The Doctor’s new companion has been revealed: the actress Freema Agyeman, who plays an ill-fated and very dead member of the Torchwood technical staff in Episode 12 of Season 2.

I’m sure they’ll have a very good explanation for her turning up as the Doctor’s companion – an identical twin? Parallel universe copy? Perhaps a member of the undead?

Possibly the best Doctor Who episode ever. How could the pay-off from this 45 minute episode fail to please anyone? Even if the ultimate conclusion somehow lacks the necessary excitement or satisfaction – you can always go back and watch repeats of ‘Army of Ghosts‘ – and know that you have witnessed something good!

Poor cat. Poor poor poor cat. How could they do that to poor lil’ Ginger? They say, as an actor, you never want to work with animals or children. Well, this episode must have been a real fright for the adults involved!

I enjoyed Fear Her a great deal. Except for the business with sticking the cat in a box. Poor thing! No… really, it was a good episode. I mean it wasn’t great; but, I did find myself rooting for Rose as she raced to save the whole world from a fate worse than Vision On. Given the overwhelming prospect of preceding the final double-parter, I’m not sure you can really do much more.

So, next week Torchwood is revealed. And we find ourselves faced with the prospect of a Rose-less future, given that the Press (and the BBC) have confirmed Billy Piper’s departure. Boy oh boy – I sure hope she gets the explosive send off she deserves – and the Cybermen get a chance to prove their metal outside of the confines of their earlier somewhat wretched tale.