For the fans of British TV.

[theweaselking]

Do you recognise this man?



You should. This is Paterson Joseph, a quite excellent actor whose past roles include the Marquis of Carabas in Gaiman's "Neverwhere", and several Doctor Who episodes.

Well, rumour has it he's got a new role on the show: the eleventh Doctor.

Source's previous rumours on Who have been good. Maybe this one is, too.

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I remember him from Doctor Who episodes. Clearly it's been far too long since I saw Neverwhere because I don't remember him from that at all (to be fair, I don't remember much about it period).

Much as I've been hoping for Miranda Richardson, I GUESS I could cope. Yow.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Now there's a Doctor that can examine me ANY time.

[desdenova.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. Mrow.

[outerego.livejournal.com]

That's Numberwang!

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

I thought I recognised him! "I got a 32 inch screen in mine, and when you put a document on that baby you are seriously lookin at that document...."

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Did anyone actually enjoy the TV Neverwhere thing? It was like an experiment in P.D.Q. Gaiman.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Hated it, myself - but mostly because it was typical BBC TV, meaning incredibly lousy special effects and absolutely abysmal action camerawork and choreography. Like, "Joss Whedon directing while Summer Glau does her own stunts" level of completely incompetent bad.

And when your plot unfortunately hinges on multiple action sequences, that's a very serious problem.

But I remember the Marquis, and I remember him as being not part of the crap.

[matgb]

I liked it at time of first broadcast (and still have it on VHS), but it hasn't aged at all well.

De Carabas was damn good in it though, and the basic idea was obviously strong (hence me rereading the novel every few years and hoping the movie does happen, even if the movie'd have to cut far too much out).

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

A black Sheriff Doctor?

Hey, it worked in Blazing Saddles...

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

That was Dave Chapelle.

[kierthos.livejournal.com]

I know. And Cleavon Little as Bart in Blazing Saddles.

But I felt it was a almost 50% appropriate statement.

[thadrin.livejournal.com]

In all honesty I hope its wrong...I've not heard it confirmed that Tennant won't return, and I really like his Doctor. Taht said, I said the same about ecclestone. Problem of running out of regenerations needs to be dealt with soon if they want to continue though. They COULD completely ignore that Paul McGann's doctor existed I suppose. Shame....I liked him as well (though he's best in "Withnail and I", which you HAVE to see if you haven't)

I liked "Neverwhere" (a story that was practicly unfilmable, so give the Beeb a break...it was probably made for peanuts. Possibly literally.)
The book and comic are better though.

If this IS true then he seems as good a choice as any.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Tennant will return, for four specials (Children In Need 2008 and 2009, Christmas 2008 and 2009) and the 2010 season.

Joseph is being rumoured for *2011*.

And no, they don't need to address the number of regenerations, because there has never been a number established since the reboot. They've wiped out everything else inconvenient, much of it simply by not mentioning it, so why not that, too?

(Of course, they've also made "regeneration!" the solution and major plot element to almost everything, but we're not going to talk about that.)

[matgb]

Re # of regens: The limit of 12 was set by the Time Lords using some device on Gallifrey that s kept track of it all (no, I don't remember what it was called, but ask in a Who comm if you care).

That device no longer exists, thus there is no artificial limiter. They've already brought the Master back despite him having used up all his, using some "the Time Lords did it" PSB, so there's no issue.

McGann, OTOH, is now canon, his face was in that notebook in Human Nature alongside a bunch of other incarnations.

[siouxsyn.livejournal.com]

I'm curious as to why his "Daughter" doesn't regenerate into a new body.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

#1: Because she's not a real Time Lord.
#2: Because she was supposed to *die*, and her being alive at all was an afterthought.
#3: Because the implication is that regeneration is a conscious effort and the Time Lords need to know what they're doing to do it right.
#4: Because what regenerated her wasn't Time Lord Regeneration, it was a side effect of the GECK.
#5: Because Russell T Davies really doesn't think before he writes. Or during. Or after. He is, frankly, an idiot who thinks regeneration is not just the coolest thing but the *only* thing worth hanging a story on.

Back dortorz

[deadboy2.livejournal.com]

wwhat? That guy is cock eyed. Seems the needs to see a doctor. I may start watching again when TB shows back up. I hope they get a new wrighting staff tho. I have been unhappy with the storys in the new season.