The new Doctor

[Master_of_Oldskool]

I'm sorry, I must have misread that. You said... Matt Smith kept the Doctor fresh and interesting? Heh heh, no. Matt Smith is a horrible bastard who ruined the last season and will probably continue to ruin the next. I can only hope that he really will resign before a new generation starts to associate Doctor Who with complete and utter shit. [/rant]

OT: Brian Blessed. Just because it would be fun to watch him out-yell the Daleks.

 

[Composer]

MORGAN FREEMAN!

 

[tomtom94]

The BBC ALWAYS seem to find someone who's slipped somewhat under the radar.

So keep an eye out for the guy who played a minor supporting character in any previous episode of one of their flagline shows, he's probably in for the role.
Same goes for women / companionship.

I really could see Rowan atkinson as the Doctor.

Someone's never seen Curse of Fatal Death.

 

[Dr. James]

He already played a villain though, and I do believe he even died. A villain playing the doctor? Pffft!

OT: I do recall there being rumours of Eddie Izzard a while ago, but I don't love the idea. The guy who plays Sherlock Holmes in the recent Sherlock series would be pretty good, I think, especially if he played the characters similarly - the Doctor can be very Holmesian sometimes. Or Anthony Stewart Head, mainly because I love that man.

You're contradicting your own logic there, Anthony Head played a villain already too. He was the Krillitane guy.

 

[illas]

Cillian Murphy - largely because he's outrageously good in anything.
Ditto Alan Rickman, and he'll need something to do post "Harry Potter".

Or Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter. I'd appreciate the irony.

 

[CrashBang]

Eddie Izzard, hands down.

 

[The Cheezy One]

Liam Neeson
bit older, but i reckon he could pull it off
besides, hes the sexiest man ever, and thats from a straight guy!

 

[manaman]

You know he did mention something along the lines of "I'm a girl!" when he felt long hair...

You have to skip to 2:26, but it's there.

I certainly would be a good and evil trick to play on the fanbase.

Well, there's one guy I'd automatically cast as the Doctor.

Sort of six foot two, good looking, white hair, tends to write a lot.

This guy wouldn't already happen to have a blue police box of his own would he?

 

[vanthebaron]

Zoe Bell....don't give me that look, seeing her and river make out would be hot

 

[Lerasai]

Hugh Laurie I think would make a great doctor.

This. Hugh Laurie would be a wonderful Doctor. Anyone who's seen his work other than House should know it would be absolutely entertaining to see.
As much as I enjoy Matt Smith's Doctor I hope we get someone less baby-faced next time around before it starts to become a trend. I like the Doctor as brilliant, eccentric, and experienced. As in chest-hair.

 

[AnneSQF]

I thought maybe a younger John cleese

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

But really: I don't know. I'm not that familiar with British actors (or any actors at all. I just watch the role they play and that's it)

 

[bojac6]

I like the ideas of Hugh Laurie. And I thought Rowan Atkinson made a great Doctor (as did Hugh Grant).

If they want to go back to the more traditional, older Doctor, I think Bill Nighy would be fantastic and I believe was shortlisted to be the Doctor at one time. He'd really recapture some of the dignity and cool old-guyness of the role that has been lost recently. Not saying I don't like Smith's really bizarre and enthusiastic Doctor (and who didn't love Tennant's manic, keep charging forward, every-curious Doctor), but I feel the Doctor needs to be old again. Let's face it, being eye candy is the companion's job. So just make John Barrowman and Karen Gillan companions to keep both genders happy and give us an old Doctor.

Doctor who (incidentally i've always though it should be 'Doctor Whom' but that's just me being a grammar nazi)

Being a poor grammar nazi, you mean (I jest)

Doctor Who, as it is a title, can be assumed to be the Subject and in the Nominative. Because of this, Who is correct. Whom is only used for the direct and indirect object. For instance: "Doctor WHO gave this to me" versus "I gave this to Doctor WHOM."

All of this, is of course, completely irrelevant, as he is simply "The Doctor" (excluding his secret name) and the name of the show really doesn't have much to do with anything. My own proposed title for the show, "Tales from the TARDIS: A Quixotic Time Traveller Learns That Being Immortal Is Really Depressing When Everybody Around Him Dies Or Worse" would probably never make it past the marketing team.

 

[supermariner]

Doctor who (incidentally i've always though it should be 'Doctor Whom' but that's just me being a grammar nazi)

Being a poor grammar nazi, you mean (I jest)

Doctor Who, as it is a title, can be assumed to be the Subject and in the Nominative. Because of this, Who is correct. Whom is only used for the direct and indirect object. For instance: "Doctor WHO gave this to me" versus "I gave this to Doctor WHOM."

All of this, is of course, completely irrelevant, as he is simply "The Doctor" (excluding his secret name) and the name of the show really doesn't have much to do with anything. My own proposed title for the show, "Tales from the TARDIS: A Quixotic Time Traveller Learns That Being Immortal Is Really Depressing When Everybody Around Him Dies Or Worse" would probably never make it past the marketing team.

Touche, but as we know his name is the Doctor
so Doctor Who is surely a question as he has never been referred to as Doctor who
therefore the title of the show is a question, not HIS title
how can it possibly not be?
so Doctor Whom would be implemented

 

[bak00777]

David Tennant will allways be the Doctor in my mind

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

Actually I think Simon Pegg would be quite good at it.

He already played a villain though, and I do believe he even died. A villain playing the doctor? Pffft!

When did he play a villain. Do you mean The Master cuz that wasn't Simon Pegg.

James McAvoy
Clive Owen
Christian Bale
Daniel Radcliff
Rupert Grint
Gerard Butler
Orlando Bloom
Johnny Depp
Mike Myers

 

[bojac6]

Actually I think Simon Pegg would be quite good at it.

He already played a villain though, and I do believe he even died. A villain playing the doctor? Pffft!

When did he play a villain. Do you mean The Master cuz that wasn't Simon Pegg.

James McAvoy
Clive Owen
Christian Bale
Daniel Radcliff
Rupert Grint
Gerard Butler
Orlando Bloom
Johnny Depp
Mike Myers

Simon Pegg was the villain in the reality TV episode. Well, the undervillain. The real villain was a weird upside pile of jello with a mouth stuck to the ceiling.

Also, I really don't see any of your choices there working, they're all too actiony. Johnny Depp, ok, but he can pull of anything. They're all good actors, but also a bit too violent, mainstream, and (especially Clive Owen) suave for The Doctor.

Touche, but as we know his name is the Doctor
so Doctor Who is surely a question as he has never been referred to as Doctor who
therefore the title of the show is a question, not HIS title
how can it possibly not be?
so Doctor Whom would be implemented

It still is the subject. The question, rephrased, would be "Who is the Doctor?" so grammatically, it has the same structure as "Doctor who?" To be and similar verbs actually have two subjects, not an object. For instance "My dog is Molly," both Molly and My dog are in the nominative in that sentence.

So if the implied conversation of the title is "Hi, I'm the Doctor" then the proper answer is "Doctor who?" If the conversation were "Give it to the Doctor," or "I told the Doctor to leave us alone," then the response is "Doctor Whom?" as this is short for "To whom should I give it" or "You told whom to leave us alone?"


(Is it sad that I'm actually enjoying this grammar discussion more than the thread topic?)

 

[supermariner]

It still is the subject. The question, rephrased, would be "Who is the Doctor?" so grammatically, it has the same structure as "Doctor who?" To be and similar verbs actually have two subjects, not an object. For instance "My dog is Molly," both Molly and My dog are in the nominative in that sentence.

So if the implied conversation of the title is "Hi, I'm the Doctor" then the proper answer is "Doctor who?" If the conversation were "Give it to the Doctor," or "I told the Doctor to leave us alone," then the response is "Doctor Whom?" as this is short for "To whom should I give it" or "You told whom to leave us alone?"


(Is it sad that I'm actually enjoying this grammar discussion more than the thread topic?)

yeah i snipped it
well sir, i also enjoyed that
and i just got burned
well done *salutes*

 

[Kheld]

As soon as someone said Benedict Cumberbatch I thought YES!

He was utterly brilliant as Sherlock.

 

[QueenWren]

Jack Davenport, funny, excellant actor and he's worked for Stephen Moffat before

Oooh... I really like your thinking. Jack Davenport seems like a genuinely lovely guy. I'd love to see him as the Doctor. I was never really a fan of Matt Smith. He never reached the highs of the 10th.

P.S. Is your username anything to do with Shannara by any chance?

Unfortunately no, its to do with an ancient nickname a swimming teacher gave me

OT: The Jack Davenport thing might just be because I want him to do a rant (like in Coupling) as the Doctor

 

[SonicWaffle]

I didn't know a new one existed. I'll have to try that out, thanks for that tip.

It's well worth it. It's a modern re-telling, though it is based on the original stories, and features Martin Freeman as Watson. I know, I know, I thought it'd be terrible too, but oh how wrong I was.