Anita Dobson, best known as Angie in Eastenders (and as Brian May’s other half) has joined the show in an unknown role https://www.instagram.com/p/CnpKeFotLUh/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Russell T. Davies Returns to Doctor Who as New Showrunner
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Also joining is Michelle Greenidge, who previously worked with RTD on It’s a Sin https://m.imdb.com/name/nm3382412/
Not familiar with either actress but I'm sure they're great additions.
Not according to IMDb.
Looks like we might have a composer and it's not Murray. Though it is someone who's worked with Russell several times before.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1951086/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1951086/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
I'm relieved. While I love his quieter pieces (when they rarely appeared), he's often too loud and bombastic. I don't miss his music at all.
Yeah, but that's the trademark of the RTD era anyway? Big and bombastic?
Well technically BBC Radio who commissioned it from them. It also starred Haley Atwell in one of, if not her first, professional acting roles.
Yeah, I suppose but I keep hoping he's moved on from that...
Which is exactly where I first discovered her, long before The First Avenger.
I have my doubts that the Sarah Jane Adventures' composer's approach to Doctor Who would be too far afield from Murray Gold's.
I've said it before, but I'll repeat it anyway. Murray Gold did do some great stuff for Doctor Who back in the day. This is Gallifrey might be one of the best pieces of music done for television ever. And while he did provide some great stuff, it was clear by the end he was getting spent.* So I have no objection to bringing in someone new to do the music.
*Granted part of the problem in the later years was that whoever decided which music to use in the episodes for some reason kept selecting Gold's older works and actually ignored some of the newer stuff he did.
*Granted part of the problem in the later years was that whoever decided which music to use in the episodes for some reason kept selecting Gold's older works and actually ignored some of the newer stuff he did.
You can never have too much Gold.
Sam Watts has clarified that the announcement is not that he's composing for Doctor Who:
https://twitter.com/i_is_sam/status/1616856915426029568
So Murray Gold is still a possibility.
https://twitter.com/i_is_sam/status/1616856915426029568
So Murray Gold is still a possibility.
Maybe since his wife has been announced to be in the new series, the music will be by Brian May.
Doctor - Ah ah. Saviour of the universe!
Excellent, she's great in Mandy.
Does anyone know if LG is the only convicted murderer to ever star in Who?
His theme for Matt was amazing. For me the trouble was that at times the music swamped the action. Music is a wonderful tool for adding to the feelings of a scene, but I balk at being told how to feel just by the music alone.
Of course by contrast I don't think I could tell you any of the last composer's work that I particularly liked so give me Gold over that.
You really can.
