... figure out exactly how he wanted things to be, but since RTD has the world's largest ego there really wasn't much of a chance of that. ... expecting him to bring back Gallifrey, kill the Doctor, and then show us the face of Matt Smith with exactly the same ... all a bit too drastic. This is the moment where anyone who didn't already realise it was struck with the realisation that RTD isn't ...

blog entry - James Aylett - 2010-01-01 21:31 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

... that this 'social experiment' was conducted by somebody who doesn't condone paedophilia, as opposed to one of those people who does. 'Ben' goes on to explain that the point of his 'social ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-21 11:00 - 10 comments - 0 attachments

... the result that fewer and fewer adults go to the theatre who demand to be treated as such. Not that there was ever a problem - or lack ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-26 18:57 - 3 comments - 0 attachments

People who have been closely following this blog (or indeed my life) over the years ... that one day I'll arrive home and be confronted by people who haven't read the book wielding banners expressing disgust and outrage? I ... the publicity would certainly make up for the demographic who have been vocal in forums in expressing the equally irrational view that ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-13 19:28 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

... unwanted side effect of inviting criticism from people who may not be qualified to give it, and since my book has been rewritten, ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-12 18:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... - requires the arrogance and stupidity of somebody who thinks they're better than Dickens. Enter Sarah Phelps, whose execrable ... this was obviously felt to be too oblique by Phelps, who instead wrote us a(nother) dreary, serious scene in which Joe told Pip 'you ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-04 10:46 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... more recently I heard an interview with Johnny Daukes, who (inaccurately) claims to have written 'the first UK film written entirely ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2012-01-02 14:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... the above reasons, I tend to regard people in my situation who drive Land Rovers as dickheads. I don't want to be one of them. Then, ... and since I doubt very much that the folk at Land Rover who paid for it live on farms, at least one of my prejudices would appear to ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2011-10-16 18:49 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... proved them wrong! I suppose it's not even clear who is giving this supervision - and I have to say, the dog looks rather ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2011-10-13 14:20 - 0 comments - 2 attachments

Anybody who hasn't enjoyed the new series of Doctor Who so far is presumably ... slapping his literal and banal musak onto every scene. The Doctor makes an announcement: Murray Gold gives us a fanfare. The Doctor makes ...

blog entry - James Lark - 2011-04-30 20:28 - 0 comments - 0 attachments