Russell T. Davies wouldn't really do this, would he? One of those oh-so-reliable British tabloids, the Daily Mail, claims that Charlie Chaplin protegee Claire Bloom, who's in David Tennant's final Doctor Who episode, will be playing the Doctor's mother. I guess he's already had a granddaughter, so it's not out of the question. But still. [Daily Telegraph, thanks Corey!]
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