I really, really like Catherine Tate so whatever she does I'm gonna love it. I do think that the haters are being unduly harsh about the character of Donna, but I think it mainly stems from the fact that Tate is really only known for her comedic chops and therefore they don't think that she could pull off playing a full-realised character that the companions always are. Being a properly trained actress that Tate is (a graduate of the Central School of Speech and Drama no less ;)) I cannot wait for her to put those haters in their place when she shows them that she really can act just as well as, if not better than, Billie and Freema.

OMG OMG OMG OMG fanboy squeal for Fallout 3. I still have Fallout and Fallout 2 installed on my computer, and I play them through about once a year just for fun and every now and then still stumble on things I haven't seen before. Waiting for Fallout 3 has gone on so long I almost stopped thinking it would happen. So I'll get Spore and Fallout 3 hopefully sometime this year, so frickin sweet. I bet Fallout will have gay content, but now I'm wondering if Spore might, somehow. Can't wait to find out!

Jack is definitely back, if anyone was worried; they just hadn't begun filming his scenes when they put the trailer together. I saw some photos from the set recently, though, and it's a great big companion party. And Jack and Donna? Can you imagine the comedy potential between those two? If the writers miss there chance with that, I'm going to be very cross with someone.

BBC's official Doctor Who site has announce that the series returns to British TV on April 5. So, like the second series of Torchwood, we're going to see the new series less than two weeks after they air in England (that's presuming that Sci-Fi sticks to tradition and airs both Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime back-to-back on the same night). That's a far cry from when new Who used to air on PBS months or even years after they aired on BBC. That's a sign of just how good Who is.

of course there is no word about when the CBC will get around to airing either Doctor Who series 4 or Torchwood series 2. Thank god for internet downloads!

I have my doubts about Donna, she has some pretty big shoes to fill after Martha. Hopefully with so many companions all at once there won't be too much Rose. Was that a red UNIT cap I saw in the preview clip...cool...can't wait.

 

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"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

Has anyone else seen John Barrowman as a film director in the new episode of "Hotel Babylon"?  He's really quite funny.  I mentioned this on another blog, and got no response.  By the way, Max Beesley has left the show and gone back to Robbie, but he's been replaced by none other than Lee Williams (Seth, for all you Kromer fans).  John and Lee together?  It's less explosive than you might think.