Agyeman to get only limited screen time in Who season four

[viktor_haag]

Apparently, the boffins have decided that Freema Agyeman will help out Torchwood for a half a season before she returns to Doctor Who next season. Catherine Tate (from the Runaway Bride christmas special) will be the Doctor's companion for the fourth new season.
Bah. I can't say I'm happy about this. The last half of season three showed a pair just hitting the stride with one another and the script writing come through quite strong, so now that we're on a winning streak, of course, is precisely the time to mix things up.

I'm not very pleased about it, but we'll see where it goes.

I thought that the character of Rose Tyler had pretty much run the course, although I rather liked Billie Piper. But it seems to me that Agyeman has barely been given the space to fit into Martha Jones' shoes properly, and then, boom! she's off to another series.

Comments

[life-on-queen.livejournal.com]

I'm really excited actually. I think New Who has done a really good job of honouring all its characters and shaking up the Tardis crew keeps the show from falling into a rut. They needed to find a way to either end or move ahead with Martha's infatuation with the Doctor without pulling a Doctor/Rose redux. Taking her out of the equation for a little bit and on her own hook helps to further establish Martha as a character in her own right and not just Rose's replacement. It also creates opportunities for new dynamics when she returns to the Tardis.

And Catherine Tate is fucking brilliant. It's hard not to be excited about Donna going the Tardis - she's going to give the Doctor such a hard time, which was a colour that got a bit lost without Jackie. Martha's mum was a bit too much of a Jackie-with-a-better-accent-who-really-hated-the-Doctor.

I still miss Rose, though.