Matthew J Newton (matthew@mjnewton.demon.co.uk)
28 Jan 1998 18:23:47 -0000
At 20:41 28/01/98, Grant wrote:
>I like the fact that the entire supporting cast of UNXPECTED are veterans
>of Doctor Who - they even get Michael Jayston to play Professor X, after he
>had played the Valeyard (an evil 12 1/2th Doctor) in Doctor Who.
> Amusingly, Professor X appears as a cult TV series in a few of Virgin's
>Doctor Who New Adventure novels.
>
It's Colonel X in UnXpected; In the DW NAs, Professor X is revealed to be
the equivalent of Doctor Who in the universe where the Doctor is a real
person. I think it's in Paul Cornell's No Future where this is made very
clear (with Frankie Howerd having played the Professor, IIRC).
UnXpected is one of my favourite PG episodes. The detail that they went to
in creating the Colonel X series is brilliant (as ever with the series),
with the books, magazines and video covers. They auctioned one of the
Colonel X books at one of the Liverpool conventions. There's lots of great
dialogue, as ever, including a somewhat surprising line about Lynda and
nurses uniforms!
Regards, Matthew.
Matthew J Newton, Dorchester, Dorset, UK.
http://www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk for James Bond, television, Rotaract and
submarines
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