Billie Piper on Doctor Who
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Former pop star Piper will play Rose Tyler alongside Christopher Eccleston, who will play the Doctor, when the series returns to the BBC in 2005.
Doctor Who fans back Billie Piper
When Billie was chosen as a spokesmodel for the British pop music magazine Smash Hits in 1997, scouts for the new Virgin Records subsidiary, Innocent Records, spotted her and signed her to their label.
On the subject of costumes, Nicola [Bryant] hoped that Billie wouldn't have to put up with quite as much as she had. "My first scene had me in a bikini and I seemed to wear revealling clothing for the rest of the series." Louise [Jameson]agreed: "Leela [was] strong and tough... but I also had to wear a tight leather costume."