Bumper Doctor Who post
I decided to do a bumper Doctor Who post so it's all in one place. If that doesn't appease you, nothing will.
Donna Noble may have stood out from the crowd in her Runaway Bride wedding dress, but she's determined to blend in when the TARDIS makes a date with Agatha Christie during the 1920s.
Although David Tennant's Doctor remained in his timeless pin-striped brown suit for the adventure, Donna (played by Catherine Tate) chose this classy 'flapper' style period costume for the occasion.
With filming now complete on the period piece, David and Catherine are preparing to visit the Planet of the Ood - with presumably another costume change planned.
Both episodes are being produced by Susie Liggat, who previously took charge of the Human Nature / The Family Of Blood two-parter during Series 3.
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John Barrowman has had an interesting and varied acting career. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, his parents moved because of his father’s job and he was raised in the United States. Later he returned to British soil to pursue a career in musical theatre in London’s West End. Now, he is becoming very well known to American audiences on the two BBC series DOCTOR WHO and TORCHWOOD.
On both series Barrowman plays Captain Jack Harkness, and openly bi-sexual (or omni-sexual if you prefer) space and time traveler out to save the day and hopefully get lucky on the side. DOCTOR WHO airs on the SCI FI Channel and TORCHWOOD is premiering in September on BBC America.
In real life Barrowman is an out gay actor married to his long-time partner,British architect Scott Gill. He continues to set industry standards at new levels playing not only leading men (something gay actors in the U.S. aren’t allowed to do too often) but also getting to have tender same sex on-screen relationships with some of his very attractive male co-stars.
Captain Jack has always had an interesting relationship with The Doctor, and at the end of the third series of DOCTOR WHO, there are some very interesting revelations about what Jack’s ultimate fate is. To Barrowman those last few moments of season 3 define so much that has gone before and will continue into the second series of TORCHWOOD.
“That reveals so much about his relationship with The Doctor,” exclaims Barrowman. “There are things revealed in DOCTOR WHO that will be reiterated in the second series of TORCHWOOD.”
Asking Barrowman to pick favorite moments of either series is extremely difficult for the actor. Not as familiar with the previous material as a rabid fan might be, Barrowman focuses more on certain types of sequences he likes shooting on either series.
“I would have to go back and look at Season One of TORCHWOOD and of DOCTOR WHO,” says the actor. “I’ve had such a good time, and I really enjoy doing all of the action stuff; particularly the fight sequences or sequences where I have to drive. I do some of the stunt driving myself and I particularly enjoy doing that stuff.”
Of course, there are other types of scenes that he enjoys shooting, and surprisingly enough they don’t involve dialogue. You would think that a man who has made a living off of his singing voice as well as his speaking voice would love dialogue heavy scenes, but this is no the case.
“Sometimes I enjoy the scenes more when I am not talking, because you can do a lot with your eyes and the reactions to what other people are saying and you can give away a lot by doing that rather than saying something,” says Barrowman. “Those are my favorite things to do.”
Being on a sciencef fiction program, for an actor it can sometimes be tricky since there are many scenes with unique lines and all kinds of fantastic explanations for things including aliens, supernatural phenomenon, and high tech weapons.
“When we have pages of dialogue and rhetoric and techno-babble; that’s the nightmare because you have to make sense of it for yourself before you can make it sound real,” laughs Barrowman. “That’s very difficult, but it’s part of the gig and you have to do it.”
And, whereas a lot actors on television shows like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA love to have input into their characters, Barrowman would rather be surprised. To him the challenge in acting a scene and making it real and believable.
“[The writers] get my humor, and I feel if I get too involved, it becomes less of a challenge to play it,” he says. “The great thing is figuring out how to make things work. If I put in my input it would be too easy a thing to act.”
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The next actor to play DOCTOR WHO on the hit British sci-fi show has been found - TV star HARRY LLOYD.
The show's boss Russell T Davies was impressed with Lloyd when the actor appeared on a recent episode as a student at a posh school.
And when current Doctor Who David Tennant leaves the series, which is rumoured to be in two year's time (09), Davies is convinced he has found a ready made replacement.
He says, "After his audition I sent a note to the casting director saying, 'He's not just good for Baines (his character), that's the next Doctor. Seriously. He's so brilliant."
Lloyd currently plays Will Scarlett in the British TV series Robin Hood.
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Donna Noble may have stood out from the crowd in her Runaway Bride wedding dress, but she's determined to blend in when the TARDIS makes a date with Agatha Christie during the 1920s.
Although David Tennant's Doctor remained in his timeless pin-striped brown suit for the adventure, Donna (played by Catherine Tate) chose this classy 'flapper' style period costume for the occasion.
With filming now complete on the period piece, David and Catherine are preparing to visit the Planet of the Ood - with presumably another costume change planned.
Both episodes are being produced by Susie Liggat, who previously took charge of the Human Nature / The Family Of Blood two-parter during Series 3.
Source
John Barrowman has had an interesting and varied acting career. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, his parents moved because of his father’s job and he was raised in the United States. Later he returned to British soil to pursue a career in musical theatre in London’s West End. Now, he is becoming very well known to American audiences on the two BBC series DOCTOR WHO and TORCHWOOD.
On both series Barrowman plays Captain Jack Harkness, and openly bi-sexual (or omni-sexual if you prefer) space and time traveler out to save the day and hopefully get lucky on the side. DOCTOR WHO airs on the SCI FI Channel and TORCHWOOD is premiering in September on BBC America.
In real life Barrowman is an out gay actor married to his long-time partner,British architect Scott Gill. He continues to set industry standards at new levels playing not only leading men (something gay actors in the U.S. aren’t allowed to do too often) but also getting to have tender same sex on-screen relationships with some of his very attractive male co-stars.
Captain Jack has always had an interesting relationship with The Doctor, and at the end of the third series of DOCTOR WHO, there are some very interesting revelations about what Jack’s ultimate fate is. To Barrowman those last few moments of season 3 define so much that has gone before and will continue into the second series of TORCHWOOD.
“That reveals so much about his relationship with The Doctor,” exclaims Barrowman. “There are things revealed in DOCTOR WHO that will be reiterated in the second series of TORCHWOOD.”
Asking Barrowman to pick favorite moments of either series is extremely difficult for the actor. Not as familiar with the previous material as a rabid fan might be, Barrowman focuses more on certain types of sequences he likes shooting on either series.
“I would have to go back and look at Season One of TORCHWOOD and of DOCTOR WHO,” says the actor. “I’ve had such a good time, and I really enjoy doing all of the action stuff; particularly the fight sequences or sequences where I have to drive. I do some of the stunt driving myself and I particularly enjoy doing that stuff.”
Of course, there are other types of scenes that he enjoys shooting, and surprisingly enough they don’t involve dialogue. You would think that a man who has made a living off of his singing voice as well as his speaking voice would love dialogue heavy scenes, but this is no the case.
“Sometimes I enjoy the scenes more when I am not talking, because you can do a lot with your eyes and the reactions to what other people are saying and you can give away a lot by doing that rather than saying something,” says Barrowman. “Those are my favorite things to do.”
Being on a sciencef fiction program, for an actor it can sometimes be tricky since there are many scenes with unique lines and all kinds of fantastic explanations for things including aliens, supernatural phenomenon, and high tech weapons.
“When we have pages of dialogue and rhetoric and techno-babble; that’s the nightmare because you have to make sense of it for yourself before you can make it sound real,” laughs Barrowman. “That’s very difficult, but it’s part of the gig and you have to do it.”
And, whereas a lot actors on television shows like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA love to have input into their characters, Barrowman would rather be surprised. To him the challenge in acting a scene and making it real and believable.
“[The writers] get my humor, and I feel if I get too involved, it becomes less of a challenge to play it,” he says. “The great thing is figuring out how to make things work. If I put in my input it would be too easy a thing to act.”
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The next actor to play DOCTOR WHO on the hit British sci-fi show has been found - TV star HARRY LLOYD.
The show's boss Russell T Davies was impressed with Lloyd when the actor appeared on a recent episode as a student at a posh school.
And when current Doctor Who David Tennant leaves the series, which is rumoured to be in two year's time (09), Davies is convinced he has found a ready made replacement.
He says, "After his audition I sent a note to the casting director saying, 'He's not just good for Baines (his character), that's the next Doctor. Seriously. He's so brilliant."
Lloyd currently plays Will Scarlett in the British TV series Robin Hood.
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