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(doctorwhotv.co.uk) Interesting Matt Smith wants a "cooler, younger Doctor" for number 12. Becoming ginger notably absent   (doctorwhotv.co.uk) divider line 174
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Pawn takes the King [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 05:50:34 PM
So the next Doctor will be like.. 13 or 14?

I vote...

www4.images.coolspotters.com
 
AdolfOliverPanties [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 05:53:50 PM
He also said "or an older, cooler person. Who knows?"

weeklyworldnews.files.wordpress.com

Almost 47 years old. Perfect! Except for the cool part.
 
Dead for Tax Reasons [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 06:30:46 PM
25.media.tumblr.com

www.infiction.org

here are a couple of candidates. better sign one up before they get too old
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 06:31:11 PM
Pawn takes the King: So the next Doctor will be like.. 13 or 14?

I vote...

[www4.images.coolspotters.com image 300x400]

Exactly. They can't get much younger than Smith.

The Doctor is living in reverse, it seems. Every regeneration, he's older but appears to be a little younger.
 
ShawnDoc [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 06:51:30 PM
FirstNationalBastard: Pawn takes the King: So the next Doctor will be like.. 13 or 14?

I vote...

[www4.images.coolspotters.com image 300x400]

Exactly. They can't get much younger than Smith.

The Doctor is living in reverse, it seems. Every regeneration, he's older but appears to be a little younger.

Each regeneration knocks X number of years off their physical appearance. Since The Doctor is going through regenerations faster than he can break them in, it makes sense that he keeps getting younger with each one.

/My rationalization
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 07:12:20 PM
How about Emma Watson?

/Flees thread
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:01:26 PM
Apos: How about Emma Watson?

/Flees thread

Colin Baker was older than Peter Davison.
 
Spoon over Marin [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:06:25 PM
Nope, nope. Any younger and I cannot lust after them.
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:08:46 PM
SilentStrider: Apos: How about Emma Watson?

/Flees thread

Colin Baker was older than Peter Davison.

Davison was a bit of an aberration. He was the youngest Doctor up to that point, probably in reaction to Tom Baker hanging around so long.

Otherwise, they kept the Doctors in their late-40s to early-50s after Hartnell left, then with the introduction of Tom Baker, the Doctor was pretty much in his late-30s to early-40s until Tennant.

With the exception of Davison, the age of the actor playing the Doctor has decreased over time, until the big jump from Tennant to Smith.

Unless they go for a real babyface playing an old man for #12, I would expect to see the next actor be older than Smith. Or, hell, female. I dunno.
 
Spoon over Marin [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:19:45 PM
Pawn takes the King:
I like this idea.

AdolfOliverPanties:
Eeew eeew eeew, NO.
 
The Stealth Hippopotamus [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:30:28 PM
How about we NOT change Doctors every 2-3 years! How about that!
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:36:30 PM
The Stealth Hippopotamus: How about we NOT change Doctors every 2-3 years! How about that!

that's actually not that unusual. If you look at the first seven Doctors, the only ones who really went longer than 3 series were Pertwee (5) and Tom Baker (7).
Although to be fair, both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's tenures were rather rudely cut short. No telling how long they would have stayed on otherwise.
 
susansto-helit [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:43:03 PM
Pawn takes the King: So the next Doctor will be like.. 13 or 14?

I vote...

[www4.images.coolspotters.com image 300x400]

Strangely I can see that working.
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 08:46:37 PM
susansto-helit: Strangely I can see that working.

Rupert Grint as the Doctor?
Yeah, I do kinda like that idea.
 
t3knomanser
2012-02-02 08:48:54 PM
Charlie Brooker as the Doctor. Oh, you look at me like I'm an idiot now, and you'll look at me like an idiot if it ever happens because it would be terrible. But epic, at the same time.
 
bravian
2012-02-02 09:30:35 PM
The Stealth Hippopotamus: How about we NOT change Doctors every 2-3 years! How about that!

The actors would need to want to stay in the role and that's not going to happen. And Peter Davidson stated no one should stay longer than 3 years.

/Davidson was my doctor
 
Hand Banana
2012-02-02 09:32:08 PM
No. Stop trying to turn the Doctor in Poochie!
 
Unsung_Hero
2012-02-02 09:35:44 PM
bravian: The Stealth Hippopotamus: How about we NOT change Doctors every 2-3 years! How about that!

The actors would need to want to stay in the role and that's not going to happen. And Peter Davidson stated no one should stay longer than 3 years.

/Davidson was my doctor

Yet not enough your Doctor to know his name is Davison... ;p
 
PanicMan
2012-02-02 09:37:10 PM
Pawn takes the King: So the next Doctor will be like.. 13 or 14?

I vote...

[www4.images.coolspotters.com image 300x400]

That's so crazy it just might work!
 
Braindeath
2012-02-02 09:37:33 PM
Colin whatever his last name is that plays Merlin. He's already been on Doctor Who so they have him in their incest circle.
 
StoneColdAtheist
2012-02-02 09:37:49 PM
Apos: How about Emma Watson?

/Flees thread

I might actually start watching it in that case.
 
Piscator
2012-02-02 09:43:47 PM
Interesting to see Rupert Grint's name tossed about. In a similar conversation, someone suggested to me that Daniel Radcliffe could make a good Doctor in a few years time once he's older and perhaps pushing 30. Thought it was a very interesting prospect at the time. I think either of them could make a good Doctor.
 
tomcatadam
2012-02-02 09:49:03 PM
I would rather have an older Doctor next, but the powers that be at the BBC would never let that happen.
 
Snapper Carr
2012-02-02 09:50:27 PM
Every one of the actors playing the role in the revived series has their good points but I think it's time to get away from the young hip actors for a while - personally I'd like to see them go older. Ff he hadn't already been in the show I'd say Anthony Stewart Head would be my choice for 13. In any case, someone with that sort of vibe would be ideal IMO.
 
OhioKnight
2012-02-02 09:51:29 PM
So at this point, Matt Smith's Doctor lived for 200 to 300 years between the beginning of the latest season and the end of the latest season, right?

And he's had his full lifetime worth of River Song complete with Jim the Fish and all that (and Amy's a world famous celebrity model/perfume designer?)

Just trying to keep things straight

/until the fall of the 11th
 
Snapper Carr
2012-02-02 09:52:26 PM
Snapper Carr: Every one of the actors playing the role in the revived series has their good points but I think it's time to get away from the young hip actors for a while - personally I'd like to see them go older. Ff he hadn't already been in the show I'd say Anthony Stewart Head would be my choice for 13 12. In any case, someone with that sort of vibe would be ideal IMO.


FTFM
 
t3knomanser
2012-02-02 09:53:07 PM
tomcatadam: I would rather have an older Doctor next, but the powers that be at the BBC would never let that happen.

I think he will drift older. Next Doctor would probably be mid-30s. I'd still love it to be Patterson Joseph (who was in the running this time around), although I'd never be able to watch the show without going, "That's Numberwang!"
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 10:01:54 PM
Snapper Carr: Every one of the actors playing the role in the revived series has their good points but I think it's time to get away from the young hip actors for a while - personally I'd like to see them go older. Ff he hadn't already been in the show I'd say Anthony Stewart Head would be my choice for 13. In any case, someone with that sort of vibe would be ideal IMO.

So what if he has been in the show already?

The final scene of Caves of Androzani wasn't exactly Colin Baker's first appearance in Doctor Who.

29.media.tumblr.com

And when Lalla Ward took over as Romana, they even used the excuse that Romana liked the way Princess Astra looked, so she used her form for her regeneration.
 
tomWright
2012-02-02 10:08:47 PM
If we are going Harry Potter in this, how about a darker Doctor?

upload.wikimedia.org

Alan Rickman
 
RminusQ [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 10:11:39 PM
Man, forty-some years ago, when they came up with "And a Time Lord has twelve lives", they had to figure it would NEVER last long enough to become a continuity problem.
 
mikefinch
2012-02-02 10:19:50 PM
Doctor Who?

I thought i was watching River Song and her Time Traveling Family of Wonder...

And seriously -- fark grint and radcliffe, Either one would piss me off enough to keep me from watching. Emma Watson would be even worse.

DW pisses me off -- its great 20% of the time and its a sloppy nerd wank fest 80% of the time.

It took me a bit to realize that the good 20% wasnt worth what equated to overhearing a science fiction writer trying to blow himself in the next room over.
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 10:22:02 PM
tomWright: If we are going Harry Potter in this, how about a darker Doctor?

[upload.wikimedia.org image 325x488]

Alan Rickman

An intriguing choice,but he'll have to wait until the propah moment.
 
Dadoo
2012-02-02 10:25:55 PM
tomWright: If we are going Harry Potter in this, how about a darker Doctor?

[upload.wikimedia.org image 325x488]

Alan Rickman

He's probably too old, at this point.

This guy, on the other hand...

upload.wikimedia.org

...I think would do very nicely. I'm surprised no one's mentioned him, yet.
 
dennysgod
2012-02-02 10:28:18 PM
mikefinch: Doctor Who?

I thought i was watching River Song and her Time Traveling Family of Wonder...

And seriously -- fark grint and radcliffe, Either one would piss me off enough to keep me from watching. Emma Watson would be even worse.

DW pisses me off -- its great 20% of the time and its a sloppy nerd wank fest 80% of the time.

It took me a bit to realize that the good 20% wasnt worth what equated to overhearing a science fiction writer trying to blow himself in the next room over.

i0.kym-cdn.com
 
Bacontastesgood
2012-02-02 10:29:34 PM
mikefinch: DW pisses me off -- its great 20% of the time and its a sloppy nerd wank fest 80% of the time.

You forgot truly awful sets, props and special effects 100% of the time. Seriously, their budget must suck hard, that shiat is at least 15 years behind us tv shows. Hell, even Lexx had better sets and effects.
 
jingks
2012-02-02 10:34:38 PM
Dadoo: He's probably too old, at this point. This guy, on the other hand... ...I think would do very nicely. I'm surprised no one's mentioned him, yet.

The Sherlock and Doctor Who fanbase overlap too much. No one would go for it.
 
t3knomanser
2012-02-02 10:36:02 PM
jingks: The Sherlock and Doctor Who fanbase overlap too much. No one would go for it.

I'd rather see Cumberbatch as the Master.
 
0Icky0
2012-02-02 10:42:18 PM
Dadoo: ...I think would do very nicely. I'm surprised no one's mentioned him, yet.

I came here to mention him. He would be great.
 
Dadoo
2012-02-02 10:42:27 PM
jingks: Dadoo: He's probably too old, at this point. This guy, on the other hand... ...I think would do very nicely. I'm surprised no one's mentioned him, yet.

The Sherlock and Doctor Who fanbase overlap too much. No one would go for it.

Sorry to be rude, but you're imagining things. My wife follows a Doctor Who group on Facebook, and everyone thinks he'd be a good choice - especially the women. If I remember correctly, a few people in the group were talking about starting a letter-writing campaign.
 
russlar
2012-02-02 10:44:49 PM
Dadoo: tomWright: If we are going Harry Potter in this, how about a darker Doctor?

[upload.wikimedia.org image 325x488]

Alan Rickman

He's probably too old, at this point.

No, Alan Rickman is not too old. Sir Patrick Stewart _is_ too old, and that's too bad. So too, is Sir Ian McKellan.
 
rickycal78
2012-02-02 10:51:56 PM
Bacontastesgood: Hell, even Lexx had better sets and effects.

No, no it didn't. Go back and watch that crap again. I tried, and the effects, acting, and story are just atrocious. The only reason I ever tried watching it back in the day was the hope Xev or Zev would get naked.
 
Satanic_Hamster
2012-02-02 10:54:05 PM
My vote for the next Doctor:
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Girion47
2012-02-02 10:55:17 PM
Bacontastesgood: mikefinch: DW pisses me off -- its great 20% of the time and its a sloppy nerd wank fest 80% of the time.

You forgot truly awful sets, props and special effects 100% of the time. Seriously, their budget must suck hard, that shiat is at least 15 years behind us tv shows. Hell, even Lexx had better sets and effects.

LOL awesome troll
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 10:55:40 PM
John Hurt would be superb. Superb,I say!

/I know,I know....Too old.
//Sticking with my guns anyway.
 
rickycal78
2012-02-02 10:59:45 PM
I still think Anthony Head would make a great Doctor, and it's not like it would be the first time an actor appearing as a single episode villain comes back as a different character in Who.
 
Dadoo
2012-02-02 11:03:19 PM
russlar: Alan Rickman

He's probably too old, at this point.

No, Alan Rickman is not too old. Sir Patrick Stewart _is_ too old, and that's too bad. So too, is Sir Ian McKellan.

Well, no, of course he's not actually too old to play the Doctor (nor are Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellan), but none of them fit the criteria "cooler, younger Doctor". Benedict Cumberbatch at least comes pretty close.
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 11:05:41 PM
Send Hugh Laurie back to the UK to be the 12th Doctor!

Stephen Fry can be his companion!
 
Dadoo
2012-02-02 11:06:51 PM
Incidentally, I heard a rumor, a long time ago, they were going to replace Eccleston with Bill Nighy. I wouldn't have a problem with that, either.
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 11:09:08 PM
Dadoo: This guy, on the other hand...

upload.wikimedia.org

He was offered the role, but turned it down. (new window)
 
nocturn
2012-02-02 11:10:25 PM
FirstNationalBastard: SilentStrider: Apos: How about Emma Watson?

/Flees thread

Colin Baker was older than Peter Davison.

Davison was a bit of an aberration. He was the youngest Doctor up to that point, probably in reaction to Tom Baker hanging around so long.

Otherwise, they kept the Doctors in their late-40s to early-50s after Hartnell left, then with the introduction of Tom Baker, the Doctor was pretty much in his late-30s to early-40s until Tennant.

With the exception of Davison, the age of the actor playing the Doctor has decreased over time, until the big jump from Tennant to Smith.

Unless they go for a real babyface playing an old man for #12, I would expect to see the next actor be older than Smith. Or, hell, female. I dunno.

wdict.net

Actually, a child DR would make for an interesting change. Even if just for half a season with a death and a regen at the end. Especially with the death and regen.
 
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