I keep hearing about Robert Carlyle rumour. Carlyle is a fine actor, but I think he's too much of a David Tennant type -- small and intense and wiry. I'd welcome some out-there choices. An older Doctor maybe? (Someone on my Flist mentioned Bill Nighy, and I think he'd be a riot.) A female Doctor or an African-Brit would be awesome, but I can't really see BBC going there.
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Vonnie K - Jul 15, 2008 4:36:57 am PDT #3642 of 30001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 15, 2008 4:40:39 am PDT #3643 of 30001
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Bwah! I did offer him as a candidate in another discussion, but figured on a more conservative wardrobe. (He'd look great in a gray suit and bowtie, wouldn't he?)
And, following on from the Romana discussion, is it canon that male TimeLords regenerate as male, and female as female...?
That's the only way it's happened on the show as opposed to spoofs. But we've seen Romana briefly regenerate into an obviously unearthly humanoid, and Nine's discussion of the topic implied that completely inhuman regenerations were possible. If anything prevents genderswitch, I'd imagine it's the self-image of the Time Lord in question rather than any limitation of the process itself.
Dana - Jul 15, 2008 4:44:11 am PDT #3644 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Claudia Black.
IJS.
Vortex - Jul 15, 2008 5:27:05 am PDT #3645 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
(Edit: Tilda Swinton would be fabulous as well)
oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
sumi - Jul 15, 2008 5:28:54 am PDT #3646 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Hee.
ION, have you guys heard of this show? - I like the cast AND Shaun Cassidy is the main creative guy. (Well, I really liked the cast when Toby Stephens was the lead but Lloyd Owen is also good.)
tiggy - Jul 15, 2008 5:30:08 am PDT #3647 of 30001
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Claudia Black.
YES. this is the only female Doctor i can get behind.
Vortex - Jul 15, 2008 5:33:16 am PDT #3648 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
YES. this is the only female Doctor i can get behind.
I don't know. I think that she's missing a crucial element of whimsy. I mean, she'd totally kick ass, but I don't know that I've ever seen her really laugh. (which, I admit, is based on sporadic viewing of the puppet show)
sumi - Jul 15, 2008 5:37:49 am PDT #3649 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Bill Nighy would totally fit with the theme of castmembers from State of Play appearing on Doctor Who.
I'd love to see James McAvoy, Phillip Glennister or David Morrissey on the show too. Not necessarily as the Doctor. (Oh, maybe the Master could reincarnate as Phillip Glennister.)
Fiona - Jul 15, 2008 9:24:13 am PDT #3650 of 30001
(Oh, maybe the Master could reincarnate as Phillip Glenister.)
Hah, sumi! Actually, a female reincarnation for the Master is looking pretty likely, the way things were going.
Bill Nighy is another name that's frequently mentioned. I love him as an actor, but he's a bit too... louche for the Doctor, for my taste.
Carlyle is a fine actor, but I think he's too much of a David Tennant type -- small and intense and wiry.
And Scottish. As is James McAvoy, come to think of it - small, intense, wiry, Scottish. As was Sylvester McCoy. (DT is definitely the tallest of the bunch.) I don't know if they'll go there again.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 15, 2008 9:29:17 am PDT #3651 of 30001
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I love Carlyle, but thinking about his roles in Trainspotting and Ravenous (and even The Full Monty) and then imagining him as the Doctor is a tad strange (and oddly amusing). I can't imaging the costume they'd give him, quite honestly, unless they went back to the look that Nine was sporting.