 In early 2008, Benn appeared on Scottish singer-songwriter Colin MacIntyre's album "The Water", reading a poem he had written himself.In September 2008, he appeared on the DVD release for the "Doctor Who" story "The War Machines" with a vignette discussing the Post Office Tower; he became the second Labour politician, after Roy Hattersley to appear on a "Doctor Who" DVD.Conservatives Daniel Hannan, Douglas Carswell and David Cameron praised Benn in 2008.