Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

So it's been announced that Catherine Tate will be the Doctor's new assistant for Season 4, although Freema Agyeman will be back mid-season and will appear in 3 episodes of Torchwood.

This has caused outraged howls practically everywhere but actually, I'm looking forward to it. For a series, Tate's character can be developed and I thought Tate and Tennant (sounds like a firm of solicitors :)) had a pretty good chemistry together. So I'm not rending my garments and gnashing my teeth and will wait and see how things develop. I'm fully prepared to grumble if it doesn't live up to expectations but right now, I'm thinking it has potential to be good.

BUT - what on earth was the problem with Freema? I really liked her character and, apart from the bloody love story angle which hopefully won't feature next year, thought she was a vast improvement over Billy Piper, of whom I was never a fan. I can only assume this is part of a big story arc that will crossover from Torchwood or that RTD wants two companions in the Tardis again. I have no objections to Catherine Tate stepping in but I'm really surprised they feel the need to reduce Freema's role. *shrugs* Ah well, we'll just have to wait and see.

I had a small culinary success this evening. I had one lone extra thin turkey steak left in the fridge that I had to use up and I was pretty much tapped out of sauce/marinade making supplies. So I crumbled bread and cheese into a bowl, bound it together with a little melted butter, added some seasoning and then used it as a topping for the steak, finishing it under the grill so the bread got all crispy. Cooked some pasta to accompany it.

It was DELICIOUS!

Next time I think I'll add something like oregano or parsley to the crumb mix. Or maybe some mustard. Something to give it a zing :)

Yum!