6. Possessed By Cassandra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUThdIIq-g Series 2 began with a mixed bag of an episode, New Earth. On one hand, it had Casandra and cat people, which is a winning combination if ever there was one. But on the other hand, zombie patients and an instant cure for millions of incurable diseases? Despite the unevenness in quality over the course of the story, it does contain one truly outstanding moment: the part where Cassandra, the bitchy trampoline, possesses the Tenth Doctor. What makes this scene is Tennant playing Cassandra inhabiting the Doctor's body (Billie Piper does an even better job of portraying Cassandra when Rose is later possessed). Finding herself in the Doctor's body, Cassandra exclaims, "Two hearts! Ooh baby, I'm beating out a samba!" If there were any audience members not already in hysterics, their composure was surely shattered at the end of the scene when Cassandra says to Rose with all the campiness of a Carry On film, "You like it!" In fact, Billie Piper also had a hard time not collapsing into giggles at that. To help brighten everybody's days, here's the video of the entire scene!
Mike Morgan
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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