
My father loves movies. More accurately, he loves falling asleep during movies. Barely 20 minutes into the movie (any movie!), I’d start hearing his gentle snores from the couch. Which meant that I watched an awful lot of the same movies over and over again since Dad wouldn’t remember anything that happened in them. But despite him being asleep most of the time, the best movies I watched with him were the James Bond series because of the great car chases and amazing gadgets.
Nowadays, the Doctor and I watch a lot of BBC series together. The Sherlock miniseries surprised me with how faithful they were to the books (which I have loved since high school), and most obviously, we both adore Doctor Who - even if he doesn’t agree that David Tennant was the most brilliant Doctor ever.
So when I saw a competition on the Rockpool blog to win a double-pass to their Martini Masterclass, simply by commenting who I thought would be the next great Bond and Bond villain, I impulsively suggested my current BBC actors:

Benedict Cumberbatch and John Sims - my pick for the next Bond and Bond villain! Images courtesy BBC One
Now imagine my surprise when they announced that I’d actually won!
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