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Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Russell T. D. speaks.
Edit - heh:
The team began to gather. If we had been in LA, we would have just wandered along the lot and snapped up production teams from whatever sci-fi show had been axed that week. But that expertise did not exist in the UK.
And
On screen, the Doctor was deliberately flying the flag as a very British icon (Routemaster buses, Big Ben, Simon Callow) while off screen, the concept was given a very American kick up the arse. We built in sweeps episodes - event episodes and two-part stories placed strategically throughout the run, designed to boost ratings. The last in the series quickly became the "season finale". And we did not just learn structure from the States, we stole story. So many good dramas - thank you, Buffy - had expanded the genre. They showed us that if you can laugh and cry in the middle of a story, then the adventure is that much better.
Did I mention that I love Russell T. Davies?
And we did not just learn structure from the States, we stole story. So many good dramas - thank you, Buffy - had expanded the genre. They showed us that if you can laugh and cry in the middle of a story, then the adventure is that much better.
So Dr. Who falls in love with a Dalek with a soul?
Wash your mouth out, Tommyrot.
I still like Eccleston's delivery on his "No!" speech in ep 12.
Just watched. Oh, my. I am going to miss Eccleston.
Maybe the HoYay helps.
Okay, maybe not maybe.
I find it utterly charming, which is maybe an odd word for it, but it's just true. I adore them all. Only one more ep with this whole cast? That's so sad.
Did anyone recognize the actor who played, um, Roddick, maybe... on
The Weakes Link show
? He looked familiar, or he reminded me of someone.
Paterson Joseph, JenP. I just saw him in Green Wing, and then before that in
Greenfingers.
Huh. Looks like he was in
Neverwhere.
Still gotta rent that.
Oh, my. I am going to miss Eccleston.
I might, if the
new Doctor were not going to be David Tennant, who is quite simply one of the best actors I've seen in years, and absolutely wonderful. I am soooo looking forward to him.
Oh, and by the way? I saw him first, and he's MINE.
Paterson Joseph
I don't think I've seen any of the things he's listed for. He must remind me of someone else. He voiced a character in that Ghosts of Albion animated thing Abmber Benson co-created - neat. I should try to find that again; I had dial-up back when it was first available.
Dibs taken on
David Tennnant
. Check.
(possibly) from the folks who brought you
Mansquito:
Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy
When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing any more.
That really does look to be as good as
Mansquito.
Time for another drunken watch-n-post?
Oh, I love the cast. William Forsythe, Jeffrey Combs (Weyoun and Shran from DS9 and Enterprise, respectively), and Hunter Tylo. And that picture looks awfully like that Canadian guy...crap, what is his name...Peter Outerbridge.
