Desperate Housewives casting spoilers:
Nathan Fillion may be joining the show.
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Dr. Who Series 4 Casting News: Catherine Tate is set to return to the TARDIS for the complete 13 week run of Series Four of Doctor Who.
Award winning comedian Tate will reprise her role as Donna, the runaway bride from last year's Christmas special
Freema Agyeman [snip] will return to the show to join The Doctor and Donna mid series .
I was just coming here to post that, Jen.
I have to say, of all the possible companions they could have chosen, this is the one I am least excited about. She was annoying!
Are there meta reasons for Freema taking a half-season break?
yeah, i'm not thrilled in the least. she really has been my least favorite.
yeah, i'm not thrilled in the least. she really has been my least favorite.
Mine either, although to be fair, I liked her at the end of the episode a bit, once the screeching was done. It might be nice for a year of a companion who's obviously not in love with him. Mind, I've not actually watched Season Three yet. Starts Friday!
Are there meta reasons ...
I'm sure there are, since they're obviously not getting rid of her. She'll be doing three episodes of "Torchwood" before moving back to "Dr. Who," so I imagine that's part of it. Overall, it seems they're setting up the Doctor to have some time away from romantic and pseudo-romantic entanglements.
Jon, no meta reasons have been forthcoming. I do believe it's mostly plot- and ratings-related, because RTD etc. have all been unstinting in their praise for Freema and love for Martha. But Torchwood badly needs a boost.
Anyway, I've no objections to more Martha-Jack interaction, or even Donna-Martha, come to that. Just not necessarily more Donna herself .
Perhaps I'm one of the few who only found
Donna
annoying for just a brief period early on. I rather enjoyed her braying brashness.
I think perhaps DW needs a respite from the lost love and the unrequited love(X2), and Donna seems to have ended up in a better place as of the conclusion of the X-mas special, and therefore has the potential to be less annoying/brash.
Second viewing. Changed mind. Nooooes!!1!
Agron, Keating Join Heroes
Dianna Agron and Dominic Keating have booked recurring roles on the next season of NBC's hit SF series Heroes, Variety reported.
Agron will play a cheerleader, Keating an Irish mobster.
Keating is best known to SF fans as Lt. Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise. He will also be seen in Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf.
Agron's credits include Veronica Mars and Shark.
NBC is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.
Spoilery for who they are and what they will play.
Lexa Doig and Michael Shanks will be appearing in Eureka's S2, not together.