I kept thinking to myself "At least they're trying harder than ESPN did with 'The Decision'...", but ultimately it was the same thing - a 30min special that could have been boiled down to 5min. Although I appreciate the fact that the Beeb got perspective from past Doctors, companions and fans (Stephen Hawking!), I found myself wishing the uberfans brought up to the live stage were a bit more polished as talking heads and/or that they'd just used past companions (YAY Bernard Cribbins - but where was Karen Gillan? Or Billie Piper? Or Catherine Tate? Hell, they could have gotten Arthur Darvill via satellite from his "Once" dressing room in NYC...) And as for Zoe Ball...I feel like they really needed a Whovian more than they needed a host - I know he's from the wrong side of the pond, but I'd have preferred someone like Chris Hardwick.
M-D Is it me, or has Collin Baker NOT aged well? On Monday, August 5, 2013 10:32:53 AM UTC-4, David Bruggeman wrote: > > I think focus was pulled from Ms. Ball by the uberfan who was too nervous > to get his facts right. > > I don't know, it was a half-hour special with arguably no surprise in it. > Perhaps a thankless task for any presenter. Not the same kind of heavy > lifting as the fellow hosting the Shark Week talk show is having trouble > with, but YMMV. > > David > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Steve Williams <skil...@ntlworld.com <javascript:>> > *To:* tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Sent:* Monday, August 5, 2013 9:11 AM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] And Number 12 is... > > Adam Bowie wrote: > > 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. > > > I'd agree with that. David Tennant was becoming quite famous when he got > the part, he'd just appeared in Casanova which was quite a big deal. I > think Capaldi is a bit like Eccleston in that he's a respected actor but > isn't perhaps a household name, my mother recognised him but wouldn't > (until now) be able to put a name to him. Davison was certainly the most > famous when he got the part. > > Very excited by this, anyway, Capaldi is a wonderful actor and I'd be > fascinated to see how the show changes. I know Eccleston, Tennant and Smith > had their own styles but they've all been relatively young, certainly since > the reboot we've never had anyone like Capaldi in charge. > > What I'm most interested in, though, is what the world made of Zoe Ball! > > -- -- 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.
