The other
day, Big Finish announced that their second full cast Tenth Doctor
box set will reunite David Tennant and Billie Piper (and Camille
Coduri!) as the Doctor and Rose. I'm actually looking forward to it,
especially as one of the stories promises to have the pair meeting an
actual historical transgender person, the Chevalier d'Eon, which is
an angle I'm actually surprised the modern series hasn't gone for yet
(or historical individuals of any LGBTQ+ persuasion, jokes about
Shakespeare's sonnets aside).
Hell,
sometimes Big Finish has trouble remembering that not all recurring
Doctor Who characters are straight (looking at you, inexplicably
heterosexual Ace and Turlough).
That said,
one thing makes me wonder: where is there left to go with Rose?
You see, one
thing I'll definitely say in favour of the modern series is it
doesn't tend to leave a lot of ambiguity in the companions' arcs.
These characters are introduced for a reason and they leave when
their story is done and that's especially true of the RTD companions.
Rose had a very defined arc over her two seasons that was pretty much
complete as is. I wonder if Big Finish are going to try to add to it
or just leave it untouched?
Also, Ice
Warriors. I'm really interested to see what Big Finish will do with
Ice Warriors given how Mark Gatiss expanded on them in Cold War.
Big Finish have done their own expansions of their culture and I hope
this story presents some synthesis of the two.
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