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INTERVIEW - Creating Doctor Who: The Impossible Crossing
it wants to, and though this doesn’t always come across in Russel T Davies’s first series I could certainly see the potential behind it. SD: I got into Doctor Who in a very similar way to Alex really, though I arrived late to the party and joined the new series at the fantastic two parter; Empty Child and The Doctor Dances! As soon as I saw that haunting image of the gasmask bonded with the child’s face I was hooked! Here was a show that could be both entertaining with the charm and wit of Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor, and downright terrifying at the same time! I’d also heard of the show before from my Mum, who has a mortal fear of the Daleks born from evenings watching John Pertwee’s Doctor as a child with her Grandfather. Though I had never seen any of the classic series myself the intrigue was there. GS: And what about comics? AB: Unlike the Doctor, comics have always been there for me. I would read the Beano as a kid and eventually got into Batman thanks to the films and the animated series, picking up any issue I could find at my local store that had an interesting cover. I would often be dismayed that these issues were some odd part of an arc and I would never be able to find the other parts to the complete the story, but somehow I managed to collect every issue of the Knightfall arc and loved it. SD: Weirdly I got into reading comics quite late, but I had been drawing them throughout my childhood, creating my own characters and telling their stories through little comic strips. Of course I’d always been intrigued by Marvel and DC titles, I’d browse and admire the artwork, but wi ??????????????????????????????????$????????????????????????????M??$??????????????5???????$????????????????????????????????????????????????%????e?????????????$?????????????????????????????????????????? ??????!??????$????????????????? ?????????????5?????????!?????Y????????????????????????????? L??]????????????????????????????????????$????????????????????????????????????????QX??
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