Billie Piper to Leave Doctor Who
By stephanie - Saturday, June 17th, 2006
SciFi Ranter Girl recently reported that Billie Piper is leaving Doctor Who at the end of season two. Piper has been playing Doctor Who’s sidekick and companion in the new series; it seems a replacement has not yet been announced.
I’m fairly neutral on Piper’s exit. I found her to be fine as a character, but not someone I was bowled over by. And while I understand the need to play to the teen audience, I would love to see Doctor Who’s next companion be someone slightly more mature. The continual allusions to a guy “who appears to be in his forties” and a 19-year-old are just…ick…in my book, though I suppose some guys might disagree with me.
Someday, if Doctor Who were to get really radical, we’ll have a female Doctor and a young male companion. Now imagine what that might be like…I’d watch it.
February 24th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
That is the most stupid thing I have ever hear, Billie Piper is the best thing on Doctor Who. Without Christopher Eccleston and her all it is is washed-up, filled with terrible special effects, and a lack of any good stories (torchwood has more alien stuff than Doctor Who). So after this I will never what the show again, and so should everyone else.