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09-15-2008, 10:52 PM
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The Times have published a series of emails between Russell.T. Davies (showrunner for Doctor Who) and Benjamin Cook (who is penning a book with the writer, featuring this correspondence and more) showing them discussing the possibility of having J.K. Rowling appear in a Christmas episode of the show. Quote:
He tells Cook: “I was in the shower on Saturday morning (you may avert your eyes), thinking about how much I'd enjoyed that last Harry Potter book, how I'd love to write something like that, remembering that, back in 2004, I asked J.K.Rowling to write an episode of Doctor Who, though she politely declined, and reflecting that we can't possibly get someone to star in next year's Christmas Special who's as famous as Kylie... when all those things coalesced.
“BAM! I thought, don't ask J.K. to write a Doctor Who, ask her to be in a Doctor Who! Imagine it. A cold Edinburgh Christmas Eve. J.K. Rowling walking through the snow, pursued by a journalist. ‘What are you going to write after Harry Potter?' Later, J.K. sits down to write. At the same time, a Space Bug, probably put there by the Rita Skeeter-type journalist [a character in Harry Potter], leaps on to her back. ZAP! J.K.'s imagination becomes real! A world of Victorian magic replaces the present-day world. The Doctor arrives and has to battle through a world of witches and wizards, with wands and spells and CGI wonders, to reach J.K. Rowling at the heart of it all.”
"That's either brilliant or more like a Blue Peter crossover. But worth trying. It's different, certainly. So, Julie [Gardener, executive producer] is trying to set up a meeting with J.K. ...Imagine those opening titles: DAVID TENNANT flying at you, then J.K.ROWLING!...Imagine the Doctor in a world of magic made real - that would be glorious. So, there we go. That's under way."
It was not to be, however. In an e-mail three weeks later, Davies says that [David] Tennant [the lead in the show] has other ideas. “David doesn't like the J.K. idea,” he writes. “He thinks it sounds like a spoof, so we've paused slightly, wondering whether to win him round or just abandon something that he's not going to be happy with. We've got to keep him happy. He keeps us happy. Plus, he might be right. So that idea has parked itself, while Julie tries to find ways to approach J.K. anyway. And I doubt we'd ever get J.K. - she doesn't need to do it - so Cybermen in the snow are hauling themselves back into my head."
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09-15-2008, 10:55 PM
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| | Veela
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aww, that sucks! I really did want to see J.K. appear in Doctor Who! I wish David Tennant would reconsider!  | 
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09-15-2008, 11:01 PM
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wow that sucks
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09-15-2008, 11:04 PM
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The idea did sound a bit like a spoof. It would be interesting for JKR to write/appear on the show, and I'm sure DT wouldn't be against it as long as it wasn't absolutely ridiculous.
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09-15-2008, 11:13 PM
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| | Doxy
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Well i dont watch doctor who anyways  but it sounds a bit funny the way the were planning it out. Maybe it is a good thing that they're reconsidering the idea. but I'm sure it would be awesome if she was just like a guest 
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09-15-2008, 11:27 PM
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Well ... if David thought that it was kind of ridiculus of them to just have Jo pop on their, then it's probably a good idea to rethink their plans and make it something that David and Jo will like.
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09-15-2008, 11:56 PM
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oh cmon!
MORE cybermen? seriously, dont tell me that they'll be getting the freakin Dalecs back too (how many times have they been terminated already?)....
That would have ben and AWSOME idea for an episode!
Who cares if Mr Barty Crouch Jr. doesnt like the idea, i like it, the fans like it shouldnt the audience matter ???
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09-16-2008, 12:24 AM
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Hmmm...I think I might like to see Jo play someone other than herself in a Doctor Who episode. They've all ready referenced Harry Potter in "The Shakespeare Code."
I have to say, the Doctor Who writers are some of my favorite writers.
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09-16-2008, 12:42 AM
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I'm having The Shakespeare Code flashbacks! Lol.
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hahaha the idea is awesome! I wish JK would consider it
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wack idea...in my humble opinion
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Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd  oh cmon!
MORE cybermen? seriously, dont tell me that they'll be getting the freakin Dalecs back too (how many times have they been terminated already?)....
That would have ben and AWSOME idea for an episode!
Who cares if Mr Barty Crouch Jr. doesnt like the idea, i like it, the fans like it shouldnt the audience matter ???
Maybe David isnt as ''sourly'' as he sounds in the interview Yup, it's them in Victorian England this Christmas. The Daleks aren't back again, as far as I know. Though another old enemy is 
To be honest, I doubt Jo would do it. They wanted her to be Lily in the Harry Potter films and she refused, on the grounds that she's not an actress.
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09-16-2008, 02:04 AM
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Very Creative... I Dont Understand why He Wouldnt Consider
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09-16-2008, 04:51 AM
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that kind of sucks, i think she would have done great in the show
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ok, enough! David is a clever guy, he knows what will work and what won't work. 
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09-16-2008, 09:56 AM
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Gotta agree with Mr Tennant here. Plus, I don't think Jo would have done it at all.
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09-16-2008, 10:34 AM
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Bwahaaa I love Russell. Jo so should do it. Dr Who pwns!
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09-16-2008, 11:41 AM
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first off all- i dont know how many of you know this, but when they were filming socrerors stone, they aksed Jo if she wanted to play Lily Potter in the reflection, and she said no, because she was so bad at acting she couldnt even do that!
so i doubt she would want to be in a full episdoe of doctor who
second, david tenant was in harry potter!! he was barty crouch jr, it would be weird seeing him in a fake harry potter world playing someone else
and it would be weird seeing a harry potter world made by someone else, thoug interesting, cuz everybody imagins it differently (including me, i wast very happy with some scenes)
but the idea is AWSOMEEEE!!!! if it ever becomes real (slite chance..very slite..) thne i would LOVe to see it!
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That would be very strange. I'm glad she isn't doing it.
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Hm..David Tennant? I only know him from Harry Potter
I doubt if she would do it, but it would be so wicked!
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Jo would never do it...but I'd still love to see it!  | |
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09-16-2008, 05:27 PM
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09-16-2008, 05:30 PM
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I greatly dislike Rusell T Davies... And it really doesn't sound like a good idea. I'd love it if Jo wrote an episode though.
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09-16-2008, 05:51 PM
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I love that idea but yeah, J.K would never do it. She didn't want to play Lilly Potter remember? . . . or am I imagining things? XD But anywho . . . yeah. lol She's a writter not an actress, it IS like a spoof, and COME ON David played Barty, if we put him in that universe in doctor who I will NOT be able to think straight haha
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