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As a boy Matthew Waterhouse loved Doctor Who: he watched all the episodes and read all the novels and comic strips. This memoir holds nothing back: written with honesty, warmth, a rapier wit and a good dose self-depreciation, the book is essential reading for any Doctor Who fan.
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And whilst some may criticise the book for this, I think it actually may have been the point. Although Matthew writes the story, it is told in the first person.
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Whilst jarring for the first few pages, you quickly get used to this. The lack of background of the character as he surely must be seen due to the choice of writing style means that you never really understand the relationship between Matthew the young actor on Doctor Who and Matthew the human being. So does it work? Well, annoyingly, yes it does. If I had read the paragraph above before I read the book I think it might have put me off. But the style does mean that the book cannot have any casual readers, because they would frankly be bored.
There was a side of me that wanted to know more about Matthew the person. He has been a bit of an enigma in fan circles, possibly because the level of criticism that is levelled against him has made him all but disassociate himself with the show.
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As a kid when I watched this I adored the whole Tardis crew, including Adric, and I was utterly devastated when he was killed off. So I wanted to know how he felt after his first day when Tom Baker blanked him, or told him to piss off. But that is the kind of information you almost never get. But that is the only moment that hints at emotional depth, and to be honest I wanted more. I wanted to be able to empathise with him, and sadly I could not.
First of all I have to admit that I came late to Doctor Who. The only time I saw any episode from the original series was a private showing of The Five Doctors that a boyfriend of mine took me to. He was a big fan. I was not impressed. In retrospect I think an anniversary episode would probably not have been the best thing to start with I haven't watched The Five Doctors again yet, but it's on the list. So, why did I pick up Blue Box Boy you ask? Well, I have gotten to be quite taken with the new Doctor Who series and I picked up a copy of the magazine on a whim. What caught my attention was the actor who played Adric was about my age and he is gay.
I tracked down a copy on the internet, ordered it and got it much quicker than expected. I was also surprised and delighted to see that it was signed. That was an unexpected bonus. I started reading and was immediately charmed. I found myself enchanted to the extent that I starting picking up used copies of Adric episodes where ever I could find them.
I have not made it through all of them yet and I did pre-order Kinda , the last episode with Adric to be released in the States on DVD but I have pleased with all those I've seen so far. Waterhouse's book is a delight. The odd choice of writing of his experiences in the third person is initially strange, but quickly very endearing. It reminds one of speaking fondly of an old school friend you have not seen in years but you miss very much.
And while there is nothing the book that is outrageously shocking, there is some wonderful insight into a young man's experiences with becoming part of his childhood obsession. I have to admit that I was disappointed that Waterhouse did not go into more detail on his more racy adventures, but as he says: "that is outside the scope of this book.
Clearly, Adric had just as many adventures outside the Blue Box as in. Jan 29, Nicholas Whyte rated it really liked it. It's particularly interesting because Waterhouse was a huge fan of the programme before he joined the cast, and also because he did almost no other screen acting; for a lot of the Old Who actors, it was one more job, often quite a short one, in a career which had other heights which they wish were remembered better, but for Waterhouse it was an intense experience, which he knew was important at the time and whose memories haven't been faded out by later work.
Waterhouse has chosen to tell the story in the third person, which seemed really pretentious when I first heard about the book cf Julius Caesar , but actually it works really well - it allows him to establish some distance from his not always terribly happy childhood, and from the intense experience of working with the very temperamental Tom Baker on his last few stories.
Once Davison arrived and the regular team settled down though of course Waterhouse was the first to be written out it seems to have been more fun, though he still took it pretty seriously. He was intelligent enough to know that if too critical an approach was taken to Doctor Who, every last moment of it would collapse to dust.
Feb 18, Jon Huff rated it really liked it. This was a really entertaining read. I'm one of those rather small, it seems group of Who fans who liked Adric.
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Sure, he could be irritating as a character, but I thought he supposed to be a bit irritating and was an interesting foil for the others. There has been a lot said about Matthew Waterhouse over the years by various cast members, and it was clear he was not always the most well-regarded actor, to put it nicely. So hearing his side of the story was intriguing. The first part of the book This was a really entertaining read.
The first part of the book basically recounts his experience with Doctor Who before he joined the show, and his recounting of its history goes on for perhaps a bit too long but it provides a good context for his mindset as a fan joining the show he loved. Perhaps the nicest part of the book is that although his experience on the show was not always perfect, there seems to be a distinct lack of bitterness in the book.
In fact, he is pleasingly self-deprecating for much of the book. If I had one complaint, it's that I wish we'd gotten a bit more stories from his time shooting Doctor Who. As it is, it feels like we zip through his time on the show fairly quickly. Of course, there are times when he does feel the need to tell his side of some of his more infamous moments, and one does have to wonder if the truth probably lies somewhere in-between the various accounts.
But it makes the retelling of these stories no less interesting. One thing he demonstrates is a real love for the program, one which he still seems to find joy in even if most Doctor Who fans seem to write him off. For me, Adric is the most memorable of characters. I wanted to name my first-born after him, but I was perhaps wisely vetoed by his other parent. Every once in a while I wonder "whatever happened to I'm glad I did. Matthew I feel I can call him that since that's how he refers to himself in the third person narrative style writing , gives us charming peeks into his childhood obsession with the show, his thrill at being cast, anecdotes of behind the scenes interactions with his co-workers, and his time on the convention circuit.
There are a lot of references to obscure to me British shows that made me glad that apparently only the best shows ever made it "across the pond" to the U. Matthew does a lot of name dropping of personalities I do not know, but when he mentions a name familiar to me, it was like having my own celebrity sighting. The story is not always told linearly, but some of these deviations were a little like time travel so I didn't mind.
This book is definitely for a narrow reader niche, but I found it fun. Nov 25, Rick rated it really liked it. As a kid years old I loved Adric, and when I met Matthew Waterhouse briefly at a Doctor Who convention in Chicago , I think, when I was 12 -- he actually writes about this convention in the book, and it's good for me to read his view of it , he seemed like a thoughtful and good-humored guy. I remember him being asked at some panel or other "What do you like to do in your spare time aside from acting?
I didn't know he was gay at the time I didn't know I was gay at the time either , but discovering that now feels good somehow. I think I said to him "I really think you did a fantastic job. I like his book. It's good-humored in the same way as I remember him being, and it's thoughtful and insightful in a way I probably couldn't imagine at the time.
I hope he has a good life. Aug 23, Gordon rated it liked it Shelves: biography.
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It would have been good if the book had been longer and I liked Matthew more than enough in this account to have wished it had been a more traditional autobiography. Like most people who have discovered this book, it is because of an obsession with 80s Doctor Who. I love those episodes, even the tackiest of them. As for Matthew Waterhouse's memoir: I loved it. I expected to find it interesting because I love backstage gossip, but it turned out to also be funny, clever and satirical. I really "get" Matthew's sense of humor and wit. I also found it interesting, as an Like most people who have discovered this book, it is because of an obsession with 80s Doctor Who.
I also found it interesting, as an American, to read about what it was like to grow up in Great Brittain an obsessed fan of the show, as Matthew was prior to being cast. Reading Matthew talk about the gay cult fandom of the show in the 80s was a revelation.
I made a lot of new connections about things that I hadn't really thought about before, and explained much of my own cult-like obsession with classic Doctor Who. Recommended for those die-hard fans of the Tom Baker - Peter Davison era of the show. Loved it! The sort of book you don't want to end so slow Down a bit at the end. Mathew is a great writer and tells his unique tale with great economy and you will have lots of fun along the way. Its a bit strange its all in third person but you soon Get used to it.