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WORDS: ROBBIE DUNLOP
Robert Strange: study well, cosplayers…
Wrarths even get their own clapperboard. Fancy.

Were you familiar with Doctor Who? I’ve always been a fan. I remember watching the Christopher Eccleston series when I was young. David Tennant and Catherine Tate were my childhood heroes. To be involved in their reunion was something special; to see them in real life on set, doing their back and forth the way that they do.

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