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I think she's in at least one of the 60th anniversary specials and then at least the finale two-parter of series 14 which is now filming.
 
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I hope they actually use the fact her character was a computer programmer in this series rather than mentioning it once and never referring to it ever again.

But I will be furious if she doesn't scream at least once.
 
Nancy said:
I think she's in at least one of the 60th anniversary specials and then at least the finale two-parter of series 14 which is now filming.
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Hang on... are the 60th anniversary specials the ones with Tennant and Tate? Tennant, Tate and Langford all in one episode would be too much for me to take tbh
 
Based on the fact they're only announcing her now, and the 60th specials filmed a while ago, I don't anticipate that she'll feature in the 60th anniversary specials.

Having a crystal ball-off with @Nancy here
 
Finn said:
Based on the fact they're only announcing her now, and the 60th specials filmed a while ago, I don't anticipate that she'll feature in the 60th anniversary specials.

Having a crystal ball-off with @Nancy here
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There is footage of location filming from the 60th specials of the Doctor and Donna emerging from TARDIS with Donna asking, "What about Mel?"

It's likely that if Bonnie filmed anything for the specials that it was in the studio only.
 
"...joins the TARDIS team"

Is he a new companion joining in the finale?
 
Rewatching DW (Eccleston onwards) with my BF who has never seen it before, Rose just got written out. I also forgot Freema Agyeman was in Rose's final episode just before taking over as a different character, not only that but Catherine Tate turns up at the end. All quite confused me!

He somehow is still in the dark about present DW, who the next Doctors are etc. I guess being German helps with that, heh. Trying my best to keep him in the dark but he asked "well that's Billie Piper gone, I guess Tennant will go as well soon or... Actually is Doctor Who even still going? He wouldn't still be in it right?" And I'm like "it's still going and er elummm rrrrr eerrrrrrrrr wellll uhh ahem.... maybe he'll pop back a couple of times?" while trying not to actually answer

I guess he'll find out before reaching that point but I might as well try

Also it's hard when introducing someone to DW to know when to introduce some classic. 2005 is a soft reboot sure but I already had to awkwardly explain Sarah Jane and soon the Master is going to turn up. The more you get into the series the more it references classic. But I warned him not to try and watch from 1963 as the 1st and 2nd Doctors drag like SHIT with the slow meandering 12-parters etc often with missing bits and I only really see them as being for Superfans.
 
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How TOYETIC

In more ways than one

(And so is his sonic)

Well I'm glad the 13th's lump of slightly straightened snot is gone. And with it, perhaps a return to licking things for analysis rather than peering at the end of the sonic like it's some kind of tiny tricorder?
 
Ncuti Gatwa: I'm a queen queer!
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As he takes over our screens in Sex Education and Barbie, Ncuti Gatwa is making history.
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Evening sunlight filters through the windows as Gatwa gets ready to leave. He's meeting friends for dinner before seeing 'where the Pride winds take us'. Reminiscing about previous events, he shares a moment from a few years back. 'I remember being at Manchester Pride, going through the streets with all my boys, shaking my cha-chas, living it up, when I saw this woman who looked exactly like my auntie. She wasn't – but I knew she was Rwandan,' he says. Gatwa himself was born in Kigali, Rwanda, in 1992. His family fled the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi population two years later and settled in Scotland. (He graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow with a degree in acting.) He got talking to the woman and asked her why she was at Pride. 'It just blew my mind that she was there,' he says.

Up until this point, Gatwa has been telling the story with comedic delivery, but he grows thoughtful. 'I can feel myself getting emotional just thinking about it,' he says quietly. 'We were holding hands, and she said to me, "I don't really know why I'm here. I'm just here." I told her, "Honey, you don't need to know. You absolutely. Do not. Need. To. Know. You're here. Be proud of who you are." I had never met another queer Rwandan person before,' he says. 'I thought I was the only one in the world.'
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At times, Gatwa's casting in those projects has been dismissed as an exercise in 'box-ticking'. Gatwa scoffs. 'First of all, you don't know anything about me. Secondly, tick f*cking boxes! People need to be f*cking seen. What are you going to do, tell the same stories? Have the same people fronting things for all of eternity? Representation and inclusivity and branching out… it enriches us all. How embarrassing. You people with your tiny mindsets – open a book, look out the window and then f*ck off.'
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This link confirms that Neil Patrick Harris is playing
the Toymaker, as widely speculated (they seem to have dropped the "Celestial" from his name, which is probably wise due to the rather iffy racial connotations that name had :eyes:)
 
Currently watching Tennant's run with the boio, we just got to Donna (as companion)

Trying my damndest to keep all these spoilers from him - expecting bricks to be shat!
 
It looks MARVELLOUS, although has made me realise I'm just not fussed about Tennant and Tate being back? It feels a bit like going back to an old job or an ex. There's something a bit sad/desperate about it, if it's not balanced with the current or new Doctor in the way these comebacks usually are. (And for all we know that could still be the case here...)

That said, I still think it's a great idea to try and lure back the old fans and I'm sure I'll still have a smashing time. But roll on the new era proper
 
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