It's all just so exciting. And Spartan.
Doctor Who
- John Simm might be appearing as… Go, on, spoil yourself, remembering it's The Sun. There's also a potential spoiler about Derek Jacobi's character, the Professor.
- A brief, slightly spoilery interview with Freema Agyeman.
Film
- Shrek 3 is out on June 29th
- Handmade Films is to do a biopic of SAS founder David Stirling.
British TV
- Miss the Celebrity Big Brother evictions? You can watch the final three at YouTube: Dirk, Jermaine and Shilpa. Isn't it nice the final three were all non-Brits?
- Channel 4 is to have a season/year of environmental programming.
US TV
- 24: More spoilers and Kiefer changes his story about why daddy Donald isn't his 24 daddy.
- Green Wing writer Victoria Pile's new project has been picked up by ABC.
- Heroes: George Takei talks about doing his first Japanese-language role.
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January 30, 2007 | Reply
Hey! A fully functional TARDIS can *gasp* change colour! That'd be useful, wouldn't it? I'm surprised the Doctor doesn't fix it and add a nice metallic pink sheen to his police box.
It's interesting what they might be suggesting about Jacobi's character.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
More likely it would go red, since his chameleon circuit is jammed. Boom, boom.
Yes, sounds like a Twin Dilemma-style cock-up for the Professor.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
John Simm as that character, huh? Well, that flatly contradicts what Davies has said in the past (and even if that does happen, I'd personally like to see Head in the role, even if it means a nasty ret-con!)
January 30, 2007 | Reply
It contradicts a lot of things, so pinch of salt as always. However, so did Billie Piper leaving after the BBC, Billie and RTD had sworn till they were blue in the face that she was staying.
John Simm and Zoe Lucker - together at last according to The Sun. Hmmm.
As for Tony Head, he's doing a voice for the cartoon version now, so two roles in the last year on DW probably rules out his reappearance as you know who. Then again, Freema Agyeman, Army of Ghosts, etc.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
RTD also once suggested the Daleks would not be back for season 2:
'Oh no, we've done them.. Because of what happens... I'm not sure we can take the Daleks anywhere else after that.'
This doesn't mean the Master is destined to return. It's just that Rusty can be an untrustworthy sod at times.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
I was thinking more along the lines of 'regenerates into Sim'.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
Aargh! Look away from that last comment anyone who doesn't want spoiling!
My thinking was (look away again, please) that since the Prof might be good to start out with (although the Sun says otherwise, the Beeb character summary says he's trying to save the world), he might have a screwed up regeneration that turns him back into evil Simm/Master a la "Davison into C Baker" (before Baker gets over it). It might even be an origins of the Master story, cos of weird time travel/alternative universes/genetic ID restoration/the Macguffin machine.
January 30, 2007 | Reply
Isn't John Simm the Doctor already? He goes to 1973 but he bangs his head and forgets he is the Doctor, instead he thinks he is Sam Tyler (who is really his assistant from 2006).
January 30, 2007 | Reply
That's the biggest pinch of salt for the story, isn't it? The Master has to be a recurring character (even if it's only in the occasional episode), so would John Simm really want to follow a two-season run as a time-travelling character with another time-travelling character?
January 30, 2007 | Reply
Well, who knows what the final episode of LoM is going to reveal? Maybe a Torchwood-like arrival of the TARDIS, as suggested by Poly?
But yes, from what I've heard, the idea of another primetime BBC series doesn't appeal to Mr Simm. I imagine that's where the negotiations would be, if the story is genuine. Plus he'd only be around for a couple of weeks of filming per year, compared with the eight months a year necessary for LoM. Unless series four is going to be like season eight and make every story a Master story. "Ooh, who could be behind this evil sche?¢‚Ǩ¬¶" "It's the Master, Jo, you ignoramus. It's been him every week for the last 18 weeks. It'll be him again. Nothing's even happened yet but I know he'll be behind the next one, too."
January 30, 2007 | Reply
"Let me guess... weak anagrams, bloke with a beard? Yeah, it's the Master. Don't worry, he just wants to cackle evilly for a bit. Stick him in front of a Clangers DVD and you're sorted."
January 30, 2007 | Reply
And it's a short hop from Clangers to Camberwick Green...