|
|
 |
Stephen Greenhorn interview - Radio Times, May 2007 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Stephen Greenhorn tells Nick Griffiths about the genesis of one of Doctor Who's scariest monsters.
"How often do you get the
opportunity to create a
monster?" says Stephen
Greenhorn, writer of The Lazarus Experiment.
The first thing Who regenerator
Russell T Davies said to Greenhorn
was: "Mad scientist". "It was a bit
confusing," says Greenhorn, "because
I thought he was interviewing me for
the writing job, not giving me it!"
So the two started trading reference
points: comic-book heroes and villains
and superhero movies. "We talked
about tone and style," says Greenhorn
(who wrote Glasgow Kiss and Wide
Sargasso Sea), "and I started thinking
about themes and what experiment
we wanted to go wrong. I homed in on
this notion of a rejuvenating machine."
The machine's owner is Professor
Lazarus (Mark Gatiss). The monster
is a CGI creation from The Mill,
based on Greenhorn's notes, but what
they dreamt up astonished the writer.
"I'd written a bit about the scientific
theory behind where this monster
comes from, and a vague idea of
how I thought it might look," says
Greenhorn. "The guys at The Mill saw
that and thought, 'We can do better
than that!' They regard themselves as
the torch-holders of 'behind-the-sofa'
moments - and they reckon this is one
of the scariest things they've done."
**
Now take a look at our full Doctor Who guide.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EMAIL A FRIEND |
|
| Want to share this page with a friend? It's quick and easy! |
| Email a friend |
|
|
|
|
|
