Ghost of a flea

New Who

Tom Baker claims Eddie Izzard is to be the new Dr. Who.

This. Is. Brilliant!

In the interview on Thursday morning, Baker told presenter Julian Worricker that Izzard would bring an "alien quality" to the part.

"Eddie Izzard is so mysterious and strange. He seems like he has lots of secrets," Baker said. "You always feel Eddie Izzard knows something you don't, or has been somewhere you haven't been."

Eddie Izzard's Englishness makes him perfect for the role. With apologies to many a Flea-reader, I have never understood Anglicans who were not English as I associate the Church so strongly with marmite, funny little sandwiches (minus the crusts) and country walks with the dog. Izzard described my feelings on the matter. His theology of the Church of England is summed up as Tea and Cake or Death.

You can't do that in the Church of England, you can't say, "You must have tea and cake with the vicar or you die!" You can't have extreme points of view, I mean the Spanish Inquisition wouldn't have worked with the Church of England. "Talk, will you talk!" "But it hurts!" "Well, loosen it up a bit, will you?" Because that's what it would be- Tea and Cake or Death, Tea and Cake or Death! Cake or Death, that's a pretty easy question, I mean, anyone can answer that. "Cake or Death?" "Uhhh...cake please." "Very well! Give him cake!" "Oh, thanks very much! It's very nice." "You! Cake or Death??" "Uhhh...cake for me, too, please!" "Very well! Give him cake, too! We're gonna run out of cake at this rate!" "You! Cake or Death???" "Uhhh...death, please....no! Cake! Cake! Cake! Sorry!" "You said death first!!" "No, I meant cake!" "Oh, all right... You're lucky I'm Church of England! Cake or death?" "Umm, cake please." "Well, we're out of cake! So, what do you want??" "So my choice is Or Death??" "Well, have the chicken, then. Tastes of human!"

And then... b3ta celebrates with this link to Tom Baker colourful use of language in out-takes to a voice-over of some kind. I shall henceforth take care in my pronunciation of "reparability".

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 3, 2003 08:59 AM

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Posted by: David Strain at October 3, 2003 07:23 PM