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Alternating Reality Bookstore » New Doctor Who Announced — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:20:00 +0000

[...] Huge Doctor Who news! [...]

By: quasidog

quasidog — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:02:47 +0000

Everyone always hates the next guy replacing the old guy. After the first 2 or 3 episodes everyone will love him and have forgotten about the others.

By: vh1967

vh1967 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:41:21 +0000

What a coincidence that Matt Smith played alongside Billie Piper AND got to by the next Dr Who. Indeed, all that Rose touches turns to gold.

By: Dave W

Dave W — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:23:14 +0000

Hmm…

The interview stuff with him didn’t really impress. But the things he’s been in, he’s been alright in. But have some faith in the Gran Moff Steven, as he appeared to feel like he’s picked the right person

We now have to wait till Easter 2010 for the regeneration…I think it would’ve been better to wait until then to reveal him anyway.

By: sophia8

sophia8 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:18:27 +0000

WHO?????

(Well, somebody had to say it…)

By: Martin Watts

Martin Watts — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:17:23 +0000

BBC Press release: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/01_january/03/who.shtml

By: richard knights

richard knights — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:40 +0000

Matt Smith seems to have the right stuff to be the next Doctor.

By: sophia8

sophia8 — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:12:31 +0000

I’d love it if Paterson Joseph got it. In Survivors, he’s easily the best in a pretty strong cast.
Matt Smith? I’ve googled, looked at all the pix and I still don’t know who the heck he is – he seems to have one of those bland everyman faces that nobody can remember. So, not a good choice.
Rupert Penryn-Whassit? Nope – makes an excellent action man (as his performance in The 39 Steps proved), but completely lacks depth.
Chiwetel Ejiofor ? Yes, another good actor – I’d like to see him try it out.
James Nesbitt? Aaaarrrrghhhh!!! NOOOOO!!!!
John Simm? Another very good actor, but it’s clear from his previous career he dislikes being typecast and goes for new stuff every time (He signed up last year for the lead in an indie film that covers seven years in a man’s life, and which is being filmed episodically in real time).

Ah well, another few minutes and we’ll all know….

By: Holli

Holli — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:06:02 +0000

He’s a child!

By: Martin Watts

Martin Watts — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:03:10 +0000

I’d never heard of Matt Smith but he was in “Ruby in the Smoke” opposite Billie Piper.

By: Martin Watts

Martin Watts — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:59:45 +0000

Matt Smith.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:44:07 +0000

A female Doctor would be very interesting – though I don’t they’d take that radical of a step. BBC has done a good job so far – and I enjoy being able to watch Doctor Who on something other than PBS or the old UHF stations where you had to squint to see anything (kinda like scrambled porn, back in the day).

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:09:43 +0000

Shane, I was thinking that as well; they could easily let Joseph go. But on IMDB I saw him listed on another series for 2009. Well, we’ll know soon enough.

By: george

george — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:46:22 +0000

If you’re a BBC geek like me, this is awesome:

http://www.dirtygreek.org/journal/journalId/2186

It’s a VPN (virtual private network) connection in the UK that you can connect to, which then allows you to watch the BBC online for free. There’s a program called Zattoo that streams all of their channels live for free if you are “in the UK,” and the BBC Itself has a ton of online content on iPlayer that is also UK only.

I just got mine yesterday, and it works really well. Well, well worth $50. Now I can watch the announcement of the new Doctor live today

By: Shane

Shane — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:45:42 +0000

*Possible Survivors last episode spoilers ahead*

The last episode finished in a way that could certainly make PJ available to be Doctor Who. He could be a good Doctor. There is something charismatic him.

By: David W

David W — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:59:34 +0000

My money would be on Rupert Penry-Jones getting it.

By: theinquisitor

theinquisitor — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:49:35 +0000

Now that Tenant is leaving I might actually be able to start watching this again. Is Catherine Tate still going to be in it though? She’s even more annoying than Tenant.

By: quasidog

quasidog — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:37:29 +0000

The Sylvester McCoy series was probably the worst of the lot Ragutis. The new series, and the last couple of Doctors are great. It still feels camp and very British, but its nicely done.. sometimes a little overdone, but hey, remember even the Tom Baker episodes, and the aliens in them, looked cheap and nasty.

There was paper machet everywhere! You could tell half of those aliens were made from cardboard boxes. Least now you can tell they are made from .. rubber suits and really cheap CGI .. hang on … no wait … its still the same.

By: Bees Bearington

Bees Bearington — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:11:25 +0000

I’d actually be incredibly excited if it were Paterson Joseph, he was an awesome Marquis de Carabas in the Neverwhere movie a few years back.

By: IVAN3MAN

IVAN3MAN — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:22:36 +0000

@ Ragutis,

Actually, my interest in Dr. Who began to wane after Tom Baker left the role. Eventually, I gave up watching when Sylvester McCoy took over — who’s character resembled a drunken bum that you would find under a bridge in Glasgow — which I think was a deliberate and cynical ploy, at the time, by the BBC in order to get the ratings to drop — in fact, it did — so that they would have the excuse to axe the programme, which they did. However, die-hard fans badgered the BBC for several years to resurrect — or should I say “regenerate” — the Dr. Who series, to which the BBC eventually responded: initially, with a made-for-TV film starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and Michael Roberts (Julia Roberts’ brother) as The Master; then later, with the revised TV series.

However, because Phil Plait keeps going on about the revised Dr. Who series, I’m going to have to start watching again just to see what all the bloody fuss is about!

@ Naomi,

Just stay up with a pot of strong coffee; a lot easier than getting up at that hour of the bloody morning!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:50:32 +0000

It’s obsessive to set your alarm to 4:35 AM (the time it’s announced in the UK – bloody time differences!) just so you’re one of the first to find out, yeah?

By: Ragutis

Ragutis — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:26:25 +0000

Rowan Atkinson already was the Doctor. No Baldrick, though.

As mentioned, Eddie Izzard would be another great choice, with The Riches getting canned and all. But I think he’s planning on going back on the road with his stand-up for awhile. Plus, he seems to have his heart set on Hollywood, not Cardiff.

Hugh Laurie would be a great Doctor… :p

By: quasidog

quasidog — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:34:27 +0000

Awesome! … I hadn’t realised he was leaving. How about an Asian doctor? An Indian Doctor? an Eskimo ? Maori? .. I guess it’s just a little tweak in the genes anyway. After all, to look different and have different coloured eyes, facial features, hieght, hair type, is all just a genetic tweak also. Obviously when the Doctor transforms he doesn’t have the exact same genetic sequence. I am not sold on making the Doctor female however. Feminists will hate me for that but, I don’t know, I guess I would get used to it after a while but, it would be weird at first.

As long as he is still, the Doctor

By: Kimpatsu

Kimpatsu — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:11:59 +0000

I’m not elevating DW to the status of importance of the POTUS…
Whatchoo talkin’ about, Phil? The Doctor is waaay more important than someone voted for by less than 5% of the world’s population…
Now, if you were to mention Chancellor Borasa…

By: Andy Cooke

Andy Cooke — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:27:59 +0000

IVAN3MAN,

Thanks. I’m puzzled as to why he’s favourite, unless it’s part of the old adage “Someone always knows, someone always tells”.

(And if it’s Daniel Radcliffe, my 15 year-old daughter informs me that she will, sadly, have to destroy the world to erase the monstrosity. Or simply stop watching Doctor Who. Whichever’s easier)