Why Doctor Who Needs A Haircut
There was talk of pink Daleks, Sea Devils and haircuts. This was at last night's session here at the Celtic Media Festival during which a panel of behind-the-scenes folk from Doctor Who were quiized by an enthusiastic audience. The panel included the programme's outgoing Executive Producer Julie Gardener as well as one of the actors who sits inside the Dalek.
"It's remarkably spacious," he told us, "there's even a mini-bar inside."
There were lots of children in the audience. They had come armed with questions that put the media luvvies to shame.
"Why does the Doctor only have assistants from the 21st Century?"
"Will the actor taking over the role of the Doctor get a haircut before he starts?"
"Will there ever be a pink Dalek?"
One or two adults did manage to get a word in and we discovered that there is no Doctor Who Lego because the toy company will only make that if and when the series becomes hugely popular in America.
After that we retired to a nearby hotel for the opening night's drinks 'n' nibbles reception and I found myself being quizzed by a variety of students from Aberdeen College who were eager to know how they could start a career in radio. If I catch up with them later today I must ask them to tell me what I said.
And there was live music provided by a wonderful Welsh Trad ensemble called . They were as good as anything you'd hear on the Trad scene in Scotland with with the peculiarly Welsh addition of clog dancing.
Now that's something you don't see every night of the week.
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