Honor Blackman? That's her name, isn't it? She used to be in the Avengers at one point, I believe.
But yeah, I do think the hiatus may prove to be a serious mistake. Everywhere I go online nowadays I see young Tennant fans saying things like they aren't really as into Doctor Who as they once were, thanks to the long wait between new instalments. As if Matt Smith wasn't going to have a hard enough time competing with the runaway juggernaut that is the Cult of Tennant. I can only shake my head and wonder at what their reasoning was for doing things the way they have. I think you may have a point about them puttting off a painful change for as long as the could, but seriously, how cool would it have been if the Journey's End regeneration had been a real one - straight out of the blue - and in the middle of that blaze of publicity that accompanied the cliffhanger?? Momentum, as you point out, is everything, in televison as in anything else; I hope they can get the ball rolling again next year and that a lot of the young fans who have only ever known Tennant as the Doctor will stick around and given them a chance.
I think stunt-casting is often in the eye of the beholder; if you have the opportunity to cast a classy, big-name actor in a role, you should probably go for it, but some of the rumours you hear just make you want to scream NO! DON'T! Still, I don't know what they'd have to do to make me stop watching it now. Marry the Doctor off permanently to Rose and have them raise 2.4 Time Tots? I even forgave them Journey's End. Eventually. Well, when I say "forgave"...
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Date: 2009-06-16 07:12 pm (UTC)But yeah, I do think the hiatus may prove to be a serious mistake. Everywhere I go online nowadays I see young Tennant fans saying things like they aren't really as into Doctor Who as they once were, thanks to the long wait between new instalments. As if Matt Smith wasn't going to have a hard enough time competing with the runaway juggernaut that is the Cult of Tennant. I can only shake my head and wonder at what their reasoning was for doing things the way they have. I think you may have a point about them puttting off a painful change for as long as the could, but seriously, how cool would it have been if the Journey's End regeneration had been a real one - straight out of the blue - and in the middle of that blaze of publicity that accompanied the cliffhanger?? Momentum, as you point out, is everything, in televison as in anything else; I hope they can get the ball rolling again next year and that a lot of the young fans who have only ever known Tennant as the Doctor will stick around and given them a chance.
I think stunt-casting is often in the eye of the beholder; if you have the opportunity to cast a classy, big-name actor in a role, you should probably go for it, but some of the rumours you hear just make you want to scream NO! DON'T! Still, I don't know what they'd have to do to make me stop watching it now. Marry the Doctor off permanently to Rose and have them raise 2.4 Time Tots? I even forgave them Journey's End. Eventually. Well, when I say "forgave"...