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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:31 am
Just had the unusual experience of hearing Catherine Tate be really funny. She just interviewed David Tennant on Radio Four, and if the two bounce off each other anything like this much when in character then we're in for a treat next season. This link should let you all hear it... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/chainreaction
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:13 pm
It says you have to have RealPlayer.
I always have trouble with BBC media content.
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:34 am
You're going to have trouble if you're trying to see any of the TV shows they put up, as they only let you watch if you're coming from a British ISP.
But they're a lot more generous with thier radio stuff (which will be good news for everyone here when they start broadcasting the second season of the New Eighth Doctor Adventures smile ).
As you say, you do need Realplayer installed...but hey, Realplayer's a free download.
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:13 am
I just watched it, and lol i thought it was funny. I agree that if they have the same chemistry in dr who it will be a treat
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:13 pm
I heard that and couldn't stop laughing! I want a little Tamagotchi David! Loved the astrology rant though, and the discussion about Doctor Who fans, which Catherine defended (or tried to, at least) in DWM.
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:52 pm
I've been very "I'm not going to prejudge...I'm going to be fair...I'm going to give her a chance..." about Donna as a companion up until hearing that.
Now though, for the first time, I'm actually looking forward to her. smile
Another thing that came to my mind while listening to that is how David is charismatic and charming as himself in an enitrely different way to the manner in which he's charismatic and charming as the Doctor.
Barry Letts (showrunner of the Pertwee era, kids!) used to say that "No Doctor ought to be acting all the time." The idea was that playing the Doctor was as much 'personality turn' as a dramatic role. You came on screen and delivered a BIG version of yourself - like a children's TV presenter, a stand-up or a rapper might. It's less about 'acting' and more about doing your personal schtick. I suppose Pertwee, Tom Baker and McCoy in his first season would be the most blatant examples of this.
Thinking about this, it seems to me that this is one of the biggest differences between the Welsh series and the English one. In the Welsh series then both Eccleston and Tennant are "acting all the time".
They're not doing "what I would be like if I were an eccentric adventurer", they're building up complete and distinct personnae like they would in any other role. Four pretty much is Tom Baker's idealised self-image - you can't really say where one ends and the other begins. But Nine is a totally different person to Eccleston as Ten is to Tennant.
Neither's right or wrong, it's just another interesting difference that in English Who, "No Doctor ought to be acting all the time", and in Welsh Who then they are.
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