I say, Blackadder, er, Vicar, er, Doctor…
Just when you think Doctor Who can’t get any more awesome… news comes that Richard Curtis is writing for Series Five Season 31 the 2010 Season of Doctor Who
You know, the Richard Curtis that wrote and created Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley, Four Weddings and a Funeral and is one of the best known TV writers in British television along with, well, Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies.
It’s not like Curtis is unfamiliar with the show, either. He was executive producer for the Moffat-scripted 1999 Comic Relief sketch, The Curse of Fatal Death which featured Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor. And in the finale of The Vicar of Dibley, Alice, the sweet-but-dim verger insisted that Geraldine’s wedding have a Doctor Who theme, with matron of honor Alice even dressing like David Tennant’s Doctor.
Curtis is the first writer to be officially announced to be writing for the series. It’s clear they’re raising their game a notch or two between Curtis and the rumoured script by Neil Gaiman…
Posted by Graeme on Tuesday, September 8 at 5:31 pm
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Should be interesting. On the whole I enjoy Richard Curtis’ body of work and find him able to be mix comedy and drama (and dare I say it… urgh… romance… please Richard, nothing between the doctor and Amy Pond!), so this will be one episode I’ll be watching.
Posted by Rachel on 09/12 at 04:22 PM
I continue to find it hilarious how SF fans—Trekkies, Whovians, doesn’t seem to matter—seem to have a severe allergy to romance in their favorite show. Oh well.
As for Curtis, he won my respect with his black-as-pitch ending for Blackadder Goes Forth. So I’m looking forward to his episode and the Moffats. Sadly, Gaiman has once again denied he’s doing an episode, after a recent (late-Sept) wildcat forum rumor that he was.
Posted by Alex on 10/03 at 12:28 AM
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