what the heck, i thought it's a third season, not a
third series...

--- dpwlargentina <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Doctor Who third series confirmed
>
> The BBC has commissioned a third series of Doctor
> Who in addition to
> the second series already planned.
> The announcement comes days before the current
> series - a huge
> ratings success for BBC One - reaches its end.
>
> With Christmas specials scheduled for 2005 and 2006,
> fans can look
> forward to 28 new episodes in total.
>
> As Christopher Eccleston will not be returning for
> the next series,
> Casanova actor David Tennant has been cast as his
> replacement.
>
> But Billie Piper, who plays the Doctor's assistant
> Rose Tyler, will
> return for the whole of the second series.
>
> Writer Russell T Davies has confirmed he will write
> six episodes of
> series two, which will see the return of classic
> villains the
> Cybermen.
>
> "It's a joy to write - you couldn't have more fun,"
> he told the BBC
> Breakfast programme on Thursday.
>
> He added that Eccleston's departure was "a great
> loss", but that a
> new lead actor would give the show "a new lease of
> life".
>
> The new series will begin filming in Wales in five
> weeks.
>
> Source: BBC NEWS
>
>
>


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