We couldn’t do just one day of tributes to mark Ray Bradbury’s passing. In fact, even two days doesn’t seem enough. So over the course of the next week we’re going to offer a variety of material honoring his life and times.
Today, we’re serving up another episode of “Bradbury 13″. This time an adaptation of the chilling story “Night Call, Collect”. This originally aired April 4, 1984.
Since before the reboot, many “Doctor Who” fans believed Bill Nighy would be perfect for the role of the centuries old Time Lord. There were even rumors that he had been offered the role and turned it down. But there was never proof. Now there is! In an interview with The People, Nighy had this to say:
I was offered the role once, I won’t tell you when because the rule is that you’re not allowed to say you turned that job down because it’s disrespectful to whoever did it. I will say that I was approached.
But I didn’t want to be the Doctor. No disrespect to Doctor Who or anything. I just think that it comes with too much baggage.
The “two much baggage” comment is believed to be a reference to the intense media scrutiny stars of “Doctor Who” endure. It’s not surprising that an intensely private man like Nighy would not welcome this.
