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Michelle Gomez (Missy) returns to Doctor Who!
Did you miss her? Michelle Gomez returns to Doctor Who!
Michelle Gomez is back as Missy and you won’t believe how she announces her return!
From the Official site…
Michelle Gomez arrives in Cardiff this week to re-join the Doctor Who cast and reclaim the role of ‘Missy’ for series 9. She joins Peter Capaldi (the Doctor) and Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) for the opening episode of the series.
Speaking in Cardiff, Michelle Gomez said:
“Things have been a little beige since I left Missy behind, so I’m delighted to be putting my Lippie back on. I’m positively dying to see the Doctor again!”
The second two-part adventure to be filmed, ‘The Magician’s Apprentice’ and ‘The Witch’s Familiar’, is written by the show’s lead writer Steven Moffat, produced by Peter Bennett and directed by Hettie Macdonald (Blink, the Hugo Award-winning Doctor Who episode).
Steven Moffat, lead writer and Executive Producer, said:
“Everybody hide – Michelle Gomez as Missy was an instant hit last year, so she’s straight back to plague the Doctor and Clara in the series opener. But what brings her back into their lives is the last thing they’d expect.”
Having filmed ‘The Day of the Doctor’ in the series’ 50th anniversary special and ‘Dark Water’ and ‘Death in Heaven’ in series 8, Jemma Redgrave returns to the guest cast for series 9, alongside the Laurence Olivier Award nominee and film, television, radio and stage actress Kelly Hunter.
A familiar theatre and television actress and one of the UK’s most proficient performers, Clare Higgins also joins the guest cast for the opening of the series. Jaye Griffiths has been gracing our screens in some of the nation’s favourite TV programmes such as Silent Witness and Casualty and also takes up a guest role in the opening episode.
Other guest stars confirmed for the new series include Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Aaron Neil, India Ria Amarteifio, Joey Price, Dasharn Anderson, Harki Bhambra, Demi Papaminas.
Doctor Who is a BBC Cymru Wales production for BBC One and will be back on-air this Autumn.
TheExtremeBlueTARDIS
February 21st, 2015 - 1:23pm*Screams with delight*
Please be for more than one story.
h
February 28th, 2015 - 4:56pmi know wat hpnz in finale
clara xterminated
The Thirteenth Doctor
February 21st, 2015 - 8:10amThey find Gallifrey, *crosses fingers, thumbs, hair, toes, arms* They find Gallifrey
47
February 20th, 2015 - 5:47pmI would be extremely happy if the ridiculous ‘Missy’ title was dumped, it was o’k before the reveal, but as now we know she is ‘The Master’, it would be great to go back to that .
yognot
February 20th, 2015 - 6:13pmBut Master is for a man…. That would be kinda awkward…
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 8:02pmMaybe The Mistress?
The Temporal Jelly Baby
February 21st, 2015 - 12:25pmWhy should ‘The Master’ only be for a man? I would be happy with both Mistress and Master, which are both preferable to Missy, but Missy is okay.
Dalek The Supreme
February 20th, 2015 - 2:08pmHopefully, she’ll actually ACT like the Master this time. Last time, we got one shot where she truly felt like the Master, and for the rest of the episode, she was, for all intents and purposes, an evil Tasha Lem. I don’t mind the Master being female, but for God’s sake, make her act like the Master!
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 6:11pmWhat about Eric Roberts and Derek Jacobi?
yognot
February 20th, 2015 - 6:13pmOne does not simply call Delgado ‘dull’
yognot
February 20th, 2015 - 6:14pmYou are right though. She is definitely gorgeously evil.
Dalek The Supreme
February 20th, 2015 - 11:34pmShe was different, but she didn’t even act remotely like the Master. An evil Time Lord who can match wits with the Doctor, that I find interesting, if used sparingly. I’m not saying she’s a bad character at all, I’m just saying she doesn’t really act like the Master.
TrueWhovian17
February 20th, 2015 - 12:21pmyay
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 9:06amIs Episode 3 & 4 still a two parter?
the astronaut of death
February 20th, 2015 - 11:26amYep
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 1:50pmGreat
matt9982
February 20th, 2015 - 9:26pmSo there will be Episode 1+2 as a Two partner as well as 3+4 and the finale?
matt9982
February 20th, 2015 - 9:26pm*parter
CJ
February 21st, 2015 - 7:54amYeah
TheWhomobile
February 20th, 2015 - 12:09amFeel I’m the only one who is highly disappointed by this news. I loved the Master of the classic series but I just didn’t enjoy watching Missy last year 🙁
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 20th, 2015 - 7:06amYour are not alone, she was utterly a boring and meaningless character during series 8 which I’ve just re-watched all week on DVD.
And as far as I’m concerned – SHE IS NOT THE MASTER.
No explanation was really given to confirm she was in the first place, and IF she was him, then the whole thing just smacked of desperation for fan’s who are so desperate for a female Doctor so badly which should never happen because the Doctor would do what any guy would do if he sudden had a female body which would be to explore the ‘new features’ and then have some serious ‘fun’ with those new features if you get what I mean, wink wink 😉 😉
Think of Joanna Lumley’s version of the Doctor in ‘The Curse of Fatal Death’, getting all excited by having ‘Dalek Bumps’ on her chest, that will give you a clue why a female Doctor originally being a man for so long would be a bad thing indeed.
Even Peter Davison and his daughter Georgia recently said a few weeks back they don’t like the idea of a female Doctor either.
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 9:00amWell I think Missy plays an outstanding Master but I don’t think the Doctor will ever turn female, No way will he! I like to think that when the Master was escaping Gallifrey, maybe he had to pick a female regeneration cycle or a male one and so he chose the female one so the Doctor wouldn’t find or know who he was I don’t know but that is what I like to think. Anyway I was shocked she was actually the Master last year, I was expecting it to be someone new or possibly the Rani
Dalek The Supreme
February 20th, 2015 - 2:10pmI’m okay with the Master regenerating into a woman. Heck, I’d be okay if the Doctor regenerated into a woman. The problem I have is that they should actually ACT like the character they regenerated from.
TheWhomobile
February 20th, 2015 - 3:11pmIt seems difficult to accept Missy as the Master when she’s describing the Doctor as her boyfriend and kissing him. I see ,any people describing her as the best Master since Roger Delgado, but these are not even remotely close to traits the character ever had. Just because Moff changed him into a woman doesn’t mean that suddenly the character has to behave in that manner towards the Doctor.
Anonymous
February 20th, 2015 - 3:47pmFinally! I’ve always been afraid to mention how much I disliked the Master. Don’t get me wrong…all great actors but such a boring character. I agree, Michelle Gomez has finally made the Master interesting.
Jay
February 19th, 2015 - 9:45pmAutumn is too long to wait. I liked Danny and his love story with Clara. I hope he does come back in some way.
CJ
February 20th, 2015 - 9:02amOrson Pink is supposed to come back
The Dark Doctor
February 19th, 2015 - 7:20pmAs long as Danny Pink doesn’t come back!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
February 20th, 2015 - 7:08amTo quote McCoy off Star Trek – “His dead Jim !”.
Anonymous
February 20th, 2015 - 11:33amThat’s never stopped him.
Peking Homunculus
February 21st, 2015 - 5:57pmAlmost positive Danny will return, possibly as ‘the witch’s familiar’ being brought back by Missy and manipulated as an “evil” counterpart to Clara ‘the magician’s apprentice’
Doyouhearthem?
February 19th, 2015 - 6:50pmIn C.S. Lewis’ first Narnia masterpiece (The Magician’s Nephew *ahem*), the apple is of high significance. If I remember rightly, the lead character travels between other worlds (or universes) of different spacio-time properties using different rings(or wristwatches!) and the apples are capable of healing, which is why the lead character needs to take one home for his mother.
Fanboys, fangirls, to me; do your work!
The Dark Doctor
February 19th, 2015 - 7:20pmGreat think mate, would make one hell of an episode!
Anonymous
February 19th, 2015 - 5:46pmEach to there own I suppose not a big fan of missy one bit like Michelle gomez just don’t like missy.
But hopefully a good story.
Hifi orno
February 19th, 2015 - 4:30pmTwo two parters in a row get in there
Finally eyeballs
February 19th, 2015 - 4:32pmFor some reason it used my old name
MrHaloWho
February 20th, 2015 - 11:39amI think you’ve confused the Internet. Try sticking with one.
The Dark Doctor
February 19th, 2015 - 3:57pmSeries 9 seems set to be very quick paced, opening with seemingly a major storyline is not something done half heartidly!
With the series finale set to be ‘explosive’ and something no one will see coming this is shaping up to be the best series ever!
MrHaloWho
February 20th, 2015 - 11:44amSeries 7:
nobody saw the Whispermen coming
nobody saw the return of the Great Intelligence coming
nobody saw River’s return coming
There was a cliff-hanger and an explosing – all in the Name Of The Doctor
Series 8:
nobody saw Missy coming
nobody saw CyberDanny coming
nobody saw CyberBrig coming
There was an explosion – all of this in the 2 part finale
My point is, when Moffat says you won’t see something coming, he means
“Rory will return…. as a woman”
or “River Song will marry Missy”
or “Clara and Danny return and are absorbed by a deadly blob… only to escape with the aid of a metal dog”
or possibly “The Master returns as a Scottish woman who wants to kiss the Doctor.2
2doctors2000
February 19th, 2015 - 3:07pmMaybe she used the Vortex Manipulator to escape, she was wearing it on her left arm!
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 6:02pmTrue
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 2:32pmMaybe the Doctor might find Gallifrey this Series!
MrHaloWho
February 20th, 2015 - 11:35amThat was the initial idea of Series 8, but with its ending of the Doctor killing the TARDIS, it looks unlikely.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
February 19th, 2015 - 2:07pmPossible clues:
–‘I’m positively dying to see the Doctor again!’
–‘she’s straight back to plague the Doctor and Clara in the series opener. But what brings her back into their lives is the last thing they’d expect.’
For the first one, maybe Missy is dying. For the second one, I find the word ‘plague’ quite intriguing – a possible link to the board with all the red dots? The ‘last thing they’d expect’ could be Missy dying. These are simply speculations that are more than likely to be incorrect.
TheSupremeOne1
February 19th, 2015 - 2:05pmShe’s wearing a Vortex manipulator!!!! xD
RIVER?
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 6:03pmI thought that was Captain Jacks?
Doyouhearthem?
February 19th, 2015 - 6:45pmRiver Song = Captain Jack
WIBBLY-WOBBLY TIMEY WIMEY!
Or they just met in a bar one night.
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 6:48pmLol! It be good if they did a River Song/Captain Jack spin-off
Anonymous
February 20th, 2015 - 12:11amAll Time Agents had these things, it wasn’t a gadget exclusive to Capt Jack….she could have got one from anywhere.
Peking Homunculus
February 21st, 2015 - 5:51pmRiver bought her vortex manipulator from Dorium Maldovar. The one in The Day of the Doctor was bequeathed to UNIT on the occasion of one of his deaths
Peking Homunculus
February 21st, 2015 - 5:52pmJacks deaths, that is
WFK DVD Collector 15
February 19th, 2015 - 1:36pmI’m really happy Missy’s back. I’m hoping that she’ll be in a couple of stories and not just one this series.
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 2:29pmThat be good
100,000BC
February 19th, 2015 - 12:56pmIf the sisterhood of Karn and the shadow proclamation are involved, as the casting could suggest, it must be big. Also Karn + Missy = Gallifrey storyline is probably advanced.
What do you guys think?
The Temporal Jelly Baby
February 19th, 2015 - 2:09pmHopefully. 🙂
CJ
February 19th, 2015 - 12:34pmYES!!! I’M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!
docfan
February 19th, 2015 - 12:10pmcool, missy was awesome, can’t wait for series 9!!!
docfan
February 19th, 2015 - 12:11pmthere should be a figure of her!!!
The Doctor and Handles
February 19th, 2015 - 11:54amBrilliant! Series 9 is going to be amazing!
the astronaut of death
February 19th, 2015 - 11:12amThis how we find out how Missy survived …
DOCTOR : but you died … You got shot by a Cyberman , how did you survive!?
MISSY : oh doctor , do you realy think I would create an enemy that could kill me.
the astronaut of death
February 19th, 2015 - 11:08amSo I imagine the doctor is the magician
Missy is the witch
the astronaut of death
February 19th, 2015 - 11:05amVery very very very happy about this !
MISSY IS BACK!!!!
and we are getting a 2 part series opener ! this couldn’t get better .
Anonymous
February 19th, 2015 - 10:50amI am getting a very classic series feel from this season. I am happy. HAPPY! This story seems very Pertwee era and Ep 3 and 4 seem very Hinchcliffe era stuff.
Anonymous
February 19th, 2015 - 10:59amI beg that this is the season format:
2 parter
2 parter
2 parter
2 parter
2 parter
3 parter
Christmas Special = 90 mins
yognot
February 19th, 2015 - 3:16pmNo no no. Like this:
2 parter
3 parter
3parter
3 parter
5 parter
Christmas special= 120 minutes
Anonymous
February 19th, 2015 - 10:46amYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Fez Master
February 19th, 2015 - 10:41amFANTASTIC!!! Ooh, can’t wait for her to return, Missy was brilliant in series 8! And does the fact that it’s a two parter mean that the whole series will be two parters because we have the opening two parter then eps 3 and 4, which is a two parter! I used two parter too much in that sentence XD
The Temporal Jelly Baby
February 19th, 2015 - 2:10pmThat would be cool and is quite possible.
Anonymous
February 19th, 2015 - 10:31amLove her!
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
February 19th, 2015 - 10:17amOh yes best news ever