Isak Glaser
@isakglaser.bsky.social
100 followers
180 following
1.2K posts
Posts
Media
Videos
Starter Packs
Pinned
Isak Glaser
@isakglaser.bsky.social
· Feb 3
Reposted by Isak Glaser
Isak Glaser
@isakglaser.bsky.social
· May 24
Reposted by Isak Glaser
One of my old-man opinions is that commercials in TV shows gave those shows a kind of familiar rhythm & structure, imposed some creative discipline, and the lack of constraints -- no ads, no weekly schedule, no set per-episode time limit -- has made so many modern shows rambling & diffuse.
Reposted by Isak Glaser
Liz
@lizbarr.bsky.social
· 4d
As Doctor Who’s budget is being discussed, there’s a persistent idea that it *should* be cheap like the original series, to allow for more creativity.
It’s worth reading the accounts of the creatives. Christine Rawlins was the costume designer for the 1970 series, and describes “blood and sweat”.
It’s worth reading the accounts of the creatives. Christine Rawlins was the costume designer for the 1970 series, and describes “blood and sweat”.
![Extract from interview of Christine Rawlins by Robbie Dunlop:
Christine shudders as she recalls one particular incident the day before the aliens were required on set.
"Looking at the script, I thought, 'My God, we're short of one astronaut. I sat up all night with a friend of mine making another costume. I can't remember what the circumstances were, or exactly what we did. I mean, we probably hadn't got another pair of gloves, and we probably hadn't got another helmet, but at least we had something to put somebody in, if necessary.
I remember the absolute panic. Thank goodness I had a friend to help me!"
She got to bed just two hours before she was due to get up for the next day's filming.
"I remember ringing [director] Michael
Ferguson about it. He was always quite calm.
He and Dougie Camfield [director of Inferno, Christine's last story] were lovely. I was quite close with those two because you could talk to them - they'd say, 'Don't worry about this and that? They were both very nice indeed. They saved my life!
"It was a fraught year, and a very busy year," she sighs.
"It all overlapped. When you were in the studio recording one story, you had to start the next one. It was blood and sweat. The turnaround was so quick. There never seemed to be time to do anything. It was chaos. I was very happy when it finished. It was wonderful when it stopped."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dubp6h5xex6vbthu7dtowmrt/bafkreie2ihml2m7biabr25qz5zljq5ejrfa34wzjddxnebourpnqisllqi@jpeg)