Billie's back on Doctor Who

 

BILLIE Piper will return to Doctor Who with ALL the Time Lord’s former companions as part of David Tennant’s final episode.

Billie, 26, will again play Rose Tyler and teams up with other sidekicks Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman).

The trio will join forces to take on the Doctor’s revived arch-enemy The Master, played again by John Simm.

The episode sees the Timelord regenerate into the new Doctor (Matt Smith).

An insider said: “This will be the most exciting episode Doctor Who have ever done. We really wanted to get all the companions back on board as a fitting send-off to David.

“And of all the enemies for him to face in his final episode it makes sense for The Master to be the main one. Getting Billie to agree is a real coup, but she loved working on the show so much it didn’t take much convincing.”

Rose — who left after series two — formed the strongest bond with the Doctor out of the female companions. She returned for a few episodes in the last series where she was reunited with the Doctor.

Rose then returned to Earth with a separate half-human version of the Time Lord.

Since she left Doctor Who, Billie has gone on to star in the raunchy ITV2 drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl. She plays a high-class hooker in the risque show, which is currently on its third series.

We revealed yesterday how her three brothers and sisters are embarrassed about her success.

David, 37, will quit the show after the last of the four specials.

Meanwhile the red London bus set to feature in the first special has been damaged in Dubai by schoolkids.

Return ... Martha, Donna and Master

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The double decker, which was smashed up shortly after arriving in Arab state for filming, was stripped for “souvenirs” after producers parked it outside a school.

A show source said: “This really is the unluckiest bus in the universe.”

More Photographs Of The Bus At Upper Boat Studios & Report

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Here are some more photographs of the replacement damaged bus from Planet of the Dead.

Scooty says: Since it was such a beautiful day today, I took a trip up to Upper Boat today and spent the afternoon down on the beautiful footpath area that runs behind the studios and along the River Taff. Managed to find out some interesting snippits of information, though I'm not sure how relevant they are. I spoke to a few builders who were near the studios, they were clearing away the footpath ready for a sliproad to be built behind the studios for the new Church Village - Llantrisant bypass. Now, this is normally a very quiet area, but when heavy construction starts here, is this going to affect the studio? Is it already soundproofed or would the expense to do so mean it would be better to move studios? This could fit with rumours about a move down to the Bay, Oh and the builders had said they had visited the TARDIS and Hub sets! So much for a security lockdown!