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Doctor Who (The Second Series): “The Next Doctor”

Wow! Who knew there were so many Hispanic people running around the British Isles? First we get the Maria character in the Doctor Who spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and now we've got Rosita, who pops up in Victorian London in time for the latest episode. Unfortunately, Rosita appears to be a bit lower down on the social scale than Maria. Plus the episode hints that she was a streetwalker. Which is hardly the type of stereotype I expected to see in this series, but alas, there it is.

Rosita, for what it's worth, is also black, and it could be said that she was deliberately written to combine the features of the Doctor's last three assistants (Rose, Martha and Donna). Unfortunately, she's not an official assistant though. The doctor she helps out is not the same doctor we all know and love but rather another character altogether. The script hints that that this doctor might be a future incarnation of the present doctor but apart from owning a sonic screwdriver, he doesn't seem much like a doctor.

Meanwhile, the Cybermen are back. And a mysterious lady in red appears to be associated with them.

Can the present doctor solve the mystery of the future doctor, defeat the Cybermen and save the day?

Well, what do you think?