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Tag: Russell T. Davies
The Most Underused Doctor in TV History
…was, of course, DOCTOR WHO’s 8th Doctor, played by Paul McGann.
McGann starred in the 1996 DOCTOR WHO TV movie, which was really a pilot for a U.S. version of the series. We’ve seen it a couple of times and know what? It sucks. Terrible script. Ridiculous direction. Absurd acting by everyone involved–
Except Paul McGann, who is, simply, cool as hell.
Does It Bother Anybody Else That WIZARDS vs. ALIENS is Crap?
When we hear the news that Russell T. Davies, the humanistic genius who regenerated DOCTOR WHO and brought it to a whole new generation of TV viewers, was doing another science fiction series, WIZARDS vs. ALIENS, we jumped up and down with joy.
“Huzzah!” we shouted to nobody in particular. “RTD’s back in command of a cool sounding show. He’ll show Melancholy Moff [Steven Moffatt, who took over as writer-showrunner of DOCTOR WHO after RTD left] how the job is done.”
Extra! DOCTOR WHO Pizza Knows Its Lines
This one’s for hardcore Whovians. (You know, the ones who go all the way back to the Russell T. Davies days.)
Of Course DOCTOR WHO’s Doctor is God – and It’s No Accident
I watched Russell T.Davies’ 2003 TV mini-series (very mini – only 2 episodes) THE SECOND COMING the other day. It stars Chris Eccleston and tells the story of an ordinary man who realizes one day (after his first kiss from the woman he’s loved since his schooldays) that he’s the Messiah returned for one last shot at redeeming the human race.
The story starts out wonderfully, Eccleston exactly the kind of Son of God I’d want any real son of God to be, but the second half gets bogged down in self-contradictory theology illustrated by humans who just don’t react the way the humans I hang around with would. (Although the demons are very much like the devils I know all too well.)