Things

[lost_spook]

1. I had an idea for my Doctor Who Minor Characters Ficathon fic! (I was hoping a prompt would give me inspiration, but there have been less, and then I had inspiration of my own. I am now, some hours later, thinking it maybe wasn't a good idea, but I seem to be committed.) I do also need to edit and beta my

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[hyarrowen]

O, I'm sad to hear about Alex McCowen! Face-blindness ensures that I really only know him from Henry V, both the BBC and the Branagh versions, but he was excellent in both.

[lost_spook]

Yes, he is very good! His Chorus is kind of scary, but still excellent and the one I always think of first as Chorus, and his Malvolio is just about perfect. I can't think if I've actually seen him in much else, but, as I said, his Mr Palfrey was lovely. :-)

[ragnarok_08]

Oh that's so sad about Alex McCowen :(

[lost_spook]

Indeed, although he was 91, so he had a very good innnings!

[sallymn]

So glad you have an idea for your story!

Sad about Alec McGowan... it seems that these days there's a lot of either "They were too young to die!" and "oh they've been around so long I thought they were gone..." I try to also keep remembering that at the same time, someone is being born that we will love and admire and enjoy one day... we just don't know it yet.

[lost_spook]

Thanks!

And, yes! People are endlessly wonderful and awful and talented and interesting, including the new ones. But some people definitely deserve a moment of sadness in farewell at least, too. *removes hat*

[acciochocolate]

Oh, sad news. :(

[acciochocolate]

In reading the wiki article on McCowen, I note w/ interest that he was the partner of Geoffrey Burridge , who was so deliciously wicked in B7's "Rescue", the very 2nd B7 eppie I ever saw. The 1st was "Terminal", btw. I had high hopes for Dorian. ;)

[lost_spook]

Yes, I noticed that, which I hadn't known before. Very sad for them both that Burridge died so comparatively young, though. :-/

[acciochocolate]

Very sad. :(