Geek Syndicate
had to make a set to make it into a space station; ping pong balls and rubber tubing and an old TV set from a Lysander bomber. They should get BAFTAs for special set designs. Probably the quirkiness. Colin Baker always says if it wasn’t for Patrick Troughton you’d never have heard of David Tennant because Patrick was the first regeneration. If that hadn’t worked the show would have been off and would never have been seen again. The fans are very loyal. GS: The fiftieth anniversary is coming up. What would you like to see happen? FH: We’ve just recorded something for Big Finish where all the Doctors are in it and most of the companions who are all trying to rescue this thing and meeting each other “hey I’m here to rescue you!” “No I’m rescuing you!””No, you’re rescuing him!” that sort of thing. Little cameos “who are you?” “I’m Jamie McCrimmon”. I would have loved for the BBC to have done an hour and a half special using as many people who wanted to be in it. The Big Finish thing for me is what the BBC should have done. Also in America, Australia and New Zealand in January they showed a four part Billy Hartnell, February four part Patrick Troughton. Eleven months, eleven Doctors up until November 23rd. and again I thought the BBC would do that. They could have shown a story from each Doctor, they could have shown it at 5.15pm on BBC after Grandstand or whatever. They could have shown this is how it was all those years ago. People that have stopped watching would watch it, people who watch it now would watch it and it would probably have been number one! All the fans that say they don’t watch it anymore, would be “oh I’m going to watch it” and people that have only just tuned in to it with Matt Smith or Christopher Eccleston would be able to see how it actually began. One story from each Doctor and it would have led up. Eleven months, eleven Doctors and they didn’t do it. GS: It’s a shame considering Who comes from Britain and we didn’t do it how it should have been done. Can you tell us about any other projects you’ve been working on outside of Who? FH: Yeah there was a movie I should have done last year which keeps getting put back, called Tarot where I play a blind man so they’ve asked me to be Associate Producer. Also Tony Lee, (writer of IDW’s ongoing Doctor Who Comic as well as the Big Finish audio adventure Rat Trap) about six months ago said “Frazer we’ve got to get you back on TV. I’m going to write something for you. What kind of ideas do you have?”, so we kicked a few ideas around an H\??Y ??H ?[?Y ? ??? ?] ?H ?ZY??[??Z?\??X??HZX?[K[?????[\???x?&\? ?] [? \?X\??[?\? [???[YHZ[?[??X??] \?H??^\? ??YY]]H?[?\?[ ??H \?Y ??H Z[??[?^\?[? ?H?] ??]\?Y?Z[?[?]?H?H\???Z ?H??? ?[?[?? [??] ?X? ?x?&\?H ?Z][???? [H ???YH ??Y? ?]H?? ?X??]x?&[H??[?? ??H\????X]H ?? X?\?? ]\? ?[[??H?H? H ?\??H?Y?[ H] ?[?HH?]Z?H ] [??]?Y?\??Y?[YH???H?Z\?H? ??Y][??H?H?? ?]H?????X???H ?[? ??][^H [ ?[?]]?[?Y?]8?&\? ?YH???\?[?\?]?\?X?? H ?]??Y?????] ] Y\???] ??[? ??X]H???[? [?H ?[H \[??H ?[?[??H [?x?&]?HY???H????????H ?]?[Y ?X?H ?]?????[????x?&[H ?]?[[?? H ?? ?]???????? ?\??H[??XB??B??