In the 2028 documentary What We Left Behind about the making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, actor René Auberjonois made a prophetic statement about how he would be remembered. He noted that for all the many movies and TV shows he had appeared him, he knew his obituary headline would be "Actor Who Played Odo On Star Trek Has Died".
Sadly René Auberjonois would pass away a year later and he wasn't wrong about what role got most of the attention with news of his death.
I remembered this when I came across news of an interview with Russell T Davies where he seems to think his role on Doctor Who will not be what he's remembered for. While promoting his latest gay themed series he created, Tip Toe, Davies remarked, "I do believe Queer as Folk, Cucumber, It’s a Sin and Tip Toe are the ones that will be on my gravestone."
To be fair, Davies was drawing a distinction between those projects he created and owned versus Doctor Who.
"I love Doctor Who, but I don’t own it. It’s not mine. So in the end, my heart will always be with the things that I own."
Well, that make sense to me and it's a sentiment I've heard expressed by other creators. You hear it a lot from comic book writers who had acclaimed runs with this character or that but other people come along with other ideas.
I suppose Davies can put in his will what he wants his tombstone to say but he can't control the headlines. They will not be "Queer As Folk Creator Dies".
Which I hope is not for a very long time. I want Russell T Davies to stick around for at least one more season of Doctor Who to give him a chance to redeem his legacy from whatever damage may have been done during the Disney+ years.
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