Seems to me that a big thing is being made of the doc finding galifrey. If and when he does would it be a good idea for a leela episode? Louise jameson has aged well... could be good idea when u consider how well school reunion was recieved

it depends on if LJ is willing to return and also how would you fit it into a story but i would love for Leela and some of the Classic companions, ACE comes to mind id love to see them interact with Clara and the Nu Companions

I think any decent script can bring Leela or many former companions back especially ones he left behind on planets- i.e Steven, Nyssa, Romana etc...

Some actors no longer act buy Louise still does so I'm sure she could do it and we can see how much Leela has learnt over the years.

I just don't see the past in Moffatt's vision. Any time he has delved into the past hes compeletely changed them. I can't stand the new Silurians and the Sontarans are no longer a race to be feared now they are just butlers.

I'd rather gouge my own eyes out with a rusty spoon than see Ace again - or have any reminder of the woeful McCoy era, come to that.

But seeing Leela again might be fun.

I'd love to see Leela again, she's always been one of my favourite companions. Tegan returning and verbally sparring with Twelve would be fun too IMO.

I'm a bit humbled by responses to my two recent threads on here tbh ... responses seem more adult now. I almost binned it off but am gladened the childishness has reduced

If she wears her leather outfit again, then yes.

If there's a good story to tell....why not? Louise was/is great and imagine she'd jump at the chance if it was a decent script. She's a great actress and a real ambassador for the show. Think she's lovely.

OT: Finally caught up with Matt Berry's great 'Toast of London' series this week, and there was Louise, playing a, erm, Lady of the Night, (bit coy?!) dressed in Leopard skin who was very good at blow football. And that is not a euphemism. They won the tournament in the episode.

Nope.

No thanks.

Time for a whole host of new characters, new mythology, new Gallifreyan inhabitants, etc.

A one-off might work... but I'm not sure Louise could/should still wear the skimpy outfit.
Leela should have become more conservative with age.

Speaking of Leela's outfit, I always felt it didn't make much sense that her primitive society could craft such finely made boots. The rest of the costume looked appropriate but wouldn't it have made more sense for Leela to have gone barefoot?

They will be new characters for people who only started watching Doctor Who since 2005. Like the Daleks were new to them, as was the Doctor himself.

True. But even regardless I feel like the writers should keep adding new mythology and characters rather than digging into the past and revisiting/bringing XYZ back. Once in a while, fine, but for me I'd rather see a whole host of new Time Lords rather than seeing Omega, the Rani, Leela, Romana, et al. back again.

I understand your opinion, but as you say you would like to see new characters and mythology added. So the mythology exists based on what has been added to it already.
If the characters are there already you may as well use them when it suits.

For me it makes no difference if they bring back The Weeping Angels or bring back a being from pre-2005. To me it's all the same timeline.

With a distinct lack of Timelords around I've love them to bring back Romana if they get the right actress. I saw Mary Tamm as Romana very recently on the Horror channel and she was great. I thought that sort of companion would feel very fresh for The Doctor right now. The Rani from what I've read about her sounds like a very interesting prospect too. They use the Master, but I'd like to see a new nemesis. I think the show is lacking nemesises (plural?) which are more on a humanish level we can relate with.
I've no objection to a Leela cameo for an episode or two either, as the actress is still alive. Obviously it won't be the same as it was, but I do like to see blasts from the past as much as I like good new stuff.

But I agree with you that they need to introduce new quality characters, which I don't think they've created enough of compared to the older era of Who. That has to be the priority really doesn't it?

Yeah, I'm with you on that

I guess, as well, we shouldn't forget that there was a great Time War. Even though, ultimately, the Doctor saved his race and the planet, there were still many many years of bloodshed and devastation and war. So to bring back, for example, Leela, Romana, Borusa, Omega, Rassilon, the Rani, any/all these characters we closely associate with Gallifrey might feel a bit unrealistic. Saving Gallifrey was heroic and a nice 'happy ever after', but that shouldn't take away from the amount of chaos and war that still occurred. I think they maybe risk taking away the impact of the Time War if they were to bring characters that we closely associate with Gallifrey back. So, for me anyway, if they brought back Romana, that'd be the only classic series Time Lord I'd want to see. Or the same with Leela. Or whatever. I think it'd be more interesting to see the Doctor head back home, maybe in search of Leela, to then be informed or to find out she was one of the casualties of the War.

Even though the War ended on an upbeat note, so to speak, there should still be consequence and casualties, and I believe Peter Capaldi could pull that conflicted character off brilliantly; the fact that, yes, his former selves saved the day, but that he still lost many friends and family in the years prior to the final day

i'm sure LJ would be willing to come back considering she's still playing Leela for Big Finish. i'd love to see her back hopefully with Romana as well as they where both on Gallifrey last time we HEARD from them.

i'd also love to see Ace back at some point, too tie up lose ends between the Classic series and the TV Movie and reveal why she left the Doctor

I must say that was an amazingly prompt reply by you.

I agree with you that there are aspects of the Time War which probably merit further exploration. It still feels like something distant which we can't really relate to. They probably did more in the 2005 series to serve it as they introduced characters in several stories who were refugees from that war. But still, I agree with you that it would be good to explore some of the consequences of war. After all it is was a war.

i'm sure LJ would be willing to come back considering she's still playing Leela for Big Finish. i'd love to see her back hopefully with Romana as well as they where both on Gallifrey last time we HEARD from them.

i'd also love to see Ace back at some point, too tie up lose ends and reveal why she left the Doctor

Leela survived the Time War though listen to The Catalyst, if they said she was a casualty of the Time War it would contradict Big Finish's superb work

It's true BF and the show try not to contradict each other, but if the TV series wanted to say that XYZ were dead, it being different in a BF story wouldn't stop them.

i very much doubt they'd kill a character as iconic as Leela off-screen unless Louise Jameson herself passed away, sort of like they did with the Brig

I very much doubt we'll see Leela or hear about her in the TV series regardless to be honest.

Well, Ace was killed in the comics. Although most people seem to ignore that. Or they say she was a clone or something. I haven't read it.

Actually, what am I saying? I was just listening to the Audio Play where Leela died last night. That doesn't mean she can't come back though. Time Travel y'know.

she did come back, have you not hear The Child?

I know of it. Wasn't she reincarnated as a human on earth?