"It's very cosmopolitan. You never know Who you'll meet next."

[michelel72]

All the time, every day, new connections surface. New contexts and interactions arise.

I grew up watching BBC's Doctor Who on PBS. If I've understood 530nm330hz correctly, the British program The Prisoner was a similarly common PBS staple similar cult favorite, though it wasn't one I ever ran across.

Doctor Who has been resurrected and is now on the 10th incarnation (actor-version) of The Doctor over in Britain. The SciFi Network is airing the previous season, Doctor #9, in the US currently. I think they picked it up because of the surprising success of the recent reversioning of Battlestar Galactica.

The actor who played Doctor #9, Christopher Eccleston, was rumored to have been tapped for a reversioning of The Prisoner. It currently seems he won't or at least may not be in the role, but the connection is how I learned that there is to be a new series. I hereby pass that news along to anyone who is interested but didn't already know.

And all these connections have left me dizzy.

Comments

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

I've been watching the new Doctor Who, am up to date with the series, and am looking forward to the new version of The Prisoner.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

COOL! (No, I hadn't heard.)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

And I should correct your impression: it's hard to be a "common PBS staple" when all you have is 17 one-hour (i.e., 44 minute) episodes. I was first exposed to The Prisoner at MIT, during East Campus's annual marathon viewing.