This is funny news for any folks familiar with the ramblings of the poster Sparacus , previously on Outpost Gallifrey and now the Gallifrey Base forums. Spara would regularly post bizarre threads about a rather unusual Doctor Who companion of his own creation called Ben Chatham , whom Sparacus was convinced would be played by Adam Ricketts if he ever made it to the tv show
Checking that actors online CV and the fomer corrie actor has made it on to DW , sadly not as Chatham though
http://spotllght.webs.com/interactive/cv/M70956.html

Meanwhile , here are links to animations of a few threads which the genius of Spara created , in the hope Ben Chatham would one day appear on our screens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGYX5...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u19EX...eature=related

You couldn't make it up!

By the looks of him he could easily play an Auton...

I honestly find the cult of Sparacus to be inexplicable and the Ben Chatham stuff the worst kind of obsessive Mary Sue ever.

Good luck to Mr Rickett, though.

Boo
It's been taken as a hoax now as some eagle eyed poster on GB has called foul on the Spotlight domain name
Convincing effort though

Oh, believe me. You could.

This obsession with him appearing in Who has been going on since series 1 2005! Crazy.

It's a very good faking of a Spotlight page, but the URL reads Spotllght rather than Spotlight.

Mr Rickitt hasn't aged well, has he?

I spose he might have done DW when he was back in the UK, but I thought he was in Shortland Street, in New Zealand, at the moment.


EDIT: oh no! adamrickitt.com (!) reports he's left Shortland Street and is "back in the recording studio". There's a list of niche marketed public appearances. I forgot he's a Tory. Ugh.


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(cut and pasted from adamrickitt.com)

Adam recently returned to the UK from New Zealand having completed filming as Kieran Mitchell in the popular medical drama Shortland Street.

He is currently in the studio recording new music which he will be performing and promoting around the world.

Upcoming Appearances

•21ST AUG - DONCASTER PRIDE (HEADLINING)
•21ST AUG - G-A-Y
•27TH AUG - REVENGE (BRIGHTON)
•28TH AUG - THE VENUE (ESSEX)
•29TH AUG - PURE (MANCHESTER)
•30TH AUG - (MANCHESTER PRIDE) - (MAIN STAGE)
•4TH SEPT - CARDIFF PRIDE - (HEADLINING)
•11TH SEPT - MIDDLESBOURGH PRIDE (HEADLINING)
•18TH SEPT - WALKABOUT BURNLEY)
•3RD OCT - CONSERVATIVE PRIDE EVENT (BIRMINGHAM)
•15TH OCT - REVENGE (BRIGHTON) *FRESHER'S LAUNCH*

Yes I thought that when I saw this on GB yesterday. He looks plastic.....

Why doesn't someone bimble along to one of his "public appearances" and ask him?

Any gay tories here?

If there is a role for a piece of wood he could play that.

No convincing effort - just amusing that DS, io9 and most of the other online sites reprinted without checking it out first - oops

This has to happen! Doctor Who needs more of this >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAN4yCKwA2U