Sunday, January 1, 2023

NPH - WHO'S HE PLAYING?



Everybody should know by now that Neil Patrick Harris is playing the villain in the 60th Anniversary celebration of ‘Doctor Who’.  But little is known about his character other than the statement that he is the most dangerous foe ever faced by the Doctor.  (Sorry, to me that means the Master.)  


The prevailing theory is that he’s playing a regenerated Celestial Toymaker.


Maybe, but from the surviving episodes of his only adventure against the Doctor (William Hartnell as the Doctor; Michael Gough as the Toymaker), he doesn’t really come as much of a threat.


And if that does come across in other media incarnations – novelizations, audio dramas, comic strips – those belong in their own fictional metaverses and have no bearing on Earth Prime-Time.


One thing we have learned about his character is that he is sporting a Germanic accent.


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