Amy Winehouse To Sully British Favorite
As the saying goes, “When you fail at maintaining a career in music due to substance abuse problems, there’s always long-running BBC science-fiction shows to fall back on.” It’s an oddly specific saying, but it seems as if Amy Winehouse has taken it to heart. The perpetually frazzled singer will play The Rani, “a rogue Time Lord,” in the season (or series, if you’re British) finale of Doctor Who, the beloved BBC show that’s kind of like Star Trek, but with more sweater vests.
The part, Winehouse’s first acting work since being expelled from the Sylvia Young Theatre School, is part of a year-long break from music for the singer.
Sources close to the show have told NME.COM Winehouse is a “massive fan” of the hit show.
“She was a total ‘Doctor Who’ nerd as a kid,” they explained. “Her and Blake have all the DVDs in their flat. She once even told people at the Hawley Arms that she had a massive crush on [fourth Doctor] Tom Baker when he visited the pub.”
If only she’d remained “a total Doctor Who nerd,” maybe she’d have spent more nights in her flat with those DVDs than out rumpling her hair and scratching her husband’s neck.
(Incidentally, as you may have noticed from my alarming Star Trek comment, I know very little about Doctor Who. If you’re a fan and you’d like to write some jokes for this post, please do so and leave them in the comments. It will enrich us all.)
