History Creator / MatthewWaterhouse

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published the novels ''Fates, Flowers: A Comedy of New York'' and ''Vanitas: A Comedy of New York'''. More relevantly in terms of fans, he has also authored a memoir entitled ''Blue Box Boy'' about his time on ''DoctorWho''. He currently lives in the United States.

* PlayingAgainstType: Though Briarley (from ''To Serve Them All My Days'') and Adric are both smart-mouthed, edgy characters, they wouldn't be classified as ''bad''. However, Waterhouse's casting in the [[SoBadItsHorrible notoriously awful]] 1986 art film ''The Killing Edge'' turns this around completely - [[spoiler:he plays the knife man]].

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published the novels ''Fates, Flowers: A Comedy of New York'' and ''Vanitas''. More relevantly in terms of fans, he has also authored a memoir entitled ''Blue Box Boy'' about his time on ''DoctorWho''. He currently lives in the United States.

* {{Biography}}: ''Blue Box Boy'' is an unusually subverted example. Despite being marketed as an autobiography, Waterhouse has repeated incessantly that it's ''not'' an autobiography, just a juxtaposition of his childhood and teenaged fandom with the reality of working on his favourite show.

* ShinyMidnightBlack: Waterhouse's hair was this [[SilverFox prior to his inevitable aging]]. Interestingly, when Janet Fielding joined the cast in 1981, [[DyeingForYourArt John Nathan-Turner advised her to dye her hair]] as he thought she looked too much like Waterhouse.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Despite the ill-repute of Adric and Waterhouse within the fandom, people who have actually met Waterhouse on the convention circuit conclude that he is a nice man, if rather shy.

* StraightGay: Is seen as this by many people, despite [[TransparentCloset speculation about his sexuality prior to his "official" outing]].

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published the novels ''Fates, Flowers: A Comedy of New York'' and ''Vanitas'' and a memoir entitled ''Blue Box Boy'' about his time on ''DoctorWho''. He now lives in the United States.

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published three books -- ''Fates Flowers'', ''Vanitas'' and the memoir ''Blue Box Boy''. He now lives in the United States.

Adric's reputation probably wasn't helped by the fact that Matthew Waterhouse was an eighteen-year-old with his only prior acting experiences in the form of a few evening drama classes and a bit part in the John Duttine miniseries ''To Serve Them All My Days''. Waterhouse ''himself'' even attracted controversy after some of his colleagues expressed their impressions that he was perhaps a little ''too'' much like the character he was meant to be portraying in RealLife (Lalla Ward's expressed sentiments about him are a prime example).

* OneOfUs: Aside from being an ascended fan of ''Doctor Who'', he's also apparently a fan of {{Godzilla}}, and in his youth he loved to watch shows such as ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople'' and ''Series/BlakesSeven'' as well as read MarvelComics. He's also a massive literature nerd with a taste for [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] and [[MarcelProust Proust]] among ''many'' others.

* ShinyMidnightBlack: Waterhouse's hair was this [[SilverFox prior to his inevitable aging]]. Interestingly, when Janet Fielding joined the cast in 1981, [[DyeHard John Nathan-Turner advised her to dye her hair]] as he thought she looked too much like Waterhouse.

* OneOfUs: Aside from being an ascended fan of ''Doctor Who'', he's also apparently a fan of {{Godzilla}}, and in his youth he loved to watch shows such as ''Series/TheTomorrowPeople'' and ''Series/BlakesSeven'' as well as read MarvelComics. He's also a massive literature nerd with a taste for [[WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] and [[MarcelProust Proust]].

* StraightGay: Is seen as this by many people, despite [[TransparentCloset speculation about his sexuality prior to his official]] ''[[TransparentCloset outing]]''.

* ShinyMidnightBlack: Waterhouse's hair was this [[SilverFox prior to his inevitable aging]]. Interestingly, when Janet Fielding joined the cast in 1981, [[DyeHard John Nathan-Turner advised her to dye her hair]] as he thought she looked too much like Waterhouse.

* ShinyMidnightBlack: Waterhouse's hair was this prior to his inevitable aging. When he filmed his first few serials for ''Doctor Who'' his hair was still short from his bit part in ''To Serve Them All My Days''. The solution? The costume department had Waterhouse don a wig. Interestingly, when Janet Fielding joined the cast in 1981, John Nathan-Turner advised her to dye her hair as he though she looked too much like Waterhouse.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Towards the end of episode four of ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva]]'', the viewer can see Adric running behind the Doctor before disappearing behind a tree. This could be attributed to Adric not being in a good state after being held captive by The Master, but in actual fact Waterhouse was suffering a terrible hangover during filming and really ''had'' to be sick behind that tree.

However, in recent years there have been arguments made in favour of Waterhouse as more and more fans of ''Doctor Who'' point to Adric's failings as a fault of the writers rather than the actor, as evidenced [[http://www.dwarves.demon.co.uk/curse/issue1/adric.htm here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieneJNXD4So here]]. Many more articles on the internet were written throughout TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium defending Adric and Waterhouse, though sadly they no longer exist. Waterhouse also has a sizeable young fanbase introduced via the new series, as evidenced [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PHBs0mOT4 here]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wJrw3d4o4&feature=related here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B31f4G3Hw here]].

However, in recent years there have been arguments made in favour of Waterhouse as more and more fans of ''Doctor Who'' point to Adric's failings as a fault of the writers rather than the actor, as evidenced [[http://www.dwarves.demon.co.uk/curse/issue1/adric.htm here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieneJNXD4So here]]. Many more articles on the internet were written defending Adric and Waterhouse throughout TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium, though sadly they no longer exist. Waterhouse also has a sizeable young fanbase introduced via the new series, as evidenced [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PHBs0mOT4 here]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wJrw3d4o4&feature=related here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B31f4G3Hw here]].

Adric's reputation probably wasn't helped by the fact that Matthew Waterhouse was an eighteen-year-old with his only prior acting experiences in the form of a few evening drama classes and a bit part in the John Duttine miniseries ''To Serve Them All My Days''. Waterhouse ''himself'' even attracted controversy after some of his colleagues expressed their impressions that he was perhaps a little ''too'' much like the character he was meant to be portraying in RealLife.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Towards the end of episode four of ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva]]'', the viewer can see Adric running behind the Doctor before disappearing behind the tree. This could be attributed to Adric not being in a good state after being held captive by The Master, but in actual fact Waterhouse was suffering a terrible hangover during filming and really ''had'' to be sick behind that tree.

* EnforcedMethodActing: Towards the end of episode four of ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E1Castrovalva]]'', the viewer can see Adric running behind the Doctor before disappearing behind the tree. This could be attributed to Adric not being in a good state after being held captive by The Master, but in actual fact Waterhouse was suffering a terible hangover during filming and really ''had'' to be sick behind that tree.

* RealitySubtext: When Waterhouse was sixteen, his older brother Nicholas committed suicide after a rejected proposal from his girlfriend. Waterhouse then used the situation in to express Adric's pain over the death of his brother Varsh in ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E3FullCircle Full Circle]]''.

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published three books -- ''Fates, Flowers'', ''Vanitas'' and the memoir ''Blue Box Boy''. He now lives in the United States.

* ShinyMidnightBlack: Waterhouse's hair was this prior to his inevitable aging. When he filmed his first few serials for ''Doctor Who'' his hair was still short from his bit part in ''To Serve Them All My Days''. The solution? The costume department had Waterhouse don a wig. Interestingly, when Janet Fielding joined the cast in 1981, John Nathan-Turner advised her to dye her hair as he though she looked too much like Waterhouse.
* RealitySubtext: When Waterhouse was sixteen, his older brother Nicholas committed suicide after a rejected proposal from his girlfriend. Waterhouse then used the situation in to express Adric's pain over the death of his brother Varsh in ''[[DoctorWhoS18E3FullCircle Full Circle]]''.

Ask any ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan who the most annoying/irritating/controversial companion and nine times out of ten they ''will'' say Adric. After all, a character who was often portrayed as [[TheScrappy an arrogant, misogynistic and generally unsympathetic]] BrattyHalfPint generally doesn't go down well with an audience.

However, in recent years there have been arguments made in favour of Waterhouse, as evidenced [[http://www.dwarves.demon.co.uk/curse/issue1/adric.htm here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieneJNXD4So here]] (though it is more a critique of the character of Adric). Many more articles on the internet were written defending Adric and Waterhouse throughout TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium, though sadly they no longer exist. Waterhouse also has a sizeable young fanbase introduced via the new series, as evidenced [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PHBs0mOT4 here]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wJrw3d4o4&feature=related here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8B31f4G3Hw here]].

Since ''Doctor Who'' he's gone on to have a few small acting roles (his bigger ones were concentrated in theatre) and has written and published three books -- ''Fates, Flowers'', ''Vanitas'' and the memoir ''Blue Box Boy''. He now lives in United States.