Young James Herriot
R Feeney
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Britain’s most famous vet returns to the small screen in December as the BBC get set to air the three part drama Young James Herriot. In the series, Iain de Caestecker (The Fades) takes on the role of Herriot as he attempts to complete his degree at veterinary college in 1930s Glasgow. The would-be vet has to contend with the realities of life in Scotland during the depression era as well as the trials and tribulations that veterinary students of any era must face.
The Young James Herriot was originally conceived as an idea by former Doctor Who writer Johnny Byrne (Keeper of Traken). Byrne based many of his ideas for the show on tales found in archives of veterinary surgeon Alf Wight whose pen name was James Herriot.
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Britain’s most famous vet returns to the small screen in December as the BBC get set to air the three part drama Young James Herriot. In the series, Iain de Caestecker (The Fades) takes on the role of Herriot as he attempts to complete his degree at veterinary college in 1930s Glasgow. The would-be vet has to contend with the realities of life in Scotland during the depression era as well as the trials and tribulations that veterinary students of any era must face.
The Young James Herriot was originally conceived as an idea by former Doctor Who writer Johnny Byrne (Keeper of Traken). Byrne based many of his ideas for the show on tales found in archives of veterinary surgeon Alf Wight whose pen name was James Herriot.
- 11/28/2011
- by admin
If The Five Doctors was the perfect party, then Warriors Of The Deep is the bleary morning after where the whole world's in a spin.
This shouldn't be the case – it's got not one but Two! returning monsters from the Pertwee years. The Silurians and Sea Devils have joined in force to reclaim the planet which they think is rightfully theirs via a futuristic sea base in the near future. Now that sounds like a great story – especially if you're coming to Doctor Who afresh and bought the Beneath The Surface DVD set. What emerges though isn't so much a damp squib, more a floody disaster.
It's telling that this is another season opener written by Johnny Byrne, especially when you consider that Arc Of Infinity was a load of pants – well-made pants admittedly, but still pants. Warriors Of The Deep goes one worse by being badly realised on screen,...
This shouldn't be the case – it's got not one but Two! returning monsters from the Pertwee years. The Silurians and Sea Devils have joined in force to reclaim the planet which they think is rightfully theirs via a futuristic sea base in the near future. Now that sounds like a great story – especially if you're coming to Doctor Who afresh and bought the Beneath The Surface DVD set. What emerges though isn't so much a damp squib, more a floody disaster.
It's telling that this is another season opener written by Johnny Byrne, especially when you consider that Arc Of Infinity was a load of pants – well-made pants admittedly, but still pants. Warriors Of The Deep goes one worse by being badly realised on screen,...
- 1/21/2011
- Shadowlocked
How appropriate that Arc Of Infinity is set in Amsterdam, since the whole thing's Double Dutch.
Arc Of Infinity was the first story of season 20, a clutch of stories that was designed to feature various friends and foes from The Doctor's past. A nice idea in theory - in practice it got a little botched. For one thing, the Dalek story planned to wrap up the season was postponed until the next one. The Mara had only been in the previous season, while the Guardians hardly featured in the much-anticipated Guardian trilogy. A bit of a con overall, especially since only two stories - Mawdryn Undead and Arc Of Infinity - heavily drew on the show's history.
What's more of a shame is that Arc Of Infinity isn't much cop. It's a casualty of one of the eccentric shopping lists that John Nathan Turner insisted on giving to his writers.
Arc Of Infinity was the first story of season 20, a clutch of stories that was designed to feature various friends and foes from The Doctor's past. A nice idea in theory - in practice it got a little botched. For one thing, the Dalek story planned to wrap up the season was postponed until the next one. The Mara had only been in the previous season, while the Guardians hardly featured in the much-anticipated Guardian trilogy. A bit of a con overall, especially since only two stories - Mawdryn Undead and Arc Of Infinity - heavily drew on the show's history.
What's more of a shame is that Arc Of Infinity isn't much cop. It's a casualty of one of the eccentric shopping lists that John Nathan Turner insisted on giving to his writers.
- 1/3/2011
- Shadowlocked
People being terribly nice to each other. What is that again? In today's day and age, where people go around bitching behind other people's backs, slagging other people off, bankrupting, happy slapping, swearing etc, people being terribly nice to each other is about as alien as a horde of Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Autons and Plasmatons.
It is however, a concept rife on the tranquil planet of Traken. People seem happy. They are invited to each others' weddings. They may drink too much, but hey, it's a celebration.
Unfortunately, as soon as a statue called Melkur lands out of nowhere in the Grove, that's when things start to go wrong. Trust a certain emaciated Time Lord to put a spanner in the works, he's the sort of person who would gatecrash a birthday party, eat all the cake, break the DJ's records, drunkenly snog the girls and then scuttle off again,...
It is however, a concept rife on the tranquil planet of Traken. People seem happy. They are invited to each others' weddings. They may drink too much, but hey, it's a celebration.
Unfortunately, as soon as a statue called Melkur lands out of nowhere in the Grove, that's when things start to go wrong. Trust a certain emaciated Time Lord to put a spanner in the works, he's the sort of person who would gatecrash a birthday party, eat all the cake, break the DJ's records, drunkenly snog the girls and then scuttle off again,...
- 12/13/2010
- Shadowlocked
John Kenneth Muir has returned for new episodes of his popular series "The House Between," the independently produced online series that begins its third season with the episode "Devoured." The newest installment, the 16th in the series, continues the story of five strangers trapped in a Victorian house with no furniture and no escape, surrounded by dark matter. It stars Kim Breeding, Jim Blanton, Craig Eckrich, Lee Hansen, Tony Mercer and Alicia A. Wood. The latest episode is dedicated to the memory of "Space: 1999" script editor Johnny Byrne, a friend of Muir who died just as planning for Season 3 was getting under way. "Discussing that low-budget phenomenon ['The Blair Witch Project'], Johnny told me that the filmmakers had learned well the key secret to creating good films and ...
- 1/30/2009
- GeekNation.com
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