Interesting programme with Peter Capaldi, on what advice he would give to his younger self. The line that I heard in a trail was “when I was young, I gave too much power to people who did not deserve it”.
He is funny, and thoughtful
Musings on the byways of popular culture
Interesting programme with Peter Capaldi, on what advice he would give to his younger self. The line that I heard in a trail was “when I was young, I gave too much power to people who did not deserve it”.
He is funny, and thoughtful
I suppose I must declare interests here – my mate Rachel directed this but if it was shite I would say so.
I think possibly my favourite Doctor Who story (alongside Androzani, Genesis, Talons, Daemons etc) is Deadly Assassin, a rare companionless outing for Tom Baker’s Doctor including one episode set inside The Matrix (no not that one) a mysterious thought generated surreal landscape with danger and conflict at it’s heart. I happen to know that Rachel watched that particular episode in preparation for shooting this, her second set of finale episodes in as many years.
After Clara’s death last week, the Doctor has been teleported to a strange shifting castle prison with a mysterious wraith tracking his every move. This is effectively shown in low quality video footage immediately giving things an eerie and unreal air. Capaldi manages to keep us riveted with his monologues, trips to his “mind palace” (Hello Sherlock!) and a bit of old fashioned bafflegab. What starts out as a battle against grief, despair, fear and truth becomes a battle against time and endurance of the spirit. He is The Doctor, he will never give up.
Yes this may be one for the fanboysgirls, » Continue Reading.
I was browsing the magazines in a supermarket today and saw another one of those £9.99 genre bookazine/magbook things – “100 Greatest Sci-Fi Characters Of All Time”. Nice idea, I thought, but I was a little dismayed by the upper reaches of the top 10 – Batman not even in there, Doctor Who only number two behind – WTF – Han Solo?!?! Get out the front door!! I just don’t understand that.
Anyway, it got me thinking – wouldn’t it be marvellous to ask you lot for your greatest fictional characters ever, no specific genre, no specific medium. Give me your top five and if there’s a big enough response I’ll compile a top 20 or top fifty or, heaven forfend, a top 100. There’s literally millions to choose from – see my tags for a little taster.
Go on, you know you want to.
A lovely tribute to the greatest television show that ever was/is/will be. And they said it would never work.