| We thought School Reunion villain Mr Finch was dead but the Buffy
and Merlin star says he's not done with the Doctor just yet...
When we last saw Doctor Who villain Mr Finch, he and his evil
Krillitane cohorts were trapped in the kitchens of the school they'd
taken over as it was consumed by a massive explosion. But Anthony Head,
who played the demonic headmaster in question, believes we may not have
seen the last of him after all...
"I don't think the chip fat got him," Head told RadioTimes.com. "I know
him personally and I think he's keen to meet the Doctor again..."
Head was speaking after winning a recent RadioTimes.com poll to find the
best Doctor Who guest star: he beat James Corden, Carey Mulligan, John
Hurt and Georgia Moffett – among others – to claim the honour.
The actor best known to cult TV fans as Giles from Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and Merlin's King Uther Pendragon, took on the role of the
bat-like Mr Finch in Doctor Who series-two episode School Reunion back
in April 2006. The adventure saw the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and
Rose (Billie Piper) infiltrating a school to investigate some rather
mysterious goings-on. |
| It also marked the return of
Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and K-9, who had last appeared on
screen with The Doctor in 1983.
"School Reunion was such a special episode in it's own right,
re-introducing Sarah Jane and K9 – it was a joy to film, and Mr Finch
such a blast to play, with the sublime Mr Tennant as my nemesis," said
Head.
"I remember James Hawes, our director, pitching the confrontation
between Finch and the Doctor being played across the divide of the
school swimming pool – such a great scene.
"The episode also gave me an opportunity to do my version of the Donald
Sutherland screech from Invasion of the Body Snatchers – something I
discovered I could do in my youth. Thank you, thank you, thank you, to
all who voted for me."
Could Mr Finch have survived the blast? Will he pop up to torment Peter
Capaldi's Doctor one day?
Well, K9 was salvaged after all. Stranger things have happened...
News Source: Radio Times |
