The Internet Movie Database is, usually, a great resource. And they've taken pains in recent years to tighten up their accuracy and to screen out bogus information. (If you've tried to have a new title added recently, you'll know it's really difficult.)
But then occasionally they shoot themselves in the foot by letting a piece of obvious bullchip get in. Such as the current cast listing for the Doctor Who Christmas Special that includes Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt. No, really.
I thought those guys did factchecking, which is why it sometimes takes months for additions to be added? I mean, the idea of a big-name actor appearing in Doctor Who is not impossible to imagine -- Dennis Hopper - yes, that Dennis Hopper - would have played either Max Capricorn or Mr. Copper in Voyage of the Damned if his scheduling had worked out. We had Timothy Dalton in The End of Time. And of course Derek Jacobi and John Simm.
But Tom Cruise? Playing his Mission Impossible character? In a Christmas story? Next thing we'll hear is Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer has become the next companion!
Alex
But then occasionally they shoot themselves in the foot by letting a piece of obvious bullchip get in. Such as the current cast listing for the Doctor Who Christmas Special that includes Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt. No, really.
I thought those guys did factchecking, which is why it sometimes takes months for additions to be added? I mean, the idea of a big-name actor appearing in Doctor Who is not impossible to imagine -- Dennis Hopper - yes, that Dennis Hopper - would have played either Max Capricorn or Mr. Copper in Voyage of the Damned if his scheduling had worked out. We had Timothy Dalton in The End of Time. And of course Derek Jacobi and John Simm.
But Tom Cruise? Playing his Mission Impossible character? In a Christmas story? Next thing we'll hear is Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer has become the next companion!
Alex
