BBC Wales claims it's going to bring Doctor Who back to television, in something scripted by Russell 'Queer as Folk' Davies, who penned one of Virgin's New Adventures spinoff novels in 1996, and of course littered Queer as Folk with all manner of fannish wanky references to warm a grown geek's heart. I derived intense satisfaction from his Damaged Goods when I was 17; it was filled with anti-Thatcherism, cocaine, and gay sexual exploits for the Doctor's blond, hunky, 30th century companion Chris. It was a little bit of my childhood calling out to me, 'Go snog blokes! You'll like it!' And at just the right time in my life, too.
Apparently, the BBC isn't kidding this time. Though probably--and I'm going out on a limb here--Davies won't get to throw any gay sex into the TV programme.
Well, piss my soul.
Provided they don't fuck up--and I'm willing to have some measure of faith in Davies--this could be a bit good. In 2005.
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Posted by aloysius at September 29, 2003 10:40 PM | TrackBack |