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Doctor Who review, ‘The Halloween Apocalypse’: John Bishop is the shining light in a chaotic series 13 opener

Well, it’s finally here: the beginning of the end for Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor. The actor will be hanging up her sonic screwdriver at the end of 2022, but not before a victory lap consisting of a Doctor Who miniseries and three specials next year. The reins will then be handed over to returning showrunner Russell T Davies and his Time Lord of choice (for what it’s worth, my money’s on Russell Tovey). “Flux”, as the six-episode 13th series is subtitled, consists of one continuous storyline, a rarity in the Whoniverse. There’s a lot of ground to be laid in seasonal opener “The Halloween Apocalypse” – some successfully, some less so.

The episode opens with the Doctor and Yaz (Mandip Gill) hanging upside down, trapped by – you guessed it – an extra-terrestrial baddie. It’s a classic Doctor Who set piece, having little impact on the subsequent plot but providing some funny lines and the best of the hit-and-miss CGI on offer. They escape back to the Tardis, but then the Doctor has a vision. She sees an alien prisoner overpowering his captors and transforming into a sight even more nightmarish than before, with jagged fangs, sunken eye sockets and metallic spikes protruding from his skull. She watches him control his guards’ minds before turning them into dust, as he looks into the camera to warn: “Trick or treat, Doctor,” just in case anyone forgot it’s Halloween.

The Doctor’s premonition is about the oncoming “Flux” of the series title, “a hurricane ripping through the structure of this universe… a cataclysm of unknown proportions”. Aliens old and new are involved, with brief glimpses of Sontaran soldiers and, most excitingly for fans, the Weeping Angels in their first major episode appearance since 2012. We’re clearly gearing up for an ambitious, complex series with interweaving timelines and it’s interesting to see writer Chris Chibnall play with form before bowing out alongside Whittaker.

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The problem is, this opening episode tries to do too much. Rather than gradually bringing in new characters, “The Halloween Apocalypse” introduces everyone all at once. The various years and settings are marked out in the large, overlaid letters virtually compulsory of every Serious TV Show in 2021. We meet a dodgy business owner in Victorian Liverpool, a couple living in the Arctic Circle and a solitary officer on an outposting in space, but learn very little about them. Undoubtedly, they’ll come to have bigger roles later on, but right now, it’s just a crowd.

Bishop as Dan in ‘Doctor Who: Flux'

The shining light of the series premiere is undoubtedly John Bishop as Dan, the proud Scouser with the heart of gold. Dan is your textbook good guy, offering unlicensed free tours at the Museum of Liverpool and volunteering at a food bank while going home to bare cupboards. The comedian may not have much out-and-out acting experience, but he plays Dan with a convincing wide-eyed innocence and sharp comic timing. When a dog-like alien bursts through his wall with a glowing axe on Halloween eve, Dan is thoroughly unimpressed, assuming it to be yet another trick-or-treater. He even manages to make groan-worthy lines (“You defile the sacred legacy of my forebears”, “You don’t look anything like four bears”, etc) almost bearable. And in the few short scenes the new companion has with the Doctor and Yaz (because there’s so much other stuff going on), the trio have great chemistry.

As for what’s next, episode one gives us both too much and not enough to really go off, but it’s refreshing to see Chibnall attempt to shake things up for one of Whittaker’s last spells in the Tardis.

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As season 11 of Trailer Park Boys lands on Netflix, here’s my attempt at launching at a British version.

Trailer Park Boys returns for it’s 11th season today on Netflix. It is hugely popular around the world despite its very humble beginnings. It starts out as a documentary following Julian and Ricky as they get out of prison and attempt to go straight. They move back to the trailer park they have lived their whole lives, and the wacky characters of the park have made for a great comedy series eer since. After coming to an end on traditional TV, the three main actors (JP Tremblay, Robb Wells, and Mike Smith) kept the show going through a series of films, before launching Swearnet, their own produciton company and online network. They bought the rights to the Trailer Park Boys and have gone about making the franchise bigger than ever, having teamed up with Netflix to produce live specials, and even recently did a series with their characters touring Europe, which featured Noel Fielding in the first episode. They also regularly appear in character on chat shows, and there is a whole bunch of content on Swearnet featuring various cast members of TPB.

And with their international success, why not try to produce a British version?

Bear with me Bubbles, I think it would look a little something like this…

Julian (John Paul Tremblay ) to be played by …. ANDREW LINCOLN

Julian takes the lead in most of the boys schemes, and at times he is even moderately successful, before his loyalty to his friends and trailer park, the law, or sheer bad luck usually end up with him back at square one. He has gone legit a few times, running a bar/club/casino, and also various illegal plans such as a clean urine business. He is also the one who invited the cameras into the trailer park for the first time. As nominally the straight man in the trio, there were a few names that came to mind in a British version, including Martin Freeman, Ben Miller, and of course Idris Elba, because he should be in everything. None of them had the greasy edge that Julian has, until I thought of Andrew Lincoln. Although now a superstar due to The Walking Dead, his role in Teachers showed that he can do comedy drama, and obviously Egg in This Life wasn’t a totally straight role. And look at that picture of him in a black T-short and jeans – a bit more tricep meat and he’s perfect!

Ricky (Robb Wells) to be played by …. NICK FROST

Ricky is, simply put, an idiot. Rickyisms are one of the highlights of the show (“Make like a tree and f*** off”, “Looks like we need two turnips and heat” and “Don’t judge a cover of a book by its look” are some of my favourites), and I just think Nick Frost would be great at delivering them. He would also be brilliant with the physical comedy, as Ricky is constantly falling over:

A natural Ricky!

Bubbles (Mike Smith) to be played by …. MACKENZIE CROOK

And so onto the breakout, and most difficult to cast, character. Bubbles started out as an odd neighbour, but over time has grown into being the heart of the show. He lives in a small shed and is devoted to his kitties, as well as being a budding singer. In turn, actor Mike Smith seems to be the most natural performer when it comes to the live shows. Although I toyed with the idea of Peter Kay or Steve Coogan doing a comedy character similar to a young Leonard the paper boy or Duncan Thickett. Or Marek Larwood from We Are Klang, to try and match Bubbles heer weirdness. But when it comes to oddball characters, giving it a British twist is what we do best, and I can’t think of anyone who would capture Bubbles’ nervous, naive nature than Mackenzie Crook. And in the same way that Gareth Keenan was originally a totally different character before Crook auditioned and won the role, Bubbles would be slightly tweaked by retain the spirit of the original character. Plus Crook is sublime in BBC Four’s The Detectorists, alongside the great Toby Jones.

Jim Lahey (John Dunsworth) to be played by …. JIM BROADBENT

The supporting characters in Trailer Park Boys are much more complex than in most comedy shows. Jim Fahey is the Trailer Park supervisor, an ex-police officer, with a serious drink problem. At the beginning of the series he is a comedic foil for the boys, almost like Officer Dibble in Top Cat, but later he goes on the offensive to try and get rid of Julian, Ricky, and Bubbles. He has season long arcs, and a love story for the ages with Randy. There were a whole bunch of slightly older British actors I considered. Paul Whitehous, Timothy Spall or Mark Heap. But there’s a underlying tragedy to Mr Lahey, and I think that Jim Broadbent would be fantastic in this role. He has a background in comedy, and one of his most recent roles, as James McAvoy’s therapist in Filth, shows that he isn’t afraid to get weird when required.

Randy (Patrick Roach) to be played by …. JOHNNY VEGAS

Randy is the Assistant Supervisor at the Trailer Park for most of the show, occasionally holding different positions depending on the whims of the owners. At one time in their younger days he was friendly with Julian, Bubbles, and especially Ricky, but now he is on the side of law and order, helping Lahey to thwart the boys. He is also truly in love with Mr Lahey. There was only really one choice for the role of the shirtless, cheeseburger-eating, rotund Randy – Johnny Vegas.

Sarah (Sarah Dunsmore) to be played by… JESSICA HYNES

Onto the female characters. Sarah has got the measure of the boys, never taking any of their nonsense and with almost no romantic entanglement to cloud her judgement. She is also far more successful than Julian when it comes to planning and executing schemes – Trailer Park Girls would be a much different show! Jessica Hynes is a comedy great – she was one of the highlights of my Christmas countdown with her star turn in Nativity 2 – and as a smart woman trapped by her circumstances, she would be perfect. She’s also grown beyond her role as Daisy in Spaced, but I reckon we could work in one reference with her and Nick Frost, and someone else later on…

Lucy (Lucy Decoutere) to be played by… SHARON HORGAN

Another smart, confident woman who is held back by one thing – although with Lucy it is her love of Ricky that keeps dragging her back to him. She knows that she deserves better than him, but she loves him so they always end up back together. Although Horgan has made her name with starring roles in comedies like BBC Three’s Pulling and more recently Catastrophe which has been picked up by Netflix. This has led to her new show Divorce getting picked up on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church. This would be a great role for her to just be a comedy actor though, a bit like when Chris Morris was in the first series of The IT Crowd.

Barb Lahey (Shelley Thompson) to be played by… JULIA DAVIS

Barb is the owner of the Trailer Park, and the wife of Jim. She also has a bit of a dark edge to her, being ready to act in her own self-interest and sell the park to anyone with the money. Julia Davis would be great to be involved, stuff like Nighty Night and Hunterby more than shows her comedy chops. I also see Barb as a young woman being impressed by dashing police officer Jim Lahey before he lost his job and fell into his spiral of self destruction, so that is why she is so much younger than Jim Broadbent. This would also help her bond with Lucy and Sarah, who I’ve always thought more of as an older sister rather than a mother figure.

J-Roc (Jonathan Torrens) to be played by …. SIMON PEGG

J Roc is the trailer parks’ resident wannabe rapper. He has a million and one catchphrases that have evolved over the course of the show,“maafk”. For the equivalent version in Britain I needed a very British comedian with a love of hip hop – so why not Simon Pegg? I reckon we could shoehorn in ONE Spaced reference with the Tim, Daisy, and Mike reunion.

Cyrus (Bernard Robichaud) to be played by …. JASON STATHAM

You didn’t think I could get through this without The Stath, did you? Cyrus is the inept faux gangster/pimp/tough guy who is the Boys main criminal antagonist. I’ve not recast everyone in the series, but Cyrus would be the big bad over the course of the first season of my British version of Trailer Park Boys.

Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Bach) to be played by …. BRUCE DICKINSON

Rockstar Sebastian Bach plays a recurring role in Trailer Park Boys, and a British reboot would need someone of a similar stature. Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson could get involved with a drug distribution scheme either with his band on tour or with his own jet (he’s got a pilot’s licence).

Cory and Trevor (Cory Bowles and Michael Jackson) to be played by… DANIEL RADCLIFFE and RUPERT GRINT

Cory and Trevor are basically used by Ricky and Julian as a supply of cheap labour and free cigarettes. They are basically included in the plans to be ready-made scapegoats and take the rap when things naturally go wrong. So why not get the boys from Harry Potter back together?

But where is it set?

Sunnyvale, Nova Scotia to be replace by… BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE!

In this country, we don’t really have “trailer parks” on the same scale of North America, so it has to be a seaside resort. Bridlington it is!

And that’s it for my British version of Trailer Park Boys. I’d like to thank our Senior Wrestling Correspondent Jonny Hogarth for his help as a sounding board to bounce my ideas off with this article, as I mentioned throughout there really were a a lot of names in the mix. What other shows would you like to see remade in a British setting?

So, what do you think now, Bubbles?

That’s all I ever wanted to hear.

Until next time, stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold. See you soonish.

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Noticias de series de la semana: La nueva serie de Nicole Kidman ya tiene hogar

Renovaciones

Showtime ha renovado Black Monday por una segunda temporada

CBS All Access ha renovado The Twilight Zone por una segunda temporada

FOX ha renovado Empire por una sexta temporada

Showtime ha renovado The Chi por una tercera temporada

Netflix ha renovado On My Block por una tercera temporada

Hulu ha renovado Ramy por una segunda temporada

Hulu ha renovado PEN15 por una segunda temporada

ABC ha renovado Black-ish por una sexta temporada

ITV ha renovado The Bay por una segunda temporada

YouTube ha renovado Cobra Kai por una tercera temporada

Noticias cortas

The Gilded Age pasa de NBC a HBO con un encargo de diez episodios.

Incorporaciones y fichajes

Lisa Kudrow (Friends, Web Therapy) será Linda, la madre de Mae, en la comedia Mae and George en E4. Charlotte Ritchie (Call the Midwife, Fresh Meat) será George, la nueva novia de Mae y la causa y la solución de su ansiedad. Escrita y protagonizada por la comediante Mae Martin (Uncle, Outsiders) e inspirada en su vida, explora el amor, la adicción y la superposición de ambos. Adrian Lukis (The Crown, Pride and Prejudice) será el romántico padre inglés de Mae, Sophie Thompson (Detectorists, Bounty Hunters) será una adicta en rehabilitación y confidente de Mae y Pippa Haywood (Bodyguard, Scott & Bailey) será Felicity, la madre de George. Ophelia Lovibond (W1A, Elementary), Tom Durant Pritchard (The Crown) y Al Roberts (Stath Lets Flats) serán Binky, Hugh y Jared, amigos de George.

Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Juste la fin du monde) se une como regular a la tercera temporada de Westworld. Será el villano, pero no se conocen más detalles.

Chris Zylka (The Leftovers, Twisted) y Taveeta Syzmanowicz (The Next Step) serán recurrentes en Dare Me como Kurtz, un chico de fraternidad guapo y algo agresivo; y RiRi, animadora que desea independizarse.

Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day, Mary + Jane) será recurrente en Utopia como Samantha, una líder nata que lo sabe todo sobre la novela gráfica.

Molly Windsor (Three Girls, Cheat), Laura Fraser (The Missing, Breaking Bad) y Jennifer Spence (You Me Her, Travelers) protagonizarán Traces. Serán Emma Hodges, Sarah Gordon y Kathy Torrance. Les acompañarán Martin Compston (Line of Duty), Laurie Brett (EastEnders), Vincent Reagan (Delicious, The White Princess), Michael Nardone (Shetland, Silent Witness) y John Gordan Sinclair (Marple, Ill Behaviour).

Josh Bowman (Revenge), Will Attenborough (The Hollow Crown, Dunkirk), Nico Mirallegro (My Mad Fat Diary, Rillington Place), Kaine Zajaz (Raised by Wolves), Amy-Leigh Hickman (Safe, Ackley Bridge), Nabil Elouahabi (The Night Of, Casualty), Nebras Jamali (The Looming Tower) y Badria Timini (Unforgotten, DCI Banks) se unen a la cuarta temporada de Our Girl.

Clive Russell (Curfew, Rellik), Catherine Schell (The Spoils of War, Doctor Who), Jonathan Aris (Sherlock, Lucky Man), Sacha Dawan (Iron Fist, Line of Duty), Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits, Utopia) y Youssef Kerkour (Nightflyers, Home) se unen a Dracula.

Jade Pettyjohn (School of Rock, The Last Ship), Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis (Prince of Peoria), Megan Stott y Lexi Underwood (Family Reunion) se unen a Little Fires Everywhere.

Sofia Lama (Sin senos no hay paraíso) y Chris Greene serán recurrentes en la cuarta temporada de Queen of the South como Emilia, exprometida de Boaz (Joseph T. Campos); y Bobby Leroux, amigo de Marcel Dumas.

Chase Stokes (Tell Me Your Secrets, Daytime Divas), Charles Esten (Nashville, The Office), Madelyn Cline (Boy Erased), Madison Bailey (Black Lightning, Creepshow), Jonathan Daviss (Age of Summer), Rudy Pankow, Austin North y Drew Starkey (Love, Simon; The Hate U Give) protagonizará Outer Banks, sobre un grupo de adolescentes, conocidos como los Pogues, que buscan al desaparecido padre de John B. (su cabecilla) y por el camino encuentran un mapa que esconde un secreto. Serán John B., Ward Cameron, el padre de Sarah (Cline) y Rafe (Starkey); Kiara, y Pope, JJ y Topper, miembros de los Pogues.

Pósters

Nuevas series

Hulu acogerá Nine Perfect Strangers, adaptación de la próxima novela de Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) por David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) y Bruna Papandrea (Big Little Lies) protagonizada y producida por Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies, Top of the Lake). Nueve habitantes de ciudad estresados quieren cambiar sus hábitos de vida y acuden a un resort de salud y bienestar dirigido por Masha (Kidman) sin saber lo que les espera.

Evangeline Lilly (Lost, Ant-Man) protagonizará Albedo, drama de ocho episodios producido y dirigido por Brad Peyton (Rampage, Frontier) que emitirán Bell Media en Canadá y Vudu (Walmart) en Estados Unidos. Creada y producida por Max y Adam Raid (Sneaky Pete), sigue a Vivien Coleman, una detective enviada al borde de nuestro sistema solar en el siglo XXII para investigar la muerte de un científico en una estación espacial. Allí, queda atrapada junto a un pequeño grupo de brillantes científicos que guardan sus propios secretos y, obviamente, son los sospechosos.

Hulu encarga Marvel's Ghost Rider, spin-off de Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. protagonizado por Robbie Reyes (Gabriel Luna). Escrita y producida por Ingrid Escajeda (Justified, Sneaky Pete).

Hulu encarga Marvel's Helstrom, centrada en Daimon y Ana Helstrom, hijos de un poderoso asesino en serie que buscan y localizan a lo peor de la humanidad cada uno con su actitud y habilidades particulares. Escrita y producida por Paul Zbyszewski (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Lost).

Paramount Network ha encargado diez episodios de 68 Whiskey, dramedia militar, adaptación de la israelí Charlie Golf One, que sigue a un grupo de médicos del ejército que trabajan en Afganistán. Escrita por Roberto Benabib (Weeds).

ABC ha encargado Mixed-ish, una precuela de Black-ish ambientada en los años 80 y protagonizada por una versión joven de Bow (Tracee Ellis Ross) interpretada por Arica Himmell (Thanksgiving). Tika Sumpter (Gossip Girl, The Haves and the Have Nots), Gary Cole (Veep, The Good Fight), Ethan William Childress, Mykal-Michelle Harris (Big Little Lies) y Christina Anthony (Dog Moms, Key and Peele) serán la madre, el abuelo, los hermanos y la tía de Bow. El episodio de Black-ish que servía como presentación se emitirá la próxima temporada.

Disney+ prepara una serie de Willow, la película creada por George Lucas y dirigida por Ron Howard, con un protagonista más maduro y sabio.

Paramount Network desarrolla Coyote, drama sobre un agente fronterizo que el día de su jubilación descubre un túnel ilegal de contrabando entre México y Estados Unidos. Protagonizado y producido por Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Gotham). Creado por Michelle MacLaren, productora de Breaking Bad o The X-Files.

Fechas

La segunda temporada de O Mecanismo llega a Netflix el 10 de mayo

Years and Years se estrena en BBC One el 14 de mayo

The Virtues se estrena en Channel 4 el 15 de mayo

La tercera y última temporada de Mum se estrena en BBC Two el 15 de mayo

La cuarta temporada de Baskets se estrena en FX el 13 de junio

La tercera y última temporada de Legion se estrena en FX el 24 de junio

La tercera temporada de Snowfall se estrena en FX el 10 de julio

La novena y última temporada de Suits se estrena en USA Network el 17 de julio

Pearson, el spin-off de Suits, se estrena en USA Network el 17 de julio

La segunda temporada de Light as a Feather se estrena en Hulu el 26 de julio

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