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I have a feeling that in Chibnall's earliest plans, Ellie was going to go back to her maiden name, but then David Tennant thickened up his brogue and make his barking of "Millahr" so iconic. The audience would feel cheated if they didn't get to hear that throughout the trilogy. So she's stuck with Miller and I blame David Tennant. ;)
I also think that in series 1 choosing to have Ellie take her husband’s name kept up the premise that she and Joe were a very happy couple and allowed Joe to hide in plain sight more effectively.
yep, absolutely i agree with the fact that it might have set red flags with the overall audience earlier on if she didn’t take his name because people are weird about stuff like that for whatever reason. and i also agree that david saying it is partly the reason too, because even when he punctuates sentences with “miller” in a normal tone of voice, it’s so natural now that we’ve heard it so often and it would seem off without it.