I don't "get" this show
I don't "get" this show
Doctor Who is like a religion, with a rich canon and mythology, except it isn't as distinguished mentally-challenged and stupid.
I heard that with Steven Moffat now head of Dr Who for the next series that he was looking to see if he could get James Nesbitt involved.
I could live with Nesbitt as the Dr. ... now i have a huge man crush on all the Irish actors.
:bow Jekyll :bow2
:bow In Bruges :bow2
:bow Irish people :bow2
good for him.God no. Then we'll get, 'Why isn't there a female Doctor!?'.
let's get a black or indian doctor next.
good for him.God no. Then we'll get, 'Why isn't there a female Doctor!?'.
let's get a black or indian doctor next.
What a crock -- half of the reason we're being cheated out of a full series next year was that they wanted to accommodate Tenant's schedule. So they pull this "4 specials" bullshit, and he quits anyway? Fuck......boot him out the door now so we can get a full season in 2009.
I guess Series 5 will really be an almost-total reset. New companion, new Doctor, and Moffat at the wheel. It's a shame we didn't get at least 1 Moffat/Tennant season.
The regeneration wouldn't be as special as it was in the first season. When he changed in Season 1 I thought "whoa, he's young and can bang Rose now!", this time they would need to pull off something really amazing to get a similar reaction.
Still, I will be sad to see the current Doctor go and I will remember him as one of my favorite doctors. BUT, of course, this presents problems with the storyline in the library two parter of Season Four where the Doctor is recognized by one of his future (and evidently close) companions, meaning that Moffat will have to resolve this sooner than later, as in one of these four specials.
What a crock -- half of the reason we're being cheated out of a full series next year was that they wanted to accommodate Tenant's schedule. So they pull this "4 specials" bullshit, and he quits anyway? Fuck......boot him out the door now so we can get a full season in 2009.
I guess Series 5 will really be an almost-total reset. New companion, new Doctor, and Moffat at the wheel. It's a shame we didn't get at least 1 Moffat/Tennant season.
[David Morrisey] will be in the 2008 Christmas special of Doctor Who, "The Next Doctor", as seen in the trailer at the end of Series 4 episode "Journey's End".
After the week-long speculation stemming from the events of The Stolen Earth in June 2008, Morrisey was the favourite of various bookies to be revealed as the successor to David Tennant in the role of the Eleventh Doctor.
This speculation was further renewed following the announcement of David Tennant departure form the role.
But isn't RTD currently the key creative force behind the show? If RTD wants this guy than I can't see Moffat being an issue. Clearly he may have been consulted, but the buck stops with RTD.
Seriously, we weren't going to have the Doctor regenerate as early as CHRISTMAS now, were we?
I hope the next Doctor is female
I hope the next Doctor is female
Time Lords don't change gender.
what does that mean? I saw it mentioned in the Post Your Pic thread, too
Patterson Joseph (3-1)
With the US poised to elect its first ever African American leader, surely the time is perfect for the Tardis to get its first black master. Patterson Joseph has already popped up in a couple of episodes of Doctor Who back in Christopher Eccleston’s day. Like Tennant, the mercurial Patterson’s got theatrical pedigree and gravitas – he’s a current darling of the National Theatre – yet will have the air of comforting approachability thanks to his roles in Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look.
David Morrissey (Bookies’ odds: 5-1)
What could be more marvellous than watching David Tennant’s face dissolve in a multicoloured swirl of light, and reassemble in the form of… David Morrissey? The last time these two terrific actors sparred was in the musical drama Blackpool (2004). Now, they’d have all time and space to compare Time Lord chops. Where Tennant played up the adorably puckish angle, Morrissey would be craggy and brooding. He’s so tall he’d have to dip his head going into the Tardis; but fortunately, it’s bigger on the inside.
(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04_04/MorrisseyPOTP_468x492.jpg)
Robert Carlyle (14-1)
Another Scottish Doctor? It’s hard to imagine the steely little Robert Carlyle, so brilliant at psychos (think Begbie in Trainspotting), coming from the same galaxy let alone the same country as David Tennant. His doctor would be smooth on the outside but there’d be a latent sense of otherworldliness that might just jump out and bite you. The fans’ favourite in the summer to take on the role when rumours first started flying that Tennant might desert the show – he’s a Doctor who’d be frightening the baddies right back.
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(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioassets/photos/2006/12/12/8663_2.jpg)
Catherine Tate (25-1)
Female Time Lords have already appeared in previous episodes of Doctor Who, but having the Doctor himself regenerate as a woman would certainly be revolutionary. If James Bond’s M can be played by Judi Dench, there’s surely an opening for a mature, witty and authoritative lady Doctor. Catherine Tate – having had her previous memories of being the Doctor’s sidekick erased – might yet get the job. Tate’s got a proven comic flair that will keep us laughing as we hide behind the sofa; and her feminine sensibility might even mean the Tardis gets a makeover.
(http://www.thejoeglovertrust.co.uk/images/Catherine_Tate.jpg)
Rhys Ifans (8-1)
Since his film-stealing role as Hugh Grant’s layabout flatmate in Notting Hill, Rhys Ifans has shown an idiosyncratic approach to life and his choice of roles that might make him an ideal Doctor. The dishevelled air of lunacy this actor cultivates could translate into a Whovian alienness not seen since Tom Baker’s tenure, yet Ifans’s undoubted charisma would still give his Doctor the necessary authority. And with the programme now based in Cardiff, how apt it would be for it to have a Welsh Doctor.
(http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00046/Rhys_Ifans_46250t.jpg)
John Simm (8-1)
Although the decision to appoint the next Doctor won’t be made until next year, it’s worth remembering who will be making it: Russell T Davies’s successor Steven Moffat, the writer of some of the scariest episodes of recent series, including Blink and Silence in the Library. Tennant was excitable and family-friendly; will Moffat’s Doctor be a shade or two darker? John Simm is well used to starring in TV dramas with a serrated edge (State of Play, Crime and Punishment) and, best of all, is an experienced time-traveller thanks to Life on Mars. One snag: he’s already popped up in Doctor Who, playing The Master in three episodes in 2007.
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(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01017/patterson_1017534c.jpg)
This guy is in HYPERDRIVE with Nick