Insurance medical today for New Tricks so, typically, I have woken up with blocked sinuses and a nasty cough. I sat with the art department yesterday for a “page turn” through both scripts. Everyone seems to be on top of everything, as usual. Afterwards, I sat down with Ellie, the costume designer, and ran through ideas for all the characters across both episodes. I think it would be a good idea to tie Norton, Kuziak and Melissa together visually. I don’t expect anyone to really notice, at least not on the first viewing, but it will hint that the three are connected and also help to give the lie to the “official” version of events in the story. We’re going to use various aspects of the “WOW! Signal” to achieve this.
There is still some concern that my script is “anti-American”. I can’t see it myself, it certainly wasn’t the intention when I wrote it. The villains of the piece are American. Does anyone really think they are supposed to represent all Americans?! I’m also not at all sure that BBC Editorial Policy should be getting involved in this one. Doesn’t that make it political censorship? We’ll see how this one plays out…
Listening to: Amber Waves from the album “Scarlet’s Walk” by Tori Amos
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