This Week's Featured Doodler: TOM RILEY

This week’s featured doodler is, Tom Riley!

Who is Tom Riley?

Probably one of the best looking guys on television at this point in time! Of course, that is just my humble opinion (one I’m sure you’ll agree with judging by his drop dead gorgeous picture to the left -- thanks Tom for the use of the picture!) Take a moment to “thud” before reading on…

Finished? Don’t worry, you can return to thudding in just a moment!

Tom was born, 5th April 1981 (which makes him an Aries and 28 years old!). He was born in Maidstone, Kent, which is in England.

2006 was the year which saw Tom hitting our screens when he appeared as David in A Few Days in September (aka Quelques jours en septembre) a drama about the disappearance of an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world.

A Few Days in September wasn’t the only time we got to “thud” over Tom on our screens. He appeared in Casualty 1906 (an innovative hospital drama that plunges the viewer into the Receiving Room (today's A&E) of the London hospital deep in the teeming East End) as Dr James Walton.

In 2007 he was rarely off our screens, not that you would have heard anyone complaining, after all, his roles in I Want Candy, Freezing, Marple: Ordeal By Innocence (alongside Richard Armitage, the actor NOT the politician!), and Return To House on Haunted Hill, were just more opportunities to see this very talented young actor in action.

Little did we realise, as 2008 began, that we would soon be hit with Wickhamtasticness (a phrase coined by Tormented Space from the Darcylicious forum) but first, before we all could begin to spend many hours discussing Wickhamtasticness we were again treated to watching Tom in, Freezing, followed by Lewis, Casualty 1907 and Agatha Christie: Poirot.

Back to Wickhamtasticness!

What is Wickhamtasticness? Watch Lost In Austen, a unique take on Jane Austen’s much loved (and much adapted) Pride and Prejudice to know what is meant by Wickhamtasticness.

Apart from how thudtastic Tom looks in Wickham’s uniform, I think (again, this is just my opinion) what made Tom’s “Wickham” more appealing is the way he played the character. Tom gave his Wickham an air of vulnerability and loneliness, yet while at the same time being roguishly boyish and humorous (oh, and did I mention good looking in Wickham’s uniform? Oh, I see I did!).

We will not have to wait long to see Tom on our screens again. Just like the previous three years, 2009 is shaping up to be a busy one for him. Curiosity is due for release this year and Happy Ever Afters is currently in post-production.

Yet, despite how busy Tom is he still took time out to lend Team Armitage his “doodling” talent to help us raise vital funds and awareness for Cancer Research UK.

You can buy Tom’s doodles on several products from the Team Armitage Celebrity Doodle Store. All monies raised from the sale of these goods will be donated to Cancer Research UK (via a cheque made payable to the charity).

Team Armitage would like to say a huge and warm thank you to TOM RILEY for his generosity. The sale of his doodles will go a long way to helping Cancer Research UK find a cure for Cancer.

Thanks Tom!

If you would like to find out more about Tom and or want to indulge in some thudtastic drooling over him, then DARCYLICIOUS is the place to be! Oh, and you may want to check out the TOM RILEY LIVE JOURNAL COMMUNITY and the TOM RILEY FANSITE as well.