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The new series of Doctor Who comes closer and closer, and the list of involved talent is really starting to build up. It's been confirmed that Richard Curtis will write an episode. With some of his more popular work being Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Bridget Jones's Diary, Curtis seems like a rather unusual contributor. Of course, he also did Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley for television, but neither of those things are very sci-fi-related or timey-wimey.

Curtis's films seem to have the most luck when working with ensemble casts, so maybe he can work this same magic on the small screen and introduce some new characters worthy of sticking around. We haven't really had that since Sally Sparrow (and maybe Nightingale, if only to complete the duo) from "Blink". Also, the new Doctor and the new companion are both young and attractive, a combination poised to perfectly fit into Curtis's romantic-comedy specialty.

Doing anything romantic with the Doctor's character is kind of entering dangerous waters, though. Who knows, maybe Curtis will come completely out of left field and make the most psychologically disturbing, serious episode in Doctor Who history, leaving us shaking and crying and begging the weeping angels to come back.

Probably not.

Richard Curtis also has a film coming out soon called The Boat That Rocked (though I believe it was changed to Pirate Radio for America), starring the one and only Mr. Bill Nighy. I'm only bringing this up because I've always imagined that that Bill Nighy would be the perfect Doctor to break from the much younger trend of the revival. Think about it, and then storm BBC to let them know this needs to happen.