Have they been watching Ultraviolet?
Ironically, given the subject matter of the series in our latest podcast, Hollywood has this film coming out next year. What a coincidence…
Show 64: Ultraviolet
Thanks to the Twilight/True Blood generation of shows it’s becoming the norm these days to think of vampires as misunderstood and a bit cuddly, despite the whole neck/fangs/blood-drinking malarkey (Emo has SO much to answer for…).
That is BOLLOCKS! Vampires can be sexy by all means but, at the end of the day, they will KILL us to DRINK our BLOOD in order for them to survive. Remaining the UNDEAD for all eternity.
Bastards.
Anyway, Ultraviolet was written and directed by Joe Ahearne (This Life/Strange/Dalek/Father’s Day/Boom Town/Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways/Apparitions) in 1998 for Channel 4. Broadcast at 10pm on Thursday nights it gathered a dedicated following and achieved pretty good viewing figures. However C4 were slow on the uptake and failed to keep hold of the actors for a second series.
As a very British, modern take on vampires this strikes a stark contrast with the more comic-book style of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Curiously, years later, three of the main cast have becoming more internationally well known for their roles in American series. Idris Elba is now best known for playing Stringer Bell in The Wire, Jack Davenport is famous for the Pirates of the Caribbean films and is now starring in current hit FlashForward, while Stephen Moyer, having played a vampire here, is now playing lead bloodsucker in True Blood…
Although the DVD has now been deleted, most of the episodes can be found in their entirety on You Tube. To give you a flavour of what we’ve been watching, here’s a trailer. I think it’s fan made and some of the music is a bit OTT but it’s not bad at all!
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See you in a fortnight!
Show 63: Doctor Who – The Highlanders
Normally I'd be drooling over the gorgeous Anneke Wills but 'ang on lads - get a load of that geezers titfer. You're having a bubble ain'tcha?
Och aye the Noo, you sassanachs. Tether yon wee hairy beasties and set a trap for that pesky Loch Ness Monster. Can ye believe the stereotypes we’re perpetuating here? No, neither can I. Let me just finish off this deep fried Mars Bar and I’ll carry on with the post.
Robbie Burns, John Logie Baird, Arthur Conan Doyle, Billy Connolly, David Tennant…um…Scotty from Star Trek…Mel Gibson and…er…Groundskeeper Willie?
Ohhh, famous Scotsmen, we’re just up to our eyes in those blokes aren’t we? (Aren’t we?). None perhaps as famous as James Robert McCrimmon though. And it is in this story that we welcome our favourite hairy legged highlander aboard the TARDIS.
It’s an odd one this – the last purely historical story until 1982’s Black Orchid – yet it’s a curiosity, placed where it is with a Doctor/actor who’s not quite settled into the part yet.
As you’ll hear from the intro, we have a survey we’d like you to fill in if you have the time – so please do. It’s quick and easy and there are no hidden clauses (we’re not getting any body parts from you or anything, so relax).
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See you in a couple of weeks for something non-Who.
The Krankies! Connor Macleod…Robbie Coltrane…um…Burke and Hare (okay, they were Irish but they nicked Scottish corpses, that’s close enough)…
Michael Palin Poll Closed
Our Poll (on whether Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 Days counts as Cult or not) has now closed. Thank you very much to everyone who voted, we will abide by your decision and the results will be presented in our next show, which comes out on the 11th of November.
And there will be another chance to influence what we cover in an upcoming show…
Show 62: Doctor Who – The Power of the Daleks
Daleks conquer and destroy! Daleks conquer and destroy!
Ah, I sometimes think those mutated misfits will terrorise the universe for the rest of Time…* Still, as long as Andrew isn’t the first successful Dalek duplicate (hey, it’s possible) we’re okay for the moment. And we have reached a momentous point in C2 and Doctor Who history; the first change of the shows leading man.
Unfortunately, only clips and telesnaps really exist of this 7 part story, so Patrick Troughton’s debut isn’t quite as eventful as it should be. Or is it?
Shall we teach you the folly of our words and demonstrate the power of the Daleks!?**
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* shamelessly pinched line #1
** shamelessly pinched line #2
