11th Doctor Announced TOMORROW

Daemos · 02-01-2009 11:16PM #1

Official from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090102_news_01

5.35 p.m., BBC One, Saturday 3rd January 2009 - WATCH IT

pixelburp · 02-01-2009 11:21PM

Ahem.
May I be the first to say ...

EEEP!

*terribly excited*

I say it'll be Patterson Joesph

Doctor DooM · 02-01-2009 11:32PM

Awesome Mc Winnerton!

The Mad Hatter · 03-01-2009 12:08AM

Crap, I'm gonna have to avoid news for a year now! I actually want to be surprised...

03-01-2009 12:15AM

Its Martin Shaw.

Doctor DooM · 03-01-2009 12:40AM

321654 wrote: »

Its Martin Shaw.

You got a source for that or is it just more sun rumour?

anotherlostie · 03-01-2009 12:45AM

Wouldn't Patterson Joseph be tied up with Survivors? Although Greg did get shot at the end of the first series and they won't necessarily keep to the original plot with this character...

pixelburp · 03-01-2009 12:47AM

I would be very surprised if that was true & Martin Shaw was the man, mostly because Shaw's 63 & the new Who crew (try saying that while eating maltesers) had said before the Doc has to be young enough to cope with the physicality of the role.

Oh and I'm pretty sure Survivors is over now, and besides, whoever it is wouldn't be filming for the role until late 2009 / early 2010 anyway.

popebenny16 · 03-01-2009 01:06AM

321654 wrote: »

Its Martin Shaw.

Lewis Collins

03-01-2009 01:15AM

Its on the US website. Martin Shaw is to be announced as the next Doctor tomorrow. Photos of him with DT there too.

Stark · 03-01-2009 01:38AM

pixelburp wrote: »

I would be very surprised if that was true & Martin Shaw was the man, mostly because Shaw's 63 & the new Who crew (try saying that while eating maltesers) had said before the Doc has to be young enough to cope with the physicality of the role.

Paul Hession?

I think an older Doctor is on the cards. Moffat has said that he wants to move away from the sexy Doctors and back to an older (40+) Doctor. Also, with RTD gone, he won't have to do quite so much running

Doctor DooM · 03-01-2009 01:40AM

321654 wrote: »

Its on the US website. Martin Shaw is to be announced as the next Doctor tomorrow. Photos of him with DT there too.

Link? A search on google only shows a link being the same team works on apparitions.

pixelburp · 03-01-2009 01:54AM

"The US website"? What US website?

Doctor DooM · 03-01-2009 01:56AM

The only thing I can find connecting them is a thread on digital spy which is pure speculation.

The Sparrow · 03-01-2009 02:17AM

Bill Nighy would be my choice but I highly doubt it. My gut feeling is that it will be Robert Carlysle though.

ixoy · 03-01-2009 02:19AM

Well I just finished "Apparitions" and I think Martin Shaw would work well - he has a more world-weary air to him, that Moffat might be keen on using if he's trying to create a more distinct less-kiddy version of the show. Having said that I would like a second season of "Apparitions" too...

woooo232 wrote: »

My gut feeling is that it will be Robert Carlysle though.

I'll give you odds of 1000-1 on that, given he's just signed on for the lead role in "Stargate: Universe"

pixelburp · 03-01-2009 02:36AM

I dunno, an older Who just doesn't fit with the "wonder of travelling the universe" vibe that Tennant (and Eccles too to be fair to him) engendered. World weariness is all very well and is greating for establishing a "look", but not when it's a character like Who.

Besides, who would get into a policebox with a 60 year old man on the promise of wonder?

ixoy · 03-01-2009 02:45AM

pixelburp wrote: »

I dunno, an older Who just doesn't fit with the "wonder of travelling the universe" vibe that Tennant (and Eccles too to be fair to him) engendered. World weariness is all very well and is greating for establishing a "look", but not when it's a character like Who.

Well the first three incarnations were all pretty old and Pertwee had a real avuncular aspect (although he was far from my favourite incarnation).

The world-weary aspect is possibly just something I'm getting from "Apparitions" as I've never seen Shaw in anything else. He was quite crumpled in that show.

Patterson I couldn't take seriously, at least initially, as I'm only familiar with him from "Peep Show" and could just see him doing a suave take and asking his assistant (called Mark) to whip up a presentation that will ingenuously sway the members of the Tyrell/Cybus corporation.

monkeyfudge · 03-01-2009 02:49AM

pixelburp wrote: »

"The US website"? What US website?

Just checked AMERICA.COM

No mention there...

pixelburp · 03-01-2009 03:05AM

ixoy wrote: »

Well the first three incarnations were all pretty old and Pertwee had a real avuncular aspect (although he was far from my favourite incarnation).

The world-weary aspect is possibly just something I'm getting from "Apparitions" as I've never seen Shaw in anything else. He was quite crumpled in that show.

Patterson I couldn't take seriously, at least initially, as I'm only familiar with him from "Peep Show" and could just see him doing a suave take and asking his assistant (called Mark) to whip up a presentation that will ingenuously sway the members of the Tyrell/Cybus corporation.

Ah it wasn't so much the specific Shaw idea I was rattling about, but generally there seems to be a consensus that Moffat might try and steer the show away from the generally goofy, affable traveller into a more "crumpled" version. But hey, we'll get a good idea soon enough by the choice of actor.

I think Docs 1-4 were more about hitting a certain ideal of the time; the knowing grandfather, the dandy, the bohemian eccentric, the celery wearing cricketers etc. The new show seems to run with the idea of the old man in the young man's body, which works. I don't know if an old man in an older man's body would work so well given the character he is now.

You definitely need a good head for comic delivery, which is why I'm a big Patterson man. He has a nice mix of comedy & drama experience. Ditto Bill Nighy. Now wouldn't that be awesome, Nighy just awesomes up any production.

K-9 · 03-01-2009 03:14AM

woooo232 wrote: »

Bill Nighy would be my choice but I highly doubt it. My gut feeling is that it will be Robert Carlysle though.

Carlysle could be a good compromise between an older one and less Tennant witticisms. Maybe too serious for the younger generation but he could adapt.

McAvoy, I like the idea, probably too much Tennant though.

Morrissey hasn't been ruled out. The voice and his style could be more old Dr. Who style.

Nighy could be old DR. Who and Tennant in his sleep! Good idea!

Damn, can't wait. It's probably somebody completely different.

ixoy · 03-01-2009 03:35AM

pixelburp wrote: »

Ditto Bill Nighy. Now wouldn't that be awesome, Nighy just awesomes up any production.

Nighy would be awesome. He'd be great at delivering the drama and the quips; I could see him delivering the perfect sneer of contempt at a Dalek.

03-01-2009 11:43AM

Now they are saying its going to be an American doc. Scratch that idea about Shaw.
Please dont let it be Morrissey. Please.

Doctor DooM · 03-01-2009 12:02PM

321654 wrote: »

Now they are saying its going to be an American doc. Scratch that idea about Shaw.
Please dont let it be Morrissey. Please.

As I was trying to point out above, it's all rumour mongering. I wouldn't be too worried about what "they" say.

The Master · 03-01-2009 12:09PM

I would be over the moon if it was Nighy!

The guy is Dr.Who

But I have a feeling it'll be someone no ones even thought of yet.

And can we at least all agree that at least half of us won't be happy with whoever is chosen:p

mike65 · 03-01-2009 01:28PM

In accordance with the PC bbc it'll be a black lesbian with a lisp in a wheelchair.

eamon234 · 03-01-2009 01:32PM

ixoy wrote: »

Well I just finished "Apparitions" and I think Martin Shaw would work well - he has a more world-weary air to him, that Moffat might be keen on using if he's trying to create a more distinct less-kiddy version of the show. Having said that I would like a second season of "Apparitions" too...

I'll give you odds of 1000-1 on that, given he's just signed on for the lead role in "Stargate: Universe"

Jesus how many spin offs of that godforsaken show can they make???

I for one hope it's not Shaw he's as wooden as Pat Kenny.

Sleepy · 03-01-2009 02:01PM

For anyone interested in making a day of it Watch are just starting a Doctor Who day with back to back episodes starting with New Earth...

K-9 · 03-01-2009 02:04PM

Sleepy wrote: »

For anyone interested in making a day of it Watch are just starting a Doctor Who day with back to back episodes starting with New Earth...

YEP, me and the wee fella are locked in today watching it!

Plus you can get the last episode at 6.00 on Watch + 1 so you don't miss the New Doctor!

Basq · 03-01-2009 02:13PM

First time I've posted here but another rumoured actor to play the doc is the excellent Chiwetel Ejiofor, who most Sci-Fi fans would know as the "baddie" from Serenity.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/02/doctor-who-bbc

And having just finished Survivors, Paterson Joseph would be an absolutely perfect choice also.

Not a Who fan but very interested in who they pick... if they were to go with Joseph or Ejiofor, this would be the first Black actor to play the Doctor.. right?

eamon234 · 03-01-2009 04:14PM

I think you could be on to something there Basquille sounds like a good option if they're looking to re-energise the show - can't see them using someone older the kids wouldn't appreciate it.

11th Doctor Announced TOMORROW

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