Comments on: Benedict Cumberbatch, then.

By: Hendiadys

Hendiadys — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:07:06 +0000

He was like a cross between Patrick Bateman and Graham Norton’s Father Ted character.

I still haven’t watched any Sherlock (I intend to), but that description puts me in mind of John Simm’s “teh wacky!!!11″ first scene as the Master.

By: Andy M

Andy M — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:27:26 +0000

Well Cumberbatch can’t be any worse as the Master than that bloke last night was as his Moriarty. He was like a cross between Patrick Bateman and Graham Norton’s Father Ted character.

By: Ridley

Ridley — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:31:40 +0000

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1298040/New-Sherlock-Holmes-Benedict-Cumberbatch-turns-Doctor-Who-role.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

For what that source is worth. :p

By: Hendiadys

Hendiadys — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 01:55:55 +0000

Evil versions of characters are cool, especially when they have one altered letter in their name, and distinct facial hair. See also: Wozbit.

By: Thor

Thor — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:05:23 +0000

Or an evil Bernard Cribbins as “Bad Wilf”.

By: Hendiadys

Hendiadys — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:50:31 +0000

Somebody from the Wild West who doesn’t like being called “Bad Wolf Tannen”.

By: Andy M

Andy M — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:40:53 +0000

No, that should’ve turned out to be a character called Wolf who is bad. Either Harvey Keitel’s character from Pulp Fiction or if he wasn’t available, Wolf from Gladiators.

By: Hendiadys

Hendiadys — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:49:32 +0000

I don’t think the Master should reappear any time soon. But I think Cumberbatch would make a good Master, because he could have some interesting parallels with Smith’s Doctor. Maybe two years from now, in Smith’s last series, he could reappear, and be done in a way that feels fresh and scary again. I don’t want the Master to be responsible for “the silence”, but I also want the pay-off to be more complex than a one-character nemesis at the heart of it, anyway.

Omega’s an interesting idea, but I think I’d prefer for us to encounter a completely new Timelord nemesis. Even if s/he has some responsibility for “the silence”, I think “The Silence” would be a slightly crap name though. “Yes, my name is literally ‘Bad Wolf’… what?”

By: si

si — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:16:16 +0000

No, not The Master. I can’t be arsed with that, give us a rest. What about a character (TimeLord?) called ‘The Silence’?

Oh, please yourselves.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:21:47 +0000

Hopefully he will follow his mother’s footsteps and appear in Doctor Who at some point.