Dr. Who... Spoiiiiiilerrrrsss

[thebitterguy]

Well, apparently Billie Piper is planning to leave the show, saying she doesn't "want to get typecast".

Typecast as someone with a regular job, apparently. Ah, well. Show business has always been kind to semi-attractive blondes.

The text of the Gallifreyone article is presented for archival purposes below.

The Saturday morning edition of The Mirror is reporting that Billie Piper has informed producers that she will be leaving Doctor Who and has no intention of returning for a third series. The article, penned by Kiki King and Nicola Methven -- the latter having been the journalist responsible for the Mirror's breaking news report in late March that Christopher Eccleston was leaving the series -- says that Piper "told producers she did not want to become typecast as they begged her to stay for a third run of the hit show. A source said last night: 'Her mind's made up. ... She wants to strike while the iron's hot and make a big name for herself while she's so popular. She feels her profile will go down if the series isn't as big the third time around. The BBC are auditioning other girls to take over. They want to have the next actress all lined up when they announce Billie's departure.'"

The Mirror notes that Piper had nearly left the series during its second year but was persuaded to stay and film the year with the new Doctor, David Tennant, and states that the production team has been "conducting secret auditions with a small number of actresses and keeping it very, very quiet. They are after a relative newcomer so this is the role which puts her in the public eye. It also means she's less likely to get bored after one series."

Without specifically stating it, the article intimates that Piper will stay aboard the series for the season, departing sometime before its conclusion. At press time there is currently no official confirmation from the Doctor Who production team or any other BBC sources, but we're likely to hear a lot about this in the coming hours and days. Stay tuned...

Ah, well. Such are the turns of the wheel of time. Hope she isn't planning on trying to make it in America. That would be funny.

Comments

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

Er...wasn't that Linda Hamilton of Terminator fame? @_@

[proemial.livejournal.com]

I dunno. I'm horrible with names and faces.

All I know is the makeup and face shape remind me of her.

[thebitterguy]

Correct! I doubt Piper will be able to marry a director who'll go on to make the highest grossing film of all time and dump her for a younger piece of tail, thereby setting her up for the life of several generations.

Not to mention she ain't got the same quality of biceps.

[kaijugal.livejournal.com]

I'm horrified that Titanic outsted Star Wars : A New Hope from the numbre one position. In the same breath I'm gratified that the majority of the top 20 grossing films of all time are sci-fi and high fantasy, discounting Forrest Gump and Passion of the Christ. (Well unless you consider the latter high fantasy, but I'm not touching that one with a 11 and a half ft pole. ^_~)

The only film I entirely dispair that made the top 20 is Independance Day produced by the evil Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich . ;P''''