Well, now it's officially confirmed....
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7698539.stm

Who do you reckon will be the next doctor?

I don't want it to be Paterson Joseph, as I've only seen him in two things, and both times I enjoyed watching him die!

We need someone fairly manic, similar to how Rhys Ifans is in 51st state.

Suggestions?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:39, 26 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Brian Blessed
Or Rik Mayall.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:47, Reply)

I actually think
that Paterson Joseph could be very good indeed!
Hopefully not Russel Tovey (or whatever he's called), as the papers were reporting a few weeks ago. He's just too young-looking.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:50, Reply)

Peter O'Toole
would be ace, if a bit old to run around.

Or let's go really wild: Shazia Mirza or Omid Djalili. Either'd be worth seeing.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:51, Reply)

Should be me.
I'd make an awesome Doctor.
( Cawl, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:52, Reply)

Nah
Russell Tovey is too fat.

He's a cracking actor, been in some brilliant stuff, but he's no doctor!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:55, Reply)

Or perhaps that character from Mitchell and Webb
who always ends buying a large quantity of "refreshing lager beer."

It would be an appropriate successor to Tennant...

/coat
/gloves
/stockings
/heels
/get-away pogo stick

EDIT: Just noticed the BBC have listed John Simm as a potential candidate - but surely he's the Master? This could never work.

Noticed they also suggested David Morrisey as well. Maybe Neil Morrisey would do it...or maybe even Morrisey...
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 10:55, Reply)

hmm
Cherie Lunghi please.
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:10, Reply)

I second The Rik Mayall
He should play every character on every TV show, ever.
(GONEism, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:17, Reply)

Part of me likes the idea
Of Rik Mayall travelling in the TARDIS with Ade Edmonson as his companion.

Would make for a very interesting storyline if they ever ran into John Barrowman again.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:19, Reply)

Ainslie Harriott
with Rusty Lee as sidekick. Bring in some Jamaican flavour.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:29, Reply)

sigh
Woss and Brand.

well its a phonebox, they could go back in time and rescue their careers
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:35, Reply)

Hmm.
Stephen Mangan, for he is underrated and would be good.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:43, Reply)

I reckon
That Ewan McGregor would do it really well. But he never would.

Johnny Lee Miller could be a good shout too. But I think they producers will go left field, and go for a lady. Jennifer Saunders?

EDIT: Seconded on Rik Mayall. He is FTW.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 11:58, Reply)

Phil Harding from Time Team
A doctor with a West Country accent would rock.

'Quick, to the Taaaarrrrdis!'

Or maybe Bill Bailey.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:24, Reply)

Bill Bailey!
Truly inspired. I vote we start a petition now.

BILL BAILEY FOR DOCTOR WHO!!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:46, Reply)

Agnostic Antichrist
With your little pot belly and chuckles, you'd make a pretty cool Dr Who :0)

This can be discussed in more details tomorrow night if you're out.
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:31, Reply)

PATERSON JOSEPH!

That would be awesomely cool!
Alan Johnson for Tardis! 2010!
(Fuckpig "That's not even a pound a midget.", Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:32, Reply)

There's only one real choice.
Rowan Atkinson.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:44, Reply)

^ And he has played the Doctor before
Albeit for Comic Relief (or was it Children in Need?).
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 13:53, Reply)

^^
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_and_the_Curse_of_Fatal_Death
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 14:00, Reply)

Oh I am liking the idea of Bill Bailey becoming the doctor
I also think Alan Davis or Hugh Laurie would be good...

Am a bit traumatised by the loss of David Tennant he is lovely...
(LittleRock is planning her next meal, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:07, Reply)

Stephen Fry...

Bill Bailey would be good but unfortunately he's a clit-wringingly shite actor.

So I say - Fry for Doctor! - but I would happily join in with the shouts for Rik Mayall...

(Perhaps now is not the time to admit that I think the new 'Doctor Who's have been crap.)
( Pooflake braces for an onslaught..., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:27, Reply)

Rowan would be a good choice, methinks.

( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 15:33, Reply)

Stephen Fry
Ohh that would be nice.

What about Joanna Lumley?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 16:09, Reply)

Stephen Hawking

he's giving up his professorship soon and it would be great to see him fight the daleks on equal terms!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 30 Oct 2008, 16:33, Reply)

Me
I've already got a penchant for velvet jackets, flappy coats and wing collar shirts. And my very own Dalek army, which will save a few bob on the budget.

Tourette's could be my assistant. Imagine the scene as we step boldly from the TARDIS onto some strange alien landscape...

Me: "Hmm. Not the most hospitable looking place".

Tourette's: "You're not kidding. Where the cunting fuck are we, Doctor?"

Me: "Well, I haven't examined the coordinates properly, but at a guess, I'd say Hull..."

It could work.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 30 Oct 2008, 21:02, Reply)