1/8/2024 0 Comments Sleep no more aboutHis is the first and last face we see in Sleep No More, and he’s edited this story together. Through them, he’s become the controller of humanity’s dreams and woven a nightmare vision of the future. Rassmussen has invented the Morpheus machines. That only makes us more determined to watch. You can never unsee it,” he admonishes us at the very start. As in The League, Psychoville and Inside No 9, he’s a master at playing faux naives, sweet-faced fellows who are masking something disturbing underneath. Shearsmith is perfect casting for Professor Gagan Rassmussen. And whether by chance or design, the writer/star of Inside No 9 turns up in episode nine of series nine of Doctor Who. In 2008, the League’s brilliant Steve Pemberton was a little wasted as a forgettable character in The Silence in the Library (and should be brought back, maybe heavily disguised), but regular Who contributor Mark Gatiss has at last found a role worthy of his old League mate Reece Shearsmith. I would never have imagined then that two of their number would get together, more than a decade later, to work on one of the most freakily enjoyable episodes of Doctor Who. The live version at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 2001 was one of the funniest and spookiest nights ever in the theatre. Aah, The League of Gentlemen… I used to love that show when it was running on BBC2 (1999–2002). I’ve also been keenly anticipating Sleep No More since I heard Mark Gatiss and Reece Shearsmith were attached to the project. Let’s just say the rubbery, orange Sandmen look far more menacing on screen. On our way to the café, we passed a Sandman in broad daylight being guided along by two human helpers. We’d been invited to Cardiff to see episode 12 being filmed, but in the adjoining studio, alongside the Tardis set, they were also shooting Sleep No More. I walked though those snaking corridors with my chum Waris Hussein, the original Doctor Who director from 1963. It wasn’t the 38th century but it was – as the Doctor detects by licking a finger – a Tuesday. I’ve actually been curious about this episode since… well, since by chance I set foot on Le Verrier space station in August. I watched Sleep No More twice through because some points perplexed me. It is told as “found footage” – hardly original, but another first for Who and, besides, it cleverly manipulates that format. For starters, Sleep No More has no title sequence. RT review by Patrick Mulkern Dare you sleep now? I relish a Doctor Who that wrong-foots the viewer, one that can break a square-inch of new ground. First UK broadcast Saturday 14 November 2015Ĭast The Doctor – Peter Capaldi Clara Oswald – Jenna Coleman Professor Gagan Rassmussen – Reece Shearsmith Nagata – Elaine Tan Chopra – Neet Mohan 474 – Bethany Black Deep-Ando – Paul Courtenay Hyu Morpheus presenter – Zina Badran Hologram singers – Natasha Patel, Elizabeth Chong, Nikkita Chadha, Gracie LaiĬrew Writer – Mark Gatiss Director – Justin Molotnikov Producer – Nikki Wilson Music – Murray Gold Designer – Michael Pickwoad Executive producers – Steven Moffat, Brian Minchin
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