>And this is one of the reasons I am really, really doubtful about the whole Ashes to Ashes project - since Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah obviously thought they'd written a fine and dandy ending to Sam's story, what's to prevent them from writing an equally lame conclusion to Alex Drake's adventures?

Not to mention that Alex Drake's adventures sound immensely lame from the beginning! Like lifted directly from the pit of voles... Seriously, who ever thought that repeating essentially the same thing, only this time with a young female in Sam's place, would be a good idea? I'll never understand that, I'm afraid.