As a general rule, returning characters = **BAD**.  It’s very hard to bring off successfully– I think largely because the Character needs to have grown during the hiatus and that almost never happens. 

On the other hand, I am one of those rare American males who *automatically* dislikes blondes. I’m far more likely to react well to a brunette (see Xena or Erin Yun) than I am to a Pamela Anderson character. In fact, at first I disliked Rose intensely. Fortunately, though, she went from being a rather petulent angst-driven teenager to an insightful young lady, with immense inner strength. Now, Rose is on the short list of ”Acceptable Blonde Characters”

Whether she remains there…

(As for Leela/Rose - Remember, Rose was essentially supernatural when she toasted the Daleks, whereas Leela was just a babe who needed to eat more in a leather bikini.)

And speaking of Torchwood, the “adult” stuff doesn’t bother me because it’s adult. It just sometimes seems like they’re sticking it in just to say, hey, look, we’re not Doctor Who. Which is not a good reason for it. I do like the show though.

And Martha rocks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdWjkxbzXJ0

I wrote more thoughts about this on my blog too that you’re welcome to check out if you like.

Peace,

James

I’ll explain later.

:^P

I don’t think the objections were to the “adult” content per se, just that it seemed to have been shovelled in at the expense of other elements of good writing: to the extent that the bed-hopping was too often the main impediment to saving the Earth from whatever-was-imperilling-it-so-gravely-that-week. That said, the last episode attracted some ire for its overstretching of the suspension of disbelief: by the climate and law of the time it was set, the last scene should have resulted in riots and courts martial…

Geeze, I remember when Kevin Rose was ‘the guy who discovered the Windows Messenger” hack.

J/P=?

That one of the reason’s I’m a fan. You need some conflict within the ranks of the “good guys”. I want some ambiguity. As you can guess, I’m eating up the new Battlestar Galactica.

And I’m 42. I rather not have all my fiction sanitized to the level of pre-teens, you know? Seems so many SF fans get turned off by anything remotely spicy. That’s a weird reaction in my never humble opinion.

The adult stuff was a bad thing there? The country that gave us a comedy show with full frontal nudity (well, almost) in the 1970s? Wow. And I thought the US was repressed. What the hell happened?

http://www.galacticast.com/2007/04/16/rose-by-any-other-name/

Hi-larryous!

There had been many hints that this was going to happen – even Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith in the series) had hinted at it some time ago.

There have also been rumours of a feature film. Now that would knock spots off any futurama cinema flick.

Rose’s last story was so beautiful that I hope they don’t ruin it by bringing her back. By that, I mean I hope they bring her back in a profound and meaningful way, something worthy of her legacy.

Apparently, the 2009 hiatus is because David Tennant is going do to Hamlet for a year. So that should put to rest all of the new Doctor rumors. And as of the 2010 season, he’ll have played the Doctor for longer than anyone save Tom Baker (at least for years; the early Doctors might have him in terms of hours worth of episodes).

I LOVED the Children In Need special. And I’m thankful it was Steven Moffatt who wrote it. I love his episodes!

http://www.gallifreyone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=153761&page=8#282

but ONLY go there if you want to read some serious spoilers, and discussion by very dedicated hardcore Who fans! If you’re put off by that kind of thing then don’t go there. You have been warned!!

Guh. If you want to bring someone back, bring back Ace. *shrug*

Less cool than usual, dude.

I need to add Torchwood to my netflix Q. It sounds like that one will be really good to.

Look, I liked Rose, but the not-so-subtle romantic tension between her and the Doctor drove me absolutely *crazy*.

Considering the way Rose left the show, I hope this means the Cybermen are going to be back again, in addition to the Sontarans. *That* would rock.

I do like Martha more than Rose, though, but think she might be a better fit for Torchwood.