Not asking for pity, just insulting people who like something you don't. Not to worry, no pity here.
Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Not asking for pity, just insulting people who like something you don't. Not to worry, no pity here.
Clearly I didn't insult you though. Lots of people don't mind this era, despite my own feelings about it.
Perhaps I misread your comment. Are all people who enjoy the current era to any degree "pliable fans"? Pliable meaning impressionable, easily influenced, controlled by others?
Obviously the fans who like the era are not pliable. Perhaps its the wrong word.
BASICALLY, I want to talk about DW even if I don't like this era.
As to Tate, back when BBC America was more Anglocentric they used to air The Catherine Tate Show, quite possibly at the same time they were showing Doctor Who, so being on the same channel there's at least a decent chance someone might be familiar with both.
"Legend of the Sea Devils" is airing on April 17 as expected. The announcement tweet also shows off a cool poster featuring a Sea Devil pirate flag.
Gotta say, really love that poster!
I don't think it's that so much as David Yates is making the Doctor Who movie he wanted to make. Naturally, if you're making a Doctor Who movie, but calling it Fantastic Beasts, you need a Doctor-not-Doctor character.
One actor that I think was auditioning with a role for Doctor Who was Santiago Cabrera with CBS's asteroid drama, Salvation. The final episode, especially, he had a very Doctor-ish take on his Elon-Musk-tech-bro-turned-United-States-president lead character. And Star Trek: Picard has wrapped on its final season, so he's available...
Well now there's someone who never occurred to me as the Doctor but now you've pointed him out, crikey he'd be awesome! He's great as Rios and I loved him as Aramis. There'd be a definite devil may care Third Doctor vibe to him, he can do serious and silly, has great screen presence and would have global appeal. Plus even as a straight guy I can see he's easy on the eye!
That said I was kinda hoping for a Rios/Stargazer series!
This is a great suggestion. I never thought of him either. And while I watched Salvation, I kinda forgot he was that guy. LOL
Yeah, like a lot of people, I hope they just roll forward from Picard with a Stargazer series, assuming Picard ends in such a way that Rios and the 'Gazer are still boldly going.
But if CBS doesn't, for whatever reason...
Salvation was such an awful, relentlessly stupid show that I couldn't stop watching. (No offense if you loved it, or even just liked it!) But it was watchable for the cast, almost all of whom were pretty people, some of whom seemed to realize how silly it all was, and, like I said, Cabrera seemed to treat it like his Doctor Who audition tape, sometimes playing Darius Tanz more Pertwee, sometimes (especially the final episode, where he's just come out of a three month coma and he's out of his mind) more Smith.
So, yeah, Cabrera for the Doctor, and reunite him with Jennifer Finnigan as his companion/partner-in-crime.
People who watch Doctor Who would have a fair idea. Folks who watch British TV in the US would have a fair chance to know. The US is not the world however much their delusion imagines themselves so.
Well... looks like it's not Lydia West.
https://deadline.com/2022/04/its-a-...ia-clarkson-espionage-series-gray-1234996243/
That's a shame.
On the positive side that puts Kris Marshall back in the running.
https://deadline.com/2022/04/its-a-...ia-clarkson-espionage-series-gray-1234996243/
That's a shame.
On the positive side that puts Kris Marshall back in the running.
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Damn.
I was really set on Lydia West.
Back to cheerleading for Amara Karan, Eddie Izzard, and Alexander Siddig!
I was really set on Lydia West.
Back to cheerleading for Amara Karan, Eddie Izzard, and Alexander Siddig!
Yeah, I'd have really loved Lydia in the part. But the future's bright, so you never know.
She’s young enough to be in the running for the next few vacancies
Only 8 months left then we will be into RTD Who territory once again, i can't wait.
Well... looks like it's not Lydia West.
https://deadline.com/2022/04/its-a-...ia-clarkson-espionage-series-gray-1234996243/
That's a shame.
On the positive side that puts Kris Marshall back in the running.
I don't think this has any relevance at all in terms of who may or may not be the Fourteenth Doctor.
