[Update] Matt Smith is the new Doctor Who
 

This thread is intended to be a companion to http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/23...l#post34664745.

With the news that David Tennant is to step down as Doctor Who after the specials (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7698539.stm ), who do you think would be a good doctor?

I have to admit, I am not sure, but I personally think that Alan Rickman, David Thewlis or Steve Coogan could pull it off. I also think that Patrick Stewart could be good, but you run the risk that a lot of people would see him as Captain Picard or Professor Xavier playing Doctor Who.

I realise that none of those is likely to happen (they would cost too much).

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Rupert Pendry Jones?

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Alan Rickman YES!!!
David Thewlis YES!!!
Steve Coogan Nah...

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i'd like to see it go to james nesbitt he was very good and can bit his acting style in to any any job

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ME :) With my sonic stick ;) :tu:

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I vote for Zinge with his trusty sidekick Maggy J ;)

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This is a family forum mate, and I think I speak for everyone when I say that we'd prefer you left your sonic stick out of this :D

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Now that I'd watch :D

In all seriousness though.....is there anything anywhere in the back story that says that Dr Who can't be female?

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I suppose now isn't the time to suggest Russell ..... oh no I wont say it!

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I think Steve Coogan would be an inspired choice.

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Great minds think alike...;)

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I think Brand would make a great alien baddy.

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Is the Christmas special hinting at something...

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Russell Brand is looking for another job?

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Frankie Boyle ;)

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Russell Brand I believe is available

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Brian May?

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first choice has to be sirius (ok,this is only funny to people who have seen him,but BELIEVE me, he is him)
failing that,and now on a serious note,what about billy connolly?? ;)

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Bonnie Langford :shocked:

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Carol Vorderman or Tamzin Outhwaite

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Nope she was a Dr Who companion...

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Bonnie_Langford

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Come on we want an actor or actress not a presenter...:erm:

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Is there anything that says Dr Who can be a female? ;)

Let's not forget, the whole 'next doctor could be a woman' thing was a prank dreamed up by Tom Baker in the back of a cab.

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Jeff Goldbloom

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Catherine Tate

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a13...octor.html?rss

An ex-Doctor thinks Andrew Sachs and his granddaughter should be the Doctor and assistant.

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Patrick Stewart or Anthony Head!

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Julian Clary (with Fanny the Wonder Dog as his companion).

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Jonathan Woss has a bit of time on his hands. He may be able to get in more screen time than Paul McGann. They may have to change it to Doctow Who.

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Billy Connolly? no thanks because you might end up with prince edward as his assistant as he loves to brown nose royalty.

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Jonas Armstrong

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I think Tony Head would be great :D

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Stephen Fry :)

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I don't care provided they are young,sexy and appear intellegent...and are male..

Sorry! !f the doctor is a woman I'll not bother..I want a hero..:naughty:


I'm my own heroine.;)

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LOL, I can just imagine her trying to give the bad guys detention. :D

I'd agree, on the proviso that we get to see him blown to bits no more than 5 mins into the episode.

Not sure who I'd pick. I'm still disappointed that DT is leaving, as he's probably my favourite Dr so far.

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The blonde bloke who is no longer in spooks... adam?

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Possibly, I'd certainly prefer him over someone like Anthony Head.

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Has Nugget taken to writing headlines or something?? :disturbd:

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/enterta...6908-20855937/

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I think we should have someone a bit older this time.

I've always though Richard O'Brien would be good with large fedora and cape.

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Oh, Yes! :tu:

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The Doctor is waiting...

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Let's give him a warm hand on his entrance.....

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Well, if we're including silly possibilities, why hold back?

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I'm sure Davies has already picked someone...;)

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It's already camp enough thank you....

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Surely this is out of RTD's hands. It'll be Steven Moffet's job to decide who he wants.

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How about Tim Curry?

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I can't believe I'm actually going to agree with Russ about something, but as he said, "It's already camp enough".

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David Walliams? :D

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James McAvoy?

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Neither name rang any bells, so had to look them up. I think the only things Williams has been in that I've seen are Dr Who, & Time Gentlemen Please, & none of the characters/roles sounded familiar, so can't have made that much of an impression on me.

James McAvoy, however, has been in the Dune mini-series, & Band of Brothers, both of which I enjoyed. Of the 2 I'd chose McAvoy.

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Erm.....ever heard of Little Britain??

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Heard of, yes. Watched, no. I've seen trailers/clips which put me off it. I do like some British comedy, but there's a lot that just isn't to my taste.

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Gottit!

OK - not homosexual; but flambouyant...

Eddie Izzard

No...

David Bowie

and no question about... Bill Bailey - could have a wonderfully knowledgable assisstant.

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I think Izzard would excellent as long as he wasn't 'femmed up'. Nothing against that sort of thing but I think that would be just stretching the imagination a little too far.

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I had meant to add "without false appendages" but maybe keep a hint of eyeliner :D

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:erm: You mean this David Bowie?

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No - the other one. :) :

orrr were you referring to his sexuality?

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How about Don Warrington?

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I think Bill Nighy would make an excellent doctor.

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It's Walliams. ;)

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How about Stephen Fry?

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Hugh Laurie?

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Craig Charles?

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Daniel Radcliffe? :D

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probably make a better DW than he does JB. He's not quite smooth enough to be JB if you ask me.

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Rufus Sewell?

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Stephen Fry would be good but I think he'd be a bit too Tom Baker-esque.

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Ioan Gruffudd?

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He may be a bit long in the tooth but I would like Derek Jacobi.

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But,but,but he was The Master..:shocked:

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Considering we were discussing camp versus not-camp, which do you think? ;)

As an actor for a part like the Doctor, sure. Actually playing the Doctor, that depends.

Someone earlier in the thread raised the issue of whether or not it had been established if a Timelord could change gender during the regeneration process. AFAIK, it hasn't, though IMO it would be stretching credibility just that little bit too far just for the sake of appeasing feminists & the politically correct elements of the viewing public.

On a similar note, I don't think it's been establshed whether or not a Timelord could change his apparent ethnic identity. If it was decided that he could, & it was done for the right reasons [right actor for the part], then it might be ok.

However, if it was done just for the sake of saying "hey look, we've hired a black guy to play the Doctor!", then I'd say no.

My apologies for the typo, but I did look up the right bloke as I highlighted his name in your post & used an entry on the right-click menu [created with 1 of my extensions] to look him up on Wikipedia.

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William Shatner?

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I can just imagine it...
Assistant: Doctor, they're all sick. What could it be?
Doctor: Its not Lupus.

:D

Derek Jacobi may have played him, but Anthony Ainley was The Master.

:bsmack:

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No no it can't work with Derek Jacobi..

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How about the guy who used to present The Crystal Maze and played harmonica.

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Richard Curtis also of Rocky Horror fame...and already mentioned earlier.;)

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John Lydon

Rick Mayall

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Ade Edmonson
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They could do what they did with Have I Got News For You and have a guest Doctor each week seeing as they seem to be ignoring the thirteen lives rule...

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I know, cos he played The Master not that long ago. I was just making the point that IMO Anthony Ainley played the definitive version of The Master.

Don't you mean Richard O'Brien?

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*Well that wasn't what I said..or meant... ;)

And yes I meant OBrien..:doh:

Curtis is a rather good writer,director and producer...One of my favourites.;)

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Could the regeneration not take place whilst Dr Who was in the past and some how have him re-habiting a former self due to some flaw in time/thingy? That way we could have one of the old Dr Who back.

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Err how can it?Even a Time Lord has to follow a timeline.

Anyway I'd rather have someone new...or we could end up with Sylvester McCoy again.<shudder>

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The new series production team have managed to shy away from anything excessively fanw***y so far. I expect they'll probably go for a straightforward swap from Tennant to someone whose star is rising in the same way his was when he took on the role.

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David Coulthard? I hear he's not got much on after this weekend :D

I still think we could see a female incarnation of the Doctor this time around.....

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If a Time Lord had to follow all the rules we wouldn't have had this last regeneration. Story lines with loops in time and parallel realities have already made such a twist halfway possible.

I seem to remember an episode where 5? reincarnations of Dr Who all met up together for some reason. Surely that would have broken some time line law?

:D Tom Baker seemed quite open to the idea of revisiting the Tardis when I saw him on the TV last week on...I think...Have I Got News For You. On second thoughts ...not Tom Baker. I liked him the first time around but a second innings would be a tad tooooo much. :D

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Perhaps you could do it Jo?

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Only if I could feature cabbages as the next sentient beings. :D

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At the start of Destiny of the Daleks, Romana tried on different bodies (in much the same way we might try on clothes) before settling on the rather lovely form of Lalla Ward. A couple of them looked distinctly male, and one only looked vaguely humanoid, so it would seem that changing their apparent species is no problem, so I doubt that changing their apparent gender or apparent ethnicity would be any problem.

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They weren't all present in the same time frame if I remember correctly..

Anyway I want a new doctor not a return to an older version..Some of them are a little too old for a younger generation which was why it began to go out of favour originally IMHO.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Doctors


The Timelords temporarily removed them from their relevant timelines and moved them all to Galifrey at the same point in time.

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A blast from the past ....The Five Doctors. The three Doctors shown here look really dated and seeing the companions again I can't believe how short we used to wear our skirts..:D

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wJSli5DJxSg

I do agree about the new Dr needing to be a younger one in order to keep the fans happy. :)

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and of course the first one wasnt Hartnel ;)

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Correct! :)

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Nope. He was already dead, which made filming him a little difficult, although he did appear in the pre-titles footage. It was Richard Hurndall, who has since died.

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Lewis hamilton gets my vote

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Ah! I remember the first episode of Dr Who, with William Hartnel. He was so out of character because he usually played a Soldier or Sergent. The series was a hit with me & I never missed an episode. As a young lad I was in at 6.30 pm, which was I think, the time it was shown.

We had a state of the art 10 inch black & white round tube TV. I remember the first time I saw a Dalek. I near sh*t myself. Strong stuff for the times. I`m still a fan. I`d like to see a serious actor have a go for a change.

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I've never like that scene.

Doesn't fit at all with other Regenerations, & the whole "comedy" aspect of it seemed rather lame.

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I can't really see it being a female doctor as there would need to be a fundamental change in both inner and outer physiology (although I wouldn't say no to Louise Jameson) but I can't see any problem with the doctor changing colour as that is really no different than changing hair/eye colour.
I would still plump for Don Warrington or maybe Geoffrey Bayldon as I think it is about time foran older doctor

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Geoffrey Bayldon is 84 not really right anymore lol

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Really!!
I didn't think he was that old.

How about David Warner?

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David Warner is a good actor and I think would be a good doctor..

Indeed, he has apparently played The Doctor in two Big Finish Audio Adventures..