Predict who will be cast as the 12th Doctor

The modern show can't have elderly people who can't keep up with the action....the Undertaker would be screwed.

 

if you called helen mirren elderly i bet she'd tell you to fuck off

 

Only if you're playing loud music outside.

 

There are some rumours that 12 will be announced tomorrow, to gazump one of the sunday tabloids' hopes of scooping the Beeb on sunday

 

Naw we b'ain't. We'ms Cornish (Kernewek).

 

Three names who've allegedly auditioned:

Dominic Cooper
Domhnall Gleeson
Daniel Kaluuya

(Now I know Matt Smith was young, but Kaluuya's ridiculously young.)

 

Here's the Starburst article on that.

This has the stench of a PR clusterfuck around it, with the BBC forced to make announcements because they're leaking like a sieve. I wouldn't be surprised if Moffat's pulling his greying hair out.

 

Site's down.

Maybe we should ask the NSA since they're bound to have an email with the name mentioned in it.

 

Brilliant. Doctor Who fandom has DDoSed Starburst's website.

ETA: It's the Mail on Sunday that's planning on scooping the BBC's announcement.

 

Dominic Cooper seems an odd one - would he really want to give all those films up, a touch too attractive for the Doctor as well but a good actor.

Gleeson I only know from HP but he seemed fine.

Kaluuya was great in Sucker Punch at the Royal Court but very disappointing at Trelawny Of The Wells at the Donmar recently. Never seen him on TV. Too young though surely.

 

For all those who want a black Doctor so badly, I just don't see Moffat throwing continuity out the window. They've been beating the "ginger haired" thing in the ground (which is a continuity thing tied to a 7th Doctor story). So unless we're getting Dennis Rodman, Sinbad or Wesley Snipes from Demolition Man, I don't see a black Doctor happening.

This new Doctor seems to be Moffat taking the opportunity to close Doctor Who continuity. After that, all bets are off.

 

The Doctor can be tall or short; thin or portly; old or young; white-haired, black-haired, brown-haired, or blond-haired. I really don't think there's a continuity problem with him changing his skin color.

And the ginger thing is a gag they've used twice. Hardly the same thing as an important piece of continuity or foreshadowing.

 

Ooh, then the wait's finally over!

 

Interesting. I'll take Domhnall Gleeson out of those three.

 

Russell Brand.

 

I'll accept Kaluuya as the Doctor as long as they do an episode where his incarnation of the Doctor meets Tony Hancock.

 

Finally? We've barely been waiting.

Don't ever say that again, not even as a joke.

 

Yeah he's definitely got a "look" that could work for a 1000 year old alien. The eyes don't hurt either





And he's ginger!

 

Of the three, I've only seen the guy who's played Stark's dad in the Captain America movie. He wasn't particularly impressive.

 

From what I've seen of Daniel Kaluuya's work (and it's not much) he seems to be at his best playing wisecracking everymen, albeit those with a slightly twist about them. If not the Doctor, he'd be a perfect companion, I think.

I understand Dominic Cooper (probably the most recognisable name of the three) has a lot of movie commitments at the moment, so he'll probably be balancing all of these around. I can't see him not appearing on the show in some capacity, though.

I've never seen Domhnall Gleeson's work, so he'll probably be the favourite to take the part. Besides, it's about time we had a ginger, Irish Doctor. But seriously, of the three he seems the most likely to get the part.



... Unless all three are red herrings or have supporting roles on the show to complement a female Doctor.