He is, but he'd never turn in a script. He'd talk about it, he'd get fans to cheer for him at conventions, he'd say that he was just days away from turning it in for years on end. It would be the most famous piece of Whovian vaporware.Halan Ellison. Isn't he supposed to be a fan?
that Macintee bloke.
Alex, why do you persist in thinking that Moore and Gaiman are "huge names"? In the small pond of science-fiction fandom, in the even smaller pond of comics fandom, they are big names, yes, but compared to Richard Curtis and (dare I say it?) Chris Chibnall, they're not names. The Not-We aren't going to know who Alan Moore is, except that he has something to do with a Sean Connery movie that they may not have liked.Alan Moore would be top of my list. Aside from the fact he's a huge name and would garner the show even more respect than Gaiman has, he also used to write comic strips for Doctor Who Magazine.
I have no idea who Stephen Fry
Was Dead Set really that good as to warrant Brooker writing for Who?Stephen Fry
Charlie Brooker
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Lucky.I have no idea who Stephen Fry or Richard Curtis are...
Stephen Fry turns up in Bones on a semi-regular basis as Dr Gordon Wyatt (now there's a crossover ep with House waiting to happen!), had a great doco series called Stephen Fry in America, wherte he travelled to all 50 states in a London cab, was in the satire on adveritsing Absolute Power, which was dark and funny.
I think Fry appears on Bones, as well. But, I don't know for certain. Just what the wife told me...
I didn't see enough of Dead Set to form much of an opinion either way. Didn't interest me much. But if you've not seen that, what's your recommendation for Brooker as a TV writer based on?^
Never seen Dead Set and if you hate it it must be goodI heard about Fry thing from people on here few years back. I heard 1st pitch was too much £££ and 2nd pitch was never finished.
You also don't like Fry am guessing from your lucky comment. As for Curtis I don't see him being able to write something for Who, doesn't seem his cup of tea.
Mmm, but Moffat had some form. He wrote Continuity Errors, was a noted DW fan, and was known as a capable writer in general. Of course, now I've said that, RTD wrote Damaged Goods, was a noted DW fan, and was known as a capable writer in general. And he was a complete buffooning disaster. So maybe it could go either way.Yes but hiring a writer with no experience of sci-fi can work, after all when RTD hired Moffat he was hiring a sitcom writer.![]()
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