Kara’s Video of the Day: Rex Was Almost Your Lawyer
So the American legal drama/Tennie vehicle “Rex Is Not Your Doctor Lawyer” will likely never be seeing the light of day — it’s just recently been passed over for the fall 2010 TV season as well, and the set’s allegedly been dismantled. However, a YouTuber has been kind enough to pass along a snippet of [...]
In: Television: U.S.A. · Tagged with: david tennant, legal drama, rex is not your lawyer, who's not who
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “Single Father”
Did you know David Tennant is Scottish!? Good Lord! I’ve never believed in a “Doctor Who” curse — former Doctors becoming so associated with the role that no one would ever accept them as anything else. And honestly, if I did, David Tennant’s career as of now would disabuse me of the notion pretty quickly. [...]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: BBC One, bbc scotland, david tennant, fathers, laura fraser, Warren Brown, who's not who
Blightyvision: “Casanova”
Or: “David Tennant Fangirl Catnip” Written and created by Russell T. Davies Starring David Tennant, Peter O’Toole, Laura Fraser, and Nina Sosanya If you want a strong script from RTD, you need only do two things: take away his aliens, and let him write about sex. If you want a strong performance from David Tennant, [...]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: available on dvd, casanova, david tennant, peter o'toole, rtd, who's not who
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “Lennon Naked”
The Doctor just can’t keep his hands off those Torchwood girls, can he? First Eight hooks up with Suzie in the recently-ended “Luther,” and now Nine and Tosh are getting it together. This due to the fact that Mr. “Lots of planets have a north” is going Scouser in the biopic “Lennon Naked,” soon to [...]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: bbc4, beatles, Biopic, christopher eccleston, John Lennon, naoko mori, who's not who
Blightyvision: “Jonathan Creek” Series 1
Created by David Renwick Starring Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin Guest Starring Anthony Head and Colin Baker An adulterous artist is found dead in his room, his lover bound and gagged on the floor. Investigative reporter Maddy Magellan is certain the victim’s wife was the murderer, but the wife was observed closely in a sealed-off [...]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: Alan Davies, Anthony Head, BBC, CarolineQuentin, Colin Baker, David Renwick, detective series, murder mystery, pilot episode, who's not who
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “Luther”
Mix the detached genius of Sherlock Holmes with the storytelling style of Columbo, throw in some dark psychological drama and moral conundrums, and what do you get? That would be Luther, a new six-episode crime drama starting this week on BBC One. Idris Elba (best known for his role as Stringer Bell in The Wire) [...]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: astrophysicist, BBC One, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, Paul McGann, Ruth Wilson, Serious Crimes Unit, Sherlock Holmes meets Columbo, Warren Brown, who's not who