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David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the tipping-the-tardis dept.

Stephen Williams writes "Doctor Who fan site Output Gallifrey is reporting that David Tennant has been cast as the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord. Tennant, who has recently appeared in BBC dramas Blackpool and Casanova, has been linked with the role of the Doctor since the announcement of Christopher Eccleston's departure."

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  1. Depressing by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am now older than the guy playing Dr Who :-(

    1. Re:Depressing by eclectro · · Score: 2, Funny

      I am now older than the guy playing Dr Who :-

      Agreed. He should have regenerated into Angelina Jolie and then I would not be so depressed about it by myself.

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      Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
    2. Re:Depressing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm glad you made a link to IMDB, otherwise I wouldn't have had any idea who you were talking about!

    3. Re:Depressing by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 3, Funny

      Still, it could be worse, you could be older than Dr. Who the character. :-)

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      -WolfWithoutAClause

      "Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"
  2. Salary details by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

    In one of the papers, they are saying he landed a £500,000 salary deal.

    If he was the real doctor, he could setup a bank account with bit of money in, and come back in a couple of million years to collect his interest.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  3. If you think that's bad by PIPBoy3000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just think about how much older you are than all the doctor's female assistants. You could almost put a "Barely Legal Teens!" caption to most of them.

  4. Casanova star to play new Doctor Who by JohnCC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dr. Who: Lets go to my tardis, Rose.
    Dalek: Fornicate!! Fornicate!!

  5. Re:Derren Brown by The+Dark+P · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want a Red BMX

  6. When asked for comment... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...David Tennant said, "I quit."

  7. Dr Hugh by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently they also asked Hugh Grant (no relation AFAIK) to do it at one stage, but he turned it down. THANK GOD! Hugh-'king-Grant, fer chrissakes!

    Dalek: YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!
    Dr: Well, I, um, gosh, I mean, that is to say, I ... um, well, er, this is all very, er, ... gosh [and so on].

  8. Re:The last doctor? by davandhol · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a 12 regeneration limit, not 10.

  9. Re:The last doctor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    After the 12th, he could take over someone's body, ala the Master, and then a new "doctor" could start over all again.

  10. One word by JustOK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pierce Brosnan

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    rewriting history since 2109
    1. Re:One word by michaeldot · · Score: 2, Funny

      George Lazenby

  11. Re:BBC by fishbot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love this bit:

    "Actor David Tennant has been named the new Doctor Who after a meteoric rise in television and theatre."

    Meteoric? I wasn't aware of many meteorites rising. Let's just hope he doesn't wipe out any species, eh?

  12. That's a flat out lie! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have never once played Magic the Gathering

  13. Re:great by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the Doctor has two hearts, how many extras might he have as a woman? The concept alternatively scares me and excites me. And he might find new uses for the sonic screwdriver.

  14. Re:I can only say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because we want to!