The one who wrote Coraline, and co-wrote the book of Good Omens and made the TV show, also the Sandman comics writer and co-creator who made the Sandman TV show. Quite nice really.
are you watching the new doctor whos with ncuti gatwa if so what arw your thoughts on the first 2 episode
(At least so far if you answer when this is written) :D
I got to watch it with a Doctor Who obsessed 8 year old. (He’s currently dividing his watching time between the Seventh Doctor and the Thirteenth.)
We counted down to it being released and watched both episodes together.
I thought the first episode was a welcoming place to begin a new iteration of Doctor Who. I loved that it became about life and babies and refugees.
Ash loved all of it, thought Eric the space baby was very brave, and thought having literal snot and poo jokes was incredible.
The Devil’s Chord was such fun. I thought Jinkx Monsoon was glorious, charismatic and a fabulous baddie. I loved the awfulness of the Bad Songs.
Ash has been properly sucked into the post-Giggle continuity, and loved the Maestro and is trying very hard to Figure it All Out. Every now and again he would press pause and tell me how what we had just seen was implied or affected by the Toymaker’s Big Speech.
torchyvalentine asked: What would you say to Sir Ian Mckellen taking the reigns as the 12th Doctor? For that matter, who do you think would be a good actor for the character?
I think that if you’d asked me who should be the 11th Doctor 5 years ago I wouldn’t have listed Matt Smith, because I didn’t know who he was or what he was capable of, and if you’d asked me who should play Sherlock Holmes in a modern day revival around the same time I wouldn’t have said Benedict Cumberbatch, because I didn’t know who he was either.
I actually like it when The Doctor is a relatively unknown actor, or one without one huge role that made them famous. A star, like Sir Ian, brings all the other roles they’ve ever played to the table when they act. Seeing John Hurt as the (Spoiler) at the end of the Name of the Doctor, meant that this was a certain type of part with a certain amount of gravitas, and you understood that John Hurt was bringing everything with it (including being John Hurt), just as Derek Jacobi did as the Master.
But I like to see The Doctor as The Doctor, and an actor who doesn’t bring baggage is a grand sort of thing. A star waiting to happen. So I don’t want to see Helen Mirren or Sir Ian McKellen or Chiwetel Ejiofor, or any of the famous names people are suggesting.
I want to see The Doctor. I want to be taken by surprise. I want to squint at a photo of the person online and go “but how can that be The Doctor?”. Then I want to be amazingly, delightedly, completely proven wrong, and, six episodes in, I want to wonder how I could have been so blind. Because this is the Doctor. Of course it is.
Still true. Will be true for ever and always. Welcome Ncuti Gatwa!
The raffle for the ACCORD Hospice called
The ULTIMATE David Tennant & Friends Raffle
is now live! :) It is from the 1st April 2022 at 08:30 AM, until the 29th April 2022 at 03:00 PM. The raffle will be drawn on the 29th April 2022 at 03:00 PM. £5.00 per raffle ticket.
To prepare for the new season of Doctor Who we’re spending 6 weeks taking a look back at some of the most essential episodes from New Who, hosted by Hannah Hart! Join us for our first look back with ‘Blink’ on August 15th at 8/7c.
‘It’s actually only since I took over that we have said it’s actually possible within the logic of the show.’
This is a good conversation. But this bit may raise an eyebrow or two -
He adds: “The very first lines I wrote were Matt Smith checking if he had become a girl and then I put some dialogue in The Doctor’s Wife about it and in Night of the Doctor.
Did Steven Moffat just steal credit for The Corsair sometime being female from Neil Gaiman?
I’m REALLY hoping Neil chimes in on that.
Well, the lines about the Corsair sometimes being female were mine (I was nervous, because I thought Steven might cut them), but he actually went in and buttressed them up — the “Oh she was a bad girl” line was his, to make sure people got it. I don’t think he’s stealing credit at all. After all, Matt checking to see if he was a girl in the Eleventh Hour was where I got the idea.
Nice it’s sorted.
But if you watch the interview, instead of just reading it (the recording is on Wales Online), you will hear that what Steven Moffat is actually saying is:
“The very first lines I wrote as showrunner were Matt Smith checking if he became a girl, then we introduced it… put some dialog in The Doctor’s Wife about it and in Night of the Doctor.”
In case you are as terrible at math as I am (I had my cat work the calculator), that is basically one print for free. Mostly this is out of holiday charity and love for my fellow Who fans, but also it is because no one is gonna buy that Silence print unless I force him on you in the combo pack (too scary or something? I don’t know what you people want from me).
Each print is 5x7, which is a standard frame size. That means it’d be hella easy to pop these suckers in a store bought frame, throw ‘em in a Christmas bag, and then launch them off of your roof in the direction of your loved ones homes via trebuchet, as is traditional.
However, because I am a quality craftsman, these prints are printed on gloriously thick and snowy paper, which means they can easily be turned into Christmas cards by writing heartfelt seasonal greetings on the blank side, with no threat of bleed through! (unless you use blood. don’t use blood. i mean, i know nobody is using blood these days but still, my cousin Robert might be on here and you can never be too careful.)
