Claims that Lembit will be appearing on the next Celebrity Big Brother have now been vigourously denied. But there remain two problems. The first thing is that the story “rang” true. CBB is pretty much the only celebrity reality TV show Lembit hasn’t appeared on. He’s made much out of his appearances on I’m a… Continue reading What the Big Brother incident says about Lembit’s narrative… and campaign.
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Should the tall skinny young bloke be replaced with a short fat older bloke?
Listening to Simon Russell Beale reviewing David Tennant’s performance of Hamlet on Today this morning, I am reminded of a point I wanted to make on my abortive “memo to Steven Moffat” blog post. That is, wouldn’t SRB make a fantastic Doctor? He would of course be more in the Troughton mould, but that is… Continue reading Should the tall skinny young bloke be replaced with a short fat older bloke?
Doctorin’ the Asylum
Interesting article here about the 1994 BBC serial Takin’ Over the Asylum starring David Tennant. Leaving aside the “before they were famous” anecdote and the interesting stuff about how mental health issues are portrayed in the media, what caught my attention was how the BBC is now cashing in on the fact that a bunch… Continue reading Doctorin’ the Asylum