The real next Doctor Who will be...

[matgb]

The name of the actor who will replace David Tennant in Doctor Who will be announced on Saturday. There now follows a poll.

Comments

[bopeepsheep]

Someone else: Jack Davenport.

Objection to Paterson Joseph: same as to anyone else who fits this criterion - he's already been in it as someone else. I object to re-casting (not that my objection has stopped them to date, obviously), and that's the only reason I don't want him.

[matgb]

Meh, Colin had been in it. At least Joseph's was a minor bit part role, Colin played a Gallifreyan of rank (although not apparently a Time Lord).

I really liked him in Neverwhere, and the Marquis was just what I want the Doctor to be.

[bopeepsheep]

At the risk of being unfriended for heresy, I wasn't a big Colin fan anyway*. So that counter-argument doesn't sway anything for me. :)

* This may be partly because of his RL presence at school functions and my derived conclusion that he was, pretty much, A Total Cock IRL.

[pickwick]

Latest rumour I've heard is Matt Smith, which...he'd be OK, but he's TOO YOUNG. Argh.

[matgb]

Wah? He was born in 1982. That'd make him ridiculously young. No.

[pickwick]

He and Paterson Joseph are both at evens on Betfair, apparently :S

[bopeepsheep]

Well, 'we cast a 26 year old' sounds like it is him. :D

[innerbrat]

Sandi Toksvig

[matgb]

That'd be cool.

Have you actually watched a single episode that isn't an Xmas special yet?

[innerbrat]

Dude. I watched about 6 episodes of Tom Baker and the ones on when I was a kid. Don't you pull on me what you did with James Bond.

[frightened]

OH HELL YES.

Um. I think I would have to watch Doctor Who in private then.

[getawaywithit]

While I went for Joseph, 'someone else' in 1, 3 (according to some rumours) and 4 could well be Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Though the most pleasing part of the poll is learning that I'm not alone in thinking Bill Nighy would be a terrible choice...

Chiwetel Ejiofor

[biscit]

Sorry I'm late commenting on 11th Doc posts, been away.

Anyway someone forwarded a rumour today saying Matt S wasn't the first choice and Ejiofor was offered but turned it down.

I'm not sure whether this was true or fan wishful-thinking that got out of hand through the tabloid press feedback loop.

Certainly not sure PJ was anything other than wishful thinking.

But still great thing is that many people were quite excited about PJ, with the "you can't have a black doctor" crowd being a pleasingly insignificant minority.

I certainly remember him being mentioned before (around Netherwhere time) to louder and greater resitsence.

Re: Chiwetel Ejiofor

[matgb]

We've had fairly definite stuff from insiders saying that Moffatt chose Joseph before taking the job on, but the BBC made him go through a casting process/screen testings with more than one, and Smith was much better.

There're also talks of him being spiked because of fear of the whole race thing, but they're less substantiated.

[js84]

I wouldn't like it if they recycled a previous actor for either the next Doctor or his companion like they did with Freema Agyeman. It shows an apparent lack of acting talent out there which isn't at all true. Bill Nighy is in every British film ever made but because he only seems to be limited to film work it should be OK. As much as I like the idea of Patterson Joseph being the next Doctor a surprise would be good too. If he were still alive my favourite would have been Richard Harris. Bring back the old Doctors.