Paul McGann on Doctor Who

SyFy Portal again gets my attention today with a few quotes from Paul McGann on his resuming the role of the Doctor.

“I’ve heard as well, yeah I’ve heard,” McGann told SyFy Portal’s Alan Stanley Blair during the recent Collectormania convention in Glasgow, Scotland. “Well they haven’t called me, but often you hear it first through rumor. But you know … yeah I’d go back and do it … as long as I don’t have to wear a wig.”

The rest of the article can be found here, and is well worth your time.

Close friend of Doctor #7 Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann’s time as the Doctor was incredibly brief and due to rights issues and poor scheduling, American fans aren’t likely to even know he was ever the Doctor. A gentlemanly actor, McGann brought a sense of grandeur to the role of Doctor Who while maintaining that certain ‘alien’ quality that has been associated with the part since William Hartnell first played the part in 1963.

While mostly a cipher to TV viewers, the 8th Doctor as played by McGann continued his adventures in print and in sound. Appearing in Big Finish audio adventures, his time as the Doctor has been very unique. His Doctor was so popular, in fact, that he played the Doctor in an entire ’season’ of radio adventures.

McGann doesn’t rule out the possibility that he will not be coming back to Doctor Who but given that he is currently in the dark on any such plans, it probably won’t be happening for the 40th Anniversary.

But he will be resuming his radio adventures this year, so listeners in the UK remember to tune in.

Superman Man of Steel spoilers

Already??

This comes from filmick.uk

I’ve had a great tip off that traces back to a decent source with links within Warner Bros. It reveals quite a bit of exciting info about how The Man of Steel is going to go down when Brian Singer steps back behind the camera next year.

Apparently, Singer and Mike Dougherty have crafted a killer pitch and ‘concept draft’ that had the suits eating out of their hands and even had a knock-on effect for the plans for JLA (I’m told). Several key story points were made clear by the pre-production conceptual art, and here are some SPOILERY details of what those images revealed:

There’s a new Kryptonian character coming to Earth as a result of Supes’ pilgrimage to Krypton that took place before Returns.

Lex makes a deal with “a new villain” (I read this as new to the films, not new to the mythos, and indeed I have some idea who it is…) in order to have Superman eradicated. This villain double crosses Lex and takes over Lexcorp (yep – sounds like Brainiac to me too). What’s more, Jason is a key part in the plot to trap Superman and…

Poor little Jason. He’s snuffed out. That should have some of you cheering, you fiends.

So, there’s a basic draft of the script (a scriptment?), pre-production art and several sequences storyboarded and, as far as I’ve been told, it’s all going down very well with the execs. Nothing’s gonna stand in the way of this film, I’m sure. And, reportedly, this one is really quite action packed with a threatening, smart double team of villains. Can’t fail.

Treat this as rumour, sure. If you must. I’m buying it entirely because I know where it comes from.