>From a British perspective, I think Christopher Eccleston would have previously been the biggest "name" when he got the part. A "serious" actor who was a well-known and well-regarded face. I'm not sure I'd agree about Colin Baker. While I was only 14 when he got the part, I'm not sure that even today I could really tell you a great deal else he'd been in. Whereas Peter Davison, his predecessor, had been in All Creatures Great and Small - a massively successful BBC1 series at the time.
Anyway, I don't doubt that Capaldi will be tremendous. For those who fancy hunting out stuff he's been in before, here are some of my favourites. I suspect that they won't all be easy to find - particularly on Region 1 DVD - but worth looking out. Local Hero - he was very young in this, but you'll know him in it. Just a wonderful film anyway if you've never seen it. Neverwhere - the Neil Gaiman series (perhaps interesting because of the HBO American Gods we have coming soon). Radio fans should search out the all-star recent BBC Radio 4 version too. The Crow Road - a real Scottish series, and based on a novel by the late, and much lamented Iain (M) Banks. You may be struggling to find this. Getting On - there's a US remake of this coming soon, but the original is brilliant writing. He pops up a couple of times. The Hour - I was sad that this didn't get a third series And of course, The Thick of It. But that goes without saying. Adam On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:22 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:13 PM, <chia...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > >> >> ---- David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > Well, #12 was likely to be on with Craig regardless. Now it seems to >> be a lock. >> > >> > So would this be the first Doctor since Colin Baker to be a household >> name (rather than just a recognizable face) in the UK before entering the >> TARDIS? >> >> I would think #10 was a household name due to his appearance in Harry >> Potter. But I'm not sure. > > > I have "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" being released on November > 18, 2005, while "The Parting of the Ways" (first appearance of the 10th > Doctor) was five months earlier, on June 18, 2005. > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
