It's a 15' Airstream. Iconic, Ubiquitous, and cheap as fuck for a prop/set.
How about an RV? or a Van
the doctors blue timetravelling mystery machine.
It's a 15' Airstream. Iconic, Ubiquitous, and cheap as fuck for a prop/set.
For the Doctor, rather than asking someone directly I'll hold auditions like they do on the original show whenever they recast the role. Someone like Leonard Nimoy would be the best fit, though: middle-aged, handsome, can do dramatic and can also be humorous.Now you have decisions to make.
Who do you cast as the Doctor? Do you go with a known actor like Vincent Price or Leonard Nimoy? or do you consider a younger person like a stand up comedian like Robin William? Who do you pick?
Do you keep the TARDIS in the shape of a Police Box? American would have no idea what a Police Box is. If you change it, than what would the outside look like? A Car? A statue?
Ok it up to you. How does the show go?
From what I've heard the Life on Mars US Series wasn't that bad. I never saw it, but the original was great.
How about an RV? or a Van
the doctors blue timetravelling mystery machine.
Unfortunately there is nothing really iconic outside of holiday decorations that is accepted nation wide as the United States is much larger than Britain and more culturally diverse.
Assignment Earth was a backdoor pilot for it's own series, featuring Gary Seven in weekly adventures to save the Earth from itself and maybe with villains and adventures besides that (who knows, since it never took off). I think that would have been the American "Doctor Who", given its galactic angle (Gary Seven was working for aliens to protect humanity) and there's always the chance of the same unique idea for recasting. That being the character dies but is reborn, just as a different type of person. So Gary Seven could turn into Gary Eight, Nine, Ten, and so on. You could also always just keep him being replaced by another agent if he dies, with that same name procession.
So maybe a '61-67 Ford Falcon Van, or Volkswagen Westfalia (T1) or a panel version of the Willys Jeep Wagon? Hell, if you want to get really weird for a domestic audience, go for the DKW F89 L or a 2CV Van.
But if it's Gary Seven, you'd want a good sports car from the era, but not something where you'd have to carefully shepherd the stunt cars, so an AMC Javelin, C3 Corvette, or similar would be best.
As for US attempts to 'remake' British sci-fi, can I use as evidence the execrable 'Life on Mars' re-do? God help us if 'Blakes 7' undergoes similar adaptation!
It doesn't count. Since it's on SyFy it will never get past the pilot.
It doesn't count. Since it's on SyFy it will never get past the pilot.
The Show that Blake 7 had the most influence on was Babylon 5. At the beginning of the Show, Straczynski had his production staff watch Blake 7 as a example of good story telling in a Sci fi setting.That would be Andromeda, Firefly and Farscape...