I can't believe he's 56!! A fine actor and a very underrated Dr. He may have lost his youthful looks but he's still going strong which is good to see.
My PD claim to fame was standing right next to him in the bar at The Metropole Hotel in 2003 at the 40th Anniversary Dr Who convention!! It felt very surreal to be standing next to one of the Doctors - and he was smoking a fag too! Very non-Gallifreyan.
My other favourite PD performance was him as Stephen Daker in "A Very Peculiar Practice" - a great programme! I wish they'd release the second series on DVD!
I'm in full agreement with you on "A Very Peculiar Practice". It would be nice if its writer, Andrew Davies, went back to writing something original, rather than continually adapting classic novels, as he's obviously superlative at it! Are you aware that the second seven-part series was followed up with a TV movie entitled "A Very Polish Practice"?
Another Davison series I greatly enjoyed was "At Home with the Braithwaites".
I consider myself fortunate to have watched the science fiction television series Doctor Who from the very beginning. I prefer the programme’s early years from which my favourite story is the Patrick Troughton serial Fury From The Deep. I am also an admirer of Gerry Anderson’s puppet shows and successive live-action series, from Fireball XL5 to Space Precinct and beyond! My pick is an episode of UFO entitled The Psychobombs. I am currently addicted to US supernatural drama Medium while, in film, I’ve always adored the gothic horror of Hammer. On first hearing Roxy Music’s Virginia Plain, music, both popular and classical, became the major force in my life, so much so that I gained a BA in the subject from Nottingham University and an M.Mus in composition from Goldsmiths, University of London. Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 In C Minor - The Resurrection and Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring are favoured scores. Aladdin Sane by David Bowie is probably my favourite rock album. Singles of choice are Mott The Hoople’s All The Young Dudes, Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel’s Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) and No More Heroes by The Stranglers.
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I can't believe he's 56!! A fine actor and a very underrated Dr. He may have lost his youthful looks but he's still going strong which is good to see.
My PD claim to fame was standing right next to him in the bar at The Metropole Hotel in 2003 at the 40th Anniversary Dr Who convention!! It felt very surreal to be standing next to one of the Doctors - and he was smoking a fag too! Very non-Gallifreyan.
My other favourite PD performance was him as Stephen Daker in "A Very Peculiar Practice" - a great programme! I wish they'd release the second series on DVD!
I'm in full agreement with you on "A Very Peculiar Practice". It would be nice if its writer, Andrew Davies, went back to writing something original, rather than continually adapting classic novels, as he's obviously superlative at it! Are you aware that the second seven-part series was followed up with a TV movie entitled "A Very Polish Practice"?
Another Davison series I greatly enjoyed was "At Home with the Braithwaites".
Oh Happy Birthday even though I'm a bit late !!
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