Interesting. I know his name, I remember him in "Fires of Pompeii"... but a previous performance won't necessarily indicate how he'll act the Doctor, true. (Perhaps his role in The Thick of It had something to do with his being offered the role, though? In that case, I should probably check it.) I'm interested that they've cast an older actor. I'm sure they can get past the 12 regenerations/13 lives limit from Classic Who.
[ETA: Ah! Not only was he in The Hour, which I have on my list to investigate, but he was in a movie I loved years ago, Local Hero. I'm going to track that down, as I'd love to see it again, and see him in it, knowing who he is now.]
Agreed, now that I know how crude it was. I do want to try The Hour, though, partly because someone I know loved it dearly and was sad when it was canceled.
Hah, that's okay. From what I've read, it was a drama about a newsroom in the 1950s and had what sounds to have been a good cast. I've also read that it had issues with anachronistic details, but I still want to see what it was like.
This casting news was mentioned on National Public Radio in the USA, and I was so not expecting to hear it reported there (though why not, since NPR stations play BBC News broadcasts) that I burst out laughing. I'm glad they felt their audience would appreciate it, though. :-)
I was telling lost_spook that it was all over the morning news bulletins on Classic FM. I concluded a while back that someone relatively new there is a Who fan because I recall they also announced Matt's departure, and there's been a few other Who-related news items too in the last 2 - 3 years.
[ETA: Ah! Not only was he in The Hour, which I have on my list to investigate, but he was in a movie I loved years ago, Local Hero. I'm going to track that down, as I'd love to see it again, and see him in it, knowing who he is now.]
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This casting news was mentioned on National Public Radio in the USA, and I was so not expecting to hear it reported there (though why not, since NPR stations play BBC News broadcasts) that I burst out laughing. I'm glad they felt their audience would appreciate it, though. :-)
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I was telling lost_spook that it was all over the morning news bulletins on Classic FM. I concluded a while back that someone relatively new there is a Who fan because I recall they also announced Matt's departure, and there's been a few other Who-related news items too in the last 2 - 3 years.
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