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Time to get down all of my current thoughts on where S5 of Doctor Who is going. While this is mainly for myself, I'll post publicly because I think people might enjoy reading it, but I'm going to disable comments because most everyone else is on the finale already and therefore can't really comment without spoiling other than "hmm, interesting," and there's not much point to that.


( spoilers through In Cold Blood )

This reaction post will contain squee, meanderings about River Song and two-week-old spoilers.

( you have been warned )

Let me start off by saying that there's no need for a spoiler cut here -- I know NOTHING. (And if you do know something, don't tell me!) But I was thinking about who would be really awesome to see show up in SJA, and here's my vote: Tom Baker.

Now I know what you're all thinking, but hold on. Seriously, if there's a chance in hell that Tom Baker could ever be persuaded to play the role of the Doctor again, wouldn't it be on SJA? Because first off, he'd get to be the Doctor instead of a Doctor. I don't think he'd ever do a multi-Doctor story, but coming back to do a single Doctor story on a different show? I think it's possible. And second off, it's not just any old different show, it's Lis Sladen's show, and if you've listened to any of the DVD commentaries they've done together then you know how much genuine affection and respect Tom still has for Lis. (The end of the "Hand of Fear" commentary is especially sweet -- go listen to it if you've never heard it, because Tom literally takes Lis' breath away with what he says.) I think he'd like to work with her again. And I know that Lis is far, far too classy to ask Tom to do her show just for the sake of a ratings boost, but maybe during some recording session or other (there are still a lot of those old DVDs to be released, after all) they get to talking about SJA, and Tom happens to mention that it might be fun . . .

I realize that most likely there isn't a chance in hell, but I can dream, can't I??