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#301 DamnCoffee

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 06:32 PM

Very, VERY upsetting news. :(

#302 The Dove

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 06:50 PM

Good lord, how fast the turn-over rate is for Dr. Who actors! :( From what little I've seen of David Tennant's turn as the Doctor, he was quite good.. (my all time favorites are Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee).

#303 marktmurphy

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 09:52 PM

Four years ain't too fast- that's longer than seven of the others! :(

#304 dee-bee-five

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Posted 30 October 2008 - 10:17 PM

Very, VERY upsetting news. :(


Yes, and from what I've been hearing on the grapevine today, a decision the BBC definitely weren't expecting...

#305 Brian Flagg

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Posted 01 November 2008 - 10:06 PM

I'm handling the news surprisingly well, compared to the twenty-five years it took me to get over Tom Baker leaving the role. On a related note, I'll *never* get over Pernell Roberts leaving Bonanza. :(

#306 Professor Dent

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Posted 02 November 2008 - 03:16 PM

This is a shame. I was hoping he would have a few more years left in the role.

#307 dee-bee-five

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Posted 02 November 2008 - 04:23 PM

I'm handling the news surprisingly well, compared to the twenty-five years it took me to get over Tom Baker leaving the role.


I held a party when Tom Baker left. The relief felt like taking off a tight shoe... :(

#308 baerrtt

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Posted 02 November 2008 - 05:09 PM

Tennant will be missed but I'm not upset as the countdown to who will be the eleventh Doctor should be exciting. I suspect that none of the names bandied around in the press (Patterson Joseph, Russel Tovey, the 'woman' rumour again etc) will be true and, like Tennant before, the choice will be someone no one was expecting.

Edited by baerrtt, 02 November 2008 - 05:10 PM.


#309 Brian Flagg

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Posted 06 November 2008 - 04:29 PM

I held a party when Tom Baker left. The relief felt like taking off a tight shoe... :)



That's how I felt when Pierce Brosnan was out as Bond. Joy! :(

#310 Joey Bond

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Posted 09 November 2008 - 10:10 AM

Any word on who the next doctor may be?

#311 marktmurphy

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Posted 09 November 2008 - 12:19 PM

like Tennant before, the choice will be someone no one was expecting.


I don't think anyone thought it would be anyone but Tennant, did they?

#312 DamnCoffee

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Posted 09 November 2008 - 12:23 PM

Yeah, I seem to remember that Tennant was signed just before Eggelston started filming the new series.

#313 baerrtt

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Posted 09 November 2008 - 06:23 PM

like Tennant before, the choice will be someone no one was expecting.


I don't think anyone thought it would be anyone but Tennant, did they?


What I meant is that like DT the next actor will be someone who's probably not that well known nationally.

Most of the actors being mentioned in the press are recognisable faces/names and, according to RTD recently, they haven't even started casting yet.

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Posted 26 November 2008 - 03:08 PM

When I read that, I felt like if someone kicked my double oh section, but now I'm expecting to see what happens with the cast.

Paterson Joseph seems to be getting all the attention, but I'd rather prefer someone like Robert Carlyle (the long hair one, not the Renard-like :()

#315 baerrtt

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 11:23 AM

Doctor whoSomeone's going to be in trouble methinks :( :-

http://uk.youtube.co...h?v=3TUcXlTXfHU

#316 dee-bee-five

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 11:40 AM

God, Survivors is dreary. It was bad enough in the 70s (when Lucy Fleming was in it), but it's drab and utterly predictable this time round.

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 11:57 AM

When I read that, I felt like if someone kicked my double oh section, but now I'm expecting to see what happens with the cast.

Paterson Joseph seems to be getting all the attention, but I'd rather prefer someone like Robert Carlyle (the long hair one, not the Renard-like :()

I warn everyone now...Paterson Joseph cannot act to save his live. And Paterson Joseph seems to be the top of the rumour list...as were actors called Christopher Eccleston and David Tennent at the time.. and look what happened there.

#318 sharpshooter

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 12:00 PM

Wow. Paterson Joseph as the first black Doctor? I don't know what to say. The Doctor does not have much control over regenerations, so it is 100% fine that he changes race. It could be a master stroke. I'll reserve my judgement for now, that is of course if it actually happens. But I wouldn't be surprised if came to be true...

"That's the problem with regeneration, you never quite know what you're going to get." :(

#319 Conlazmoodalbrocra

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Posted 27 November 2008 - 12:13 PM

I wasn't surprised Tennant left - I've been expecting him to leave for a while. He'll be desperate to do some other stuff because, as well as being a great Doctor, he's a fantastic actor. My choice for the next Doctor? Ain't got on! They always pick a relatively unknown, so I don't see the point in guessing. Whoever they pick, I'm sure he'll be fine, as both Eccleston and Tennant were fantastic.

Edited by Conlazmoodalbrocra, 27 November 2008 - 12:13 PM.


#320 Zorin Industries

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 09:49 AM

Wow. Paterson Joseph as the first black Doctor? I don't know what to say. The Doctor does not have much control over regenerations, so it is 100% fine that he changes race. It could be a master stroke. I'll reserve my judgement for now, that is of course if it actually happens. But I wouldn't be surprised if came to be true...

"That's the problem with regeneration, you never quite know what you're going to get." :(

Then let's give it to Chiwetel Ejiofor.

#321 baerrtt

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 10:19 AM

When I read that, I felt like if someone kicked my double oh section, but now I'm expecting to see what happens with the cast.

Paterson Joseph seems to be getting all the attention, but I'd rather prefer someone like Robert Carlyle (the long hair one, not the Renard-like :()

I warn everyone now...Paterson Joseph cannot act to save his live. And Paterson Joseph seems to be the top of the rumour list...as were actors called Christopher Eccleston and David Tennent at the time.. and look what happened there.


I've seen PJ act on stage (as I'd actually seen Tennant on stage years before WHO) and I believe him to be a fine actor Zorin. His tv resume has hardly been helped by the crap he's been offered before (BBC Two's awful HYPERDRIVE that RED DWARF wannabe).

Plus there are rumours that the writing team Moffat will assemble for series 5 will include Neil Gaiman (Joseph was in Gaiman's NEVERWHERE tv drama 12 years ago playing a Doctor like character) and playwright Rob Shearman, writer of series one ep Dalek, who, in an article pubished in DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 9 years ago about how the show should be if it ever returned, Shearman recommended PJ for the role on the strength of his performance in Gaiman's story.

#322 Jim

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 10:29 AM

When I read that, I felt like if someone kicked my double oh section, but now I'm expecting to see what happens with the cast.

Paterson Joseph seems to be getting all the attention, but I'd rather prefer someone like Robert Carlyle (the long hair one, not the Renard-like :()

I warn everyone now...Paterson Joseph cannot act to save his live. And Paterson Joseph seems to be the top of the rumour list...as were actors called Christopher Eccleston and David Tennent at the time.. and look what happened there.


I've seen PJ act on stage (as I'd actually seen Tennant on stage years before WHO) and I believe him to be a fine actor Zorin.


Yes, I thought he was very impressive in The Emperor Jones. And, after all, he is Johnson. I rather like this idea.

#323 SecretAgentFan

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 10:39 AM

I love Tennant in the role. But it is time for a change (no Obama pun here) and a black actor as Dr.Who would really be an interesting and fresh approach.

#324 Zorin Industries

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 02:47 PM

When I read that, I felt like if someone kicked my double oh section, but now I'm expecting to see what happens with the cast.

Paterson Joseph seems to be getting all the attention, but I'd rather prefer someone like Robert Carlyle (the long hair one, not the Renard-like :()

I warn everyone now...Paterson Joseph cannot act to save his live. And Paterson Joseph seems to be the top of the rumour list...as were actors called Christopher Eccleston and David Tennent at the time.. and look what happened there.


I've seen PJ act on stage (as I'd actually seen Tennant on stage years before WHO) and I believe him to be a fine actor Zorin. His tv resume has hardly been helped by the crap he's been offered before (BBC Two's awful HYPERDRIVE that RED DWARF wannabe).

Plus there are rumours that the writing team Moffat will assemble for series 5 will include Neil Gaiman (Joseph was in Gaiman's NEVERWHERE tv drama 12 years ago playing a Doctor like character) and playwright Rob Shearman, writer of series one ep Dalek, who, in an article pubished in DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 9 years ago about how the show should be if it ever returned, Shearman recommended PJ for the role on the strength of his performance in Gaiman's story.

The public will not warm to him. He is a safe, middle of the road performer.

And Series One's 'DALEK' episode was the poorest of that season by a long margin. And it shouldn't have been.

But I'm not a HUGE DOCTOR WHO fan. Though I do highly rate, admire and love MOST of the new incarnation of WHO (apart from VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED, THE DALEKS IN MAHHATTAN, 42, THE PLANET OF THE OOD... which were all weak episodes). I just hope we can get away from the metallic corporations with their metal offices, over-designed company logos and token ethnic casting for anyone who needs to be either an academic or a turn-coat. Oh - and bringing back ROSE TYLER was ultimately not as interesting as the teasing that that was going to happen. I love the character and the heritage, but we've done the London council estates. We learnt nothing new about her when she came back.

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 02:56 PM

Wow. Paterson Joseph as the first black Doctor?


He's a very fine actor, who would do the role justice (although I'm gutted Tennant isn't playing it for the next century). But until he's formally announced, I won't be sure it's him (and I keep badgering mates at the BBC to give me any info, but they won't - bastards! :( )



Series One's 'DALEK' episode was the poorest of that season by a long margin.



What? What!?! - as David Tennant's Doctor would say. "Dalek" was a classic.

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 03:11 PM

Wow. Paterson Joseph as the first black Doctor?


He's a very fine actor, who would do the role justice (although I'm gutted Tennant isn't playing it for the next century). But until he's formally announced, I won't be sure it's him (and I keep badgering mates at the BBC to give me any info, but they won't - bastards! :( )



Series One's 'DALEK' episode was the poorest of that season by a long margin.



What? What!?! - as David Tennant's Doctor would say. "Dalek" was a classic.


No. It was. It was all over the place. And ruined even more by Bruno Kirby still riding the crest of his onscreen gay wave! The set up and premise was great. But once again it looked like Texas was in fact Cardiff - which is becoming a series fault if you ask me.

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 03:38 PM

I warn everyone now...Paterson Joseph cannot act to save his live.

Too right. And he hasn't got star quality, either.

The new Doctor Who has been largely tripe so far, anyway. Although, I expect things will improve dramatically under Moffat's guidance.

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 04:43 PM

Wow. Paterson Joseph as the first black Doctor?


He's a very fine actor, who would do the role justice (although I'm gutted Tennant isn't playing it for the next century). But until he's formally announced, I won't be sure it's him (and I keep badgering mates at the BBC to give me any info, but they won't - bastards! :( )



Series One's 'DALEK' episode was the poorest of that season by a long margin.



What? What!?! - as David Tennant's Doctor would say. "Dalek" was a classic.


No. It was. It was all over the place. And ruined even more by Bruno Kirby still riding the crest of his onscreen gay wave!


I have to disagree. "Dalek" was one of the best episodes of the superlative new Who and the splendid Bruno Langley, so good in Corrie, can ride the crest of my wave anytime he likes...


The new Doctor Who has been largely tripe so far, anyway.


Those of us who witnessed the steady decline of so-called classic Doctor Who (basically, the rot set in after Pertwee went) might beg to differ. Of course, the new series has been greatly boosted by the involvement of Russell T. Davies - the most innovative, influential and best writer (bar none) working in British Television today.

#329 Royal Dalton

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:10 PM

Can't agree there. I like Jon Pertwee, but, in my opinion, the best three series' of Doctor Who in existence were produced directly after he left the role.

Russell Davies is a good ideas man, but his Doctor Who scripts have mostly been trite rubbish as far as I'm concerned.

#330 David Schofield

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Posted 28 November 2008 - 05:22 PM

A black Doctor - Joseph - in the inaugural year of the world's first black President?

Total stunt - casting.

So, it'll definately happen, considering the credentials of the crew making the series in Cardiff and at the Beeb.

So bloody unimaginative.