# Let's recast Dr. Who **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024 "2013-05-10T20:23:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/21 "2013-05-10T23:46:29Z")
Robert Carlyle (Rumplestiltskin on Once Upon a Time), or Tom Hiddleston (Loki from the Avengers) as the Doctor. Rachel Weisz as the Companion, just because I like her. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/22 "2013-05-11T00:11:11Z")
Daniel Radcliffe as the Doctor, with Thandie Newton as his companion. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/23 "2013-05-11T00:32:58Z")
Bruce Willis as the Doctor - “Die Hard with a Tardis” StG ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/24 "2013-05-11T00:40:44Z")
Nice suggestions. Thanks. I should credit Cheerleading Dropout for her half of the OP. Thanks, C.D. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/25 "2013-05-11T03:07:19Z")
Hugo Weaving as the Doctor. Keanu Reeves as companion. Or, it’s way past time for a crotchety old doctor again, so maybe Ben Kingsley, with Alyson Hannigan as companion. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/26 "2013-05-11T03:29:38Z")
Richard Briers in his heydey would’ve been a good Doctor. I would’ve paired him with an actress contemporary of that time (the 70s) like Tessa Wyatt or Jenny Agutter. As for current actors, I’d choose someone esoteric and quirky, like Eddie Izzard or Griff Rhys Jones. And for his companion, Liz White who was Annie on _Life on Mars_. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/27 "2013-05-11T12:24:59Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Hugo Weaving as the Doctor. Keanu Reeves as companion. > > Or, it’s way past time for a crotchety old doctor again, so maybe Ben Kingsley, with Alyson Hannigan as companion. Keanu as the doctor would be a riot. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/28 "2013-05-12T00:33:43Z")
Danny Pudi as The Doctor, with Donald Glover as companion. I could watch about 6 seasons of that. Maybe followed by a movie. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/29 "2013-05-12T01:14:57Z")
Really, I would watch all of these. Just to add: Kate Beckinsale with Daniel Ratcliff as companion. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/30 "2013-05-12T02:46:44Z")
Ian Mckellan as the doctor. Lena Heady (brunette mode) as the companion. Brian ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/31 "2013-05-12T04:11:26Z")
I want to see Anthony Stewart Head as The Doctor, not sure who for a companion. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/32 "2013-05-12T04:55:58Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Keanu as the doctor would be a riot. “People are _dyin’_, Master. I’m shuttin’ you _down_.” ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/33 "2013-05-12T04:59:03Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > Keanu as the doctor would be a riot. Keanu as The Doctor, Alex Winter as his companion. Wait… I think we did that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/34 "2013-05-12T11:07:57Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I want to see Anthony Stewart Head as The Doctor, not sure who for a companion. Dushku! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/35 "2013-05-12T11:13:26Z")
Okay, belay that. I want Dushku as the doctor and the young Lucille Ball as the companion. My spouse has a possible winner: Fry & Laurie Or Laurie & Fry ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/36 "2013-05-12T22:44:38Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > Keanu as The Doctor, Alex Winter as his companion. Wait… I think we did that movie. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/37 "2013-05-13T01:44:54Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I want to see Anthony Stewart Head as The Doctor, not sure who for a companion. Of course ASH was already in an episode (as the Head [heh] master of the school that Sarah Jane Smith is investigating) Brian ---
**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:** [May 13, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/38 "2013-05-13T02:25:37Z")
Mark Strong would be a good Master. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/39 "2013-05-13T14:30:57Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Of course ASH was already in an episode (as the Head [heh] master of the school that Sarah Jane Smith is investigating) And Martha played her identical cousin who worked at Torchwood 1 and became a Cyberman three episodes beforehand. And Gwen Cooper (Torchwood) played a maid(?) who saw ghosts. I don’t see the problem here :p. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024/40 "2013-05-13T16:10:58Z")
I’d like Alan Rickman or Sean Bean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-recast-dr-who/658024.md?page=3)