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The return of Shada
Chronicargonaut Posted Jan 17, 2003
My choice would have to be Nicol Williamson. He was excellent in Excalibur.
The return of Shada
The Wizard of Brighton Pier Posted Jun 12, 2003
Well, now that Shada's been released, what did everyone think of it?
As for my Doctor-Who-casting-wish-list, I'd say Paul McGann, Stephen Fry or Ian Richardson. Geoffrey Balydon, though he was fantastic in that Doctor Who Unbound audio, is probably too old to play the character on-screen, sad to say...
The thing that's really irritating is that it'd be so *simple* to bring the series back. 50-minute episodes, two episodes to a story, 24 episodes to a season. Make it as a co-production with some US production company (without any stupid, prohibitive deals like the BBC tried to make with Universal - "hey, you stump up the money and waive all rights to creative input and merchandising revenue" - of course they were going to make Sliders instead...), get McGann in the lead, and get any of the *huge* number of Who authors working in television to write for it. Put it out in the Jonathan Creek timeslot, and promote it, and it'd be a guaranteed ratings-winner. Certainly, it'd be better than that crappy "Strange" programme...
SG
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