30 Days of Doctor Who: Question 13: Favourite era visited by the Doctor.

30 Days of Doctor Who: Question 13: Favourite era visited by the Doctor.

I like all the eras. I don't necessarily like the way the show depicts them - but that's okay.

My favourite setting in the past was the one depicted in "The Shakespeare Code".



"Love's Labours Found".

I liked Dean Lennox Kelly's depiction of Shakespeare, and the way he was characterized. I liked the dialogue, the use of the Globe, the way Martha reacted to the time. I liked the ending, with Queen Elizabeth's people shooting at the Doctor, and he didn't know why. I liked so much about about - and I loved the mutual flirting between Shakespeare and the Doctor.

A wonderful episode, in one of my favourite times and places.

Doctor Strange...

Marvel has announced that there is going to be a Doctor Strange movie coming up. This had me wondering: Doctor Strange recently has had a low profile over the past few years at Marvel. He was demoted from the position of Sorceror Supreme. He has appeared in the Illuminati - and I heartily approve, I like the Illuminati - but those appearances are few and far between, and Strange hasn't been particulary highlighted by them.

So: is it going to be like Thor and Iron Man and even Loki, where success in the movies accompanies a fresh and improved revival of the comic book character? Might we actually get some focus on Stephen Strange, with one of the top-notch writers?

... I hope so. After a promising beginning, the depiction of Strange in the recent series of The Defenders was most disappointing. And I'm not sure anyone has drawn him right since Frank Brunner.

Most of the online commentary I have seen has been the casting game. Who could play Strange in the movie? I'm hoping for a brilliantly talented, charismatic unknown who will transform the personality in the way Robert Downey Jr. redefined Iron Man. I did see the suggestion that Aidan Gillen could play the role. That appeals. Most of the people who strike me as physically right for the part are British or Irish - which isn't to say that they couldn't play American. Hmm. Perhaps Jim Caviezel?