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Luscious Lenny Nero	David Tennant - The Doctor one last time	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1182 (11/16/08 01:35) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None This seems like a good time to start a new David Tennant thread, what with the run up to his last year as The Doctor, and several new projects coming up. On Chidren in Need last night they showed a preview of the Dr Who Xmas special with David Morrisey. Here it is...just watch David Tennant's eyes right at the end. Dr Who Xmas special - preview I'm really looking forward to Einstein and Eddington next Saturday (22 Nov at 9.10pm). Something completely different. It'll be interesting to see what the viewing figures will be like; not easy to sell a drama about two scientists and the Theory of Relativity. I wonder if David's pulling power will be enough to get the audiences in. D xx "He's like fire. And ice. And rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever, he burns at the centre of time, and he can see the turn of the universe."
JasmineStill		#1	[-]
Posts: 7595 (11/16/08 20:46) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Of course it will!
thegirlwhoshotlibertyvalance		#2	[-]
Posts: 4004 (11/16/08 22:34) The Bookworm Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	There is one French girl who would be counted as audience if she were in the UK! I like your new avatar, Doulla 'The only difference between lunacy and genius is timing.' http://ishotlibertyvalance.wordpress.com/
LuvDoggie		#3	[-]
Posts: 375 (11/17/08 04:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	not easy to sell a drama about two scientists and the Theory of Relativity LOL. I would have probably watch it b/c of the subject matter. However, I've never heard of Eddington before. I remember enjoying the movie Longitude w/Michael Gambon & Jeremy Irons when it was first shown and years later ended visiting Greenwich to see Harrison's clocks.
JasmineStill		#4	[-]
Posts: 7607 (11/17/08 09:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Longitude was wonderful! And I did the same, went to Greenwich to see the clocks, on a boiling hot day with a grouchy 8 year old whom I had to bribe with ice cream to get him anywhere near the clocks, but I loved them - especially the one which looked like an enormous fob watch.
LuvDoggie		#5	[-]
Posts: 377 (11/17/08 16:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Didn't you want them for yourself after seeing them? Something compact to collect and knowing how significant its historical value. Priceless. I loved going to Greenwich. I remember going to the National Maritime Museum and just lingering in the section with Lord Nelson's artifacts. I found a book on Battle of Trafalgar at our local library book sale this weekend. Mr LD thought I picked it up for him but actually it's mine. I know I'll be returning to the UK for a visit one day b/c I can convince Mr LD (who's big into nautical history) that there are other places he needs to visit i.e. Portsmouth where HMS Victory is docked and Hastings/Battle. We need to do a full circle after seeing Bayeux Tapestry in France.
JasmineStill		#6	[-]
Posts: 7612 (11/17/08 17:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I did want them, yes. Or at least to be able to handle all that lovely polished metal. Gambon is a collector himself, I don't know if you knew that. Before he was an actor he was an engineer, and he loves taking clocks and other things apart and putting them back together, so it was a dream role for him. At risk of offending some silent lurker from Hastings, I wouldn't bother with going there. Battle I don't know. But the docks at Portsmouth are well worth seeing - a few years ago I went there with my dad (who served in the Navy during WW2) and it was fascinating. Greewich is a lovely place to go to by boat down the Thames from Westminster or the Tower, if the weather's nice.
LuvDoggie		#7	[-]
Posts: 378 (11/17/08 17:15) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Mr LD's dad was in the Army in WWII. Was one of the Rangers who climbed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on D-Day (his birthday actually). June 6 has special significance for us every year even years after he passed away from colon cancer. I want to cross the Channel by boat from UK to France like it was done in WWII just to experience what they saw during that time. Add to edit - Oh, I have great respect for MG now that I've heard he was an engineer. I know engineers galore in my family & friends and myself I went to school for engineering. Not very successfully but at least completed. Last Edited By: LuvDoggie 11/17/08 17:18. Edited 1 times.
JasmineStill		#8	[-]
Posts: 7617 (11/18/08 06:22) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That's interesting about your father in law, Evelyn. As my dad gets older and older he remembers those times more and more. Not in a sentimental way, but I think he realises more and more how lucky he is to have had such a long life when so many he knew (and many more he didn't know) didn't. Well, it's all a long way from David Tennant.
LuvDoggie		#9	[-]
Posts: 388 (11/19/08 05:39) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Back on topic... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ft62c Eddington & Einstein / Broadcast: 22 Nov 2008 @ 21:10 BBC Two Drama starring David Tennant and Andy Serkis. In the spring of 1914, with Europe on the brink of war, no one had heard of an obscure German physicist called Albert Einstein. A British astronomer, Arthur Eddington, realised that Einstein's theories could unlock whole new ways of thinking about time and space. Spoiler [+] Despite the danger of being labelled traitors, the two men began a unique correspondence. An eclipse in Africa provided an opportunity to prove Einstein's theories to the world. Eddington, an unlikely hero, set out on a journey that would change people's perceptions of the universe forever. CREDITS: Arthur Eddington - David Tennant Albert Einstein - Andy Serkis Sir Oliver Lodge - Jim Broadbent Frank Dyson - Richard McCabe Elsa Einstein - Jodhi May Winnie Eddington - Rebecca Hall Mileva Einstein - Lucy Cohu Max Planck - Donald Sumpter Fritz Haber - Anton Lesser Leopold Koppel - John Bowe Director - Philip Martin Producer - Mark Pybus Author - Peter Moffat
Luscious Lenny Nero		#10	[-]
Posts: 1188 (11/23/08 16:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Did anyone watch Einstein and Eddington last night? Wonderful production, beautiful cinematography and brilliant performances from the entire cast. The contrast between the two scientists was fascinating, Einstein so energetic and passionate, Eddington a Quaker and repressed homosexual. And yet their passion for the truth about the universe transcended their background and their nationality, despite the war. It was at times very moving, particularly the last 15minutes which I found spellbinding...but I don't want to give away any spoilers. It was just such a joy and so refreshing to watch a beautifully made film about Physics! I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! BTW, Jas and Evelyn, I really enjoyed reading your posts about Greenwich and engineering etc. Greenwhich is one of my favourite places in the world; I remember visiting the observatory for the first time as a child and feeling a complete sense of awe. It was the start of a real passion for Astronomy and one of the reasons I ended up doing Physics. Evelyn, if you do ever get Mr LD to Portsmouth, you must visit HMS Warrior; it's the first iron-clad warship and interestingly (for Ralph Fiennes fans) was where they shot the scenes on board The Leviathan in Oscar & Lucinda. D xx "He's like fire. And ice. And rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever, he burns at the centre of time, and he can see the turn of the universe."
thegirlwhoshotlibertyvalance		#11	[-]
Posts: 4010 (11/23/08 16:30) The Bookworm Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Looking forward to it, Doulla! 'The only difference between lunacy and genius is timing.' http://ishotlibertyvalance.wordpress.com/
JasmineStill		#12	[-]
Posts: 7638 (11/24/08 08:09) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'd forgotten about you and Physics, Doulla. I missed most of this unfortunately but saw the last half hour or so - enough to see that David and Andy Serkis were giving storming performances. I must try to catch it on iplayer. I noticed Andy Serkis years ago in a Sam Shepard play called A Lie of the Mind - he played a young blue collar American with "anger issues" and he was absolutely terrifying - I got him longlisted for an Olivier award nomination for it, but ultimately he lost out. Then he played Gollum in Lord of the Rings. I'm glad he's doing well.
LuvDoggie		#13	[-]
Posts: 396 (12/01/08 03:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Okay, I'll have to remember HMS Warrior when we go to Portsmouth and watch O&L beforehand also. Unfortuately, Andy Serkis will forever be in my mind as Gollum in LOTR. I watched him in Peter Jackson's King Kong and did a double take b/c I was used to his Gollum costume.
JasmineStill		#14	[-]
Posts: 7684 (12/01/08 09:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Has Doulla ever reported back on her final viewing of Hamlet/LLL in Stratford? I don't remember, if so. Anything to report, Doulla?
eternalsunshine 2		#15	[-]
Posts: 6478 (12/07/08 11:04) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	DT at the Evening Standard Awards, looking rather shocked
Bluekygirl		#16	[-]
Posts: 525 (12/07/08 14:41) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	This picture made me laugh out loud. There's DT, looking like his medication hasn't kicked in yet, and poor, long-suffering Ken, eyes to heaven. It's such a good thing to be an anonymous, private citizen, not subject to random people shoving cameras in your face at inopportune moments.
eternalsunshine 2		#17	[-]
Posts: 6481 (12/07/08 14:46) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	On the bright side: The have both shined their shoes.
thegirlwhoshotlibertyvalance		#18	[-]
Posts: 4029 (12/07/08 15:04) The Bookworm Moderator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	That is one funny picture, thank you Sara! I put them as my phone wallpaper Doulla sent me a copy of the Telegraph with David on the cover, really yummy picture in it 'The only difference between lunacy and genius is timing.' http://ishotlibertyvalance.wordpress.com/ Last Edited By: thegirlwhoshotlibertyvalance 12/07/08 15:19. Edited 1 times.
JasmineStill		#19	[-]
Posts: 7738 (12/08/08 10:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	You're right, very shiny shoes. It's nice to see Ken smiling, after last night's Wallander.
Luscious Lenny Nero		#20	[-]
Posts: 1191 (12/09/08 03:14) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Doulla sent me a copy of the Telegraph with David on the cover, really yummy picture in it Much better! David looks bonkers in the Evening Standard Award photos!! Jas, yes it's great to see Kenneth smiling. I've been watching Wallander which is excellent, but poor old Ken seems to do an awful lot of crying. Re Hamlet, I did post something in the David Tennant as Hamlet thread, about the last performance I saw which was on 8th November. Apparently their final performance at Stratford on 15 November was pretty special, would have loved to have been at that. BTW did you here that David has hurt his back and had to miss tonight's performance of Hamlet at the Novello. I don't know who to feel most sorry for, David, his fans or poor Edward Bennett who had to understudy. Edited to say sorry the photo is so big. If anyone knows how to make it smaller, please go ahead. D xx "He's like fire. And ice. And rage. He's like the night and the storm and the heart of the sun. He's ancient and forever, he burns at the centre of time, and he can see the turn of the universe." Last Edited By: Luscious Lenny Nero 12/09/08 03:28. Edited 3 times.

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