I never saw DF, but Claudia was certainly whimsical in SG-1. I can easily imagine her as The Doctor. Would love to see it happen, which makes it even less likely to happen.
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Laura - Jul 15, 2008 12:04:01 pm PDT #3654 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
JenP - Jul 15, 2008 2:29:21 pm PDT #3655 of 30001
Oh, Claudia Black would be fabulous. I'd love to see her on the any show in any capacity. But on DW would be fantastic.
Fay - Jul 15, 2008 9:21:37 pm PDT #3656 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Ha. The Hamish Macbeth/Trainspotting dissonance was more than enough of a headfuck for me with Robert Carlisle.
Claudia Black would be fabulous. I'm kind of in the 'British! Must be British!' headspace, but she would be splendid. And she can definitely do whimsical and funny and dry as well as badass.
Jessica - Jul 16, 2008 3:15:42 am PDT #3657 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
She's half-British, isn't she?
beekaytee - Jul 16, 2008 3:51:39 am PDT #3658 of 30001
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I'm listening to a Hamish MacBeth book right now. And it's pretty good!
I love the Bill Nighy idea. I can just see him responding to someone telling him he's brilliant with...Yes, yes I am...and a giant twinkle in his eye.
eta: Though the running and the screaming, he might not be up to. Not that he wouldn't be athletic...just that he's too elegant.
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2008 4:50:30 am PDT #3659 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
She's half-British, isn't she?
From Wikipedia:
Claudia Lee Black (born in Sydney, New South Wales on October 11, 1972) is an Australian actress
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Jessica - Jul 16, 2008 4:56:44 am PDT #3660 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
On one of the commentary tracks from S1, Kemper (I believe) talks about how her not-quite-Australian accent is the result of her mixed Australian and British parentage, and how he made it the default Peacekeeper accent because it wasn't quite one or the other (and so sounded more "alien").
WindSparrow - Jul 16, 2008 6:25:30 am PDT #3661 of 30001
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Claudia Black as Girl!Doctor. Uh huh. Me likey.
Fay - Jul 16, 2008 7:40:25 am PDT #3662 of 30001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'm not so much worried about someone's ethnicity or parentage in terms of their Britishness, myself. For my part, I wouldn't consider Claudia to be British, and I'd be surprised if she considers herself to be British. (I might be quite mistaken there, in which case, fair enough.) But, as I said, I think she'd be great in the role.
I rather feel like I'm coming across as a dickhead now, just for saying that this matters to me - obviously you can like whomsoever you like for your own game of Fantasy Doctor Casting. For me, because the show is special to me as almost the only (and certainly the most significant) piece of onscreen SciFi produced by my people, it would make me sad to have The Doctor played by someone imported.
Being unAmerican and a big Scifi geek, the vast vast vast majority of the shows and texts I've grown up loving are (North) American, so the few things that are from my own country are that much more special.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 16, 2008 7:45:12 am PDT #3663 of 30001
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Don't feel alone Fay, I too think the Doctor should always be played by an actor from Great Britian.