Rose/Doctor

Hey hey, no new information, but since I've been asked about it by salx77, I thought I'd sum up what I know about Rose returning.

Billie Piper has been confirmed as returning. The BBC News's Entertainment pages said it was for three episodes (presumably the last three) but quite soon after this the BBC Doctor Who website said the number of episodes had not been confirmed.

In an interview with Phil Collinson, he said that "Billie does make a bit of a surprise appearance in series 4, but I don't want to give too much away as that is further down the series". And someone commented that "The way he has said it, it seems me that Billie is a one-off appearance, in one episode. Appearance, to me means one episode."

David Tennant also commented on how he hasn't filmed a single scene with Billie (yet?), but that we would understand why when we see the story.

All this seems to back up ideas that Rose will come back for the Doctor-lite episode which will see the Doctor apparenly "get lost in space". There have already been sightings of Billie and Catherine filming together, but not of Martha (who is also apparently in the Doctor-lite) but it could be that she's just not in that particular scene that was filmed.

The finale hasn't been filmed yet, but its due to be completed in the next few months. It may all be filmed inside to hide what ever big bad villain is coming back, in which case we wont know anything about it. There may be some information if bits are filmed outside, but until then, I have no idea if Billie is in the finale or not.

Hope this helps to sum up things for you all!