# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/41 "2016-02-29T20:11:48Z")
Rupert Grint as a throwback to Sylvester McCoy/Colin Baker/Tom Baker styling. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/42 "2016-02-29T20:59:34Z")
I could get behind Rupert Grint. He’s just such an oddly charming guy; I think he could do a good rapscallion doctor. I have no idea if she could really pull off the role, but I’d pay money to see Olivia Colman at least shoot an audition tape. She can be ludicrously captivating. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/43 "2016-03-01T00:52:50Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > I could get behind Rupert Grint. He’s just such an oddly charming guy; I think he could do a good rapscallion doctor. > > I have no idea if she could really pull off the role, but I’d pay money to see Olivia Colman at least shoot an audition tape. She can be ludicrously captivating. I’d love to see her do it as Minka from Hut 33. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/44 "2016-03-01T01:35:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Rupert Grint as a throwback to Sylvester McCoy/Colin Baker/Tom Baker styling. We’ve had this discussion before at our house and he was the favorite. My daughter summed up our feelings quite well when she said “because he’d be fun and the Doctor needs a chance to be ginger. He’s always wanted to be ginger.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/45 "2016-03-01T02:18:48Z")
To go in a bit of a different direction, Mark Rylance. Playing it like a person who’s been around for ages, seen it all … and therefore is unflappable because whatever happens, he can say “aah, one of those” and he **knows** what to do. A lot less manic, a lot more “been there, done that.” The first time post-regeneration that a companion wants to RUN! for the threat of the week, he refuses to run; when the companion asks why they aren’t running, he calmly deadpans “Would it help?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/46 "2016-03-01T03:07:57Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > The first time post-regeneration that a companion wants to RUN! for the threat of the week, he refuses to run; when the companion asks why they aren’t running, he calmly deadpans “Would it help?” 🙂 “It always has in the past” ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/47 "2016-03-01T03:46:27Z")
I’d love to see John Noble play the Doctor. He’s certainly no stranger to sci-fi television. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/48 "2016-03-01T05:14:46Z")
Richard Dean Anderson ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/49 "2016-03-01T05:17:31Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Rupert Grint as a throwback to Sylvester McCoy/Colin Baker/Tom Baker styling. He’d finally be ginger. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/50 "2016-03-01T05:18:18Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > Alan Partridge. > > Not Steve Coogan, but Alan ruddy Partridge. The driving gloves can be his thing, like the scarf was, he’s already got an assistant / offsider, can chat pleasantly with aliens, but don’t get on the wrong side of him! I so want to see this. Not saying it’s necessarily a great idea, but I would be so entertained… OK, maybe I am saying it’s a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/51 "2016-03-01T05:21:41Z")
Benedict Cumberbatch of course Sherlock should be a timelord [Cite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoSDbku7Cio) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/52 "2016-03-01T13:23:24Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I so want to see this. Not saying it’s necessarily a great idea, but I would be so entertained… > OK, maybe I am saying it’s a great idea. Alan Partridge knows that the only ones who will benefit from the pedestrianisation of Norwich will be Daleks. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/53 "2016-03-01T16:18:00Z")
Ben Whishaw seems the perfect blend of curiously odd for the role. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/54 "2016-03-01T23:26:32Z")
Sam Neill. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-who-i-think-would-make-a-fantastic-next-doctor/747367/55 "2016-03-02T01:00:22Z")
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