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OLIVIA POULET
Olivia is well known for her role in The Thick of It, in which she played regular Emma Messinger. Her other appearances include Sherlock, Reggie Perrin, Outnumbered and Without You.
Emma Peel has been cast!
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Excellent news.
Olivia is a very fine actress and scriptwriter who studied drama at Manchester University with Benedict Cumberbatch.
They were a couple for ten years.
I think she has a look of Rachael Stirling and the auburn hair of Diana Rigg,
which will be perfect when we're imagining Mrs Peel.
Olivia was in the Sherlock episode The Blind Banker .
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Should have guessed it was coming when they announced the intention to publish the Diana comics rebound into a book. I thing this is a serious misjudgement by Big Finish, but I've never been a fan of their Doctor Who extended universe stuff either. It's just fan fiction to me.
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That's an insult to fanfiction!dissolute wrote:Should have guessed it was coming when they announced the intention to publish the Diana comics rebound into a book. I thing this is a serious misjudgement by Big Finish, but I've never been a fan of their Doctor Who extended universe stuff either. It's just fan fiction to me.
In all seriousness, though: fan fiction does not ask for money. It doesn't ask for people to pay for the privilege of seeing characters reinterpreted (or not). Big Finish is going to ask $25-30 a pop for that.
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No-one is forcing anyone to buy.
My biggest gripe with the image is that Big Finish seriously need a good photographic art director. The costuming could be (much) better and the pose is laughable - not to mention that Olivia Poulet looks completely unengaged.
First impressions are important and the photo does the product no favours.
As for the product itself, I'll be reserving judgement. However, I have no qualms about the recasting of Emma Peel, at least not in principle.
My biggest gripe with the image is that Big Finish seriously need a good photographic art director. The costuming could be (much) better and the pose is laughable - not to mention that Olivia Poulet looks completely unengaged.
First impressions are important and the photo does the product no favours.
As for the product itself, I'll be reserving judgement. However, I have no qualms about the recasting of Emma Peel, at least not in principle.