David Tennant Cast as New Doctor Who

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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McGann's Doctor-by-committee was *wrong* idea

[Dogtanian]

Of all the modern incarnations of the Doctor, the best actor in the role was Paul McGann. He looked the part and is a very good actor. Now we get somebody who just doesn't fit the role.

Paul McGann was passable, but was really just a slightly bland generic amalgalm of previous Doctors (read the second half of this post) and someone's idea of what the Doctor "should" be like.

IMHO, to be successful and avoid comparisons with previous Doctors, an actor *has* to bring something new. The Batman comparison is flawed, because Batman was meant to be the same character in each, whereas each Doctor has a distinctly different personality- or at least they should.