New Doctor Who Actor To Be Revealed This Sunday

Who by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 03:59 · Score: 0, Troll

The show will still be rubbish!

Rupert Grint? by nine-times · 2013-08-02 04:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

Really? Rupert Grint? I suppose there have been some references to the Doctor wanting to be a ginger, but I don't really see Ron Weasley pulling it off.

Re:Rupert Grint? by Shatrat · 2013-08-02 04:10 · Score: 5, Funny

It's the modern era progression of making the Doctor younger and more of a wimp, until eventually he is a zygote time lord.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:16 · Score: 0

I hope it's not Grint. I've never seen him in anything post HP so I can't comment on his acting ability, but he's much too young. Smith was even a bit of a stretch, if I'm honest.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:25 · Score: 1

Capaldi wouldn't fit in with the "sexy young geek" thing they've been going with since the beginning of this latest resurgence. Putting in a fifty-something actor after several 20-30-ish types might alienate a lot of their new younger fans. Sad, but true.
Re:Rupert Grint? by interkin3tic · 2013-08-02 04:32 · Score: 4, Insightful

I didn't see underwear model and rapper Marky Mark pulling off a serious acting career. Maybe assume that the people in charge of casting know a little bit more about whether he can act than you do.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Aguazul2 · 2013-08-02 04:38 · Score: 1

He could do a Tom Baker style Doctor -- I can see him with that scarf.
Re:Rupert Grint? by firex726 · 2013-08-02 04:50 · Score: 4, Interesting

I wish they'd do something radical, make him an older woman for example. There are many established british actresses who could play the part.
Plus it'd add an interesting dynamic with River.
Re:Rupert Grint? by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 04:52 · Score: 1

I still don't see him doing any serious acting, unless by that you mean generic action flick.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:55 · Score: 0

Eccles cake was a young geek?
Re:Rupert Grint? by UnknowingFool · 2013-08-02 05:08 · Score: 1

I don't think The Fighter and The Departed as generic action films but we all have different tastes.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Comrade+Ogilvy · 2013-08-02 05:10 · Score: 4, Interesting

Catherine Tate. I wish they would go with Catherine Tate. As Donna Noble is timelordish already, one can easily imagine another regeneration accident might accomplish the transition.
Re:Rupert Grint? by EvilSS · 2013-08-02 05:15 · Score: 1

It's the modern era progression of making the Doctor younger and more of a wimp, until eventually he is a zygote time lord.
Thus why I'm rooting for them to pick Vinnie Jones as the next Doctor!

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:23 · Score: 0

Yes make him a her, men have been at the table for far too long now. Women are needed for a different take. Most modern men act feminine anyway.
Re:Rupert Grint? by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 05:24 · Score: 1

I will grant you The Departed. It was a decent movie. The more surprising part of it for me was at some point that dicaprio kid learned to act.
Re:Rupert Grint? by agapeton · 2013-08-02 05:28 · Score: 1

I can honestly say that I came here to say this!
Re:Rupert Grint? by Zordak · 2013-08-02 05:39 · Score: 2

She would make an awesome Doctor. And she's ginger. If it's Rupert Grint, I may just have to stop watching. I was willing to give Matt Smith a chance, and he was much better than I had feared, but I'm tired of this race to prepubescence. And while we're talking crazy paradoxes, I actually kind of liked Paul McGann. His TARDIS console room was easily my favorite of all time. If they're not going to give us Catherine Tate, bring back Eight as Twelve. Make it have something to do with the Valeyard if you want. Just give me an actor who doesn't look like he's twelve.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by MtHuurne · 2013-08-02 05:40 · Score: 1

He does have a governess for a companion; it all fits the pattern.
Re:Rupert Grint? by jareth-0205 · 2013-08-02 05:41 · Score: 1

I wish they'd do something radical, make him an older woman for example. There are many established british actresses who could play the part.
Plus it'd add an interesting dynamic with River.
Except this has been said so many times, it's now not radical at all. I don't particularly agree since the reason is nearly always for political reasons, not storytelling reasons. Though I trust Steven Moffat to make a good decision.
Re:Rupert Grint? by interkin3tic · 2013-08-02 05:45 · Score: 2

Let X = an actor or actress you think is decent at acting.

"I wouldn't have thought X could do (insert good movie X was in, not his/her first acting job) after (insert first acting job here)"
Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:47 · Score: 0

He was 41 at the time, but could have passed for younger.
Re:Rupert Grint? by TechyImmigrant · 2013-08-02 05:59 · Score: 1

He was good in Wild Target. Not a hint of Weasley.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Tyler+Durden · 2013-08-02 06:08 · Score: 3

What, does no one else remember Boogie Nights? I can't be that old.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by oldmac31310 · 2013-08-02 06:18 · Score: 1

You trust Stephen Moffat? Did you not notice how utterly crap the most recent series was? He has exhausted whatever usefulness he supposedly had...

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 06:42 · Score: 0

Broken City is another good recent Mark Walberg flick, and yeah! Who knew that that annoying bastard from the Titanic was a good actor? I would not have expected that.
But back on topic, I hope they do change the current direction somewhat on Dr Who, I haven't enjoyed the last few seasons nearly as much as the original or even the first revisited season.
Re:Rupert Grint? by i+kan+reed · 2013-08-02 06:54 · Score: 4, Funny

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:22 · Score: 0

Was it crap, or just in a different vein to older Who? Because I don't think Doctor Who is procedural enough to pin a particular style to it. I think you could apply equal but opposite criticism to Russell T Davies, who was good at plotting grand arcs, but an absolute derivative hack at actual plots and emotions. I found Tennant-era material to be the cheesiest I've ever seen on Dr Who (adjusted for inflation). Moffat writes individual plots for the long game, and puts less emphasis on the long game itself, which I thought felt more mature. Though perhaps less Who.
Re:Rupert Grint? by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 07:31 · Score: 1

I did not think he did a good job in Titanic.
Re:Rupert Grint? by alexander_686 · 2013-08-02 07:54 · Score: 2

I would agree and be a bit more general.
Before he became the showrunner, I loved every episode that he wrote – and most things he did.
Since he became showrunner, there has only been 2 or 3 epsiode that I felt were great.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 08:59 · Score: 0

Watch this movie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Eating_Gilbert_Grape
Re:Rupert Grint? by Seumas · 2013-08-02 09:24 · Score: 1

I don't have any clue who Rupert Grint or Peter Capaldi are, but I don't freak out over Dr Who choices, because they have proven themselves to be pretty capable in choosing great actors. I was so delighted by Christopher Eccleston that I didn't want to accept the new guy. Then I was such a fan of him and his personality that I absolutely refused to give any consideration to Matt Smith (the guy looked weird and was too young and too awkward), and now I am already going to miss the hell out of him.
So, whoever these guys are, I have no real reason to be worried. The show hinges very much on affinity for the doctor and his companions and they haven't let us down. It's also great to know that if, for some reason, you *dislike* the doctor or companion at any given time, it's only a couple years or so until we roll the dice again.
That said, I would like to see them go back to (at least for one generation) an elderly man. Or, at least, an over the hill one. Even a female would be okay (though I understand that maybe doctors do not change sexes -- and not for some "it's only fair blah blah blah sexism" reason.. just because it might be interesting to see the doctor as a woman just one time).
Re:Rupert Grint? by Jakdaxsage · 2013-08-02 09:39 · Score: 1

It's apparent that when the 11th saw John Hurt in Trenzalore he said those things about him, because he knew he was the one destined to go bad.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Jerry+Smith · 2013-08-02 10:06 · Score: 1

He was 41 at the time, but could have passed for younger.
Eccles was good, and very underestimated. He gave Dr Who a bit of noir. The lang black coat suited very well.

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Re:Rupert Grint? by Thangodin · 2013-08-02 10:40 · Score: 1

I'd be interested to see what Grint could do with the role, and I wouldn't count him out for the future. And no, he's not 12 anymore (making a movie at 12 doesn't make you 12 forever.) The most exciting suggestion was Tilda Swinton; she would be magnificent! And yeah, the Catherine Tate thing could work too; the Doctor is dead--oh, wait, remember that there was a hybrid...
Re:Rupert Grint? by drolli · 2013-08-02 10:44 · Score: 1

Especially since his acting is not good enough.
I think maintaining the balance between comedy, drama, political satire, science fiction while riding a often (seemingly) ridiculous plot requires very good acting.
Re:Rupert Grint? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 17:54 · Score: 0

They should make him Vin Diesel.
Re:Rupert Grint? by atomicxblue · 2013-08-03 01:27 · Score: 1

I am one of the ones who prefers RTD's style of telling over Moff's. I still can't figure out how the Doctor got out of the Pandorica, without creating a paradox... or plot hole.
Re: Rupert Grint? by Psychedelephant · 2013-08-03 05:15 · Score: 1

What would be perfect is Matt Smith regenerating into Rupert Grint, who promptly crashes the TARDIS while dancing around crowing that he's finally a ginger, and regenerates again into whoever the new Doctor is actually going to be.
Re: Rupert Grint? by anyGould · 2013-08-03 11:11 · Score: 1

There's no way that'll happen "for real", but if that's not part of the next Red Nose (or whatever that charity they do shorts for every year), something is Terribly Wrong with the universe.
Re: Rupert Grint? by Hognoxious · 2013-08-04 07:02 · Score: 1

Apart from 6 x 9 not being 42?

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I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by jellomizer · 2013-08-02 04:01 · Score: 5, Insightful

He would make an awesome Doctor.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:13 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think he'd make a better Master.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by omnichad · 2013-08-02 04:14 · Score: 1

Agreed.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Baloroth · 2013-08-02 04:17 · Score: 1

Nah, he lacks the child-like enthusiasm and curiosity that is pretty much required for a doctor, in my mind anyways. I agree with the AC: he'd make a fantastic Master, but not so much a Doctor. Besides, he's probably too busy being Smaug/Sherlock.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by i+kan+reed · 2013-08-02 04:22 · Score: 2

Oh man, I just realized he's been typecast as a sociopath. (dragons are large, fire-breathing sociopaths for all intents and purposes)
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by jellomizer · 2013-08-02 04:23 · Score: 1

I kinda like the First Doctor, much more serious. Beside I think Cumberbatch could probably handle being a little lighter too.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by jeffmflanagan · 2013-08-02 04:30 · Score: 1

I'd like to see him as an evil 12th regeneration of the Doctor, that steals new regenerations like the Master did on Traken. They have to do something to get around the regeneration limit; Why not have an evil doctor for half a season, then have the 13th regeneration full of regret like nine.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by invid · 2013-08-02 04:33 · Score: 4, Interesting

My vote would go to Hugh Laurie. With House done with, what the heck else does he have to do?

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by idontgno · 2013-08-02 04:50 · Score: 2

So, from Doctor House to Doctor Whoose*. But it still wouldn't be lupus.
*Nah, never mind that. It would just sound like they just relocated House from New Jersey to Toronto.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Stargoat · 2013-08-02 04:51 · Score: 1

He was a craptastic Khan. Khan is supposed to be menacing and be able to sell Chryslers. Cumberbatch can barely sell Fords and is about as menacing as a hummus and wheat sandwich.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by firex726 · 2013-08-02 04:52 · Score: 2

I think hey said the limit is a non-issue, in that was self imposed by the TimeLords, since they are out of the picture, it's no problem now.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Em+Adespoton · 2013-08-02 04:55 · Score: 3, Funny

My vote would go to Hugh Laurie. With House done with, what the heck else does he have to do?
But you know if they cast Hugh, his sidekick would have to be played by Stephen Fry....
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 05:02 · Score: 3, Funny

YES, do that!!!
TAKE MY MONEY PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am throwing money at the screen but nothing is happening.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by SpectreBlofeld · 2013-08-02 05:03 · Score: 1

Paul Bettany. The Doctor could finally get his wish to be a ginger!
Barring that, I'd love to see David Mitchell portray a Doctor armed with sarcastic 'Angry Logic'.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:10 · Score: 0

My vote would go to Hugh Laurie. With House done with, what the heck else does he have to do?
Hugh Laurie has his own Jazz band , i believe.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2013-08-02 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

I am throwing money at the screen but nothing is happening.

Allright, which one of you assholes let Steve Ballmer in here?
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-08-02 05:27 · Score: 1

Fuck that, imagine a beowulf cluster of Ricardo Montalbans!

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by jeffmflanagan · 2013-08-02 05:38 · Score: 2

If it was self-imposed by the Time Lords, the Master could have just ignored their edict, since regeneration can't rely on Gallifrey.
Obviously it's just a story, so they can change it any way they like, but I'd like to see them do more than just retcon, and actually have something happen to the Doctor to extend his regenerations. They could have explained it as absorbing energy when destroying Gallifrey during the time war, but just saying it was voluntary is weak. 12 regenerations probably seemed like plenty to the writers back in the day. I doubt anyone expected the show to go on for this long.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by pr0fessor · 2013-08-02 05:56 · Score: 1

The fourth doctor was airing new seasons when I started watching and I thought they were great episodes all the way back to the first doctor. Looking back now I remember them being much better than I think they are now just like battlestar galactica when it first aired I enjoyed every episode but just couldn't watch it now.
Matt Smith would be my favorite doctor, check with me in a couple decades and we will see if that is still true.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:08 · Score: 0

River gave up her regenerations to save him, so possibly he has whatever she as a mutant time lord had remaining.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Archangel+Michael · 2013-08-02 07:20 · Score: 1

12 regenerations is kind of like the 640K limit. Seems ambitious at the time, but in retrospect .... limited.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Noughmad · 2013-08-02 07:24 · Score: 1

True. By the way, how come nobody mentioned Martin Freeman as the Doctor?

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by BasilBrush · 2013-08-02 08:41 · Score: 1

Maybe nobody's forgiven him for Arthur Dent.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 09:07 · Score: 0

He was a craptastic Khan. Khan is supposed to be menacing and be able to sell Chryslers.
Yep. Exactly. Ricardo Montalban as Khan has to be the most simplle-minded, easily used "evil genius" to ever grace the screen. His tunnel vision was so bad my 5-year-old would have him playing Dora the Explorer and enjoying it! Oh, wait, you said Cumberbatch? Yeah, he was actually pretty good....
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Noughmad · 2013-08-02 09:12 · Score: 2

What? I thought he was a great Arthur Dent. By far the best actor in the movie.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 11:41 · Score: 0

He was a lot better than kirk though, who in their right mind gave that teenager a starship, it was a joke to me every time i saw him in command, and i don't know what, but there is something seriously wrong with his eyebrows.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by GloomE · 2013-08-02 12:34 · Score: 1

With Rowan Atkinson as The Master, thereby becoming the first person to play both roles.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by DerekLyons · 2013-08-02 12:36 · Score: 1

Christ almighty - no more prepubescent Doctors!
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by bejiitas_wrath · 2013-08-02 15:02 · Score: 1

But Gallifrey is trapped in a time-lock, they are technically still going, but trapped in time. But I guess the fact that the BBC loves money will allow them to pull something out of their hat.

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Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by atomicxblue · 2013-08-03 01:28 · Score: 1

We also don't know exactly how many regenerations River gave him, either.
Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by brickmack · 2013-08-04 02:30 · Score: 1

I don't really think he's going to ever be a ginger. not until his last life, anyway.

I heard about this yesterday by kiriath · 2013-08-02 04:02 · Score: 2

I was almost unable to sleep last night with excitement.

So, crazy, excited.

Still, there would be something to be said for waiting till the regeneration sequence... though in this day and age it would be very tough to like Doctor Who and not find out via some means beforehand.

I would love to wait by omnichad · 2013-08-02 04:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

Sure, I'd love to wait and find out. It will be literally impossible. Headlines will spoil it, photos attached to stories will spoil it. Won't even be able to log into Facebook. Just trying to look up details on air date. It will be impossible to remain uninformed.

Re:I would love to wait by AmiMoJo · 2013-08-02 04:37 · Score: 0

This is why piracy is so popular. Did they really expect people to wait a week or months to see that episode of Game of Thrones when everyone was already talking about it on every social networking site as soon as HBO broadcast it?

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Re:I would love to wait by omnichad · 2013-08-02 04:52 · Score: 2

It's being announced 3 months before the reveal episode airs. Piracy makes no difference. Essentially completely off-topic.
Re:I would love to wait by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-08-02 05:40 · Score: 1

Let's start a disinformation campaign.
It's Vin Diesel.

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Re:I would love to wait by Aerokii · 2013-08-02 06:21 · Score: 1

...I'd still watch it.
Re:I would love to wait by inasity_rules · 2013-08-02 07:00 · Score: 2

OK, I'll feed the troll: The paid for TV service where I live broadcasts top gear pretty much as a day after the BBC in the UK. I happen to on occasion pirate it because I can get it about a day sooner and watch it on my laptop which travels with me instead of my paid for satellite TV service. Now, I've paid for the damn thing, and I'm watching the damn thing. Am I cheap or lazy? Or perhaps I just want a service (and am willing to pay for) that the idiot networks aren't willing to provide? Perhaps it isn't quite as arbitrarily clear cut as you seem to think?

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Re:I would love to wait by flimflammer · 2013-08-02 08:42 · Score: 1

Unfortunately the broken cog in your story is that you're not really the user group he's referring to. Don't think that you're the norm, that everyone legitimately has access to this but chooses to pirate for usability reasons.
It's also worth mentioning in your example, you're actually depriving the network of advertising revenue by pirating it, unless you also watch it that day later as it shows up on your local network.
Re:I would love to wait by inasity_rules · 2013-08-02 08:55 · Score: 1

Advertising revenue? In South Africa? BBC Entertainment consists of advertising for (guess what?) BBC Entertainment. As with Discovery and Nat Geo, so no, no advertising lost. Their costs are covered by my US$ 80 subscription. Perhaps I am not the group he is referring to, but that does not imply that I (or my colleagues) abruptly cease to exist.... Admittedly discovery advertises a process control company(Nelson Concentrators, during Gold Rush Alaska) with which I admittedly have association with, but then I'm hardly likely to buy my own product am I? A surprisingly large number of people here subscribe to DSTV... And we still don't get why you would want to advertise a channel you're already watching....

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Re: I would love to wait by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 11:59 · Score: 0

I would definitely watch that. But then again I'm going to watch it even if they go with Scott Bakula.

John Hurt by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:03 · Score: 1, Informative

Introduced as the next doctor at the end of a recent episode.

Re:John Hurt by geminidomino · 2013-08-02 04:10 · Score: 3, Interesting

Contextually, he was actually introduced as a previous doctor. Some sort of disavowed apostate thing because of his, as yet unrevealed, crimes.
If they kept us on a nine-month cliffhanger and reveal said crimes to be how he ended the time war (which we've known for years now), so help me, I'm starting the Revolutionary War all over again...
Re:John Hurt by Samantha+Wright · 2013-08-02 04:48 · Score: 1

Actual clip here. Seriously, how out of the loop do you have to be to post this story? Everyone knows already!

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Re:John Hurt by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 04:54 · Score: 1

Well I suppose you could be like me and stuck watching them when netflix gets the DVDs. Since I don't have cable, nor any interest in the syfy edits.
I guess I should just go back to pirating them.
Re:John Hurt by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:00 · Score: 0

Nope. The theories are that he's either Theta Sigma before he became The Doctor, or he's was the one who ended The Time War and acted not in the name of The Doctor.
Re:John Hurt by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · 2013-08-02 05:07 · Score: 1

Personally, I think John Hurt is going to turn out to be The Valeyard.
Re:John Hurt by Samantha+Wright · 2013-08-02 05:07 · Score: 1

Think of it as a licence to pirate! If they want to turn everything into access permissions, then it doesn't really matter where you get the content from.

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Re:John Hurt by agapeton · 2013-08-02 05:32 · Score: 1

He's a prequel incarnation, who isn't even properly "The Doctor". Dude, you even watch that episode?
Re:John Hurt by Zordak · 2013-08-02 05:49 · Score: 1

iTunes. Seriously, they're $2 an episode, and they come out the next morning.

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Re:John Hurt by Zordak · 2013-08-02 05:55 · Score: 2

If they kept us on a nine-month cliffhanger and reveal said crimes to be how he ended the time war (which we've known for years now), so help me, I'm starting the Revolutionary War all over again...
Not much of a cliffhanger. Of course he's some between-eight-and-nine version that ended the time war. The interesting thing will be to find out how he did it. What is the "Moment?" How did it simultaneously destroy both the Timelords and the Daleks? Well, most of the Daleks. Actually, he screwed up the bit about destroying the Daleks pretty bad. How many managed to slip through? Plus like a million hiding in the Void. Plus Davros survived.
Okay, let me start over. Of course he's the one who ended the Time War by destroying the Time Lords and probably at least a majority of the Daleks. The question is, how did he do it? What exactly did he do? What is the "Moment," and how come it worked so well against Time Lords and so poorly against Daleks?

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Re:John Hurt by hebertrich · 2013-08-02 06:00 · Score: 1

Indeed .. At the end of the season i was under the impression he was to become the next Doctor and i was totally enthusiastic to see him . Somehow to know it may be someone else is a BIG disappointment .
Re:John Hurt by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 06:09 · Score: 0

Problems/potential problems with your plan:
1. I have 0 devices that could play that.
2. That costs more than the damn dvds
3. I am not buying something to watch once
4. is that DRM easy to crack? the DVDs are.
5. Is that the US edit or the BBC version?
Re:John Hurt by Pretzalzz · 2013-08-02 06:29 · Score: 2

They haven't been on Syfy for a while. They are on BBC America in the US and I've never heard a suggestion that they are edited.
Re:John Hurt by Zordak · 2013-08-02 06:33 · Score: 1

1. They're also on Amazon.
2. Really? The ones I've seen are comparable. BluRay is more. And you get them the next morning.
3. And you call yourself a fan. Pshaw.
4. I haven't tried.
5. Don't know if it's identical to the BBC version, but it's definitely not the lame, hacked apart SyFy edit.

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Re:John Hurt by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:17 · Score: 0

He didn't destroy the Time Lords, either...

So now the question is: if he didn't destroy the Daleks and didn't destroy the Time Lords, what precisely did he do?
Re:John Hurt by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:04 · Score: 1

What is the "Moment?" How did it simultaneously destroy both the Timelords and the Daleks?
The Moment. Not really canon. I prefer to think that it's mostly meant in a metaphorical sense - "the Doctor possesses the moment" to mean that he has control of the situation, but in some sort of Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey way that also makes it some kind of physical, tangible object...
In other words, it was yet another thing RTD slipped in just because it sounded cool and mysterious, which someone else has gone and ruined by writing a backstory for.

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Re:John Hurt by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 08:23 · Score: 0

In that case I won't suggest it, I'll state it as a fact that the episodes BBC America broadcasts are routinely edited. The specials were broadcast once at full length then in an edit approved by RTD. The #11 episodes were edited to include a voice-over by Amy Pond talking about how her imaginary friend was real - take the first episode of those, where the Doctor is asking for food and how he reacts to it, you'll see there's lines taken out for the American version.
Re:John Hurt by Zordak · 2013-08-02 08:38 · Score: 1

He didn't destroy the Time Lords, either...
Well, other than himself and the Master, hiding at the end of the universe. River Song just kind of absorbed some Timer Lordiness because Amy and Rory were consummating in the TARDIS. That's a WAY better score than the Dalek from "Dalek," plus the Dalek Emporer, plus the Cult of Skaro, plus about a million in the Genesis Ark, plus freaking Davros. The Daleks have a pretty robust population considering the number of times the Doctor has committed genocide against them, including killing their creator at least three times that I can think of off the top of my head.

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Re:John Hurt by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 17:33 · Score: 0

He put them in a self-contained time loop that couldn't be entered, or exited from. Some daleks near the edge of the envelope managed to make it out (though some after a considerable delay, and possibly after a considerable spatial displacement). Of course, there are lots and lots of details to fill in there, but I assume knowing that much is why GP said "which we've known for years now"
Re:John Hurt by atomicxblue · 2013-08-03 01:32 · Score: 1

I don't remember the episode number, Siffy trimmed it by 15 minutes to fit in more commercials.
Re:John Hurt by SanDiegoFreeway · 2013-08-03 21:13 · Score: 1

My money is on this, as The Valeyard was a great idea. In fact, the only good idea out of season 23. You could get a lot of mileage out of reimagining him. Not that I trust Steven Moffatt to do it properly.

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Ebonic headline by Latent+Heat · 2013-08-02 04:06 · Score: 2

I read "New Doctor Who Actor" as Ebonic grammar . . .

IMDB by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:08 · Score: 0

Both actors according to IMDB are quite busy over the next couple of years.

It'll be hard for both.

Film the scene with multiple actors by AngryMuppet · 2013-08-02 04:08 · Score: 2

Don't let anyone know which one it will be until it airs.

Re:Film the scene with multiple actors by AngryMuppet · 2013-08-02 04:29 · Score: 2

Then reuse the scenes from the other actors later in the series to create one or more alternate-Doctor uber-villains that someone creates by diverging the timeline at his moment of regeneration.

Needs New Writer Instead by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:08 · Score: 4, Interesting

I'm waiting until they reveal the next writer. Matt Smith has done a fine job, but Moffat just hasn't been giving him as good of scripts as Davies wrote for Eccleston and Tennant.

Re:Needs New Writer Instead by jeffmflanagan · 2013-08-02 04:37 · Score: 2

Having Moffat write occasional fantasy episodes was fine, and resulted in some great Doctor Who, but turning the whole series into a fantasy show was a mistake. They should have a science fiction fan at the helm.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by pauljlucas · 2013-08-02 04:37 · Score: 3, Interesting

I'm waiting until they reveal the next writer. Matt Smith has done a fine job, but Moffat just hasn't been giving him as good of scripts as Davies wrote for Eccleston and Tennant.

During the Eccleston and Tennant years, Davies' scripts were mediocre/bad. It was only Moffat that wrote the good stories (e.g., The Empty Child, The Girl in the Fireplace, and, probably the best story in the new series, Blink).
Given stories like that, I was really excited when Moffat took over from Davies, but, sadly, now that's he's lead writer, the stores are back to being mediocre/bad. It might be because being lead writer, nobody has the guts to tell him his scripts are rubbish and go back and rewrite them.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by firex726 · 2013-08-02 04:57 · Score: 1

Same, Moffat is fine for the one off deals, and he did a great job with them; but writing longer over arcing plots does not seem to be his strong suit. I think this last one was pretty weak compared to all the others.
Come to think of it, did they ever resolve the Exploding Tardis storyline? Didn't seem to be explicitly stated, and best guess was The Silence, but also in the final moments there was a voice speaking on one of the monitors and The Silence have not been shown to speak.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by firex726 · 2013-08-02 05:01 · Score: 1

Well keep in mind many of the ones from Davies was written alongside someone else too. The ones he did himself were on the better side of that spectrum.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:12 · Score: 1

Moffat was great writing for Davies, indeed he did some of the best shows under RTD, but he's a shit showrunner and his writing has been subpar at best.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:29 · Score: 0

It's being said, by people who have seen the finished versions/scripts, that the 50th and the Christmas episodes wrap up all the loose ends from #11.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-08-02 05:37 · Score: 1

I was expecting the resolution to the Impossible Girl to be a little better than a burst of technobabble and some flashing lights rushed in at the end of the final episode. A year long arc resolved in 10 minutes, wth, tacked on to the end of another story episode.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by hebertrich · 2013-08-02 06:04 · Score: 1

Tennant did the best Doctor ever .. and his story with Rose .. wow .
If that is not the best love story ever this side the galaxy , they were fantastic together. The stories were great. That's what got me hooked on.
Smith also done a very good job .. but rarely the scenarios were as good and up to par with his talent.
I guess that the next 50 years will keep us riveted . Long life to the Doctor. ! Cheers .
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Comrade+Ogilvy · 2013-08-02 06:12 · Score: 2

Being a showrunner is one of the toughest jobs in showbiz. It is easy to be spread too thin. Just because Moffat is not doing great does not mean anyone else can do better. To me, it suggests that they need fresh blood amongst the stable of non-lead writers.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by bheading · 2013-08-02 06:19 · Score: 1

Not sure I agree here, some of Davies' scripts seemed ridiculous. The Idiot's Lantern was cringe-making. The finale story arcs where the entire universe is about to be destroyed until the plot introduces a big red reset button at the end were boring. The Dalek stories were simply shit. Cybermen/Dalek face-off ? Corny. I think Davies' best (and most touching) story was Love & Monsters.
Moffatt approaches the stories in a different way, for sure, and some of his writing is sublime. He seems to have a better sense of The Doctor being a rather mysterious, enigmatic figure.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by skids · 2013-08-02 06:26 · Score: 1

I was expecting Impossible Girl to be some temporal projection of the deceased Dr Song/library-computer zeitgeist. Was almost convinced of that when ghost Dr. Song showed up. And then that crap. Very disappointing.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by oldmac31310 · 2013-08-02 06:35 · Score: 1

I wholeheartedly agree with this astute assessment.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Omestes · 2013-08-02 08:07 · Score: 0

It was only Moffat that wrote the good stories ... The Girl in the Fireplace...

That one was absolute crap. It was horribly written, and only existed to be pretty and sentimental (which is Moffat's only thing)... Oh, and an excuse to have an unrealistic quirky-indie-drama girl character. But then again I couldn't get past the magical horse that only existed to end the episode, because he couldn't be bothered to actually find a way out of his own plot.
Blink was good in the sense that the Weeping Angels are next to Daleks in awesome Who monsters, but the I wanted to kill the girl after five seconds, because she was another cute, quirky, indie-movie character. I'm guessing Moffat loses sleep over Ellen Page not being British, since that is exactly who the new companion was.
I pretty much quit watching. New Doctor, good (not that I hate Smith, he just hasn't had anything to work from, and Moffat butchered the character). Getting rid of Amy Pond, awesome. But I really don't care until Moffat retires. The last season was unwatchable, it made the Silence arc look good, which must have taken some work.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:08 · Score: 1

New Earth was terrible. Midnight was brilliant.
My wish would be for RTD as Executive Producer, but Moffat as lead writer.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:09 · Score: 1

Not sure I agree here, some of Davies' scripts seemed ridiculous. The Idiot's Lantern was cringe-making.
That was Mark Gatiss, not RTD.

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Re:Needs New Writer Instead by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 09:09 · Score: 0

The exploding Tardis was resolved in "Journey to the Center of the Tardis". The "fall of the eleventh" (thanks for asking) was resolved in the season finale.
Re:Needs New Writer Instead by atomicxblue · 2013-08-03 01:33 · Score: 1

Moffat has overused the weeping angels so much, that they really no longer seem like much of a threat.. oh wait, but then he killed them off..

As River Song says, No Spoilers! by Aggrazel · 2013-08-02 04:10 · Score: 2

I'm going to try to avoid finding out who the next doctor will be, though it'll probably be next to impossible.

Though I'd love to see the nerdrage/glee if they name a female actor to the role.

Re:As River Song says, No Spoilers! by JackieBrown · 2013-08-02 05:24 · Score: 1

That would make as much sense as casting an American for the Doctor
Re:As River Song says, No Spoilers! by agapeton · 2013-08-02 05:31 · Score: 1

Absolutely agreed.
Re:As River Song says, No Spoilers! by Noughmad · 2013-08-02 07:28 · Score: 2

And why should the people follow you?
Because unlike some other The Doctors, I can speak with an American accent!

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Next Doctor by captain_dope_pants · 2013-08-02 04:11 · Score: 4, Interesting

I'd go for Christopher Lloyd - in full-on Emmett Brown / Jim Ignatowski mode, preferably with a British accent but it's not that important. That'd be awesome :)

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Re:Next Doctor by polyp2000 · 2013-08-02 04:49 · Score: 1

Yep Christopher Lloyd for Dr Who and the imagination of JJ Abrams ! that would be perfect!

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Re:Next Doctor by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:35 · Score: 0

To quote Reverend Jim Ignatowski, "Great Scott!"
Re:Next Doctor by inasity_rules · 2013-08-02 07:07 · Score: 1

This. Now that's something I'd watch. Though I tend to dislike all these crass americanisms you americans are so fond of, an "Emmett Brown" Doctor would full on rock!

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Re:Next Doctor by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 08:39 · Score: 0

Abrams? The guy who who can't properly resolve a story without going full retard, if his life depended on it??
I have yet to see that idiot finish anyting without a gigantic anticlimactic FAIL of makes-no-fucking-sense-at-all total McGuffin nonsense.
His own tombstone will probably just have a giant "WAT?" on it.
Re:Next Doctor by flimflammer · 2013-08-02 08:54 · Score: 1

Jesus flipping Christ. Christopher Lloyd would make such a good Doctor.

How is Who a Spoiler? by Golddess · 2013-08-02 04:11 · Score: 2

Not sure I understand how "who" could be considered a spoiler. I could see someone caring about the how/why he needs to regenerate, but not who he regenerates into.

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A Sad State of Affairs by Silvrmane · 2013-08-02 04:11 · Score: 1

What does it say about the state of Slashdot's editorial practices that I assumed the headline was just the usual word salad of grammatical errors on first parse?

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Re:A Sad State of Affairs by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:05 · Score: 0

It's not Slashdot's fault that you're oblivious to cultures other than your own.
Re:A Sad State of Affairs by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:12 · Score: 1

If they'd tried to italicise "Doctor Who" in the headline it would probably have crashed the site.

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Script writers by polyp2000 · 2013-08-02 04:12 · Score: 0

to be honest the BBC needs to focus on getting better direction and script writers. These days all the great unmissable shows are coming from the US. A great actor can should not be let down by poor direction or a lame script. DR Who needs someone like J J Abrams in charge imho!

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Re:Script writers by firex726 · 2013-08-02 05:04 · Score: 1

I was with you till the last bit.
The last thing Who needs is someone like Abrams. Look at the most well received episodes and they are usually the ones of a more serious emotional note. No lens flares, Dumb action sequences, Pointless love triangles, Gratuitous sex scenes.

Here's an idea by slashmydots · 2013-08-02 04:14 · Score: 1

They just keep making the same mistake 10+ times, don't they? THIS TIME hire an actor that will sign a 10 year contract and shows intent to actually stay with the show. In England, the actor who plays Doctor Who is the highest level of attainable status, one level higher than the queen herself. But nope, the last asshole thought "maybe I can do better" or "I just need to be making less money" or "I like movies better" and dropped out after a mere, what 2 or 3 years? Pathetic. Definitely a slap in the face to fans. So this time, I really don't care who it is as long as they actually stay with the series.

Re:Here's an idea by tyroneking · 2013-08-02 04:19 · Score: 1

In England the change over of Dr Who actors is now treated like a big celebrity event - it's in all the papers, TV, magazines. The BBC knows what it's doing - Eccleston taught them that lesson --- lots of publicity and celebrity news for what is a pretty weak show in many respects. Obviously Eccleston was the true inheritor of Tom Baker's mantle, but that's just for us to agree on... ;)
Re:Here's an idea by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:31 · Score: 1

I actually like the fact that they don't stay around forever because:
1) They (the actor) gets stale after a while
2) The writers get stale trying to write to the strengths of a particular actor
and most importantly
3) If I can't stand the current actor (like some recent ones....), I know I only have to either endure or not watch the show for a couple of years...
Re:Here's an idea by Sarten-X · 2013-08-02 04:36 · Score: 2

But that's part of the Doctor's appeal. He's not just a single personality... he's a complex alien whose latest mentality comes forth upon regeneration. After being forced to commit genocide against his whole species, he's an angry nihilist. Slowly, major events in his life make him a more well-rounded person, and the exrenal changes are the most visible part of that. Frankly, seeing the same Doctor for 10 years would be boring, because a major aspect of the character's development would stall.

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Re:Here's an idea by polyp2000 · 2013-08-02 04:45 · Score: 1

Obviously Eccleston was the true inheritor of Tom Baker's mantle,. ...... Nope - not going to take that bait!

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Re:Here's an idea by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:48 · Score: 1

You do realize that only one actor played the role longer than 4 seasons, and even was showing signs that he wanted out at 7 seasons.
Re:Here's an idea by tyroneking · 2013-08-02 04:53 · Score: 1

;)
Re:Here's an idea by h4rr4r · 2013-08-02 05:03 · Score: 1

It's not a mistake. The doctor should not stay the same for that long.
Re:Here's an idea by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:24 · Score: 0

It was a scarf, not a mantle.
I'll get my coat.
Re:Here's an idea by LostOne · 2013-08-02 05:47 · Score: 2

Not quite correct, actually. Both Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee were on longer than 4 seasons. Pertwee was on for 5 seasons and Tom Baker was on for 7 seasons.

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Re:Here's an idea by Archangel+Michael · 2013-08-02 07:23 · Score: 1

Agreed.
On a side note, I caught my kids playing "Doctor" the other day and was about to get upset, then daughter waved the "sonic screwdriver" (a ruler) and I started beaming with pride.

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You know who would make a good doctor? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:19 · Score: 0

Zaphod Beeblebrox, that's who.

Whereas here in Amurca. . . by Salgak1 · 2013-08-02 04:32 · Score: 1

. . . .we concentrate on the IMPORTANT stuff. Like Kanye and Kim, Taylor Swift's messy break-up du jour, and what George Zimmerman is up to lately. . .

Dr. Moss by Psibur · 2013-08-02 04:37 · Score: 1

I'd be okay with Richard Ayoade.

Re:Dr. Moss by Darinbob · 2013-08-02 06:23 · Score: 1

No, because if there's ever a fire on the Tardis he'll take ages humming the jingle until he remembers the emergency number.

Peter Capaldi would make a great Doctor by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:42 · Score: 0

I can just hear it now: "I'm the fucking Doctor you stupid fucking cunt!"

How many more? by operagost · 2013-08-02 04:47 · Score: 1

So, depending on what's considered canon, this Doctor will be:

- The last (if the 4th Doctor's claim of 12 regenerations and the "evil" Doctor count), or,
- The next to last (if the the 4th Doctor's claim of 12 regenerations, but not the "evil" Doctor, count), or,
- The 496th from the last, if the 11th Doctor is correct.

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Re:How many more? by Richard_at_work · 2013-08-02 05:03 · Score: 1

I keep seeing this come up, but I distinctly remember from my childhood that it was established that the Time Lords had the ability to reset the regeneration count and give Lords new sets of regenerations - has that been forgotten for the new series or something?
Re:How many more? by Music2Eat · 2013-08-02 05:07 · Score: 1

Rule #1: The Doctor lies.
Re:How many more? by firex726 · 2013-08-02 05:10 · Score: 2

Davies and the BBC have already ruled out the 12 regeneration rule:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/10/26/interview-russell-t-davies-talks-about-that-sarah-jane-adventures-line/
Re:How many more? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:40 · Score: 0

It's in the Five Doctors, they offer the Master a new set of Regenerations.
Re:How many more? by Zordak · 2013-08-02 06:04 · Score: 4, Insightful

It would still be nice for them to actually acknowledge this major point of the Doctor Who universe and do something clever with it. Yes, we know that it's possible for Time Lords to achieve more than 12 regenerations. They gave the Master a whole new set (somehow) at one point. But don't just ignore it and pretend like it's not there. Also, they tacitly acknowledged a regeneration limit when River Song used up all her "remaining" regenerations to save the Doctor's life, and then got angry when he "wasted" regeneration energy (which he can apparently just tap at will now) healing her hand. I understand that they're not just going to dump this cash cow once they reach 13 because of an artificial limit they set like 35 years ago. But at least acknowledge it and do something with it.

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Re:How many more? by skids · 2013-08-02 06:38 · Score: 1

This. At least give consistency some weight, even if you're going to override it. But then we live in a time when the entire user interface of your most mission critical app can change at whim via an unavoidable upgrade. So I'm not holding my breath.

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Re:How many more? by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:31 · Score: 1

No, they haven't ruled anything out - did you read the article? He gave Matt Smith a throwaway line - nothing more than an in-character joke.

It’ll never stick, though. That 13 lives is stuck in people’s heads [...] I’m quite serious that that 507 thing won’t stick, because the 13 is too deeply ingrained in the public consciousness.

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Re:How many more? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 09:48 · Score: 0

I keep seeing this come up, but I distinctly remember from my childhood that it was established that the Time Lords had the ability to reset the regeneration count and give Lords new sets of regenerations - has that been forgotten for the new series or something?
In the original series, there were cases of Time Lords trying to get more regenerations (particularly the Master) but no cases of Time Lords being gifted with them. The Master got a new body by effectively swiping someone elses. The closest that the old series ever came to gifting anyone with new regenerations was the Time Lords promising the Valyard that they'd give him the rest of the Doctor's regenerations. So, that would imply that they could give someone someone else's regenerations, but there's still nothing there about being able to reset the regeneration count or anything like that.
The _only_ case of someone being gifted with new regenerations was the Master in the new series. He was outright killed off in the 1996 TV movie, but somehow the Time Lords brought him back and gave him a new set of regenerations, because they wanted him for the Time War (which is how he was able to not only have yet another new body in the new series but also regenerate). And it was pretty clearly created as a quick cop out explanation as to how they got the Master back in spite of the fact that he had been killed off.
Regardless, it would be trivial enough for the writers to give the Doctor new regenerations prior to the end of the 13th Doctor's tenure, whenever that is. Even if the series had previously stated that it was impossible for a Time Lord to get new regenerations, they'd come up with some excuse as to why it would be possible for him. Hopefully, they come up with something good to explain it when they do it, but since they can make up pretty much whatever they want and frequently ignore continuity, it's not like writing a story where he gets new regenerations would be hard.
Re:How many more? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 10:00 · Score: 0

IMHO, they've already resolved this question. How many times has The Doctor's companions been warned in the last few seasons the the Doctor is a liar? The one common trait the show has carried all these years is the the mystery of the Doctor's origins. I think these statements about The Doctor lies and that he can't be trusted are a hint that anything the Doctor has ever said about his past are lies to keep his past hidden. This can be further backed up when you think of all the contradictions The Doctor has given when stating his age and the like...
Re:How many more? by sjames · 2013-08-02 10:23 · Score: 1

My personal theory, the 12 regeneration limit was imposed by Timelord society. Now that there isn't one, no real limit exists.
There was no point in addressing it with River, the Doctor already knew her fate.

I want Hugh Laurie! by NormAtHome · 2013-08-02 04:51 · Score: 1

I think he'd make an awesome Dr. Who

Re:I want Hugh Laurie! by EvilSS · 2013-08-02 05:13 · Score: 1

Yes, but only if he played him with the same personality as House.

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Re:I want Hugh Laurie! by NormAtHome · 2013-08-02 05:23 · Score: 1

Exactly, that's why I think he'd be perfect. He's got that sarcastic sense of humor with an air of superiority that he does so well.
Re:I want Hugh Laurie! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:50 · Score: 1

He should play him as Bertie Wooster.
Re:I want Hugh Laurie! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-04 12:56 · Score: 0

No, he should play him as George (all the various Georges from Blackadders)

Re:Whereas here in Amurca. . . by tyroneking · 2013-08-02 04:53 · Score: 1

Kanye I actually 'dig' --- he's either a media puppet ("Kanye - go and p*** off some white people - it'll help album sales.") or a true loose cannon, fascinating study in modern media.

It's John Hurt -- per the Season 7 finale by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 04:59 · Score: 0

And that's not much of a spoiler.

Grint would be a peculiar choice... by FellowConspirator · 2013-08-02 05:02 · Score: 4, Interesting

Personally, what I'd like to see is a more deliberative and cunning Doctor, more so than a rogue -- something harkening back to previous doctors. Also more 2-3 episode story arcs. Far too many of the stories seem rushed. The pace needs to be notched down and story given more depth with some more richness to the character. They should pick someone that could carry that sort of role. The only thing I've seen Grint perform in is the Harry Potter movies, and while he did an admirable job as Ron Weasley, I don't know that he'd have the presence to carry the role of the Doctor (perhaps I'm mistaken).

Also, I'd like the Doctor's mortality (and maybe a view into his psyche regarding the subject) to be explored. Presumably, Time Lords have finite regenerations (at one time indicated to be 12) - well, this new Doctor will be at (or nearly at) his final regeneration: will he accept it or struggle to for a way to prolong his life? Will it make him less brash/more timid? Will he consider retirement? Will he seek out his daughter and hand her the torch to become the defender of mankind and meddler in time and space?

Re:Grint would be a peculiar choice... by Jason+Levine · 2013-08-02 05:17 · Score: 2

If by "his daughter", you mean Jenny, the "clone daughter" from "The Doctor's Daughter", then he wouldn't seek her out. Last he saw her, she died and didn't regenerate. Only after he left did her regeneration kick in (albeit without her changing forms) and she took off to explore the Universe. They could bring her back by having her contact the Doctor or run into him, but why would he seek out someone who he thinks died (and whose timeline doesn't allow for a visit without meeting his past self)?

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Re:Grint would be a peculiar choice... by UnknowingFool · 2013-08-02 05:59 · Score: 1

Well one loophole that might be exploited was that River gave him all her generation cycles. But then she's not full Time Lord so who knows how many that means.

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Re:Grint would be a peculiar choice... by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · 2013-08-02 06:01 · Score: 1

The Master already busted the 12 regen limit. I wouldn't sweat it, though they could and should make it a big deal. Why is there a limit in the first place? As a safety check should a Time Lord take over? Do other Time Lords accept this and go gently into the night? What if they don't, do the other Time Lords come after them? If they break it, is every regen a Herculean effort or is it like passing the sound barrier? Etc.

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Re:Grint would be a peculiar choice... by Guru80 · 2013-08-02 06:58 · Score: 1

Exactly the amount needed to keep the show on the air coincidently
Re:Grint would be a peculiar choice... by DerekLyons · 2013-08-02 12:40 · Score: 1

By 'daughter' he could also mean Susan's mother.

What he really loves by SlashDread · 2013-08-02 05:03 · Score: 1

Playing the blues,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gvfEAzh41I

Don't Believe The Favorites by Jason+Levine · 2013-08-02 05:20 · Score: 1

I wouldn't believe the reported "top picks." Moffet has said that he purposefully leaked wrong names to keep us guessing. That means that none of those actors are likely the next Doctor.

Unless he was lying about leaking wrong names so that THAT would throw us off the trail. In which case it COULD be one of the top picks.

Curse you, Moffet. Now I can't wait until Sunday!

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Re:Don't Believe The Favorites by Archangel+Michael · 2013-08-02 07:29 · Score: 1

Rule #1 ... Moffet Lies.

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Re:Don't Believe The Favorites by luckymutt · 2013-08-02 08:14 · Score: 1

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
Re:Don't Believe The Favorites by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:32 · Score: 1

Rule #2 ... Moffat mispells his own name just to keep you guessing.

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It's About Time by Baby+Duck · 2013-08-02 05:24 · Score: 2

No, seriously, it's about Time.

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I think Ben Miller would be good by bobstreo · 2013-08-02 05:26 · Score: 1

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587950/?ref_=tt_cl_t1

WW by JustOK · 2013-08-02 05:27 · Score: 1

It's going to be Wil Wheaton.

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Re:WW by NormAtHome · 2013-08-02 05:53 · Score: 1

I really doubt that, if for no other reason than Wil Wheaton is not British and I doubt that he could do a credible British accent.
Please note that I have nothing against Wil Wheaton and if anything I admire him. I've met him and he's a really nice guy and deserves some good rolls.
Re:WW by JustOK · 2013-08-02 05:57 · Score: 2

Lots of planets don't have a British accent.

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Re:WW by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 06:46 · Score: 0

Lots of planets don't have a British accent.
Says Who?
Re:WW by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:10 · Score: 0

He studied physics at Cambridge University, his head will probably explode when reading a doctor who script even he did not graduate...
Re:WW by Nethead · 2013-08-02 07:13 · Score: 2

The smeg you say!

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Re:WW by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:58 · Score: 0

All the populated planets we've found so far have a British accent.
Re:WW by oldmac31310 · 2013-08-02 09:33 · Score: 1

With butter on them.

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Americanized rubbish by Thud457 · 2013-08-02 05:41 · Score: 3, Funny

As long as he can yell " RUN! " and wave his SONIC SCREWDRIVER around like a bloody magic wand, I'm sure whoever'll be perfectly adequate.

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Nick Frost by codepigeon · 2013-08-02 05:48 · Score: 1

My vote is for Nick Frost. That would be pretty cool.

John Cusack. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 05:50 · Score: 0

You're welcome.

Re:At 1900? by khellendros1984 · 2013-08-02 06:04 · Score: 1

That would be the time (7pm), not the year.

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Way Out There Suggestion by Stormy+Dragon · 2013-08-02 06:11 · Score: 3, Interesting

Rowan Atkinson. I actually thought he did a good enough job in the "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death" parody that I've wanted to see what he'd be like as the real Dr. Who.

Learn to English by Culture20 · 2013-08-02 06:12 · Score: 1

New Doctor Who Actor To Be Revealed This Sunday

Actor isn't a proper verb, and even if it were, the generic conjugation would be:
"Doctor who actors" Although why a Doctor who acts would be important enough to be publicly revealed is beyond me (unless the doctor is the rare type who also plays a doctor on TV).

I tell you by houbou · 2013-08-02 06:20 · Score: 1

Arnold Schwarzenegger would be awesome.. When Arnold as a Time Lord goes and says.. "I'll be back".. be afraid.. be very afraid... :) :) :) :)

dr. who by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 06:21 · Score: 0

Eddie Redmayne will be the 12th doctor.

Alton Brown by halcyon1234 · 2013-08-02 06:22 · Score: 2

Alton Brown for Doctor!

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My choice: He of the unpronounceable name- by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 06:24 · Score: 0

Chiwetel Ejiofor.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252230/

Great actor, incredible range and the ability to be both goofy and scary at the same time.

There really have been a number of good possibles named here (and elsewhere) but I have long thought Ejiofor would be an inspired choice.

Idris Elba by CanadianMacFan · 2013-08-02 06:34 · Score: 1

I would enjoy seeing Idris Elba play Doctor Who but it's probably a long shot as he is currently filming on a project.

Though I think that Brian Blessed would be hilarious as the Doctor. Maybe just for one episode though. :)

Re:Idris Elba by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:26 · Score: 0

Idirs Elba would blow everyone's mind. Doubly so if he played the Doctor as a time-and-space-faring DCI John Luther.

Doctor Who and Spoilers by timmyf2371 · 2013-08-02 06:38 · Score: 1

I used to watch Doctor Who up until David Tennant left and it can be quite enjoyably, if a little silly & contrived at times.

However, I stopped watching a couple of years back because I was sick of the constant spoilers. If a main character is going to die (or regenerate) then I don't want to know about it months in advance. I want to find out during the show itself and to experience the suspense of not knowing how the episode/season is going to end, until it does.

It's easy enough to avoid spoilers for most shows, as I can just avoid visiting the IMDB forums, but here in the UK it's hard to avoid the press announcements because they plaster them across the front page of the BBC News website and they get picked up by the other news media.

Look at this upcoming 50th anniversary special, for example. We already know certain people and species who will be in the show. There would be a far bigger wow factor if they just showed the episode and let viewers be amazed by what happens.

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Re:Doctor Who and Spoilers by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:35 · Score: 1

There would be a far bigger wow factor if they just showed the episode and let viewers be amazed by what happens.
John Hurt's role was kept under wraps until the broadcast of the latest episode, just as it was meant to be. I agree it's a shame that shows feel they have to divulge "spoilers" (they aren't really that if they've been legitimately revealed), but it's a tough multi-channel world out there and you've got to promote.

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Please! by Ol+Olsoc · 2013-08-02 06:49 · Score: 2

This is the perfect part for Gilbert Gottfried.

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Re:Please! by gbobeck · 2013-08-02 10:23 · Score: 1

Gilbert would be more entertaining as the Master.

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Re:Please! by JoeCommodore · 2013-08-02 13:16 · Score: 1

I vote for Eddie Deezen!
"Hey, what does this do?!?!"

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Re:At 1900? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:07 · Score: 1

Doesn't europe use metric time?

A Woman as The Doctor by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:07 · Score: 0

It would be a great vote for geeky women if The Doctor was a woman.

Re:A Woman as The Doctor by oh_my_080980980 · 2013-08-02 07:54 · Score: 1

Would give a whole new dynamic to the sonic screwdriver........
Re:A Woman as The Doctor by Macchendra · 2013-08-02 10:55 · Score: 1

I declare Rule 34 now in effect.

OMG!!! Something for my Tumblr by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:47 · Score: 0

Yes! If Ben Whisaw get selected for the role of Dr Who, I'll be able to create animated gifs crossing James Bond and Doctor Who over to place alongside the new Sherlock season 3 and Hannibal Lars/Mads crossover gifs with my Favourite Benedict Cumberbatch in between; He's Dreamy....

Re:OMG!!! Something for my Tumblr by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:43 · Score: 1

I'll be able to create animated gifs crossing James Bond and Doctor Who
Timothy Dalton as Rassilon not good enough for ya?

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Craig Ferguson? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:52 · Score: 0

... could be an entertaining choice.

Jim Parsons by oh_my_080980980 · 2013-08-02 07:53 · Score: 1

come on you know you want him to do it....

i've heard of this TV show by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 08:24 · Score: 0

this show is still running? it has been running for at least four years. i'm not sure if any of my local tv stations carry it. Maybe PBS does. it carries some British comedy shows.

Re:I grew up by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:40 · Score: 1

I do not watch Doctor Who anymore.

Fine, if you don't enjoy it the same way as you did as a kid, that doesn't bother me. Each to their own. Not sure why you feel so strongly about not feeling strongly about it that you need to be a sanctimonious dick and insult the rest of us who still enjoy a bit of Saturday-night escapism, though.

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To get you up to speed... by wonkey_monkey · 2013-08-02 08:45 · Score: 1

...or up to 2011, at least:

I'm the Doctor

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Other loopholes by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 09:04 · Score: 0

1. At one point, the Time Lords offered The Master a new regeneration cycle. The Doctor could have taken that when he was prepping for the Time War.

2. The Time War. They could spin it that his ending the Time War restarted his regeneration cycle (or gave him a new one, or gave him infinite, etc) because of the manipulation of time affecting him.

3. The Doctor Lies. As do All Time Lords. So there is no "finite" number of regenerations. The Master had some other problem in "The Deadly Assassin" besides end of his regeneration cycle that caused his problems.

I rather like the David Tennant idea by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 10:09 · Score: 0

John Hurt would be terrific.. but he's probably not all that interested in playing the role long term. But I'd still cast my vote for him anyway.. he's very complex and unique in his own way.. and that suits the Doctor perfectly. a guest appearance by Jodi Foster as a companion would make it so complete a journey on so many levels.

But some have put forth that David Tennat could return as a vehicle for dealing with the Time War, absolving the John Hurt Doctor for his sins.. kind of reviving that Doctor in exchange for the John Hurt Doctor making a sacrifice.. it would nicely delay the issue with the Doctors remaining lives until another time and let us more fully explore where David would have taken him emotionally.. somehow his portrail always seemed incomplete.. lacking some final joy which elluded his character.

David was always the Moffs Doctor and it would seem suitable that he outlast Moffs writing.. when the writer leaves the Doctor moves on.. in a way the parent should never outlast the child.

This last Wednesday Sylvester McCoy was in Houston Texas for the landing of the Galileo Shuttle craft from Star Trek (the old series) at the Johnson Space Center. When asked how he would deal with a women doctor versus a man.. he rightly so took up the issue of "fashion".. after all he said we haven't even had a Doctor with a Kilt yet.. aren't we putting the cart before the horse? I think we've other frontiers to conquer first.

Really it doesn't matter who it is by nurb432 · 2013-08-02 10:26 · Score: 1

What matters is the writing..

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How about Robert Llewellyn? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 10:34 · Score: 0

I would like to seem him get a crack at the role. But then again, I have no doubt that they have already decided, and whatever we think here won't matter one bit.

Re:I grew up by Macchendra · 2013-08-02 10:54 · Score: 1

therefore I do not watch Doctor Who anymore.

Turn in your nerd card.

Bring back David Tennant ! by OutbackangelNT · 2013-08-02 13:32 · Score: 1

Bring back DAVID TENNANT! he is already in the ultinate universe. Surely he can some how be sucked back into this one and merge with the doctor as he is transforming?

Get rid of Moffat! by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 15:59 · Score: 0

Stephen Moffat has been slowly bludgeoning Doctor Who to death with an endless stream of rotten choices. The man has no human insight to speak of. His understanding of male/female relations, and human social cues is utterly shallow. He's a permanent 14 year old trapped in the body of a man who holds one of the most powerful job descriptions in sci-fi.

The best thing to happen recently was Jenna Louise Coleman, but they've all but wasted her contribution and possibilities with moronic decisions.

Matt Smith makes a great Doctor, but the writing has been uneven, filled with pacing problems and horribly false human insights, and that's entirely Moffat's fault for being a clueless wonder.

Moffat was only good when paired with a competent show runner. Davies was able to take his brilliance and spin dry it so that it wasn't soaked with stupid pretensions and juvenile crud.

Tom Baker by Nyder · 2013-08-02 22:06 · Score: 1

Sorry, have to be said.

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Simon Pegg would handle it! by normthedrummer · 2013-08-02 23:01 · Score: 1

I think Simon Pegg has the right combination of wit and respect for the Sc-Fi genre to do the role justice. Also he has preciously faced John Simm as his nemesis in an episode of 'Spaced'. However I'd love to see Greg Wise in the role - a British Robert Downey JR if ever there was one.

Damian Lewis by tumutbound · 2013-08-02 23:02 · Score: 1

He's ginger.

I hear Richard Madden is free now... by atomicxblue · 2013-08-03 01:43 · Score: 1

He would make an interesting choice for the Doctor since he's dating Jenna Louise-Coleman... :p

Laurence Fox. Married to a companieon by ironman_one · 2013-08-03 01:45 · Score: 1

My vote on http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289114/?ref_=tt_cl_t7 Laurence Fox. Married to a companion.

Regenaration by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-03 04:26 · Score: 0

There's a Sarah Jane Adventures episode with David Tennant; where one of the kids asks him how many times he can regenerate, and... I'm sure he said 38... but I could be wrong.

the 12th Doctor Who? by doccus · 2013-08-03 04:28 · Score: 1

Perhaps there's nobody left alive who remembers the old series. That's the only rationale I can think of to explain how it's possible to have a 12th doctor, when Time Lords are limited to 11 regenerations. Or did they solve thhat one, and I missed it?

Re:the 12th Doctor Who? by SanDiegoFreeway · 2013-08-03 21:10 · Score: 1

The limit is 12 regenerations, not Doctors, therefore the 13th and final Doctor comes after his 12th regeneration. (As a kid, in 1986 I asked John-Nathan Turner what was going to happen when the Doctor hit the limit. "We'll think of something" was the answer). This was made something of a plot device with the Master in the classic series, with the Master having run out of regenerations and being extremely aged/decrepit in a couple of serials, before Anthony Ainley took on the role.

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Re:the 12th Doctor Who? by doccus · 2013-08-07 04:31 · Score: 1

So he's at the end of the line.. remember, he's already given up one of his regenerations to River...

Re:At 1900? by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-03 13:41 · Score: 0

It was the year 1900, the film was left with Wells Fargo to delivered on Sunday.

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