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Steven Moffat, on Russell T Davies' and Ben Cook's 'The Writer's Tale':
'reading it, for me, was like taking possession of a big scary mansion, and finding the tearstained diary of the previous occupant (whereabouts unknown).'
— Jun 05, 2023 04:42AM
'reading it, for me, was like taking possession of a big scary mansion, and finding the tearstained diary of the previous occupant (whereabouts unknown).'
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I wasn't the first script editor to sense that Marc [Platt] had talent, and the peculiar knack that might make for a really good Doctor Who writer. The first piece of writing he'd ever sent in to the show had elicited a letter from the legendary Doctor Who script editor (and writer) Robert Holmes, who had said, 'Of the many unsolicited scripts I receive every year, yours was the only one of any merit whatsoever.'
— Jan 25, 2024 02:58AM
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He was there until 3.00 am trying to put things right and he was back again now. The other special effects guys didn't understand his concern. 'Are you still working on it?' Poor Lindsay. He was talented and he cared about what he was doing and he'd tried to make Doctor Who look good; and someone stole his airbrush last night.
— Jun 20, 2023 05:55AM
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'The Chimeron baby was cool,' observed Lindsay MacGowan, in reference to one of the effects from the last shoot. Lindsay came into the studio yesterday to see what they'd done to the monster he'd designed. What they'd done was added a neck, broken all the spines off and got the colours all wrong.
— Jun 20, 2023 05:55AM
