The onetime James Bond has booked the leading role in DC Universe’s Doom Patrol . The live-action role is Dalton’s first series regular gig since he wrapped his three-season run on Showtime’s Penny Dreadful in 2016.
Dalton will take on the role of Dr. Niles “The Chief” Caulder, who is described as a pioneer in medical science, searching the world over for those on the edge of death in need of a miracle. Brilliant but controversial, Dr. Caulder will stop at nothing to help those he believes are in need, including his collection of strange heroes known as the Doom Patrol.
I dont think that it wouldve had him with 3 roles essentially if it wasnt Dalton. They were clearly SO happy that they got James Bond in their spy series.
I know this will sound ludicrous, but while watching Penny Dreadful last year (a masterpiece!) I couldn’t help but thinking that with a proper script (eg. no jumping off the roofs, no having an affair with 20 year old women), Dalton would still be believable as James Bond. Damn, how well he’s ageing!
It’s always good to see more Dalton on our screens. I was very much on the fence about Doom Patrol but I’m definitely going to watch at least the first episode now.
Has anyone else watched Doom Patrol yet? I checked it out for two things;
A series that embraced the weirder, more out there aspects of the genre
Timothy Dalton.
And based on that criteria I wasn’t disappointed. It has a delightfully oddball feel, Dalton’s great and the snarky narration from Alan Tudyk’s villain was a hilarious bonus. My only gripe is the amount of sex, nudity and swearing. I’m no prude, it just feels forced. I’ll definitely be following this one.
I thought the “Special appearance by” credit was a little odd as I was under the impression that Dalton was part of the regular cast. Maybe it means that the Chief going off on his travels will be regular thing and there will be a few episodes where Dalton doesn’t appear.
I hope I’ll land on Netflix soon enough. Nevertheless Doom Patrol plot was great in Titans (surprisingly great show, by the way), so I’m very much looking forward to watching it.
He is in every ep. Matt Ryan gets a “special appearance by” credit on season 4 of Legends of Tomorrow - he’s in every episode and main arc is from Constantine: The Hellblazer. The credit doesn’t really mean anything other than the production considers them to be highly important.
Just watched the first two episodes. It’s SOO good, I won’t say why, as I think the subverting of expectations plays into it. I’ll just say the Dalton line that gave me chills when he said it…
Just caught up on the first three episodes. Doom Patrol was probably my favourite thing on TV from last year and I’m so happy that not only is it back but it continues to deliver the weirdness that I love about the series.
Dalton is indeed doing excellent work, as are the entire cast.
My only concern going forward is that we have have yet to see any hint of an overarching antagonists, although it will be hard to compete with Alan Tudyk’s Mr Nobody.