# You know who I think would make a fantastic next Doctor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367 "2016-02-28T05:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/1 "2016-02-28T05:35:19Z")
David Mitchell. I can totally see him in control of the TARDIS, having adventures, being smarmy yet charming and occasionally scary, taking on new companions, etc. Who do you think would make a fantastic next Doctor? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/2 "2016-02-28T05:59:15Z")
No way. Much better choice would be his boss, Johnson\*. Even Mark\*\* would agree. \*Paterson Joseph, The guy who plays Mitchell’s character’s boss on Peep Show. \*\* Mark is Mitchell’s character on Peep Show. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/3 "2016-02-28T06:25:05Z")
Are you English? Or Scottish? That seems to be the number one qualification. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/4 "2016-02-28T06:44:08Z")
Judi Dench ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/5 "2016-02-28T07:09:14Z")
Chris Addison. David Walliams. Susan Calman. Charles Dance. Liam Neeson. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/6 "2016-02-28T11:33:14Z")
[Colin Salmon](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758760/) [Ian Shaw](http://liambluett.com/wp-content/uploads/media/2010/11/Ian-Shaw-new.png) [Damian Lewis](http://images.amcnetworks.com/bbcamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Damian-Lewis-FINAL-.png) [Peter Wingfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Wingfield) (Especially qualified these days, it seems) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/7 "2016-02-28T13:21:24Z")
Emma Watson. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/8 "2016-02-28T13:45:01Z")
Irdis Elba would be my dream Doctor right now. But he’s too big to fit in the Tardis (despite being bigger on the inside, it won’t fit someone who can get American movie work). ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/9 "2016-02-28T15:38:55Z")
[Tamsin Grieg.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamsin_Greig) They already took the Master from _Green Wing_, so why not the Doctor? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/10 "2016-02-28T15:52:59Z")
Judge Judy. Lets mix things up a bit here. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/11 "2016-02-28T17:36:00Z")
Charley Wayne ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/12 "2016-02-28T18:59:33Z")
Stephen Fry. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/13 "2016-02-28T19:02:22Z")
Ricky Gervais. Think about it, yeah, it’s growing on you, right? ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/14 "2016-02-28T19:02:36Z")
Emma Watson or Jeremy Clarkson. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/15 "2016-02-28T19:05:27Z")
George Takei. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/16 "2016-02-28T20:32:13Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Chris Addison. > David Walliams. > Susan Calman. > Charles Dance. > Liam Neeson. [David Walliams has already played a Doctor Who villain.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xETlYacSCHE) [And he kidnapped Peter Davison.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-HsqArxhWU). ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/17 "2016-02-28T20:53:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > David Mitchell. > > I can totally see him in control of the TARDIS, having adventures, being smarmy yet charming and occasionally scary, taking on new companions, etc. I’d watch it. I can just see him fleeing from bad guys shooting lasers at him, as he angrily rants about why the enemies’ actions are completely irrational. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/18 "2016-02-28T21:19:52Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I’d watch it. I can just see him fleeing from bad guys shooting lasers at him, as he angrily rants about why the enemies’ actions are completely irrational. If I get something wrong I’ll just use the TARDIS to go back in time and tell myself how to do it properly; and since I didn’t do that then what I’m doing now must be going to work! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/19 "2016-02-28T21:55:34Z")
I don’t know. Who? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/20 "2016-02-28T22:05:02Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Emma Watson. What’s the logic here? Just wanting to shake things up? Or is there a role of hers you think that shows she could play a good Doctor? Personally, I think she’s too big and would bring in too many fans for the wrong reasons. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367.md?page=2)