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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."
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. Kind of like what happened to the Batman movies. Most of the actors sucked at being Batman.
He'd make a good time lord.
I've watched the first 3 episodes and i had only seen a couple of Dr Who's before that, but the old ones seemed more entertaining, tonights show will make or break it for me, I wonder if the ratings will still be high?
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It's a strange little film about a Scottish undertaker/wannabe screenwriter (Tennant) who falls in love with an American tourist and travels to L.A. to find her.
Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo are all excellent, and there are a few very funny cameos by Johhny Depp. He appears in most of the film as his own poster for Dead Man, who Tennant talks to for inspiration (difficult to explain, something like this:- http://www.posterplanet.net/images/deadmangun.jpg)
Tennant is, in my opinion a good actor and while I'm not a huge fan of Doctor Who, I'm glad for his success. Maybe it will make this film easier to find?
I think that the crucial characteristic of the doctor is authority. He can be serious, funny, dour, cheerful, young, old, fat, thin, whatever, but you need the feeling that he knows what's going on, that he can put things right. But for that he needs authority, leadership, strength of character, intensity.
I think in general it'd be harder for a woman to pull that off, but I'm sure there are some actresses who could. (Probably a slightly older one; authority tends to go with age in women just as in men.) Helen Mirren, for example, springs to mind as someone who might be good. Even someone like Jennifer Saunders might be interesting in the role.
Mind you, my first choice would have to be Alan Rickman...
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Oh no doubt they'll be some epic adventure adding twelve more to his Karmatic-Ticket
Maybe Tennant will be a good Doctor - he's certainly got to be better than Eccleston, who I find frankly dire - but I really don't understand this obsession TV has with youth.
Why does the Doctor have to keep getting younger and younger? To me he should be an eccentric older man, with enough years to give gravitas to some of the absurd lines he'll surely have to say!
We're told that it is so "youth" can relate to him - but that's surely nonsense. As a kid I grew up with Tom Baker, and didn't relate to him any less because he was is his forties. Bah!
David Tennant already had part on the Dr. Who mini series "Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka" as the Caretaker.
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