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New Doctor Who Actor To Be Revealed This Sunday

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-it-be-david-tennant-again dept.

New submitter b06r011 writes "The 12th actor to play Doctor Who will be revealed on BBC1 this Sunday at 1900. Rupert Grint and Peter Capaldi have been tipped as favourites to replace Matt Smith but that is no reason to stop idle speculation on a Friday afternooon. This all raises an interesting point though — particularly for Dr Who, where the replacement of an actor whilst maintaining the character is a key part of the plot. Would you rather find out in advance or wait until the end of the regeneration sequence?"

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  1. Rupert Grint? by nine-times · · 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.

    1. Re:Rupert Grint? by interkin3tic · · 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.

  2. I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He would make an awesome Doctor.

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    1. Re:I still would like Benidict Cumberbatch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think he'd make a better Master.

  3. I would love to wait by omnichad · · 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.

  4. Re:How many more? by Zordak · · 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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