Doctor Who (series 1) months of speculation. In the April 2004 issue of "Doctor Who Magazine", Davies announced that Eccleston's Doctor would indeed be the Ninth Doctor, relegating Richard E. Grant's Shalka Doctor to non-official status. Russell T Davies revealed that Eccleston asked for the role in an e-mail. After the announcement that the show would be returning, Davies revealed that the new companion would "probably" be called Rose Tyler in an edition of "Doctor Who Magazine" published in November 2003. This name was confirmed in March 2004, and it was announced at the same time that former pop star Billie Piper was being
The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who) the Earth by gradually and secretly poisoning Donna with an alien particle the Racnoss use as an energy source. The Tenth Doctor, still saddened by his separation from companion Rose Tyler, is shocked when Donna Noble, in a wedding dress, appears within the TARDIS while in flight, a near impossibility. She angrily demands to be returned to her wedding as the Doctor performs several tests on her before materialising the TARDIS on Earth, though across the city from the ceremony. Donna leaves in a huff and takes a cab, but the Doctor observes a robotic Santa Claus is driving the