Maybe they'll do something interesting with Sophie Okonedo, along those lines--I noticed she's cast for more than one episode and apparently not as a two-parter guest character.

ooh, how many eps is she supposed to be cast in? (omg just realised she played alison in scream of the shalka! first black companion playing second black companion maybe? :D?)

That's sort of a feature for me and not a bug, but I realize I'm probably in the minority there.

definitely a feature in that he's playing the doctor, and i far prefer a weird face to a conventionally handsome one for that. but, yeah, not finding him attractive quite yet. i'll wait to see him in action and then see what i think.