# From Doctor Who to Doctor...Who? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557 "2017-07-05T19:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/1 "2017-07-05T19:13:44Z")
Well, season ten ended without the long-rumoured transformation of The Doctor into some Aussie wannabe, so the question remains: Who will be the Who that will be? _The Telegraph_ [Gives us a list of possibles](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/will-replace-peter-capaldi-next-doctor/), but for the purpose of this conversation you are certainly not limited when it comes to possibilities…at least for two of the three questions, which are: 1. Who do you want the next Doctor to be? 2. Who do you think will actually get the job? 3.Who, from the list _The Telegraph_ provided, should absolutely not get the job? My picks are 1. Tilda Swinton. I think she could pull off that “alien” vibe quite easily. 2. Phoebe Waller-Bridge. 3. Rupert Grint. Just does not work at all for me, and if they pick him just for the “ginger” gag I will really be pissed off. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/2 "2017-07-05T19:18:16Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 1. Who do you want the next Doctor to be? > 2. Who do you think will actually get the job? > 3.Who, from the list _The Telegraph_ provided, should absolutely not get the job? 1. Redundant, but Sam Barnett is playing a kooky version of the Doctor over on Dirk Gently. I think he’d do a great job. 2. Kris Marshall or Phoebe Waller-Bridge 3. Richard Ayoade - way too boring and obvious a pick. I think he’d do a bad job, too. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/3 "2017-07-05T19:20:54Z")
Have newspaper lists of possible new Doctors ever been correct? Kris Marshall kind of makes sense, it would explain his sudden departure from “Murder in Paradise”. He would be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/4 "2017-07-05T19:23:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Have newspaper lists of possible new Doctors ever been correct? > > Kris Marshall kind of makes sense, it would explain his sudden departure from “Murder in Paradise”. He would be interesting. That’s why I gave the choice of going off-list for the first two questions. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/5 "2017-07-05T20:20:37Z")
Of those listed, I like John Hannah the best, but Tilda Swinton could be a very interesting choice. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/6 "2017-07-05T21:06:54Z")
I’ve always liked John Hannah, ever since _Four Weddings And A Funeral_ and _Sliding Doors._ But I don’t think the next Doctor will come from the movies, and _especially_ not a big name like Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, or Helena Bonham-Carter. **Rick Sanchez** put it succinctly in the Doctor Who Series 10 thread: [QUOTE=Rick Sanchez] It always amuses me when I see Tilda Swinton come up in these things. Yeah. Of course the next Doctor is going to be a fucking Hollywood A-Lister. Turns out she’s sick of starring in summer blockbusters, working with the Coen brothers and bringing home multi-million dollar pay checks every year, so she’s jacking it all in and relocating to Cardiff to do twice the work for a tenth of the salary and spend any spare time she might have left at comic book conventions. Because what movie star at the pinnacle of her industry wouldn’t jump at the chance to do that? 😃 [/QUOTE] I’m also skeptical that the showrunners would cast an American in an iconic British role. That’d be like casting a Brit as Lucy Ricardo in a remake of _I Love Lucy_. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/7 "2017-07-05T21:39:53Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’ve always liked John Hannah, ever since _Four Weddings And A Funeral_ and _Sliding Doors._ But I don’t think the next Doctor will come from the movies, and > _especially_ not a big name like Tilda Swinton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, or Helena Bonham-Carter. **Rick Sanchez** put it succinctly in the Doctor Who Series 10 thread: > > I’m also skeptical that the showrunners would cast an American in an iconic British role. That’d be like casting a Brit as Lucy Ricardo in a remake of _I Love Lucy_. Tilda Swinton is British. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/8 "2017-07-05T22:42:00Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > That’d be like casting a Brit as Lucy Ricardo in a remake of _I Love Lucy_. I’m reasonably sure that your average American doesn’t care. Daniel Day-Lewis played Abraham Lincoln, after all, and I don’t think anyone cared the slightest. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/9 "2017-07-06T06:25:59Z")
Kris Marshall was my choice before anyone else was even suggesting him, so he’s high on my options. I’m also pro-Olivia Colman. She had the tiniest of roles in the series already, which was a waste of her talents, and she deserved better. I like Ben Daniels too, though I want him to be the new Steed equivalent in a UK _Avengers_ reboot. If none of them get the role, they should be in the series as somebody anyway. Realistically I don’t think it’s any of those listed, it’s someone nobody’s thought of or even knows (Matt Smith-style) who will suddenly emerge in the betting sites two weeks before the announcement. Definitely won’t get it: Paterson Joseph; Miranda Hart; Hayley Atwell; Tilda Swinton; Michael Sheen. All too big names or too busy for TV. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/10 "2017-07-06T07:03:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 1. Richard Ayoade - way too boring and obvious a pick. I think he’d do a bad job, too. I think he could make a good companion character, especially against a female doctor, or maybe if Missy takes a long-term companion ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/11 "2017-07-06T07:27:57Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Kris Marshall or Phoebe Waller-Bridge These two are joint favourites with the bookies today - excellent prediction! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/12 "2017-07-06T08:58:12Z")
1. Stephen Merchant - has one kookiness (his height) but otherwise fairly normal, which I want. 2. Kris Marshall (who is _also_ a ginger) 3. Tilda Swinton - I want the Doctor to be _less_ weird, not _more_ weird. Eccleston remains my Doctor ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/13 "2017-07-06T10:25:15Z")
This is so weird. We’ve gone from Tom Baker’s little joke to being a sexist jerk if you would rather see a man play the Doctor. Which I would. And ain’t I a woman? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/14 "2017-07-06T11:32:00Z")
1. It’s fun to speculate but frankly what I really, really want is a Doctor that will drive the story. I’ll accept a CGI talking cat as the Doctor if it then comes with some awesome storytelling that uses its CGI-catdom to significant effect. Conversely, what’s the point of hiring, say, Daniel Day-Lewis if all we get is another “Kill the Moon” or “The Unicorn and The Wasp”? Whoever it is, it should 1) make sense in terms of the Doctor’s ongoing development and 2) give the writers something to work with character-wise. 2. Probably Kris Marshall. Who will be fine, although having yet another slightly wacky Doctor limits what new material they can give him. 3. John Hannah. Another cranky older Scottish guy right away? No thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/15 "2017-07-10T01:58:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 1. Rupert Grint. Just does not work at all for me, and if they pick him just for the “ginger” gag I will really be pissed off. You’d get a horde of \*Harry Potter \*fans tuning in. Good for flailing ratings. Good for a stagnant career. Same goes for Tom Felton. Who would be a good Doctor, I think. Perhaps we assume that the reason for the delay in announcing the new Doctor is because contractual negotiations are on foot. I wouldn’t think its already been filmed in secret. I wouldn’t trust someone in the BBC not to have leaked it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/16 "2017-07-10T15:16:29Z")
Well, [the, Christmas Special has wrapped,](http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/doctor-who/48818/doctor-who-christmas-special-has-wrapped) and not even a hint about Doctor Next. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/17 "2017-07-10T15:28:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Well, [the, Christmas Special has wrapped,](http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/doctor-who/48818/doctor-who-christmas-special-has-wrapped) and not even a hint about Doctor Next. How about just keep David Bradley on and make the next season about the 1st Doctor? The bookies taking bets on that? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/18 "2017-07-10T23:58:29Z")
Christopher Walken would make for the second best doctor ever. > [@Gyrate](#): > > 1. It’s fun to speculate but frankly what I really, really want is a Doctor that will drive the story. I’ll accept a CGI talking cat as the Doctor if it then comes with some awesome storytelling that uses its CGI-catdom to significant effect. Conversely, what’s the point of hiring, say, Daniel Day-Lewis if all we get is another “Kill the Moon” or “The Unicorn and The Wasp”? Whoever it is, it should 1) make sense in terms of the Doctor’s ongoing development and 2) give the writers something to work with character-wise. I think I like the idea of a feline Doctor. Think of all the interesting directions they could go. The Doctor is busy rewiring some impossible machine when he suddenly runs off. Doctor “A mouse!” Companion “Doctor, stay focused. The moon is falling into the worm hole!” Leading to the startling discovery that the moon really is made of cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/19 "2017-07-12T13:51:09Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Tilda Swinton is British. :smack: Yes. Yes, she is. > [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’m reasonably sure that your average American doesn’t care. Daniel Day-Lewis played Abraham Lincoln, after all, and I don’t think anyone cared the slightest. Day-Lewis played an iconic American in a movie that most Americans saw once, or not at all. That’s not the same as a British actor playing, say, Archie Bunker. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557/20 "2017-07-12T14:01:44Z")
Any odds on Missy having a regenerative personality transplant so Michelle Gomez can be the next Doctor? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-doctor-who-to-doctor-who/790557.md?page=2)