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ok, it was fine to suddenly have the Doctor played by a charismatic actor who could effortlessly charm the pants off everyone - even my little sister - and make everyone fancy him.

It’s fine to have David Tennant as the Doctor, a man so “nice” and charming that even his self-filmed DVD extras are good quality video. So seemingly open that he films his family watching the Doctor Who Christmas Special. How meta is that?

But surely, when an actor playing a Time Lord is raised to tabloid-level fodder with papparazzi stalking him for the Daily Mail just so you can see his topless body relaxing on the beach, enough is enough?

Wait… where have you all gone?

The news that Catherine Tate is to reprise her role as outspoken chav bride Donna as the new companion for the Doctor has no doubt been greeted with skepticism and derision amongst online fandom, but I for one think it’s an excellent idea.

I’ve never been a fan of the entire “companion in love with the Doctor” character themes that have come to represent the current era of Doctor Who. It makes perfect sense but damnit Doctor Who is an adventure story, not a love story. Then when it came to creating Martha Jones, the only thing the production team could do with that concept would be to have an unrequited love story following the requited love story. Aside from that element, Martha and Rose could be identical.

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Well, well, well, if you happen to be a ye olde Doctor Who fan with a small sprinkling of self-diagnosed attention deficit disorder, then The Sound of Drums was right up your street. Goodness me, how many plot elements *and* flashbacks to the olde times can you get? How much manic acting can you get?

Spoilers lie within….

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If you haven’t seen Doctor Who: Utopia, then look away now… but OMG! OMG! OMG!!!!! That is one hell of a way to set up a season finale!!!!

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Maybe it’s intensely wrong of me, but …

Whilst doing some random surfing, I found myself listening to the BBC London News ident. Thus I suddenly found myself on my desk grooving to it a la Tyres O’Flaherty in Spaced, as if it was the latest groovy Pet Shop Boys tune … can you spot the similarity, or is that just me?

Perhaps it’s an unconscious yearning to listen to some more Pet Shop Boys music. I did also find myself humming along to Jack The Lad the other day, which is not the most cheerful Pet Shop Boys song ever.

There was even a series of concerts the Pet Shop Boys did a couple of weeks ago - but nobody seems to have gone, or at least raved about it to me or told me how fab it was. Maybe it was exactly the same set as the 2006 summer concerts - but no-one’s told me yet. Although to be fair, I haven’t looked for that information anywhere beyond my email and RSS feeds… did you go?