer for upcoming episodes of Doctor Who! BBC America shared these feature film style promotional posters for three new episodes!
courtesy BBC America
The Doctor and Clara take a Journey to the Center of the Tardis. If I recall producers haven’t taken us into unknown parts of the Tardis since the Tom Baker and Louise Jameson (Leela) era.
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David Tennant as The Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose in Doctor Who Series Two courtesy BBC One
David Tennant and Billie Piper join an all-star cast celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who. Tennant played the Tenth Doctor. Billie Piper played Rose Tyler, who was first companion to the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and then Tennant.
David Tennant as The Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose in Doctor Who Series Two courtesy BBC One
The new Doctor Who evolution blasted off with David Tennant taking over the role. Steely yet cheeky. Tennant’s Time Lord could be a powerhouse menace against any invader who dared to threaten Earth or tear our hearts out as he crumbled over the loss of a loved one (like a companion or genetically created daughter.)
In Season Two Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) continued her journeys with the Doctor until the heartbreaking goodbye after a Dalek/Cybermen conflict in Doomsday. Dr. Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) would pine away for the Doctor for one season before Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) matched wits with Tennant for the final season. Tennant and Tate were an amazing team with perfect comic timing – essential for a Time Lord!
Billie Piper as Rose, Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in “The Empty Child” courtesy BBC One
As we celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary with a new companion, new monsters and the return of old enemies. As we wait for the return of the eleventh Doctor on March 30th I’m flashing back to the “fantastic” rebirth of the Time Lord.
The Time Lord’s television adventures ended in 1989 except for a Fox movie in 1996 and I had stopped watching with the end of the Peter Davison era until hope arrived in 2005.
Christopher Eccleston (Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, The Others) clad in black leather and uttering “fantastic” was an exciting modern jolt of cool energy under the guidance of producer Russell Davies during The First Series. The Ninth Doctor was joined by Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) and later the omnisexual alien rogue Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) for a series of adventures with a haunting image in each episode. The new series began with an unlikely old enemy – the Autons – but ended with a bang – Daleks! Harkness would rejoin the series and lead his own series, Torchwood.
My favorite episodes were definitely the creepy The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances set in World War II. I saw a kid dressed as one of the gas masked children from the episode at Fan Expo Vancouver. I asked the kid if he was paying homage to the Doctor and he replied, “are you my mummy?” and I slowly backed away! Still chilling and thrilling!
The first season featured the debut of the Slitheen, a guest appearance by Charles Dickens in The Unquiet Dead and actor Simon Pegg in The Long Game.
Eccleston left after only one season but went to several films. He will play Malekith, leader of the Dark Elves in Thor: The Dark World this November.
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Doctor Who is celebrating his 50th Anniversary with a new companion, new monsters and the return of old enemies. As we await the return of new episodes and details of the 50th Anniversary special I am flashing back to my favorite memories of the Time Lord.
