Saturday, 15 May 2010
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Barrowman hasn't watched 'Doctor Who'
John Barrowman has admitted that he hasn't watched the new series of Doctor Who.
Barrowman, who has previously appeared in the show as his Torchwood character Captain Jack, explained that he has been too busy to watch Matt Smith on the show.
"I have not seen any of the new Doctor Who," he told Bang Showbiz. "I've been away in the States and because of the filming schedule over there doing Desperate Housewives I wasn't able to sit down and watch it."
However, Barrowman added that he is "excited" about watching the show in the future.
"I have it all on my computer," he said. "I've yet to watch it to get up to date. I'm looking forward to it. I'm a big fan of Who myself.
"I think Matt Smith will add his own kind of personality and cache to being the Doctor. So I'm excited about it and like everybody else out there, they will get on that journey with the Doctor and the Tardis and the assistant. It's not really about who plays it, it's about the programme. I'm looking forward to watching."
Doctor Who continues on Saturday at 6.25pm on BBC One.
Monday, 10 May 2010
Friday, 7 May 2010
Doctor Who the Musical? Not going to happen, says Arthur Darvill
Not that it ever was, of course. But the suggestion did come up when I recently sat down with Arthur Darvill, who played Rory in the first episode of this series of Doctor Who and whose character returns in a more regular role in this weekend’s episode.
Aside from his acting career, Arthur is an accomplished musician and composer, and has worked with playwright Che Walker on two projects of note: The Frontline, which was the first contemporary production to grace the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe, and the Young Vic’s recent musical Been So Long. So it was natural to ask whether he’d consider writing a musical episode for Doctor Who.
> Doctor Who the Musical? No. I’d love to write an episode where everyone’s dancing or something, I don’t know. But no, Doctor Who the Musical isn’t gong to happen!
That was the most frivolous point of the interview, but there’s plenty more — from his first working with Matt Smith (in the West End run of Swimming With Sharks) to the challenges as an actor presented by all the scripts being shrouded in extreme secrecy.
You can listen to a streamed version of the podcast on our podcast blog, and you can listen and download to every podcast episode, as well as subscribing to receive every future episode, from iTunes.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
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