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GASP

So I was thinking about #3 and isn't Billie Piper's show on ITV? And I guess other guest actors as you pluralized it, unless this (either the ITV role or Torchwood) were a more permanent thing, then BBC might have reason to yell a bit...

1. Yep, Wednesday 10 September at 2:15PM BBC Radio 4.

2. Uh huh!

3. The latest I heard is that she isn't - of course there's that whole story about a fallout with RTD, which is why she's gone to Law and Order. I don't believe that myself, but someone supposedly spoke to Gareth D-L and they claim Freema isn't attached to the project. Time will tell how true that is though. I still think we're in with a chance...

1. Knew about it but didn't know the details to it. Should be interesting!

2. Is she?

3. I thought the ITV, BBC stuff started because the news media made it seem that Freema decided to work on CSI London and not work on Torchwood? So the issue is probably more over her decision to go to the other show (if she won't be in any more TW episodes) instead of BBC competing against ITV? Not sure. ^_^"

Alt!verse audio play? YES PLEASE. (And it'd be totally perfect for BP, considering she's like seven months pregnant.)

I read that she isn't in S3, and I thought there was official confirmation on that but I'm not sure. I know she's been cast in a bunch of new series (Law & Order, Survivors, Little Dorritt) so maybe she's just too busy?

It might also explain why RTD had skip Comicon to do more writing; emergency edits. (Although it looks like he's only writing the first one so...gossip.)

Ah, I remember hearing about that. And I didn't know he was writing the first one! Awesome. Thanks!

Re #3 - my understanding was that the drama wasn't because it was an ITV show specifically as much as it was because it was an ITV show with a scheduling conflict with Torchwood, she couldn't do both, and chose the ITV show. I think that's where the drama came in - because she chose one over the other.

I haven't been TOO aware about things, but TW S3 was supposed to be filming by now and I haven't heard anything about them starting, which makes me think that they're doing rewrites and scrambling to replace her. That's purely my own speculation though - not based on anything real.

I'd heard he'd also skipped some other event, in Scotland I think, to continue writing. But there could be massive rewrites without Freema deserting Torchwood, so I still have no idea whether the rumor is true or not.

1. Yes.

2. No idea.

3. No word other than the rumor. People are making a big deal out of RTD skipping a couple of events to continue writing, but that doesn't have to mean that it's because of Freema being in L&O. We still haven't heard any official word (I think) on who else besides John, Eve and Gareth are going to be in Torchwood S3. If anyone. *shrug* I felt like they were implying Mickey & Martha at the end of DW S4, but it was just an implication. They don't have to go there at all.

DOUBLE GASP!

I think it is an ITV show, and there wasn't any kind of "TRAITOR!" calls when she went there either. Which makes me think the tabloids are full of it yet again. A *scheduling conflict* I could buy, however.

1. Yep, Wednesday 10 September at 2:15PM BBC Radio 4.

WOOO!!

3. The latest I heard is that she isn't - of course there's that whole story about a fallout with RTD, which is why she's gone to Law and Order. I don't believe that myself, but someone supposedly spoke to Gareth D-L and they claim Freema isn't attached to the project. Time will tell how true that is though. I still think we're in with a chance...

Hmmm. I still hope she'll be on it. Of course, I don't care whatsoever about Law & Order, so that's probably clouding my judgment. :D

I'd heard that rumor as well.

1. Knew about it but didn't know the details to it. Should be interesting!

2. Is she?

I think she is, and I'd no idea about the audio thing until today!

3. I thought the ITV, BBC stuff started because the news media made it seem that Freema decided to work on CSI London and not work on Torchwood? So the issue is probably more over her decision to go to the other show (if she won't be in any more TW episodes) instead of BBC competing against ITV? Not sure. ^_^"

Oh, what I saw was that the BBC was furious - furious, I say! - that she went to an ITV show, and so kicked her off of Torchwood. If she's not on Torchwood, I've gotta believe it's for reasons other than *that.*

I would totally buy a "scheduling conflict". *nods*

Alt!verse audio play? YES PLEASE. (And it'd be totally perfect for BP, considering she's like seven months pregnant.)

I know! Just sit in front of a mic! No one can see the tummy and no physical activity required!

I read that she isn't in S3, and I thought there was official confirmation on that but I'm not sure. I know she's been cast in a bunch of new series (Law & Order, Survivors, Little Dorritt) so maybe she's just too busy?

I'd buy that she's too busy, but the tabloids made it sound like they'd kicked her off of Torchwood.

Re #3 - my understanding was that the drama wasn't because it was an ITV show specifically as much as it was because it was an ITV show with a scheduling conflict with Torchwood, she couldn't do both, and chose the ITV show. I think that's where the drama came in - because she chose one over the other.

That I could believe.

I haven't been TOO aware about things, but TW S3 was supposed to be filming by now and I haven't heard anything about them starting, which makes me think that they're doing rewrites and scrambling to replace her. That's purely my own speculation though - not based on anything real.

Hmm. They were supposed to be starting soon, weren't they? Or was that more in the fall?

I'd no idea there was going to be one! WOO! I hope it's exceptionally cracky. :D (Hmm, the sex bits should be interesting on audio...)

And yeah, all I've heard so far have been the rumors as well. One article that talked about the audio play said it would have Martha "and two new cast members." Now whether or not that's Mickey and some one else, or if it's guest cast, I've no idea.

The thing I read a month or two ago said that they were going to start filming in August. I just assumed that meant early August, but I suppose August 30 would still fit ;)

Honestly, I kinda don't blame Freema for taking the other. She hasn't done anything but DW/TW in her career and it's a great opportunity for her. It just sucks that it came at the expense of TW.

Yeah, I wouldn't blame her either. L&O is bound to get more international notice as well.

Very true. It's basically just cobbling several maybe-totally unrelated events together. (And either way, I just plain don't buy any of the "major fallout" stuff. Bleh, tabloids.)

There will be a Torchwood audio play next month? Really?

You know there are....technically Torchwood audios. The actors read the tie-in novels (like they did with the Doctor Who tie-ins) for the first series. I've only ever made it through half of one.

Though I think I'd love a proper audio play a bit better. (And they TOTALLY need to get on the Alt!Verse audios. Or comics. Or books. Or hell, grafitti the wall of the Cardiff studio once a week. I'm not gonna be picky.)

You know there are....technically Torchwood audios. The actors read the tie-in novels (like they did with the Doctor Who tie-ins) for the first series. I've only ever made it through half of one.

Though I think I'd love a proper audio play a bit better.

Oh me too. Totally. I'm really not wild about their audio books - they abridge the hell out of them and so I'd much rather read it myself. The audio plays, on the other hand - if it's anything like the Eighth Doctor audio I listened to, I'm sold.

(And they TOTALLY need to get on the Alt!Verse audios. Or comics. Or books. Or hell, grafitti the wall of the Cardiff studio once a week. I'm not gonna be picky.)

The graffiti is starting to sound pretty good. :D

An... audio play?

Oddly, Martha not being in Torchwood makes my interest level go down. I think I've been going "lalalala" through all the rumours.

* Right, you hosebeasts. Gimme an alt!verse audio play! I will buy the CD! I SWEAR!

SERIOUSLY. Also, while I was walking the dogs today, I decided that after RTD stops working on DW he could... start writing DW novels about the alt!verse. I might have had a bit too much sun at the time, but at one point I was convinced this would actually happen and got really excited. I have no control over my brain sometimes.

An... audio play?

Apparently.

Oddly, Martha not being in Torchwood makes my interest level go down. I think I've been going "lalalala" through all the rumours.

I'd be disappointed. I really liked the idea of her and Mickey turning up there.

SERIOUSLY. Also, while I was walking the dogs today, I decided that after RTD stops working on DW he could... start writing DW novels about the alt!verse. I might have had a bit too much sun at the time, but at one point I was convinced this would actually happen and got really excited. I have no control over my brain sometimes.

BWAH!! Hmmm. Maybe he could go in disguise and post fanfic online. I'd look for a D/R shipper who dabbles in Doctor/Master. ;)

Re all the BBC v ITV stuff...

It's really more about the rivalry between the two stations than about the actors themselves. The BBC does hate losing it's talent to ITV (see things like Trinny & Susanna), but I don't think they have any sort of "go to them and you'll never work for the BBC again" policy. They just keep finding all this new talent and then losing them because people get pissed about them paying too much to keep talent when they're bitching about paying a licensing fee. It's rare that you get people like Jeremy Clarkson who could easily get more at ITV or another rival, but doesn't leave because he enjoys the freedom from worrying about things like pleasing advertisers, not having to be quite so pc, etc. that the BBC provide.

SERIOUSLY. Also, while I was walking the dogs today, I decided that after RTD stops working on DW he could... start writing DW novels about the alt!verse.

Or fanfic! No, seriously. I read a quote in a DWM from a couple of months ago last night wherein he was talking about the things that were affected by the Doctor's death in TL that weren't shown in the episode (like the Carrionites), and he said he would leave that to fanfic... including his own. Oh, Rusty. *pats*

I thought one of the Torchwood comms linked to a comicon interview where Julie Gardener said that there were no new cast members for series three. It might be my faulty memory and there are too many comicon posts to go back and search, but I'm pretty sure I saw something about her wanting to focus on the three members of Torchwood who are left (at least for the moment).

I hope so, anyway, because a 5 episode miniseries is not the time to introduce new cast members.

HA! I love it. :D

I understand a rivalry, but the tabloids were making it sound like they gave FA the boot because of it. That sounds a bit silly.

Oh really? I haven't read that many articles about Torchwood. Maybe it will be just the three of them? Although if that wasn't a setup with Martha and Mickey at the end of JE, I don't know what would be.