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Eddie Izzard As ... Doctor Who?
cmdr_forge writes "The BBC is reporting that Former Doctor Who Tom Baker says that Eddie Izzard is to be the next doctor for the TV show that starts 2005. How awesome is that!"
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Who cares? He'll be replaced with no explanation anyway.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
Okay, I know a lot of people have no clue who the fuck Eddie Izzard is, in America, but as an American I have to say he is one of my favorite comedy performers, not quite but *close* to the same level of the likes of George Carlin (let's be honest, NOBODY is at the level of George Carlin, but Carlin).
I still am skeptical of how well the new Dr. Who series will be done, but putting Izzard in as the good Doctor is a GREAT step!
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Bill Nighy is the front runner. Tom Baker was just voicing his opinion. See the Times.
The filming of Red Dwarf is due to start May 2004.... it keeps getting pushed back....
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tom's always been noted for leg pulling. richard e grant has the best qualifications, imho!
Nothing - well thats something.
Not going to happen. Tom Baker is pulling your leg. And you fell for it.
I thought they were all in prison. Well one of them anyway.
Anyway why hasn't Richard E Grant of the legendary Withnail and I got the role?
Humorous signatures are over-rated.
So I think this can still be filed under "rumors", same as 4 days ago when this appeared on the bbc.co.uk website. Way to stay on top of late-breaking news, /.
if he's gonna plant a flag on every new planet he discovers?
the whole ambiguous sexual aspect of the doctor was part of his alienness, anyway. geez, look at how crappy the appalling movie was* with its crap of trying to make the doctor half human, and attracted to grace. saints preserve us, NO!
*paul mcgann WAS a great doctor, bad script not his fault!
Nothing - well thats something.
Izzard isn't gay.
http://www.boomspeed.com/kajardine/Tom_Baker-Comme rcial_Voiceover_Outtakes.mp3
As Warren Ellis wrote on his blog (which of course is where I found this, right next to the mind-boggling sci-fi snippets), This Is Essential.
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Repeatedly.
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I think Paul McGann would been cool in the series.
They have just started playing the original Dr Who in Australia again and I am getting a massive kick out of watching my son react the exact same way I did 25 years ago.
If you have never watched Dr Who from behind your dad's back (cowering in fear everytime the cellophane alien or plastic dinosaur lurches into view) the you just haven't watched it right. :)
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Craig Charles was on remand years back.... pre-season 7
hehehe Pies fan.....
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Ok, so I didn't do any actual research , but I have come to realization that all the izzle-speak is nothing but "pig-latin from the hood". It's got the same basic *kind* of substitution rules and about the same information kenitics [data compression is to elaboration, as consicice word choice is to izzlizing] given the number of nonsense-symbols that can be added to the informaion stream.
/sardonic-but-evil-grin
So white people stole jaz from black people, and now black people have stolen pig-latin from white people.
Who are the better theives? 8-)
I would have recommended they steal something else, like investment banking, but most black people I know are too honest for investment banking.
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Richard E. Grant would be fantastic. He was very funny playing the Doctor in "Dr Who: The Curse of Fatal Death" for Comic Relief. But then Rowan Atkinson and Joanna Lumley also played the Doctor and were a riot!!!
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Who the frell is Eddie Izzard???! (excuse the cross-series reference).
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Tom Baker is just saying that because he's bitter that they told him the only part he'd be getting was that of Davros...
"How awesome is that!"
Doctor who? Doctor WHO?! No, serious, I'm really asking, who's Eddie Izzard?
"Derp de derp."
??? Baby Boomers? What about GenXers? I'm a little too young to be Generation X, but I know a few who are just as into Dr. Who as I am (born circa 1970).
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...you arn't entitled to an opinion.
Cross-dressing and "homosexual agenda"? Be serious. There is no deterministic relationship between the two outside bad steriotypes.
Izzard is straight and tranvestite. I'm homosexual, dislike "drag shows" and pusshy-queen walking steriotypes, and would go naked before putting on a dress. Getting transvesties onto TV is about as far from my agenda as you can get. I don't want them not-there, but seeing a man in drag is like watching straight people kiss; it does nothing for me at all and generally looks a little creepy. 8-)
Lumping people into broad categories just because you haven't bothered to do any fact-finding, and then claiming they lumped themselves and are now subscribed to a particular "agenda", is tiresome and childish.
On a less-side note, I dislike anybody sexualizing characters that don't need it. It makes for bad literary construction as no mater how you slant sexuality you, by definition, slant it into a niche. Izzard could be a hoot as the doctor if he is capible of playing the character. I've seen him in suit and tie so I think he could pull off a nice excentric personality without injecting sex where it doesn't need to go.
[FURTHER ASIDE]
I once had an over-straight homophobe ask: "What do you mean 'phobia'? Why would I be afraid of some faggot?"
My response: Clearly you are affraid that there are men out in the world who might think about you, and treat you, as badly as you think about and treat women.
I have never met a homophobe, or indeed any man who used the phrase "homosexual agenda" (etc), that didn't also misstreat, marginalize, or rampently objectify every woman foolish enough to approach him.
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News for Nerds, News from Last Week.
Ah, strictly, the news from last week was 'Doctor Who coming back to Saturday nights'. The Eddie Izzard rumour's a smidge more recent (middle of last week rather than 2 fridays back.
About bloody time BBC ! What took you so long to listen to the loyal fanbase?
As part of the loyal fanbase for the last thirty years, I'd say what took so long was for us, the loyal fanbase, to stop pestering them, harassing them, sending hatemail, insulting their intelligence, claiming that we knew better than them what makes good TV, flooding their switchboards with flame-calls every time they mentioned the show... Eventually we calmed down and started acting more like mature adults. These new stories, I sincerely hope, will NOT be for the likes of me. When I was a happy little 8 year of viewer/fan, Doctor Who wasn't made for people in their thirties with an unhealthy interest in vintage TV shows, and I am absolutely confident that Russell Davies won't be making a show for me (and himself for that matter).
Also my personal view on 'what turned it' - the original viewers (not fans, viewers) grew up and created a new generation of potential child viewers. There needed to be a critical mass of 8-14 year olds who'd never seen the show, but with parents who remembered it, and that was always going to take a while. Remember that the key requirement here is for 'family viewing' - they were waiting for those families to be ready. No 8-year-olds? It's not Doctor Who then.
I'm a bit worried BBC Wales is looking after the project tho.
No worries there. The BBC's much more decentralised now than it was when Doctor Who was last made, and a lot of productions are sponsored from one of the regions. The particular production department involved usually doesn't imply location, setting, casting or any of that. BBC Wales films stuff in England, Scotland, Wales, wherever. As does BBC Sctoland, and so on.
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Okay, so it's not him, just someone who sounds a heckuva lot like him, pretending to be the Doctor. Doing it for a radio show.
One day, called Tom Baker himself, who took it in stride as only a British Time Lord can.
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Eddie Izzard is this hip comedian from England. If you had an ounce of good taste you would know this.
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I've heard three names as possibles for the next Doctor Who. Eddie, Richard E. Grant and Alan "Jonathan Creek" Davies. Fortunately I think they'd all rock in their own special way.
I vote for Nighy too. He just looks the part.. serious and much more realistic as a Time Lord. A transvestite would constantly kick your suspension of disbelief in the nuts.
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I think that is the biggest pap smear horseshit blog I've ever been on. Thanks for posting that waste of life loser existence wannabe goth retard crap.
If you were born circa 1970, you're pretty firmly GenX, actually on the older end of GenX.
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I'd have thought that the intelligent readers of slashdot would have been above such stereotyping, but as they say, you live and learn.
I for one hope the rumors about Eddie Izzard landing the part are true. I'm a huge fan of Izzard, and I think his surrealist views and dry delivery would make for an excellent Doctor Who.
Having said that, Richard E Grant or Alan Davies would both suit the part well, although Izzard is still my favourite. Not only is he a very funny guy, but he's also quite good as an actor.
Roll on 2005!
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the Dr. Who loving baby boomers are toooooo old to be interested.
:-)
Alternatively, the Dr. Who loving baby boomers are now old enough to have kids to watch with,and t oappreciate that the show is primarily for their kids, and only secondarily for them too
Remember that 'family viewing' is the BBC's Holy Grail here. It's not us thirty-year-olds who were viewers first time round the BBC is interested in, it's not 18-25 genre-fans, the idea seems to be to get back to the 1970's when over half the British viewing public used to sit down as a family after the football results and before the big gameshow to watch Doctor Who together, as a family.
'oh no the TARDIS is covered in bee's, run charlie run.....'
ok people, get your quotes out..
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Keeps getting pushed back? Smeg!
I have something in common with Stephen Hawking...
All of the rumored guys would be good as the next Doctor..
At least you know it won't be Ben Affleck.....
The revolution will not be televised. It won't be on a friggin blog either
Um,..
/= homo
:)
transvestite does not equal homosexual..
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as well you know..
or should know, before you do/say anything rash! Take that you anonymous closet queen!
Going even farther off topic, I'd just like to make a comment on your last paragraph. When men are around other men, they play down their attachments and feelings for women. This is psychological fact. Actual poor treatment of women is absolutely wrong, but when women aren't present, men will often talk about them in a more callous manner. I played rugby for a year in college, and some of these guys would say the most sexist, derogatory stuff. Some of them actually were assholes, who ought not to be allowed within 100 feet of another human being. But there were also a good number who weren't that way. Some of them were just acting out a role, in the same way that guys who talk trash (during sports or videogames or whatever) may actually respect or even like their opponents.
I bring this up because I often notice the same phenomena with respect to gay bashing. Yeah, "gay" or "faggot" are often used as insults, but in many cases it has no meaning. Just as calling someone a "bitch" is rarely meant to imply that the person in some way resembles a female dog, gay related insults are often much the same way. I recall reading an article in my freshman year about a gay guy on the soccer (I think it was soccer) team. The article talked about how there was a lot of worry that it would be a bad situation, because the guys on the team tended to use terms for homosexuals as insults. The players were frankly surprised it was even an issue. Basically what they said was "yeah, sure guys would say those things, but no one actually MEANT it." The gay teammember said basically "I do get treated a little differently, but not in a bad way. Most of these guys have never met anyone who was openly gay, so they're a little worried about saying something that will offend me. For the most part though, they're a great group of guys."
Now, I went to a relatively enlightened school and I'm not trying to say that there is no such thing as sexism or homophobia. That is clearly untrue. Indeed, even saying derogatory things about groups of people does reveal prejudices. However, I'm also suggesting that perhaps people aren't always as bad as they seem. Sometimes, the way people act in one context is not a good indicator of their personal morals or deeply held beliefs.
Rational decision making and logical argument has no place here at Slashdot, what you're supposed to write is something unbelievably stupid like:-
"Yay! Edide Izzadr is teh r0xors!!!!"
See?
That was classic intercourse!
If you think those are "natural talent," I've got a bridge to sell you...
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Eddie is an excellent suggestion, particularly when Lenny Henrys name has also been mentioned (I ask you!). Another possibility would be Bill Bailey. He's mad enough but might lack the physical presence.
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Okay, so having seen some peoples (IMHO) very silly responses about a gay or a transvestite actor, I thought I'd share the other thing I have heard people talk about, (main reference being the BBC1 "points of view" show), and that is possibility of having a female doctor.
;)
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Discuss.
No, we aren't.
Of course it'll probably be another 15 years before PBS or somebody actually shows the new episodes in the states. :-)
I see even classic Slashdot is now pretty much unusable on dial up anymore.
But that was for the old gernation of slashdot, not we have to grow up, and type:
"A11 R bazez be10NGz t0 uz!"
Wow, I should not post when knackered.
... the perfect choice: Michael Palin! Eddie would be great, though, I'm sure. Who's that? Kev the Dalek? Steve the Dalek?
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When you say 'we' do you mean we as in 'we the pompous gasbag'?
but not now cos hes so unfunny and he thinks hes funny cos he wears womans clothes. my dad used to write dr who fanfic but i only do red drawf
When creating the first series:
Director: We want to do a space-sci-fi-time-traveling show. We need a big spaceship, with lots of flashing lights, and fins and things.
Props man: This is the BBC, scale it down a bit.
Director: OK, we need a cheep plastic model spaceship that hangs on wires that we can do cheesy fly-by shots with.
Props man: This is the BBC, scale it down a bit.
Director: Well, we need something. What have you got?
Props man: Well, we have this old police phone box from "Dixon of Dock Green.", it needs a lick of paint but...
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The only problem would be me expecting him to sing his song about Dr Qui et le TARDIS. And Davros 'Il n'est pas tres realistique'
And no, Bill Bailey is a great comedian, but not a startling actor, perhaps because he just looks wrong and the audience expect his comedy
This story is based solely on some personal thoughts and speculation by legendary eccentric ex-Doctor Tom Baker. Someone has taken certain comments out of context and run with them. Read http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2003/10/01/71 26.shtml carefully.
To the best of my knowledge, Tom has no influence on the casting etc. of the new Doctor Who but he often has interesting insights to share (his autobiography is wonderful).
Personally, I know Paul McGann will be excellent if he has the opportunity to continue as The Doctor and I intend to tell/ ask/ beg him to pursue the part whenever I see him or his agent. I don't see any reason why we need to move on to a new Doctor, though some of the rumoured candidates are promising.
And anyone criticising the TV movie is deluded- it was excellent in so many, many ways (the TARDIS! the costumes! the dialogue! Sylvester! Paul!) and it's quite remarkable that so few concessions were made to the absurd desires of the American producers involved.
"Conflicting... feelings rising... could be... amazing... could be disaster... confusing... thoughts..." ... Anyway, I think Izzard could actually be quite good. He is a good enough actor when needs be.
Although personally I would have preferred Anthony Stewart Head. He has the image and presence of The Doctor and has done audio readings (I believe).
How can you say that civilisation's do not advance... in every war we invent new ways to kill you.
Tom Baker confirms the story's complete rubbish in conversation with Danny Baker (http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/insideldn/dannybaker/ archive1_clipoftheday_2003.shtml [from 27'19"]). Sue McGregor is a senior BBC journalist.
He was also responsible for the 1980s rumours that a woman was going to get the part.
EH? The baby boomers are old enough to have grandchildren to watch with.
I thought Time Lords only had 7 lives (regenerations). Haven't there already been 7 actors playing the Doctor? Shouldn't the Doc be dead by now?
Or, is it 7 *RE*generations, meaning that the new doc will be the last?
BBC has just announced that filming on a new Dr Who will begin in November with Richard E Grant in the main roll. His new story the Scream of the Shalka will be very different, It will debut on the internet www.bbc.co.uk/cult/drwho before being released on dvd and it will be animated. Richard played Dr Who in Dr Who and the curse of fatal death, a spoof story made for charity.
Does that mean we can have the Gay Daleks back, too?
Smegma.
You just know this guy is really white... :)
Hi,
Is Dr. Who still being produced? I ask because it was/is the only example of excellent writing, okay acting and poor special effects in SF TV.
Bill Bailey would be great. Kind of a musical, fckwitted version of Tom Baker.
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I know *of* Eddie Izzard. I saw his comedy act on tv one day. Damned near laughed myself to death. I've also seen an interview with him on not too long ago. He seemed like he wanted to get out of the comedy gig and into the acting gig [more than he already was].
I'm sure there's a lot of his stuff I'm not aware of, but what I've seen is funny as hell...
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As a TV series, Doctor Who ceased regular production in 1989, though a succesful and stunning TV Movie which introduced Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor in 1996. The franchise continues in numerous other media;
Doctor Who showcased ingenious creativity in the face of limited resources. In an era of vacuous movies and series propped up by special effects (Star Trek: Enterprise is a rare exception), Doctor Who will always stand out. Little wonder so many people love the programme.
1. Sorry. I cannot get excited about anything more than nine months away. 2005 might as well be a Y3K event to me. 2. BBC=>England=>!USA/Cox Cable == no BBCTV. zzzzt. Does Izzie do Ozzie? (yawn..) Meanwhile....
But then Peri, the fifth doctor's final assistant and the sixth doctor's first, had big bosoms as well.
But IMHO she had this awfully whiny voice, and was a pain in the neck. I though of her has having "two qualifications for the job."
The new Dr Who should be Will Smith!
Unless he's tied up being the next James Bond
Now there's a Doctor I could respect, follow, nay, even spit upon.
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It's good to see an Executive Transvestite really getting somewhere in life!
For the record, Izzard is heterosexual.
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Tom Baker was a great Dr. Who, but lately it seems he is a loon with moments of lucidity. Have any of you read his interview at the BBC?? It's hard for him to remember SEASONS of Dr Who at this point. Or, he was just pretending. Either way, he was a loon in the interview.
It's much too early methinks (2 years out) for an actor to be chosen for Dr. Who.
When Big Finnish, who does the Dr Who audio adventures, solicits scripts, they say "write it for any Doctor" and then it is customized to a new Doctor's persona after the actor is chosen. What this means, is any time between now and late 2004 a Doctor could be chosen, even with the script fleshed out. Naturally, to generate the most hype, people will be speculating on the actor (or actress!) to play the Doctor. Paul McGann, the 8th doctor who was in the Fox TV movie, has been quoted as saying he wants a FEMALE doctor this time around, or an African American one -- this doesn't mean it's going to happen -- it's just actors voicing their opinions.
For the latest Dr Who news the best place to go, IMHO, is www.gallifreyone.com. It's a well-maintained fansite that seems to be tearing through the flurry of speculation and sticking to official BBC press releases.
I can't wait for the Doctor to be back on TV.
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Don't laugh. I would swear that the Buffy TV series had a "designated screamer" position. Willow initially, then Cordelia up until she was replaced by Dawn.
Great screams, and although I've never actually tested this out empirically, I'd wager the designated screamer, in its various incarnations, did at least 85% of the screaming in the series.
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For me, the Doctor was and always will be as portrayed by Tom Baker. I guess it's just the age I was and the time that it made it to TV in the US, but Tom Baker is the first Doctor that I saw and the best.
BTW, he also plays a very interesting Sherlock Holmes.
Thing I like about Tom Baker is his wonderful sense of humor and style. He'll take a role that everyone expects to be played one way, and take it in some totally new direction. Very interesting actor to watch.
As for who gets to play the Doctor next, I don't really care. It will be ages before we'll get to see him in the States. Heh, I may just have to plug the TV in again if Dr. Who returns.
Just be sure to wear the gold uniform when you beam down -- you know what happens when you wear the red one.
Daleks are called things like Kev or Steve. And you know that they make excellent plumbers because they've got that plunger-arm. Death or plumbing!
"Defenestration" is to throw out of a window; what's a word for throwing 'Windows' out of something?
He seems a bit of a flake.
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Teh Izzard is teh R0x0r5!111!!
I love Eddy Izzard - but lets face it Its the Dr's assistant that we all care about. She must be hot and able to screem. If she wore short skirts like Teela it would be a real advantage
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I come to /. and find a story about one of my fav comedians - how awesome is that?
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ok now I'm confused.
Ananova reports that he reckons Melinda Messenger would make a good assisstant because: [...]
Whoa! Thanks for the cool image link and everything, but needs a "not work friendly" warning. :-)
Tom's been on a bit of a media blitz recently. Note that Tom, back when he was the incumbent, suggested that the Doctor should have a talking cabbage as a companion.
And a talking cabbage would not have fit into Dr. Who perfectly because?
a) It would have shown up the other aliens with amazing makeup work.
b) Precludes irish companions as well because of the corned beef factor.
c) Cabbages can't talk in real life.
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The 1st Battallion TARDISS Brigade?!?
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they'll have to change the name of the show to "dr. what?!!?"
well, my wife and i went to see him in chicago on 2.oct... great show, though i'm still left wondering how attached his new breasts are -- whether they're actually implanted or if they're "lee press-on breasts". anyways, i digress.
after the show, since we were at the back of the orchestra section, we nipped off for a few beverages at the wine bar across the street from the schubert theatre, and managed to get back across the street again in time to have the distinction of being the the last people to be allowed in to talk to eddie at the end of the night.
the question was put to him, and he'd heard the rumor earlier in the day (perhaps by others who he'd talked with earlier that night), but he has not been contacted by the BBC regarding this matter. and yes, this apparently all started when tom baker put his name out there as an example of someone who he thought would make a good doctor who.
Baker didn't even make it as a claim. It's right there in the original article (the one this story links to misquotes him) that he was giving his opinion.
Speaking of Tom Baker, a couple of recent links: an mp3 of Tom fooling around with a commercial voiceover that's been circulating on the blogs lately, and another website with some Dr. Who prank calls, comedy skits, and also that aforementioned outtakes mp3.
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The simple fact is that your local tv news people pick the most eye catching or outrageous image from each event they cover.
A few years back the midwest AIDS Ride made a stop in a local town, and out of the hundreds of normally dressed folk the local paper found the one guy in a dress to photograph for the article.
By far the vast majority gay guys have no interest in wearing womens' clothing.
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"How awesome is that!"
That's a question. Therefore, it should end with a question mark. Funny how that works.
"Och You can sit on the side of the Tardis. Look good in photographs..." I know - no-one will catch the reference but... Eddie Izzard would be perfect. Richard E. Grant takes second place only because I want to see him play 'the Master,' too! But please... not Jonathon Creek. He'd be like a more depressing clone of Tom Baker.
(Do your own metallic voice)
Dalek 1: The dosctor is escaping. Stop him before he reaches the stairs
Dalek 2: Don't worry, in those heels he's got as much chance of getting up them as we have.
Top marks to Eddie - Bexhill's finest!
Hmmmmmm..... Deep fried and look like Squirrel.
The Anglican Jihad has begun!
Why not?
Oh. You don't want a Black Doctor?
I've yet to see Eddie be anything but great, even in stuff that sucks. I think he's make a great Dr., regardless of the truth of the rumor.
"A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself."
Do kids really do this sort of thing now a days?
Dr. Who just seems so tame in comparison to what kids are exposed to now, e.g. the Jurassic Parks, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc. I mean I started my daugher on Jurassic Park when she was four, and although it scared her the first time she loved watching it again and again. I mean she could only watch Toy Story so many times before getting tired of it. And my son loves to shout "Off with his head!" (Alice in Wonderland) and laughs hysterically at the end of Fellowship when Aragon beheads the orc.
I guess maybe some parents just decide to desensitize their kids much later in life...
eddie izzard as doctor who, now all we need is bill bailey as avon in the remake of blakes 7
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What, like a hot dog ?
'cos Richard E Grant cannot act to save his life and is extremely annoying !
That will be one short new episode...
The tardis materializes, except it's a fridge now instead of a phonebooth...
Eddie gets out in full drag saying 'Hello sailors! Where are the fishburgers, i have some jam for them!'
Thousands of angry Doctor Who fans enter the stage, ripping Eddie to shreds, Michael Grade(*) in the shadows, laughing maniacally
The end.
(*) Michael Grade is the BBC1 controller that cancelled Doctor Who at its peak, maybe a bit too obscure a reference.
Already been done - Armaggeddon: The Musical
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Please let him ask a Darlek
:o)
A Darlek? You mean like this one?
Personally I found hiding behind a pillow was sufficient protection ... though when I used to watch the incredible hulk I found I had to use a duvet at times ;-)
Tom was interview on the London regional news programme on BBC-1 last week, "London Tonight". Hovering around were the obligatory Dalek and K9. Tom was in top form, as eccentric as ever, but was only given two minutes at the end of the show. He acted as if Eddie Izzard was going to be THE Doctor, and acted as if he had been given hallowed news. However, it was only speculation. He dismissed the suggestion that Richard E.Grant would be the next Doctor with the phrase, "Oh, Christ!", and dismissed the notion that the new series would have a James Bond style, the whole genre of which he rubbished as "tedium". Tom's interview was only a few minutes long. I wonder why?!
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My respect for Tom Baker has only increased!
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Well, this was the 70s here. Didn't Davey Jones make his famous "God is a verb not a noun," comment in that decade?
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Doctor Who is interesting mostly because of what it's not. While shows like Star Trek and Blake's Seven provided groups of bombastic characters in exciting situations - sort of cowboys and indians in space - for the kids to idolise, the Doctor was always an alien, with no particular allegiance and no mission to speak of. He doesn't even have a gun. His adventures are often pedestrian, and for a lot of the time he observes rather than leading the action.
While the production values were often pretty atrocious, and many of the stories amazingly overlong and dull, this was a breath of fresh air; and I think many of us feel that, in these days of Attack of the Clones and Terminator 3, we need to Doctor to bring some restraint and ambiguity back into our lives.
My favorite companions were Zoe, because she's smart, and Ace!, because she was always blowing stuff up.
In The Pirate Planet the Doctor has been knocked unconcious and is having nightmares about Leela and woke up screaming "No more janus thorns! No more Janus thorns!" I wonder if a future incarnation of the Doctor will wake up screaming "No more Nitro-Nine!"
I've never been a good judge of acting so I couldn't tell you if Wendy Padbury and Sophie Aldred were good actors.
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