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Billie Piper played Rose Tyler

Doctor Who chief: Billie Piper won't return

Steven Moffatt didn't like her character Rose

Thursday, 31 July 2008

New Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffatt says Billie Piper won't return to the series.

Her character Rose Tyler left with a clone of the Time Lord, played by David Tennant, 37, in the fourth series finale.

And Steven, 47, who has taken over from Russell T Davies, 45, reckons it was a smart way to ditch the Doctor's sidekick.

‘You have to hand it to the Doctor for dumping a slightly needy girlfriend by palming her off on a copy of himself,’ he told fans at a sci-fi convention.

‘He tried leaving her in a parallel universe and that didn’t work!’

Billie, 25, who is expecting her first child with husband Laurence Fox, 29, played the Doctor’s assistant in the first 2 series.

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7 comments

Vix October 23 16:10

cara- Somehow I doubt that's true, Billie has already said she is taking 2009 off because of the baby, RTD and SM have said nothing about tv movies and if they had both of them would not be about Rose, one maybe...two no. They haven't even started filming the few episodes we get in 2009.

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declan September 15 17:23

HOW DARE YOU STEVEN MOFFATT IF IT WERENT FOR BILLIE PIPER AND RUSSELL T DAVIES THE SHOW WOULDNT BE A SUCCESS BRING BACK ROSE THE ONLY COMPANION WHOS BRILLIANT AND DO ONE STEVEN!

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Gary Hodges August 06 12:35

This is a BRITISH website, as far as any website can be said to be non-international. Stop shouting.

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cara August 03 10:34

Well have said the it is not true. I have already heard about a six months ago that Billie will return in 2009. She has already signed a contract and Russle and Steven have said the two Tevelison movies in 2009 are about Rose,

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whofan August 01 22:02

THANKS FOR THE HUGE SPOILER WITH NO WARNING. EPISODE HASN'T AIRED IN THE US YET. DIE IN A FIRE. JERKS.

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