Some questions:

1) How does Donna return? Does anyone know? If not how do you think she'll return? Does the Doctor call on her? Or is he in the middle of an adventure and happens to bump into her?

2) How does Martha return? I hear she's joined UNIT and that's how she turns up in torchwood, so could that be how she ends up in Doctor Who also?

3) Martha's 5 episodes are scattered throughout the series, how the hell do they intend on writing her in and out, in and out etc.

4) Will Jack and Martha be there for the return of Rose? As Jack will be glad to see her and Martha will be curious as to who this 'Rose' the Doctor spoke of is

5) Are they done filming yet? Or will the preview shown at christmas be a partial preview like last year's?

I can answer number 5... filming continues after Christmas and should go on until March/April time as in previous years... so expect a taster for the first few filmed eps. As for the rest, I suggest you visit the spolier section at the Former Outpost Gallifrey forum, I should imagine some of all of your questions will be answered there.
Last edited by tallorder : 19-12-2007 at 14:28

I'd expect that she will be in most of the episodes where the doctor uses his ability to go anywhere at any time and travels to London 2008

Till March or April? But didn't 2 of the last 3 series start in March and the other in April? Do they film it into it's airing? As I know that John Barrowman claimed that series 1 of Torchwood was still filming halfway through it's airing.

Yeah I know, but how will they write it so that she happens to be in almost every part of London he visits?

plus Martha gave The Doctor the phone so she can contact him in an emergency.

Well i guess if she is working for UNIT there meetings will not be unplanned.

1. Suposedly Donna somehow contacts the Doctor when she discovers Aliens in London (no not those aliens).

2. Martha returns in the Sontaran story as a member of UNIT. It's not known yet if she calls the Doctor in or if they are both investigating the situation and then meet (like with SJS in School Reunion).

3. If she's in the 2 part finale then that only leaves one other episode that she is in, as said it's likely all her scenes are in the "present (2009 probably) day". If it's a 3 part finale then that's all her episodes sorted.

4. All we know so far is that Donna meets Rose, the Doctor may not meet her let alone Jack and Martha.

5. Still filming. The preview after the Christmas special has for the past two years only shown up to Episode 5 or 6 AFAIK I doubt this will change.

5) Seeing as RTD said yesterday the script for episode 13 doesn't have to be submitted till january 7th, I'm guessing they're still filming

I wonder if he's started it yet.

Well probably not related but in regards to UNIT

Important?

Could I get a link please?

http://freemaagyeman.com/news/2007/1...four/#more-480

Just below the picture of Martha's big gob!

Is that
the bottom one on the left,

It says, UNIT SENIOR ENGINEER -

Torcwhood - Doctor Who crossover?

I think that is just a screen grab from the second ep of Torchwood, where Owen's going through various fake ID cards, isn't it? I guess it's being used as a comparison to the other UNIT IDs.

most likely.

Martha's back for 5 episodes not 3, and her appearances are not all at once.

Well i am not so sure, seeing how everything is coming togetyher with a big bang this series. I wouldn't be surprised as people r saying CJ is back, and maybe Torchwood does make an appearance again, wat with Rose returning

What are you on about?

I said she was in the Sontaran 2 parter, the 2 part finale and one other episode or if the Finale was 3 episodes like this year then just that and the Sontaran story.

That make 5 episodes.

Donna isn't in Doctor Who until the third episode. She announced this on Johnathan Ross's radio show on radio2.

So I imagine the Doctor will get into a scrape that he cannot get out of, and Donna will just happen to be there to save the day.

I don't know whether he will be travelling alone for the first two episodes, or whether someone else will have gone along for the ride..

That's a bit of a shock.

CT's involvement seems to be getting less and less.

Though I do wonder if CT is making stuff up again

Episode 11 appears to be the doc lite (and rose & donna heavy) one this year, although it could still be part 1 of the finale.

Just for completeness this is the ep list as it stands:

1. Partners in Crime by RTD
2. Title TBA (volcano day in Pompeii episode) by James Moran
3. Planet of the Ood by Keith Temple
4. The Sontaran Stratagem by Helen Raynor
5. Title TBA (sontarans part 2) by Helen Raynor
6. Title TBA writer TBA (either Stephen Greenhorn or Tom MacRae)
7. Title TBA (Agatha Christie episode, acronym T.U.A.T.W) by Gareth Roberts
8. Title TBA writer TBA (either Stephen Greenhorn or Tom MacRae)
9. Title TBA by Steven Moffat
10. Title TBA by Steven Moffat
11. Title TBA by RTD
12. Title TBA by RTD
13. Title TBA by RTD

In DWM RTD said there is an episode called Street's of London. He didn't directly imply it but said there was one hidden in the text and it was in the same text as The Sontaran Stratagem, and same font too...

1) She apparantly tracks him down for help (no idea why)

2) Like you said shes rumored to be working for Unit now so all her appearances are connected to that (she essentially becomes the new series Brigadier)

3) same as above really

4) its not known when Jack's appearance is so he might or he might not, Rose's only confirmed ep is the Doctor-lite which Martha might be in or might not be. However all three a rumored to be in the finale along with Donna.

5) They havn't finshed filming yet. It'll probably be clips of the first six episodes like it was after The Runaway Bride (which had from Smith and Jones till The Lazarus Experiment) and The Christmas Invasion (which had from New Earth until The Age Of Steel)

The last thing I read was that Episode 11 was being filmed around early(ish) December and featured Rose, Donna and Martha.

David Tennant's website suggested that ep (Partners in Crime) was the Agatha Christie one, but I think they've got it wrong. (Probably went by te title of the episode, which kind of makes sense)

If you listen to it again she says she is in all 13 episodes.