Yes, William Shakespeare, I'm looking at you!
Does he not, in the play "Julius Caesar", mention a clock striking? Yes he does! He is centuries adrift in time here, such clocks were only around hundreds of years later.
Bad Bill! Go to your room and stay there until morning with no tea or supper!
| Nasty case of hiatus hernia there, Jules |
"Bill" in this case obviously means William Hartnell, and yes like 90% of the UK I've just watched "An Adventure In Space And Time", and bloody good it was too. Finally we get to see some of the old sets and props in colour (Mark Gatiss must have been gloating with glee), and the old backstory comes to light. Of course us real Doctor Who fans knew all of this decades ago (Conrad something of a geek snob) but it's nice seeing everyone else catching up at last.
I've mentioned it before, but David Bradley looks uncannily like William Hartnell. Expect this resemblance to be exploited in future series of Doctor Who when the 12th/13th/14th Doctor just so happens to need assistance from the 1st Doctor* ...
| David Bradley on set. No,wait a minute - is that - hang on, I'm confused |
Well, kind of. Today was our last time in the creaking Victorian pile that has been my workplace for the last 19 months. Underventilated and overpopulated, equipped with a sink that backed up every other week, lit by gas lamps** and inhabited by a lost breed of spoon-stealing bat, it has nevertheless been home.
Monday brings a transition to our new home, The Electric Goldfish Bowl. Newer than new, brighter than bright, it will be a venture into a positively futuristic environment.
Sadly no police call boxes.
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| "Really? Then my whole life is dust and ashes." |
* This means I've copyrighted it, BBC, see, so if you want to use it as a plot, contact BOOJUM! and bring a wheelbarrow of Abebook vouchers
** I lied. Electric lighting, but gas sounds better.
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