They've brought on one-off actors back to play larger parts later (Gwen, Martha), so Billy wouldn't be out. Billie, however...although, Romana consciously regenerated to look like whatever-her-name-was, so it would be possible, I guess. I can't really imagine the Doctor choosing to be female, though.

I'm with sumi, though, on Morrissey.

Oh! I couldn't read the article from my phone; I didn't realize who Paterson Joseph was. In that case, I reiterate my desire for Billy. To be the next Dr. Well, and just in general. I'm trying to remember who Roderick was. CE seems like so long ago.

Oh man. I loved Keen Eddie and Julian would rock. What a great thought! Now I'm remember every ascerbic, kinky, smug, marginally clueless moment of his time on KE and transposing it into the Tardis.

Yep. That would soooo work.

Alas, I fear, he is probably too obscure/off the radar.

Sigh.

Hyh. I'm actually looking forward to the transition, whomsoever it may be. Which says a lot about my massive case of the DTs having satisfactorily resolved.

A local UK paper has said that all of a sudden odds on Matt Smith have jumped to 5/2. Could just be wishful thinking though, since he's a local boy for this paper.

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Matt Smith?

I can't find anything yet. Darn the luck.

It's Matt Smith.

I'm watching the live feed.

I've seen him in something...I just can't remember what.

Matt Smith. They're being incredibly coy about naming names, and still mentioning about 40 squillion times that he's 26.

He looks doctor-y to me, for a puppy. I've never seen him in motion, though.

(edit: and of course, in the time I was typing that, they stopped being coy and stuck the boy up onscreen.)

Oh, he was in Ruby in the Smoke! I liked him I approve.

BTW, Sue, thanks for the streaming link in Natter -- I was just then refreshing LJ obsessively on the theory that if I can't watch BBC-1, at least someone on my flist must be.