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All current production rumors and buzz point to BBC having absolutely zero intention of casting a woman in the role. It's (almost certainly) not happening this time and all these articles are just wishful thinking. I'd love to be proven wrong, but we should probably just brace ourselves for Tennant 2.0.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:but we should probably just brace ourselves for Tennant 2.0. Tennant's career has flatlined so badly that I wouldn't be stunned if Chibnall pulls some wibbly wobbly, timey wimey poo poo out of his rear end at Christmas and surprises us all with another year or two of Ten.
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Jul 5, 2017 19:26
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I wouldn't call one of the most talked about shows since Downton Abbey a flatline, tbh.
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TinTower posted:I wouldn't call one of the most talked about shows since Downton Abbey a flatline, tbh. I didn't know Ducktales was THAT popular.
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Jul 5, 2017 19:32
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Your school's stupid and your school's ba-ha. 
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Jul 5, 2017 19:39
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It would be pretty funny if it turned out the Beeb was actually playing a big trick and in fact deliberately leaked the twists about John Simm and the Mondasian Cybermen so people would be really surprised when they announced that the Thirteenth Doctor is *  **
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Jul 5, 2017 19:43
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I prefer my Doctors old and grumpy, there's more inherent menace to them.
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Jul 5, 2017 19:47
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Angela Lansbury would've been a brilliant Doctor back in... Well, just about any time in the past 50 years or so (like Dame Maggie Smith, she is one of those actors who to my mind has always seemed old), though I'm specifically thinking of her turn as Eglantine Price.  Seriously, that movie: she's the Doctor, the magic bed is the TARDIS, and her companions are three Blitz orphans and a flashy London wide boy.
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Jul 5, 2017 19:49
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Actually the one argument in the favor of Literally Tennant 2.0 is that Chibnall has spent the last few years working closely with him. 
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Jul 5, 2017 23:55
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Literally Tennant 2.0 is probably on the short list of things that would get me to quit this show for the foreseeable future.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:05
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Astroman posted:Actually the one argument in the favor of Literally Tennant 2.0 is that Chibnall has spent the last few years working closely with him. I'd much rather have that argument be used in favour of Olivia Colman.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:09
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My only problem with Olivia Colman is I've only ever seen her in Broadchurch playing Serious and Sad. Can she do whimsical and funny? I'm not saying we need another Tennant or Smith "Madman With A Box" per se, but I do feel she'd tack a lot close to Capaldi's vibe.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:14
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You should watch Peep Show immediately
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Jul 6, 2017 00:15
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Astroman posted:My only problem with Olivia Colman is I've only ever seen her in Broadchurch playing Serious and Sad. Can she do whimsical and funny? Peep Show and Hot Fuzz for sure. Of all the names rumored for a female Doctor, she's by far my favorite choice. She's great.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:16
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Or 'That Mitchell and Webb Look'.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:24
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Or Look Around You!
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Jul 6, 2017 00:34
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Astroman posted:My only problem with Olivia Colman is I've only ever seen her in Broadchurch playing Serious and Sad. Can she do whimsical and funny? I'm not saying we need another Tennant or Smith "Madman With A Box" per se, but I do feel she'd tack a lot close to Capaldi's vibe. Just check her resume - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Colman - she is a good actress with a mix of comedy and serious roles. That said I would prefer a less well known actor.
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Jul 6, 2017 00:35
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I have no doubt she can "do" comedy--certainly so could Peter Capaldi. But it's comedy of a type--dry, serious, etc. I just don't see that there would be a dramatic tonal difference between her Doctor and his, if that's what they're going for. It'd be a lot like going from 10 to 11, but the other side of the coin.
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Jul 6, 2017 02:45
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Actually yeah, I can kinda see that.
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Jul 6, 2017 03:34
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If you're looking for a David Tennant type that worked with Chibnall before, it has to be Jonathan Bailey. He's very funny, can do dramatic stuff, and he's exactly the kind of image that the BBC would think would appeal to young women. He's not exactly imposing, though.
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Open Source Idiom posted:If you're looking for a David Tennant type that worked with Chibnall before, it has to be Jonathan Bailey. He was in Time Heist!
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Jul 6, 2017 09:59
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Jul 6, 2017 11:07
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Wheat Loaf posted:Angela Lansbury would've been a brilliant Doctor back in... Well, just about any time in the past 50 years or so (like Dame Maggie Smith, she is one of those actors who to my mind has always seemed old), though I'm specifically thinking of her turn as Eglantine Price. Maggie Smith can't be the Doctor. She needs to be available at all times in order to play Granny Weatherwax in some future Discworld production .
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Jul 6, 2017 13:00
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I was working next door to Idris Elba a couple of weeks ago. Was really, really tempted to ask him to pose with the spare TARDIS manual I have but I don't think the internet heat would have been worth it. Olivia Coleman would be incredible, but, yunno.
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Jul 6, 2017 13:36
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I'd really like another relative unknown like Matt Smith, to be honest. Capaldi is obviously an incredible actor but I still struggle to look at him in Doctor Who and think 'The Doctor' rather than 'Famous Actor Peter Capaldi', whereas it's the other way round with Smith. But that might just be a failure of imagination on my part.
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Jul 6, 2017 19:37
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Barry Foster posted:I'd really like another relative unknown like Matt Smith, to be honest. Capaldi is obviously an incredible actor but I still struggle to look at him in Doctor Who and think 'The Doctor' rather than 'Famous Actor Peter Capaldi', whereas it's the other way round with Smith. But that might just be a failure of imagination on my part. A relative unknown with strong theatre experience worked for Smith and Tennant, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge fits that mould. But Auntie have the ability to keep a secret so we probably won't know until they want us to. But while we are speculating what about Tatiana Maslany, good actor already worked with part of the BBC and is a pretty big contrast to Capaldi.
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Barry Foster posted:I'd really like another relative unknown like Matt Smith, to be honest. Capaldi is obviously an incredible actor but I still struggle to look at him in Doctor Who and think 'The Doctor' rather than 'Famous Actor Peter Capaldi', whereas it's the other way round with Smith. But that might just be a failure of imagination on my part. I didn't really know Capaldi from anything other than being the sweary awesome Scottish guy from The Thick Of It.
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HERAK posted:But while we are speculating what about Tatiana Maslany, good actor already worked with part of the BBC and is a pretty big contrast to Capaldi. I think she'd be a great choice, but I'm Canadian, so I'm probably biased. 
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Jul 6, 2017 20:31
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AndyElusive posted:I didn't really know Capaldi from anything other than being the sweary awesome Scottish guy from The Thick Of It. He was in the excellent only Torchwood mini-series, and was in the Pompeii episode, as was Karen Gillan, so who else was good in that?
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Jul 6, 2017 20:33
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HERAK posted:He was in the excellent only Torchwood mini-series, and was in the Pompeii episode, as was Karen Gillan, so who else was good in that? Ya I should state that while I knew him from his part in The Fires of Pompeii, I also didn't watch any Torchwood so I never knew him from his role on that series.
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Jul 6, 2017 20:47
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He was the Angel Islington in the original tv version of Neverwhere.
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Jul 6, 2017 20:54
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He's in a random episode of early Poirot.
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Jul 6, 2017 21:02
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He was also in the World War Z movie as a WHO doctor 
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Jul 6, 2017 21:10
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He was in an episode of Midsomer Murders too!
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Jul 6, 2017 21:34
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The Doctor Who spoiler thread: now just the IMDB page for Peter Capaldi, spread out through individual posts.
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Jul 6, 2017 21:39
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He was in a band with Craig Ferguson!
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Jul 6, 2017 21:42
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And he was the Twelfth Doctor between 2013 and 2017! 
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Jul 6, 2017 21:44
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He won an oscar!
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When he was announced, my mum asked me who he was, but the only role she recognised was "the Songs of Praise producer on The Vicar of Dibley".
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I'm in two minds about Olivia Colman, because on the one hand I've seen her in so many things that I'm a little bit sick of her, but on the other hand casting an average looking woman in her mid-forties as the lead in a franchise like this is exactly the kind of bold thing that I'd loving love to see. I dunno. I'd just quite like to see a woman in the role if only because it would mix up the traditional dynamic of female companion/male Doctor. I think thats why I've loved Nardole so much in this recent season actually, because he changes that a little bit and its refreshing.
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