RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES by Ben Aaronovitch
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Dr Abdul Haqq Walid | Official physician and pathologist of the Folly.
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Dr. Abdul Haqq Walid is the official physician and pathologist of the Folly. He specialises in cryptopathology. When he's not helping out on magical business he works at the UCH (University College Hospital, a teaching hospital based in London) as a world-renowned gastroenterologist. He also operates as a personal physician to both Peter and Nightingale.
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He's described as a spry, gingery man in his fifties, who speaks with a soft Highland accent. Ben Aaronovich has stated that Dr. Walid took an Arabic name when he converted to Islam during medical school; his name pre-conversion is unknown. He has a dry sense of humour, laced with self-mockery. Dr. Walid is a very intelligent man, who, like Peter, is interested in the scientific basis of magic. He often encourages Peter to do magical experiments and share the outcomes. He has invented and/or repurposed several words to describe magical conditions, like 'hyperthaumaturgical degradation' and 'sequestration'. **According to the graphic novels, he is a older, pale gentleman with reddish hair. I will be looking at sense of character as well as physical attributes when casting him. I have also selected mostly scottish / those of scottish ancestry actors.
SUGGESTED CASTING:
KEVIN MCKIDD ( 49 years old ) TONY CURRAN ( 53 years old ) HENRY IAN CUSICK ( 56 years old ) DOUGLAS HENSHALL ( 57 years old ) BILLY BOYD ( 54 years old ) SIMON PEGG ( 53 years old )
