Dr. Who is coming back
This could be excellent news; a new series of Dr. Who is going to be filmed. Russell T Davies—-who created ‘Queer As Folk’—-is going to write the new series, which could either mean that it’s really great or really bad. He is at least a big fan himself, and I’ve heard encouraging things about going back to the original feel of the series: an older and more eccentric Doctor, and perhaps even a return to the good old cheap rubber monsters, and scenes obviously shot in quarries.
To herald this momentous news on the Today programme, they played a previous clip of John Humphrys interviewing a dalek. It’s really a classic. Part of the exchange went like this (you can hear the full version here:
*Humphrys*: Good morning. *Dalek*: GOOD MORNING. I WAS PROMISED SUE MCGREGOR! [becoming more shrill and insistent] WHO ARE YOU? *Humphrys*: I’m John Humphrys. *Dalek*: NOT FOR LONG. EXTERMINATE!! *Humphrys*: I think many people think that…
Of course, Tom Baker is the one true Doctor… The classic theme music (written by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the days long before synthesisers were common) is also the best SciFi theme music ever.
