Doctor Who‘s big 50th anniversary special, “The Day of the Doctor,” thrilled fans around the world and is widely considered one of the sci-fi institution’s finest hours. And one of its own finest moments was Tom Baker’s cameo towards the end of the movie-sized event. The iconic former star of the show turned up to play the Curator, a mysterious individual hinted to be one of the Doctor’s future incarnations (wearing one of his old faces).
Someone who’s not a fan of this cameo though is Colin Baker (no relation), the Sixth Doctor to Tom’s Fourth. While speaking to Den of Geek at Edinburgh’s Capital Sci-Fi Con earlier this year, the actor – who starred as the Time Lord from 1984-86 – didn’t hold back about his feelings on the other Baker’s Curator cameo, which he described as “naff.”
‘If you weren’t a Doctor Who fan,...
Someone who’s not a fan of this cameo though is Colin Baker (no relation), the Sixth Doctor to Tom’s Fourth. While speaking to Den of Geek at Edinburgh’s Capital Sci-Fi Con earlier this year, the actor – who starred as the Time Lord from 1984-86 – didn’t hold back about his feelings on the other Baker’s Curator cameo, which he described as “naff.”
‘If you weren’t a Doctor Who fan,...
- 7/31/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Paul McGann, best known among fans of genre TV from Doctor Who as the eighth incarnation of the Time Lord, celebrates his 60th birthday today.
McGann initially had only a single outing as the Doctor in a TV movie aired in 1996, seven years after the series went on indefinite hiatus due to its steadily declining ratings and long before work began on the 2005 revamp, which will soon return for a second season with Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor.
Sometimes referred to as Enemy Within, the film was made as a pilot episode for a new series of Doctor Who produced with an American audience in mind, but fared poorly due to its radical alteration of the show’s core ideals and mishandling of established lore. However, McGann’s performance as the Doctor was still celebrated, and despite the movie’s failure he’s remained an integral aspect of the mythology.
McGann initially had only a single outing as the Doctor in a TV movie aired in 1996, seven years after the series went on indefinite hiatus due to its steadily declining ratings and long before work began on the 2005 revamp, which will soon return for a second season with Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor.
Sometimes referred to as Enemy Within, the film was made as a pilot episode for a new series of Doctor Who produced with an American audience in mind, but fared poorly due to its radical alteration of the show’s core ideals and mishandling of established lore. However, McGann’s performance as the Doctor was still celebrated, and despite the movie’s failure he’s remained an integral aspect of the mythology.
- 11/14/2019
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
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