Piper Quits Doctor Who

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

From SciFi Wire:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/i...ory=0&id=33283

Piper Quits Doctor Who

Billie Piper, the pop star-turned-actress, has quit her role as Rose Tyler on the BBC's hit SF series Doctor Who, the U.K. tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror reported. Citing an anonymous source, the newspaper said that Piper, 23, would leave the show in its upcoming third season because she doesn't want to become typecast.
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[The Signal]

This is about the third thread on this, one of the others is "last time in the Tardis"
anyway, seeing as the BBC havent commented, and the source is anonymous. Not to mention this is the second time this has come about, (the same was said at the end of S1) I am not going to go too much into this, I am not saying it isnt true, just that I am not going to believe it straight off

[HyperCaz]

rats! I thought she was good in Dr Who. First Eccleston, now her!

[White Knight]

I doubt that its coincidence that almost the exact same report was released about Eccleston. His was partially fake (at least the reasoning), and it was released by the BBC.

[iLemon]

Why dont they just hire actors who are going to actually commit to the show?

[creed462]

Good Question.

[Major Clanger]

To be fair the sidekicks often change. I think it's exciting to get new people in, although I like Rose and would like to see a lot more of her.

But then, I'm still patiently waiting for a lady Doctor.

[Lightsabre]

To be fair the sidekicks often change. I think it's exciting to get new people in, although I like Rose and would like to see a lot more of her.

But then, I'm still patiently waiting for a lady Doctor.

True
And Ecclestone did commit to the show. It's not his or BBC's fault if he wanted to go a different direction with his career or got a better offer or even had something in his personal life that made him decide not to come back.
Same with Billie Piper. If she chooses to leave, it's not lack of commitment.
ANd it has been leaked that she worried about being typecast.(tho I'm not from the UK, so a lot of my info on this is muddled)

[SaberBlade]

i don't see why she'd want to be typecast. everyone in the UK already knows her as a semi-successul/failed popstar who went on to marry chris evans.

if the show was going to do anything it would give her more fame worldwide due to the popularity of Dr Who giving her a chance of relaunching her singing career or at least give the possiblity of moving on to bigger and better things.

[Willow'sCat]

To be fair the sidekicks often change.

Yes and that is why the Doctor needs to stay around longer this time!

But then, I'm still patiently waiting for a lady Doctor.

Me too.

[Matt G]

i don't see why she'd want to be typecast. everyone in the UK already knows her as a semi-successul/failed popstar who went on to marry chris evans.

if the show was going to do anything it would give her more fame worldwide due to the popularity of Dr Who giving her a chance of relaunching her singing career or at least give the possiblity of moving on to bigger and better things.

She was never that interested in the singing, acting was always her plan A. If this is for real then I'm surprised she quit this early, it's a pretty solid "gig" for starters.

[Lightsabre]

To be fair the sidekicks often change. I think it's exciting to get new people in, although I like Rose and would like to see a lot more of her.

But then, I'm still patiently waiting for a lady Doctor.

A lady Doctor would be a new character.