Doctor Syn

[tenaya]

Anyone remember that lovely movie with Patrick McGoohan? It was based on the novels of Russell Thorndike and they have been out of print for decades. Apparently, some publishing house has reprinted them because Amazon has a few titles of the series, published in June of 2004. I'm so excited! That movie though...I was utterly captivated by McGoohan's Dr. Syn. Powerful, mysterious, heroic and a total rogue--when he wasn't being the milktoast vicar. And he was sexy as hell. I must have been all of 5 years old when I was swept away by the goings on at Romney Marsh.

Did I mention I was excited?

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[moonchildetoo.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes - who would you recast as Mipps, if you could postulate a 35 y.o. Dr. Syn, with today's actors? ;-)

Yes, the officer was sweet on the girl, and I *think* he let her go, or her brother go, one time when he caught him/them. So he was sort of a nice guy after all. But my memories are a bit vague.

Karen Dotrice was also the little girl in Mary Poppins. She has a sister Michele who is married to Edward Woodward.

Don't you wish you could read the thoughts of the raccoons, i.e. what they think of the nice ladies who put out a picnic and recreation for them every night? ;-) They must have figured out you're pretty harmless by now. Wonder if the three-legged one has a mate and kits of his own? That is cool that he's managed so long, survival of the fittest and all that.