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Sad ending for Tate's character in Doctor Who
9:27pm Saturday 5th July 2008
Fan speculation that Mortlake's Catherine Tate could become the first female Doctor has been proved wrong following tonight's Doctor Who series finale.
Last week's cliff-hanger, which saw David Tennant start to regenerate after being blasted by a Dalek, led to theories that Tate might take over the Scottish actor's role.
Secrecy surrounded the thirteenth episode - with the BBC refusing to issue preview tapes - leaving fans to guess at the outcome.
As well as Tate taking over the role of the Doctor some fans suggested that Robert Carlyle, Jason Statham or Alan Davies could have replaced Tennant.
But tonight's episode saw Tennant remain as the Doctor, a clone being created, and Tate's character, Donna Noble, becoming a human/Time Lord hybrid.
Sadly for the Chiswick temp, being a Time Lord proved to much for Donna and the Doctor was forced to wipe her memory leaving it unlikely the actor and comedian would be reprising her role in the future.
- What did you think of tonight's episode. Will you miss Catherine Tate as the Doctor's companion? Use the comment feature below to have your say.
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Sarah, Surrey says...
10:48pm Sat 5 Jul 08
david, newcastle says...
2:46pm Sun 6 Jul 08
Thank you to Davd and Catherine for an amazing season
Gareth Marlow, stourbridge says...
4:09pm Sun 6 Jul 08
Gracey, England says...
11:24pm Sun 6 Jul 08
dani, bristol says...
11:06am Mon 7 Jul 08
:(
ricky flack, cambridge says...
10:56pm Thu 10 Jul 08
Lets keep to women companions rather than men or (heaven forbid) children on the show!!! ----but who to replace her?
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Catherine Tate as the Doctor's assistant Donna Noble with David Tennant who plays the Doctor pic: BBC
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