I hope you are wrong. I really liked the bride and did say that I wished she was the new companion but after Martha and the use of the bride to buffer the gap between Rose and Martha, I really don't want to revisit the Bride again, or the killer santas. Why are they so hung up on Christmas anyway? I heard that Kylie Minogue was going to be in the Christmas special. What's she gunna play? A maniacal elf? I hope that is just a rumour, not that I don't like Kylie but I don't like to see high profile people in DW unless they play themselves.
I think we have heard all the american accents. YOu don't seem to realise that for most of our history of television 99.9% of shows were American and still they make up most of them. Movies too. None of them are un-understandable to us because we have been brainwashed with them since birth. My kids can't...until recently....distinguish if a show is American or Australian or British because they are so used to American accents they don't even register a difference. IT's total immersion, like an American child growing up listening to its parents speak, all day, every day.....the TV has done this to our kids so that American accents seem normal to hear and understand...... even the southern drawls because of movies etc. Lahf is lahk a bahx a chahauclets. Ya nevah nooo whaht ya gonna giet. And as for Bostonians.....they are the easiest because they are more english to the sound. But you never hear any other accents but your own because, as you say, British TV is cultish and you get none of our shows over there. YOur own interest, BDM, probably makes you more used to the accents but how many other Americans ever hear another english accent on a regular basis unlike us who hear american accents of all sorts every single day of our lives. Even our actors and actresses change to an american accent for their TV roles over there. I think Jesse Spencer in "House" is the first regular actor of ours to keep his accent on a TV show. Rachael Griffiths speaks american in "Brothers and Sisters" however I"m pleased to say that when I saw her on our TV last week she had her Aussie accent back, unlike Anthony La Paglia on "Cold Case" [I think that's the show], who speaks like a yank all the time, even when he comes back here. Julian McMahon spoke american on "NIp Tuck" and "Charmed", Simon Baker spoke american on that lawyer show he was on. Has Nicole Kidman made a movie with her normal aussie accent? No, but I'm pleased to see when she accepts an award, she talks Australian. That guy on Crossing Jordan really stood out with his Aussie accent to the point that it took me a few wks to get used to him. I think we sound weird in your shows anyway. Kind of grating but perhaps that's coz we aren't used to hearing aussies speak in american shows. I found it odd that Jai La'gaia [sp] was allowed to have a NZ accent in Star wars but our most revered actor, Jack Thompson, had to have an american accent to play uncle whatsisname. It's funny how british people aren't expected to change their accents for american TV shows. I think if more actors were allowed to keep their accents then Americans would not need subtitles any more. But I do realise that character bios can't be that flexible in trying to explain why they talk funny. Perhaps America should buy more of our shows so people can get used to hearing us speak.
