Saturday, December 23, 2006
Doctor Who: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
I am going to miss Billie Piper. She played the Doctor's companion, Rose Tyler in this second series of the recently relaunched Doctor Who.
This show is unique in a very interesting way. There are only2 main characters at any given time, and they seem to change just when you start to really like them.
As noted in an earlier post, this series has run for a very long time. During that time, there have been 10 Doctors and an assortment of companions. In fact, I believe that there was only one episode in over 20 years where the Doctor traveled alone. Since the relaunch of the series that companion has been Rose Tyler. I thought they made a great combination. She brought just the right amount of energy, wild eyed enthusiasm, fear and and absolute sense of confidence in the Doctor to the role. Now, after just 2 quick seasons, she's gone. Not dead, just moved to a parallel dimension that is impossible to travel to again (sigh).
It was a good way to end the season, however. This episode brought together some of the peripheral characters from the Rose arc (her mother and Micky). More than anything, this episode showed how attached The Doctor had become to Rose. Despite his glib nature, he actually cried at the thought of never seeing Rose again. I guess that I'm not the only one that will miss her.
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