And the next Doctor Who is going to be.....

[DotCommunist]

But he was shit in survivors. Really, really cant see the appeal.

I'm guessing this is a beefcake rather than acting ability thing?

An Old fogey like Bill Nighy would get my vote.

He's great as De Carabas in Neverwhere and great in Peep Show.

In survivors he was upstaged by creepy psycho bloke

 

[Badgers]

Joe Pasquale?
Howard Brown?

 

[andy2002]

Apparently a lot of late betting has gone on this bloke - Matt Smith. I can't remember ever seeing him in anything though he looks like Ricky Butcher channelling Frankenstein's Monster.

 

[andy2002]

He's great as De Carabas in Neverwhere and great in Peep Show.

In survivors he was upstaged by creepy psycho bloke

I thought he was quite good in Survivors, albeit in a rather under-written role. I like Joseph a lot actrually (apart from his crap Yank accent in Hyde) and really hope he's the new Doctor.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Vladimir Putin.

 

[Gmart]

Here is a list of latest betting with Robert Carlyle apparently the favourite.

Nigel Harman might be good or someone older like Nighy.

 

[DotCommunist]

2/1: Robert Carlyle
4/1: Jason Statham
6/1: James Nesbitt
7/1: John Simm
10/1: Julian Walsh
12/1: Daniel Radcliffe
14/1: Nigel Harman
16/1: Bill Nighy
25/1: Catherine Tate
33/1: Billie Piper*

dear fucking god no



* as fucking if

 

[Awesome Wells]

that list is more fictional than the show!

 

[DotCommunist]

that list is more fictional than the show!

ennit. John Simms? did it escape the listers notice that people who have played major assistants/baddies are extremely unlikely choices for new doc?

 

[Gmart]

as fucking if

And John Simm is similarly likely - ie not at all...

And can Nigel Harman act well enough? Sure the girls would like him, but only on mute...

 

[Azrael]

But he was shit in survivors. Really, really cant see the appeal.

He was also poor in a first series Doctor Who episode (think it was "The Parting of the Ways", the one with the Daleks on the spacestation). It was a rotten part. I didn't see Survivors, but if the role was similar, it seems that Mr Joseph gives the material the respect it deserves. Fair enough.

The Elmina's Kitchen performance convinced me. It shows up on BBC4 from time to time, for anyone who wants to check it out.

Mr Joseph as the Marquis de Carabas in Neverwhere.

From the (deeply unimaginative) bookies list, Robert Carlyle is the only contender I'd be happy with, but Mr Joseph would be a more versitile choice. (Unless Mr Carlyle has greater range than I've given him credit for.)

 

[elbows]

no. It has been quicker changeovers since the new series. The show being such an institution actors don't seem to want to spend too long in it lest they become typecast.

Eccleston went quickly, but Tennant has been in the role about the same length of time as many of the original Doctors. Tom Baker being in the role for a long time, the multi-part episode format of the past, along with infinite repeats and time moving slower when younger, makes it seem like they change more quickly these days.

 

[Azrael]

I'd love to see Mr Eccleston reprise the role, if only to shock the heck out of everyone.

 

[madzone]

He was shit

 

[Azrael]

Mr Eccleston's comedy gurning got painful, but he handled the dramatic stuff brilliantly. Watching him slowly boil over in "Dalek" was a highlight of the first series.

 

[madzone]

Mr Eccleston's comedy gurning got painful, but he handled the dramatic stuff brilliantly. Watching him slowly boil over in "Dalek" was a highlight of the first series.

He takes himself too seriously to be dr who

 

[Dillinger4]

I have heard it is going to be Patrick Stewart.

 

[Epico]

Whoever it is, fuckloads of people will cry "oh no, they're rubbish..."

I still don't get all this interest in what appears to be a children's programme.

 

[Dillinger4]

Whoever it is, fuckloads of people will cry "oh no, they're rubbish..."

I still don't get all this interest in what appears to be a children's programme.

I have never seen a single episode of Doctor Who. I don't really feel like I am missing out.

 

[skyscraper101]

Whoever it is, fuckloads of people will cry "oh no, they're rubbish..."

I still don't get all this interest in what appears to be a children's programme.

Me neither. I watched the first episode of the Ecclestone series and switched off after about 20 minutes.

 

[Azrael]

He takes himself too seriously to be dr who

With a show this madcap it's either that or reincarnating Tom Baker.

 

[Awesome Wells]

It won't be anyone well known already I would think.

 

[5t3IIa]

Dr Who only works for me when watching it with kids. They get scared and hide behind the sofa and stuff and it all sudenly makes sense

 

[harpo]

Wasn't it going to be Billie Piper? Well as long as it's not Mark Benton as he plays virtually every other role on the telly.

 

[harpo]

2/1: Robert Carlyle
4/1: Jason Statham
6/1: James Nesbitt
7/1: John Simm
10/1: Julian Walsh
12/1: Daniel Radcliffe
14/1: Nigel Harman
16/1: Bill Nighy
25/1: Catherine Tate
33/1: Billie Piper*

dear fucking god no



* as fucking if

Ooooh now Nigel Harman...

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Bill Nighy would be quality!

 

[madzone]

Whoever it is, fuckloads of people will cry "oh no, they're rubbish..."

I still don't get all this interest in what appears to be a children's programme.

You have no soul

 

[ViolentPanda]

Bill Nighy would be quality!

Fuck off, he's as stiff as the Zimmer frame he uses!

As for that list of DotCommunist's, I wouldn't piss on any of them, especially that gurning twat Nesbitt or that dwarf Carlyle.

Paterson Joseph, or, at a pinch, I'd settle for Lemmy from Motorhead.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

i do like the idea of paterson joseph, or chiwitel ejiofor as was mentioned on BBC earlier.

 

[DotCommunist]

Whoever it is, fuckloads of people will cry "oh no, they're rubbish..."

I still don't get all this interest in what appears to be a children's programme.

It's worth watching if you like silly sci fi tv.

what strikes me as far more bizarre is plenty of seemingly normal people watching a sad group of has beens in a closed house with Davina doing the cheerleading