This was also the year that Russell T Davies hit gold with another production - namely Casanova, which if memory serves came along at the same time as a major Hollywood version of the story, and blasted it good and proper. With a sonic blaster, probably. David Tennant and Peter O'Toole were terrific sharing the lead, all youthful exuberance from the former, and wistful but still sparkling old age from the latter. Episode one is a true highlight, and if anybody hasn't seen it yet - do so! Go on, hurry along. What's keeping you.
Filmwise, Zorro came back for a sequel, but I don't remember a thing about it. They had a kid I think? But if there was anything major in the cinemas this year, it clearly passed me by. Was Corpse Bride big? That was this year, but I didn't see it for centuries afterwards. It was very good though.
It was the year that Michael Sheard died - I read that on Wiki when I was looking for hints, and was very surprised. So long ago! He appeared on Doctor Who and Blake's 7 of course, upping his cult status (he may well have appeared on Doctor Who more than anybody else who wasn't a regular) - but he also did Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and a shedload of other culty things. His forte appears to have been playing Hitler, which he did at least three times! In Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade, The Tomorrow People and The Dirty Dozen, without checking with the IMDb. There may well have been other times.
John Spencer died too of course this year, turning the end of The West Wing into something unbearably poignant. Poor Leo! That episode wouldn't have aired until 2006, I guess. Doesn't seem nearly that long ago.
Oasis brought out their Don't Believe The Truth album this year. This was their biggest hit from that one:
KT Tunstall hit it big with Suddenly I See from her Eye To The Telescope album:
Green Day continued their run of hits from the American Idiot album with two great songs that it was really hard to choose between (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams and Wake Me Up When September Ends). I eventually chose this one:
And, in celebration of my favourite bit of New Who, here's an old classic:
Incidentally, snuck in between the end of its first series and its first Christmas special, New Who also got its first Children In Need feature. So here's David Tennant's first proper outing as Ten:
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Yes, I think Corpse Bride was big ... haha ... I did see it in the cinema at least!