"Caretaker"-Will a special guest appear? Possible spoilers.
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Only in Sarah Jane Adventures.
It's like complaining that you got your presents on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas Day.
There was no complaining, I was only stating a fact.
That's just a waste of the internet.
There really is no excuse for no Nicholas Courtney appearence in NuWho. Why use Martha Jones in the Sontaran two-parter in series 4 instead of the Brig, I won't ever understand. Even in the Sarah Jane Adventures, he appeared only when Martha Jones couldn't have been used. What the heck, RTD?
And Moffat simply should've used him in series 5, pronto. Shame on you, Moff.
And Moffat simply should've used him in series 5, pronto. Shame on you, Moff.
He died in Feb 2011 following a "long illness" - we don't know how long, so it's possible he was too ill to do much more than a brief appearance in TSJA.
I understand that. But he was visibly better and capable in 2008, and he was more than willing. Its just a shame that he wasn't there.
In any case, I hope we won't live to regret a non-Ian appearence. Russell looks capable of pulling an appearence, so why not?
In any case, I hope we won't live to regret a non-Ian appearence. Russell looks capable of pulling an appearence, so why not?
Nope. It would've been cool for the Brig to meet the modern Doctor's. It's like my parents gave my gift to my sister!
Mr Awe
Depends upon what you mean by kept secret.
It's true that it wasn't a known fact for either of them, but, there were certainly strong rumors (Tom Baker actually let the cat out of the bag himself on Facebook or Twitter for his appearance). True, the rumors weren't necessarily given credence, and it was a nice surprise that the rumors turned out to be true, but, it wasn't a complete surprise that came out of nowhere.
There's been no chatter, whatsoever, that I know of, that William Russel will be making an appearance in this Series, only the natural assumption that him being on The School Board of Governors allows for a perfect opportunity for an appearance.
I think it'd be funny if they do meet that they don't recognise each other, or at least Ian doesn't recognise the Doctor (due to regeneration) and the conversation is too short for the Doctor to tell him who he is. Maybe Ian could even say "you remind me of someone I used to know" or the Doctor could say later on "I'm sure I recognise that guy".
The Doctor's been through 12 regenerations and close to 2 thousand years older by now. Would he even remember Ian and Barbara?
Um, yes? Unless he'd forgotten about Susan, so then maybe yeah... but how likely is it? Very unlikely.
Doctorwhovian
Fleet Captain
He remembered Susan in the Akhenten episode, although that was before the Trenzalore years.
There's also dialogue overheard from filming the finale with the Doctor saying "Susan" but he might be talking about a different Susan
Well Ian was one of his first ever companions. Then again I think it'd be funny to see them both meet and neither of them recognise each other.
That is a great explanation for those rumors!
I'd say he's in remarkable health, puts some people 20 years his junior to shame. He has attended loads of signings this year.
I'd be surprised if he was to cameo, it doesn't really seem the sort of thing the series would do, but I'd be happy to be wrong.
To do with her charity project. She used to be an agent and represented him - or his wife, one of the two.
For the sake of argument, would a parent necessarily recognise one of their children's childhood friends many,many years later if they hadn't seen them at all in the interim?
If he remembered Clara after 800 years (bar a brief meeting 300 years in) then remembering Ian wouldn't be too much of a stretch.