# Who should play the next Doctor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914 "2013-06-02T02:47:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/21 "2013-06-02T12:51:19Z")
Anthony Stewart Head Jared Harris ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/22 "2013-06-02T12:57:18Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Simon Peg His name occurred to me in the other thread, but he has too much of a movie career going. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Daniel Radcliffe As did his. He’s a bit young (23), but the Harry Potter jokes would be hilarious. On and off the show. _waves sonic screwdriver_ “Expelliarmus!” And WTF is this with people creating new threads on this? It wasn’t like this wasn’t already being discussed in TWO other threads. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/23 "2013-06-02T13:42:10Z")
I can’t beat the Hugh Laurie suggestion, but it would nice for Sean Bean to play an immortal for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/24 "2013-06-02T13:51:12Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I can’t beat the Hugh Laurie suggestion, but it would nice for Sean Bean to play an immortal for a change. And, he wouldn’t have to spoil his record. Gotta die some day… ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/25 "2013-06-02T14:45:37Z")
Benedict Cumberbatch, and his first companion should be Martin Freeman. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/26 "2013-06-02T15:32:39Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Benedict Cumberbatch, and his first companion should be Martin Freeman. Cut that; reverse it. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/27 "2013-06-02T16:26:05Z")
New who? =Some favorites Chiwetel Ejiofor James Macavoy Nathan Fillion Joesph Gordon Levitt Misha Collins Alexander Skarsgård Ewan McGregor Tom Hardy John Noble Kate Winslet Aaron Ashmore Torri Higonson Enver Gjokaj Alfre Woodard Alexander Siddig =Gingers Rupert Grint Simon Pegg Adam Savage Kevin McKidd Seth Green =Offbeat choices Jorge Garcia Sean Garrity Nora Zehetner Felicia Day Shemar Moore Craig Ferguson Donald Glover Zoey Deschanel Mos Def Jewel Stait Summer Glau Cosmo Jarvis Seth Gable Jesse Williams Maggie Gyllenhaal Julienne Moore =Like but disqualified Noel Clarke Benedict Cumberbatch Martin Freeman Russell Tovey Mark Sheppard ETA: The odds are in: [Bookmakers are already placing odds on the next Doctor Who actor](http://io9.com/bookmakers-are-already-placing-odds-on-the-next-doctor-510915300) > [@](#): > > Yesterday we learned that Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who at the end of this year, prompting speculation as to who would step in as the Doctor’s next incarnation. Bookmakers William Hill and Ladbrokes have already placed odds on actors to fill Smith’s fez. Is your favorite favored? > > RELATED > > Farewell, Eleven: Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who > It looks like the Doctor is gearing up for a new regeneration. Matt Smith has officially announced that he’s bowing out of Doctor Who at the end … Read… > Here are the favorites according to Ladbrokes: > > Rory Kinnear (3/1) > David Harewood (4/1) > Ben Whishaw (5/1) > Benedict Cumberbatch (6/1) > Harry Lloyd (7/1) > Derek Jacobi (8/1) > Russel Tovey (9/1) > Alex Jennings (10/1) > Stephen Mangan (14/1) > Tom Hiddleston (16/1) > Helen Mirren (20/1) > Peter Capaldi (20/1) > David Tennant (20/1) > David Walliams (20/1) > Tim Wright (25/1) > Richard Armitage (25/1) > Daniel Radcliffe (25/1) > Tony Head (33/1) > Miranda Hart (33/1) > Hugh Laurie (33/1) > Bill Bailey (50/1) > And from William Hill: > > Russell Tovey (10/1) > Rupert Grint (10/1) > David Harewood (12/1) > Rory Kinnear (12/1) > Ben Whishaw (14/1) > Andrew Scott (16/1) > Billie Piper (16/1) > Colin Morgan (16/1) > David Morrissey (16/1) > Martin Freeman (16/1) > Patterson Joseph (20/1) > Richard Coyle (20/1) > Tilda Swinton (20/1) > Tom Ellis (20/1) > Alan Davies (25/1) > Benedict Cumberbatch (25/1) > Ewan McGregor (25/1) > James Nesbitt (25/1) > Olivia Colman (25/1) > Rhys Ifans (25/1) > Sheridan Smith (25/1) > Philip Glenister (33/1) > James Corden (40/1) > Nigel Harman (40/1) > Rowan Atkinson (40/1) > Chris O’ Dowd (40/1) > John Hurt (50/1) > David Walliams (66/1) > Stephen Fry (66/1) > Jason Statham (100/1) > David Beckham (250/1) > Simon Cowell (250/1) > Tom Cruise (250/1) > John Terry (500/1) > > Place your bets, folks. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/28 "2013-06-02T17:26:41Z")
As I said in the other thread, I wouldn’t mind David Morrisey (aka Jackson Lake). But I’d really like to see Sean Bean or Alan Rickman take the role. Or Morgan Freeman. For a more interesting choice, how about Lawrence Makoare? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/29 "2013-06-02T17:39:48Z")
If it’s John Hurt… Richard Madden is another possibility. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/30 "2013-06-02T17:42:46Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Anthony Stewart Head > Jared Harris Anthony Stewart Head is also my top pick. He appeared on the show, but I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/31 "2013-06-02T18:27:46Z")
The only problem is that he’s pushing 60, and the BBC seems to like its Doctors young. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/32 "2013-06-02T18:35:51Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > The only problem is that he’s pushing 60, and the BBC seems to like its Doctors young. I can see him as the Master, especially after his role in Merlin. I cannot see him as the Doctor. As for age, I hope they do make him older, if the actors get any younger, they will have to start poaching the Game of Thrones set. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/33 "2013-06-02T18:50:56Z")
I can see Clive Owen as the good Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/34 "2013-06-02T20:12:59Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > ETA: The odds are in: [Bookmakers are already placing odds on the next Doctor Who actor](http://io9.com/bookmakers-are-already-placing-odds-on-the-next-doctor-510915300) > [@](#): > > David Tennant (20/1) 😕 Not sure how that would work. > [@](#): > > Tilda Swinton (20/1) I’m not necessarily in favor of making the Doctor female, but I think Tilda Swinton would be great! > [@](#): > > Jason Statham (100/1) > David Beckham (250/1) > Simon Cowell (250/1) > Tom Cruise (250/1) Oh, good grief! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/35 "2013-06-02T20:43:16Z")
Revert back to Colin Baker. Talk about bowties are cool! ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/36 "2013-06-02T20:53:03Z")
John Noble would be the best Doctor EVER. Eddie Izzard would also be pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/37 "2013-06-02T21:20:53Z")
> [@Musky\_Moon](#): > > Dylan Moran, please. But he’s Irish. I know that lots of planets have a North, and that this one has two Irelands so the odds are good that lots of planets have an Ireland, he’s from the wrong one. ETA: Or he and my ancestors would say that he’s from the right one. Politics also gets wibbly-wobbly. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/38 "2013-06-02T22:31:21Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > =Offbeat choices > Jorge Garcia Dude, Hurley as the Doctor? That would be so totally awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/39 "2013-06-02T23:13:38Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Benedict Cumberbatch, and his first companion should be Martin Freeman. How about [Andrew Scott](http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130218225261/bakerstreet/images/1/18/Asjm.jpg) instead? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/40 "2013-06-02T23:51:27Z")
I want an older Doctor, one in his 50s or 60s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=3)