Talk About Fan Service

[merucha]

Just finished listening to The Dead Line. Two comments: (1)Gareth David-Lloyd is a better actor than anybody gives him credit for and I would happily pay to hear him read the Cardiff telephone book; and (2) Phil Ford has a second life as a fanfic writer.

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[robling-t.livejournal.com]

...Second? ;)

[merucha.livejournal.com]

Well, I think this was a unrestrained as he could get on canon Torchwood. Now, if he was, say, Tanarian... *giggle*

[luvinthe88and20.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Gareth.

[merucha.livejournal.com]

What is it with the voices from that part of the world? I have an old tape of Richard Burton reading Dylan Thomas... aaaah.

[luvinthe88and20.livejournal.com]

I don't know but there is something that makes me swoon also.

[kel-reiley.livejournal.com]

yes and yes

[merucha.livejournal.com]

And all WIN!

[gypsylady.livejournal.com]

GDL does a lot of voice work, and his HP Lovecraft reading makes me shiver. His voice was made for Lovecraft. Except for, y'know, the accent...

I think Phil Ford is married to a fan. I can't swear to it. It's a FOAF legend. But it seems like he's got a finger somewhere on the pulse of fandom.

[merucha.livejournal.com]

He certainly does! Wow. That would make sense, though...

I need to get that Lovecraft thing... Two of my fandoms collide...

[holdingoff.livejournal.com]

Of the three, Dead Line really was the best. It was Phil Ford holding a silver serving tray out with the gift sitting there for the fans.

Didn't he admit to reading fanfic at an event? I could have sworn he was the TW writer that did. The Captain Scarlett quip had me immediately thinking of tanarian's SIG.

The Welsh accent is particularly enjoyable to listen to, makes for great audio books.

[merucha.livejournal.com]

Oh, I had never read that one! Now I have to hunt down the original episodes of that show!

And the Welsh voice -- drools...

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

'(1)Gareth David-Lloyd is a better actor than anybody gives him credit for and I would happily pay to hear him read the Cardiff telephone book'
I've always thought Gareth was a good actor. He has to be to make Ianto such a complex character with what little story he had to work with in season 1.

[merucha.livejournal.com]

So did I, but there is a sense of "all he has to do is stand there and look pretty" in some quarters... For a young man he has very good control of his voice and the radio venue proves that.

[anjelmati.livejournal.com]

There were some clips of GDL on youtube playing Beethoven's nephew in an earlier role,and from what I can recall he did a good job there,too.He looks so young!

[kenyacandoit.livejournal.com]

That five minute speech in the middle of "Dead Line" where Ianto talks to a "comatose" Jack just about killed me dead! I probably listened to that part 15 times. The way GDL's voice broke with tears! Oh the pain!

I loved it so much I even transcribed it so I'd have the words to read when the audio was taken away after the week ended (why do they do that?).

I also listened many times to the last minute of the play where Jack says "You'll never be just a blip in time to me, Ianto Jones." Shivers!!! Fangirl squee!

Btw, I just read all of your "Homecoming" 'verse over the last couple of days (I have no life, you see). I really enjoyed it even if at times it made my brain hurt - in a good way!