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BS: So who will be the new Who?

01 Jun 13 - 07:24 PM (#3521695)
Subject: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: jacqui.c

News just out.........


01 Jun 13 - 07:37 PM (#3521700)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: McGrath of Harlow

Maybe it's time they had a female Doctor Who.

Imagine Jo Brand...


01 Jun 13 - 11:50 PM (#3521759)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Wesley S

Maybe it's because I'm American but I've never figured out why the show was popular and lasted so long.


02 Jun 13 - 12:36 AM (#3521775)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Stilly River Sage

Have you watched it much, Wesley? It grows on you. And everyone I know wants to have their own Tardis. :)

SRS


02 Jun 13 - 01:47 AM (#3521778)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: JohnInKansas

The Tardis is not all it's cracked up to be.

In mine the transport controls are annoyingly erratic, so you never know where you're going to end up - and lot's of times you don't even know where you're starting out from.

And all those interior rooms do nothing but collect dust bunnies - some of which are disturbingly aggressive.

John


02 Jun 13 - 02:21 AM (#3521780)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Neil D

John Hurt?


02 Jun 13 - 02:40 AM (#3521782)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

For obvious reasons oughtn't they to get Roger Daltrey? He's an actor too ~~ was excellent in Jonathan Miller's The Beggar's Opera way back when...

~M~


02 Jun 13 - 02:41 AM (#3521783)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: DMcG

A complete aside, but the BBC website told us that Steven Moffat is the 'runner', which was the first time I'd discovered American TV has decided to use the same name for both the top job and the lowest job in the industry. Why on earth (or Gallifrey) should anyone do that?


02 Jun 13 - 03:52 AM (#3521788)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Shimrod

"Maybe it's because I'm American but I've never figured out why the show was popular and lasted so long."

Don't worry, Wesley, I'm British and I don't understand it either!

My best guess is that, like most 'TV SciFi', it's appeal has nothing to do with 'real' speculative literature. For that, the show's plots would have to be informed by real science, be thoroughly thought through and make some sort of sense (rather than the half-baked jumble of of silly notions derived from 'pop science' that they usually are). Basically, 'Dr Who' is yet another soap opera and I suspect that its audience are more interested in the relationship between the eponymous 'Dr.' and his glamorous assistant than they are in any speculative content.


02 Jun 13 - 04:25 AM (#3521793)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: DMcG

I can't say I've enjoyed the shows much since Matt Smith joined, but I don't think that's down to him, but that the overall standard has declined from some well thought out ideas to "the half-baked jumble of silly notions" you refer to. But I don't think it is necessarily the case these need to be correct scientifically, since some of the most interesting stuff is of quite a different nature. For example, in one of the Christopher Ecclestone episodes a dalek gives a one liner to the doctor: "You would have made a good dalek". That's simply brilliant, in my book, since it opens a whole train of thought on exactly how they differ, and whether it is in fact true. And that, for the thoughtful kind of person, reflects into their own lives about whether they as different from some other group as they assume they are. To me, that is (science) fiction at its best.

I can think of perhaps a dozen such points throughout the series (hmmm, I wonder what the plural of series is?), but I can't think of any since Smith joined.


02 Jun 13 - 04:29 AM (#3521794)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,CS

Agree with Shimrod, I find Dr. Who to be very weak as sci fi, it's more of a soap opera slash romance with some scienceish ideas tagged on, though I do think it has seen better days.


02 Jun 13 - 04:37 AM (#3521799)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Acorn4

Stacey Solomon?


02 Jun 13 - 04:43 AM (#3521801)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,The Doctor's Glamorous Assistant

On a point of order, and at the risk of being thought a pedant, the new incumbent will not be the new 'Who'. He or she will be the new 'The Doctor'.
The Doctor's name is 'The Doctor', not 'Doctor Who'.


02 Jun 13 - 04:45 AM (#3521804)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave Hanson

Roger Daltrey, he's already been in The Who.

Dave H


02 Jun 13 - 04:49 AM (#3521806)
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From: MGM·Lion

I beat you to that point 8 posts back, Dave.

~M~


02 Jun 13 - 04:54 AM (#3521807)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

Dr's Glam Asst ~~ We know that, but the pedantry has been overtaken by a sort of folklore; deliberately engineered by the originators of the series title, I should say.

My late wife Valerie spent a few days in hospital once, where there was a Chinese houseman called Dr Hu. Every time the call came over the tannoy for "Dr Hu", all the ladies in the ward would shout in chorus "And the Daleks".

~M~


02 Jun 13 - 06:53 AM (#3521828)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Blandiver

but I've never figured out why the show was popular and lasted so long.

It hasn't. It had a (generally) good run from 1963 to 1989 when it was cruelly culled by a cynical BBC. I think anything that came afterwards is referred to by the faithful as Nu-Hu (New-Who) to differentiate from the original continuity & the mythos thereof in which we might still imagine what the world would have been like if Geoffrey Bayldon had taken up the mantle thus depriving the world of Catweazel. Nothing in Nu-Hu can compare with this, much less the Weirdlore Zeitgeist that gave us The Daemons in 1971 - though I must confess to hiding behind the sofa when the morris dancers came on.

Enjoyed the Sarah Jane Adventures though; back to basics with character & story development rather than bogging itself down with big meaningless concepts and mawkish overkill.

Here's my vintage CYBERMEN just to show I'm a real fan of the show.


02 Jun 13 - 12:16 PM (#3521907)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Stilly River Sage

Thanks for the advice, JohnInKansas. I want one because I think it would solve the problem of where to keep all of the books.

SRS


02 Jun 13 - 11:15 PM (#3522091)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Rapparee

THIS is video science fiction! Poo on Who!


02 Jun 13 - 11:21 PM (#3522094)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity

Rowen Atkinson with Hugh Laurie!!

....(again)

GfS


03 Jun 13 - 02:49 AM (#3522130)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave Hanson

MtheGM, Roger Daltrey, shit actor IMHO.

I stopped watching Dr Who after Tom Baker.

Dave H


03 Jun 13 - 03:22 AM (#3522137)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

To the critics - please remember that this was, and judging by the timing still is, aimed at the teen/younger adult audience. While I agree it is not traditional sci-fi I do not believe that is any reason to knock it. Doing so is akin to knocking music, no matter how good, because it is not folk. I can't see that happening, can you? :-)

If you think of more as loosely science connected fantasy, pretty much like Hitch-Hikers guide to the Galaxy, it begins to make more sense. Well, I suppose sense is too strong but I can't think of another at the moment!

As to being more interested in the romantic aspect, not guilty. My family and I find the token romantic intervals more of a distraction. Fortunately they are not too often or too obvious so I can live with that.

Cheers

DtG


03 Jun 13 - 03:34 AM (#3522141)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

Really, Dave? I thought him absolutely right in Jonathan Miller's The Beggar's Opera ~~ as good as Olivier in the Peter Brook film, tho the character quite differently conceived by the two of them. I have both on video & often play them back-to-back, to continued pleasure & enlightment.

~M~


03 Jun 13 - 05:08 AM (#3522165)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Nigel Parsons

in one of the Christopher Ecclestone episodes a dalek gives a one liner to the doctor: "You would have made a good dalek". That's simply brilliant, in my book, since it opens a whole train of thought on exactly how they differ, and whether it is in fact true. And that, for the thoughtful kind of person, reflects into their own lives about whether they as different from some other group as they assume they are. To me, that is (science) fiction at its best.

I can think of perhaps a dozen such points throughout the series (hmmm, I wonder what the plural of series is?), but I can't think of any since Smith joined.


My favourite 'sight gag' in the Matt Smith era was in "A Good Man Goes To War". Madame Vastra (the Silurian) and Jenny (her 'assistant') have overpowered two guards and one of the guards (picking up on the chemistry between the two) says "I don't know what she sees in her", at which Madame Vastra lashes out at the guard with her six-foot tongue.
Fortunately it will have been completely lost on the kids!


03 Jun 13 - 05:54 AM (#3522178)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Lavengro

The writing in the current series has been so poor I'm not sure it matters. Especially Mark Gatiss, dreadful.

How about Nick Clegg? Plenty of acting experience, and he seems at a bit of a loose end at the moment?

Ohhh no, no, wait I've got it! Boris Johnson!!! Go on give me one reason he's not perfect?


03 Jun 13 - 05:56 AM (#3522179)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave Hanson

He was pretty good in ' Tommy ' I'll admit, but he had a part in one of those CSI programmes and it was appaling.

Dave H


03 Jun 13 - 06:01 AM (#3522181)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

Didn't see that one; but not all parts suit all actors. But, apart from "Tommy', get hold of that Beggar's Op & I think you'll be impressed by Daltrey's performance.

~M~


03 Jun 13 - 06:12 AM (#3522184)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Boris Johnson!!! Go on give me one reason he's not perfect?

The Doctor usually has some intelligence :-)

DtG


03 Jun 13 - 07:27 AM (#3522199)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

And you reckon Boris hasn't, D? I think you would do well not to underrate him. You wouldn't be the first, but where are they all now?

~M~


03 Jun 13 - 07:50 AM (#3522206)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Luckily, Michael, I don't move in those circles so however I rate him will not matter a ha'purth.

:D tG


03 Jun 13 - 08:04 AM (#3522208)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

Then why express such a fatuous opinion on the matter in the first place?


03 Jun 13 - 08:46 AM (#3522222)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Are you just arguing for arguments sake, Michael, or can you really not understand that politicians are fair game for any amount of ridicule? It is indeed a fatuous comment, never intended to cause any in-depth political comment, so please do not feel obliged to provide any analysis of either Mr Johnson's admirable qualities or my lack of them.

Cheers

DtG


03 Jun 13 - 09:14 AM (#3522232)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: My guru always said

NeilD gave you a bit of a 'heads-up' earlier & I assume he watched the end of the last program. As far as I know it will be John Hurt. Hope this doesn't spoil your fun......

Personally, I'd like to see Billy Connolly give it a try!


03 Jun 13 - 10:13 AM (#3522254)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST

Mgas:

"Personally, I'd like to see Billy Connolly give it a try!"

Then no one in Liverpool would watch it! Having said that, banjo playing in the Tardis? Could work :)


03 Jun 13 - 10:14 AM (#3522255)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Lavengro

Me above.


03 Jun 13 - 10:21 AM (#3522259)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

I always wondered why David Tennant adopted an English accent for his time in the roll. I think a Scottish Doctor would work well. Maybe the next Doctor will be black? Lenny Henry anyone :-)

Cheers

DtG


03 Jun 13 - 10:36 AM (#3522263)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Blandiver

I think you would do well not to underrate him

You're bang on the money there, Michael - best we take that as a very serious warning for a future Tory Dystopia that will make The Thatcher Years look like Heaven on Earth.

*

As far as I know it will be John Hurt. Hope this doesn't spoil your fun......

Seems John Hurt was a red herring - one theory has him as the missing Doctor Regeneration between Paul McGann and Christopher Eccleston. Read all about it here, but take some aspirin along:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/23/doctor-who-john-hurt-50th-anniversary-show_n_3324473.html

*

For me the ideal Doctor would be multifaceted character actor David Threlfal - he could regenerate every month or so and still come out more convincing than that last two (I liked Eccleston, but would have preferred June Brown).


03 Jun 13 - 10:42 AM (#3522267)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Blandiver

I forgot - Threlfall already played The Doctor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGaqgzC9cR4


03 Jun 13 - 03:03 PM (#3522344)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: fat B****rd

Peter Capaldi. Alan Cumming ??


03 Jun 13 - 03:35 PM (#3522353)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,CS

DtG I suppose it's unfair to disparage things other people enjoy. To be truthful it's mainly an annoyance at the lack of scifi on TV generally as well as the ubiquity of soap operas and romance!

Someone above mentioned Tom Baker, now there was a Doctor! Weird, powerful and not quite human despite the appearance of being human, far too Other for romance!

I just can't abide these pretty clean-shaven boy-men and the romantic dramas they've imposed upon us as though to appeal to the female audience - as a girl who actually likes science fiction I'd like to tell the Beeb: real girls like real scifi!


03 Jun 13 - 05:53 PM (#3522391)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Good on you, CS - You tell 'em - And while you're at it see if anyone can can that awful Twilight stuff! :-)

DtG
(Being just as disparaging so don't feel guilty)


04 Jun 13 - 10:30 AM (#3522601)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Just found out that had better take notice of me!

Doctor Who branded racist

Cheers

DtG


04 Jun 13 - 11:13 AM (#3522617)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,CS

Seems somewhat daft to brand Dr. Who racist for only ever incarnating in white form. He's an *alien humanoid from another planet*. Maybe the people of Gallifrey simply don't have a lot of mellanin pigment? Maybe they never needed mellanin as a defence against sun-light, or maybe they've evolved not to need it? As a side thought, have any of the Doctors had even so much as a suntan? They always seem ubiquitously pale-skinned to me. As for referencing boo-boos from the seventies, give us a break, it was the *seventies* ffs, even crap like The B&W Minstrels were considered family entertainment!


04 Jun 13 - 02:49 PM (#3522710)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave Hanson

A fictional character can't be a racist, by implication Lindy Orthia must mean the author of Dr. Who is a racist.

Dave H


04 Jun 13 - 07:46 PM (#3522817)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: andrew e

William Shatner


05 Jun 13 - 01:44 AM (#3522899)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Backwoodsman

According to one UK rag this morning, it will be Michael Jackson's daughter.
Please God, let it not be true!


05 Jun 13 - 03:09 AM (#3522907)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

What would it matter whose daughter, if she could play the part? And why should God care anyhow?


05 Jun 13 - 04:16 AM (#3522923)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: VirginiaTam

I was under impression from the ending scene of last show that it would be John Hurt.

I just think the show is a laugh. But I am as inclined to sleep through it as sit on edge of my seat, depending upon many internal and external factors. Most of the fun is making disparaging commentary while watching it. Kind of like Mystery Science Theatre 2000.

If the new Doctor is woman, I'd like Sandra Millican to give it a whack.


05 Jun 13 - 04:51 AM (#3522927)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: VirginiaTam

Eddie Izzard


05 Jun 13 - 05:10 AM (#3522938)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

The end of the last show was a bit contradictory, VT - Matt Smith said that he (the John Hurt Character) was everything the Doctor was not - Some sort of alter-ego. But, yes, the credits said he was the Doctor. I suspect it will pan out as the former unless the two 'halves' combine maybe? And a big yes to Eddie Izzard :-)

Cheers

DtG


05 Jun 13 - 07:00 AM (#3522963)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Stu

I think Idris Elba would make a brilliant Doctor, although I wonder if it's time for woman.

As we know John Hurt is the Doctor anyway, but I'm putting my money on him being The Valeyard. You heard it here first.


05 Jun 13 - 10:03 AM (#3523028)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,Owl Glass

Les Barker, it has to be! I mean, just imagine...........


05 Jun 13 - 11:42 AM (#3523062)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: GUEST,leeneia

I saw it once. The beautiful girl got discouraged and angry at the end and announced that she wanted to leave. The man ignored her completely. Never looked at her, never answered, never acknowledged her as a human. She left. I was told that happens all the time.

I'm not watching that kind of stuff again.


05 Jun 13 - 12:50 PM (#3523089)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: MGM·Lion

Actually, I am not sure why I am contributing to, or even reading, this thread, as I never actually watch the programme The most exciting thing about it, SFAIAC, has always been all this edge-of-seat suspense about who the next Dr is going to be!!!

I still urge the candidature of Roger Daltrey. Unless maybe Pete Townshend might be persuaded...

~M~


05 Jun 13 - 02:11 PM (#3523120)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: DMcG

I wasn't paying THAT much attention, but I thought it was pretty certain the John Hurt character is the same physical person as the Doctor (leaving regeneration issues aside) but that he is not the doctor in any other sense (for example, he is from a life before the persom re-evaluated their life, thought better of it and so became the doctor).

But I could be wrong!


06 Jun 13 - 03:53 AM (#3523332)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

More, I would have thought from the promise of the show, the Doctor from a different timeline. Probably the antithesis of the Doctor we know, One who made the choice to hurt rather than help maybe?

That piece in the Stun newspaper about Jackson's daughter was tabloid reporting at it's worse BTW. She is 18 to 1 at the bookies and has, as far as I can tell, as much chance of getting the part as I have :-)

But what do I know!

Cheers

Doctor Gnome


06 Jun 13 - 04:14 AM (#3523342)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

or even prEmise of the show...


06 Jun 13 - 06:58 AM (#3523384)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

I see in this mornings 'Stun' the headline is that Ms Jackson has tried to commit suicide. If it is true she must have been very unhappy indeed. I wonder how much the pressure that the tabloid press have put on this 15 year old girl went toward fueling this desperation? I hope she comes out of it OK.

Cheers

DtG


06 Jun 13 - 07:13 AM (#3523387)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Musket

The present doctor really made the part his own. I liked him ever since the first one when he desperately needed food and faced with a 9 year old Scottish girl shouted, "You're Scottish aren't you? Fry something!"

I just knew we were in for a good ride.....

I hope they have spotted an unknown talent in a small part role somewhere and thought "Yes, he'll do." The script writers are excellent at developing character and the wonderful ethos of Dr Who is that we do get them regenerating, so refreshing with new actors isn't a fudge, it is part of the experience.

Escapism you can enjoy in your 50s in the same way as you did as an 8 year old is not easy, but the good old Beeb manage it with Dr Who.

My choice? Possibly a little older next time. Possibly a different type of eccentricity as the previous three have been extroverts so silly little things like Tom Baker's handing out jelly babies to aliens or subtle character flaws might be ready for comeback?

The assistants manage to remain glamorous and long may it continue. (I used to fancy Lala Ward, who is now married to Richard Dawkins, who for some inexplicable reason keeps appearing on these threads. Perhaps he could be the doctor? In search of the ultimate answer? Be funny if his final scene was being zapped by an old dude with a long silver beard....


06 Jun 13 - 03:15 PM (#3523560)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Stu

"I wasn't paying THAT much attention, but I thought it was pretty certain the John Hurt character is the same physical person as the Doctor (leaving regeneration issues aside) but that he is not the doctor in any other sense (for example, he is from a life before the persom re-evaluated their life, thought better of it and so became the doctor)."

He's The Valeyard! (see my earlier post for link).


05 Aug 13 - 03:29 AM (#3545677)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: fat B****rd

I would respectfully draw your attention to my post of June 3rd.
Yours 50% smug B****rd


05 Aug 13 - 04:36 AM (#3545690)
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From: JohnInKansas

"Officially announced(?)"

Meet the new 'Doctor Who,'

Randee Dawn
TODAY contributor 04 August 2013

Who are you? Well, on Sunday, the BBC (and BBC America in the U.S.) let adoring fans of the 50-year-old series "Doctor Who" in on who will play the next incarnation of the traveling Time Lord: Peter Capaldi.

Capaldi will play the 900-plus-year-old 12th Doctor and takes over the role from Matt Smith in an episode that will air on Nov. 23 in the UK.

"Doctor Who belongs to all of us," said Capaldi after the announcement.

Scottish actor Capaldi appeared in both the feature film "In the Loop" and TV series "The Thick of It" as a foul-mouthed political advisor, and was highly touted to be the next in the role.

(Curiously, he most recently appeared in "World War Z" as a character called the "W.H.O. Doctor" — in that case, the World Health Organization medical expert.)

He appeared once in a "Doctor Who" episode, "The Fires of Pompeii," in 2008.

The announcement was made in a live TV show during a special 30-minute program, which played in prime time in the UK and in the afternoon in America, and was filmed before a 400-member studio audience. Also making appearances on stage and in pre-taped interviews were former Doctor Who actors and former traveling companions.

"Veep" and "Thick of It" writer/producer/director Armando Iannucci immediately tweeted his delight:

John


05 Aug 13 - 05:40 AM (#3545703)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

You are too late, John! You should have time travelled to this thread

:D tG


30 Jan 17 - 06:59 PM (#3835811)
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From: keberoxu

And the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Now Peter Capaldi is leaving. Attempting to leave gracefully, but leaving all the same.


31 Jan 17 - 11:40 AM (#3835937)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Nigel Parsons

Maybe it's time for a woman.
The Master managed to reincarnate as 'Missy'.
And the possibility of the Doctor being female was alluded to when Matt Smith was introduced:
"Nose, I've had worse. Chin, blimey. Hair. I'm a girl! No. No. I'm not a girl. And still not ginger! And something else. Something important. I'm, I'm, I'm Crashing!"


31 Jan 17 - 02:19 PM (#3835962)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: DMcG

I wondered how the thread was so long alreasy. Then saw the fate of the initial posts.

I care more about the quality of writing and acting than the exact person. Overall, for my tastes, these were poorer after Matt Smith joined, with one or two notable exceptions. The last few episodes of Tennant gave the doctor a vulnerability (and hence character complexity) that has been missing for a while.

Speculating on who might be chosen seems pointless - there are too many options, including lots of people I might not have heard of. But there are some actors who could really make something special of it - John Simm os probably ruled out because he was such a great 'Master' but I am sure he would be a fantastic doctor.   Andrew Scott ("Moriaty") would be another. I think it would be a good idea to have a doctor who was more mercurial which both these actors excelled at.


31 Jan 17 - 02:21 PM (#3835963)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: DMcG

Sorry for my usual typos, but when they go to other words it is really too confusing for readers. I meant 'date' not 'fate'


31 Jan 17 - 02:33 PM (#3835964)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: punkfolkrocker

Vinnie Jones...


31 Jan 17 - 02:33 PM (#3835965)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: punkfolkrocker

Danny Dyer...


31 Jan 17 - 02:34 PM (#3835966)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: punkfolkrocker

Ray Winstone...


31 Jan 17 - 02:42 PM (#3835968)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Mr Red

therve only gon an puck a Black Coutry mon

owr kid!


01 Feb 17 - 09:36 AM (#3836095)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

The two best suggestions I heard today were Alan Davies and Noddy Holder.

:D tG


01 Feb 17 - 12:48 PM (#3836119)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: fat B****rd

Frances de la Tour ??


02 Feb 17 - 02:54 AM (#3836202)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Dave the Gnome

Recommended by Peter Capaldi as well FB. I'm not sure. I couldn't help calling her Miss Jones in a Rigsby voice :-)

DtG


02 Feb 17 - 03:07 AM (#3836203)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: fat B****rd

Snap DtG :-)


02 Feb 17 - 05:05 AM (#3836215)
Subject: RE: BS: So who will be the new Who?
From: Nigel Parsons

So maybe Frances de la Tour?
Wouldn't she be too tall for the TARDIS door?
Or was that just camera trickery in Harry Potter?