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Rjd2 · 18-02-2017 04:07PM

Guys when will we know who gets this role?:o

pixelburp · 18-02-2017 04:49PM

Rjd2 wrote: »

Guys when will we know who gets this role?:o

Realistically it won't be til nearer Christmas this year; Chris Chibnall has said he hasn't even started working on his tenure as show-runner while he's still working on Broadchurch, and given that choosing a new Doc will be his first job we may all just wait n' see. Until then anything reported really is just newspaper tattle!

pixelburp · 25-02-2017 08:19PM

Well Capaldi's last series isn't far away; BBC America released a trailer for the new run, complete with air-date: 15th April. Apparently both the UK and America will broadcast the same day so that date applies for those of us watching on the European side of the Atlantic.

Included is a trailer I suspect was made specifically as a promo, and not part of any specific episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-UupmTMI6o

smacl · 27-02-2017 04:04PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Tilda Swinton from Doctor Strange odds on favourite.

Wouldn't be her first role as a time traveller whose hopped between genders. Orlando anyone?

Mr E · 17-04-2017 12:23PM

Massive pinch of salt, but it is reported today in the Daily Mail that

Spoiler

Kris Marshall

has been cast as the next doctor.
Seems like the type alright, but I think many were expecting a woman.

pixelburp · 17-04-2017 12:28PM

IIRC, Chris Chibnall said in an interview (this is about 1-2 months ago) that he's still only working on Broadchurch & hasn't even had a chance to properly sit down with his vision for Dr. Who, including putting together an action plan on finding the next Doctor. Based on how the BBC go about finding a new Doctor, there'll be no casting until all the main heads get together to write an open script to let auditions put their own spin on things.

flazio · 17-04-2017 02:02PM

Small possibility, pure speculation based on what's seen so far.

Spoiler

Peter does indeed regenerate at the end of this series as is teased in some trailers and let's say for arguments sake it is KM , However, KM turns out not to be Chibnalls first Doctor and instead, like John Hurt, he's a 1 off Doctor for the Christmas special and regenerates again at the end of the special leaving Chibnall with a clean slate.

Sleepy · 17-04-2017 08:18PM

Urgh, Kris Marshall?! Met him once during the Galway Film Fleadh and he was an absolute arsehole. He'd be an awful Doctor in terms of the ambassadorial role that the actors tend to play off screen.

pixelburp · 17-04-2017 08:40PM

Methinks the tabloids' strategy is simply channel-hopping and looking out for vaguely geeky or goofy looking British actors tbh...

exaisle · 17-04-2017 09:37PM

I think that the trend of the actor playing DW shuffling off...ahem...sorry...regenerating after 3 series damages the franchise.

It takes at least one series to get used to the new face/personality and one suspects it takes the scriptwriters a while to come up with a few unique idiosyncracies and eccentricities....

Curious that my three favourite Doctors have been the ones that remained in the role the longest (Baker (7), Tennant(4.5), Pertwee(4.5))....

Rubber_Soul · 17-04-2017 11:49PM

pixelburp wrote: »

IIRC, Chris Chibnall said in an interview (this is about 1-2 months ago) that he's still only working on Broadchurch & hasn't even had a chance to properly sit down with his vision for Dr. Who, including putting together an action plan on finding the next Doctor. Based on how the BBC go about finding a new Doctor, there'll be no casting until all the main heads get together to write an open script to let auditions put their own spin on things.

Given they've already wrapped the current series which Capaldi has confirmed is his last, I'd say it's highly likely they've not only cast the new Doctor, but actually filmed the regeneration. I believe Capaldi has already said he's filmed "his death". Obviously he may be throwing out mis-info and the regen is set for the Xmas special as seems to be the norm these days.

Sleepy · 18-04-2017 12:01PM

He also said on Graham Norton that he had yet to do the Christmas special...

Are we going to have another drawn out regeneration (a la Tennant?)

The_Valeyard · 18-04-2017 02:49PM

I think it's a shame to change doctors again.

As mentioned earlier this every three season new doctor approach is a bit silly.

Last season he was really getting into the roll.

pixelburp · 18-04-2017 07:01PM

Well looks like The Mirror are on a roll, knocking out another couple of questionable rumours. So now they're claiming

Spoiler

not only will Bill depart at the end of series 10, but David Bradley will also play the 1st doctor in the finale. Now, given we see the original cybermen in the trailer I presume the wild speculation is that the story will revolve around the Doctors very first regeneration I guess?

. Frankly I don't believe either of them, least of all the first.

ixoy · 18-04-2017 07:44PM

exaisle wrote: »

I think that the trend of the actor playing DW shuffling off...ahem...sorry...regenerating after 3 series damages the franchise.

It takes at least one series to get used to the new face/personality and one suspects it takes the scriptwriters a while to come up with a few unique idiosyncracies and eccentricities....

I agree with you but in each instance the actor chose to move on - what can they do really? It's not like the later stages of the original run when the BBC forced the change, such as poor Colin Baker.
I'd have loved for Smith to get more personally but obviously he wanted to forge ahead and yes, Capaldi is only settling into it now so I want more there too.

Curious that my three favourite Doctors have been the ones that remained in the role the longest (Baker (7), Tennant(4.5), Pertwee(4.5))....

Tennant only had three seasons and then the half season of specials...

Wibbs · 19-04-2017 08:11AM

ixoy wrote: »

I agree with you but in each instance the actor chose to move on - what can they do really?

Plus it's not an easy gig. Long production schedules, on top of all the worldwide press and attention(never mind the real issue with type casting). I could see someone younger getting burnt out quickly enough, but Capaldi is going on for sixty IIRC.

Doctor DooM · 19-04-2017 12:57PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Plus it's not an easy gig. Long production schedules, on top of all the worldwide press and attention(never mind the real issue with type casting). I could see someone younger getting burnt out quickly enough, but Capaldi is going on for sixty IIRC.

Also, as much as I love his Doctor, I think the world needs Malcolm Tucker right now even more...

exaisle · 01-05-2017 09:36PM

ixoy wrote: »

<snip>
Tennant only had three seasons and then the half season of specials...

...but he was the Doctor for about 4 and a half years. It's a time thing... ;-)

Das Kitty · 01-05-2017 11:52PM

exaisle wrote: »

...but he was the Doctor for about 4 and a half years. It's a time thing... ;-)

By that measure, Sylvester McCoy should be your hands-down fave. :pac:

ixoy · 02-05-2017 11:37PM

Das Kitty wrote: »

By that measure, Sylvester McCoy should be your hands-down fave. :pac:

Or McGann - 1996 to 2005 so at 9 years the longest running Doctor

exaisle · 02-05-2017 11:42PM

Das Kitty wrote: »

By that measure, Sylvester McCoy should be your hands-down fave. :pac:

No....Peter Davison....1981 to 2007 (episode "Time Crash).

As I said, it's a time thing!

flazio · 03-05-2017 05:37AM

Aren't we all forgetting? Just exactly Who is the curator.

The_Valeyard · 03-05-2017 07:37AM

flazio wrote: »

Aren't we all forgetting? Just exactly Who is the curator.

the 'Great curator'

pixelburp · 16-05-2017 11:52AM

So on top of everything else,

Spoiler

seems like Michelle Gomez is also leaving the show after Season 10; so if there's any truth to the rumour of Bill only sticking around for one season - though I'm disinclined to believe that one - Season 11 is increasingly feeling like a reboot.

(the story link also spoils a little the rest of the season, so read at your own peril

)

The link to story on DigitalSpy

Sonics2k · 21-05-2017 11:52AM

So last night I finally got around to watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (which was actually quite good), but was it just me or was Eddie Redmayne basically just playing a Wizard version of The Doctor?

On quite a few occasions I felt like he was channeling Matt Smith, so much so that my Doctor Who hating fiancé pointed it out.

Watching it I felt like he was basically using the movie as an audition piece to play The Doctor someday.

pixelburp · 21-05-2017 12:21PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

So last night I finally got around to watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (which was actually quite good), but was it just me or was Eddie Redmayne basically just playing a Wizard version of The Doctor?

On quite a few occasions I felt like he was channeling Matt Smith, so much so that my Doctor Who hating fiancé pointed it out.

Watching it I felt like he was basically using the movie as an audition piece to play The Doctor someday.

No, it wasn't just you he was verrrrry "doctor'esque" and then some; he's probably far too famous and in demand now for the actual role, but his constant bumbling, eccentric expertise did make him come across like a knock off Matt Smith.

The_Valeyard · 27-05-2017 04:22PM

Pity Peter is not getting one more season. I think he is really in the role this season.

Sleepy · 29-05-2017 01:54PM

Sonics2k wrote: »

So last night I finally got around to watching Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (which was actually quite good), but was it just me or was Eddie Redmayne basically just playing a Wizard version of The Doctor?

On quite a few occasions I felt like he was channeling Matt Smith, so much so that my Doctor Who hating fiancé pointed it out.

Watching it I felt like he was basically using the movie as an audition piece to play The Doctor someday.

Odd, I thought he was playing the character as having Aspergers...

pixelburp · 13-06-2017 04:23PM

So Russell T Davies is claiming the new Doctor has already been cast, and he knows who it is. It's a fairly bold claim to make, and it's not like he wouldn't be aware of the rampant speculation & fixation that tease could bring.

Speaking to Guys Like U, Davies said this, in relation to the next Doctor: "I do know who it is."

Davies also jokily said this: "every time you pass comment on Doctor Who, they go mad… they literally phone me up and say 'can you stop talking about the program Russ.'"

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/doctor-who/46900/doctor-who-the-next-doctor-has-apparently-been-cast

The_Valeyard · 17-06-2017 06:53PM

It's tradition.

Love old Doc

Hate new Doc

love new doc

Hate new old Doc dying

Hate new doc.....

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