# 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:** 3
**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 3, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/41 "2013-06-03T00:46:41Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > 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. So you’re saying you’d be okay with Liam Neeson? ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/42 "2013-06-03T00:52:52Z")
From Matt Smith to Will Smith. “Daleks invade Earth? Oh, Hell no!” StG ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/43 "2013-06-03T01:12:55Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > From Matt Smith to Will Smith. “Daleks invade Earth? Oh, Hell no!” > > StG Only if you want Jaden as a companion. Followed by 5 million Brits storming the BBC to destroy the show. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/44 "2013-06-03T02:18:05Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > From Matt Smith to Will Smith. “Daleks invade Earth? Oh, Hell no!” > > StG [Will Smith] : Opens Dalek exosuit, punches mutant : Welcome to Earth! [/Will Smith] ---
**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 3, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/45 "2013-06-03T03:09:08Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > 😕 Not sure how that would work. > > (…snip…)Oh, good grief! I think the idea is, if anyone is willing to bet money on it, they will happily give it odds. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/46 "2013-06-03T16:24:47Z")
Someone elsewhere mentioned James Callis. I think he’d be great. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/47 "2013-06-03T16:40:52Z")
Another vote for Rickman. The Doctor has been cute n’ cuddly nicey nicey for too long-we need someone with the gravitas of Hartnell and the acidity of Colin Baker. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/48 "2013-06-03T16:45:43Z")
I think Mads Mikkelsen could have made a good fist of it; he has that slight air of other-worldliness. I’ve had more fun thinking about my “Oh god , NOOO!” choices though: Steven Segal Morrisey Hugh Grant Arnold Schwarzenegger ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/49 "2013-06-03T16:47:23Z")
Jenna Louise Coleman. 1. She’s gorgeous 🙂 2. Time for a female Doctor. 3. She’s gorgeous 😃 4. There would be two Jennas (as she’s the continuing companion) 5. (you know) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/50 "2013-06-03T17:25:50Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Jenna Louise Coleman. > > 1. She’s gorgeous 🙂 She’s too short and bossy. And her nose is all funny. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/51 "2013-06-03T17:38:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Another vote for Rickman. The Doctor has been cute n’ cuddly nicey nicey for too long-we need someone with the gravitas of Hartnell and the acidity of Colin Baker. Idris Elba? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/52 "2013-06-03T18:12:37Z")
I happen to like Rupert Grint, just not as the Doctor. He would just be too Ron-ey? … Ron-like? … Ron-ally? Ron. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/53 "2013-06-03T18:15:46Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I happen to like Rupert Grint, just not as the Doctor. He would just be too Ron-ey? … Ron-like? … Ron-ally? Ron. Exactly. One of the things I like about Smith (who’s my second favorite Doctor, after Tennant) is that he can play both goofy/whimsical and deadly serious very well. Grint could do the goofy stuff, but I’ve never seen any indication that he can pull off the serious bit. I’d never buy him as a centuries-old Time Lord with all that experience behind him. He’d be a fun Companion, though. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/54 "2013-06-03T19:47:20Z")
Amanda Bynes. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/55 "2013-06-03T21:42:08Z")
Mickey Rooney. He’s about a thousand years old anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/56 "2013-06-03T22:05:04Z")
Russell Brand! (puke smiley) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/57 "2013-06-03T22:20:30Z")
Eric Idle! ---
**Author:** ![Uther\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Uther\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uther_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/58 "2013-06-03T22:42:13Z")
Alberto Molina Judi Dench Adrian Lester ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/59 "2013-06-03T22:51:34Z")
> [@Uther\_Penguin](#): > > Alberto Molina > > Judi Dench > > Adrian Lester I haven’t noticed you before but I gotta say, new favorite name. ---
**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914/60 "2013-06-04T06:36:10Z")
> [@glee](#): > > 1. Time for a female Doctor. [The Next Doctor Should Be a Woman. You Should Care Even if You Don’t Watch Doctor Who.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/06/03/matt_smith_leaving_doctor_who_the_12th_doctor_should_be_a_woman.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-play-the-next-doctor/659914.md?page=4)