Re: Fans ARE FURIOUS At Billie Piper As Doctor Who Revelation From BBC

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

blueshirt@indigo.news wrote:

Ubiquitous wrote:

jerry@jwbrown.co.uk.invalid wrote:

I suspect that they might do a Romana type regeneration,
where she gets several tries at different bodies before
settling on the actual actor/actress who is eventually cast.

 
Wasn't Romana's final form in a previous ep (but not Romana,
obviously)?

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Yes, Lalla Ward before playing Romana II in S17 was Princess
Astra in "The Armageddon Factor". (The last episode of the
previous season.)

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I wonder if Princess Astra was an influence for Romana's fional form?
I noticed that Colin Baker appeared in an ep during Peter Davidson's
run as The Doctor. That could have been an interesting thing to explore.

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Peter Capaldi was in both DW and TW before assuming the role of the
Doctor - they even hung a lampshade on his appearance in Fires of
Pompeii.
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And David Tennant took a minor role in an animated DW because he
thought that was the only way he could be a part of the show, since
the live action restart wasn't then on the cards.