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Your short list for The 11th Doctor
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Alan Rickman as the doctor? lol
"I'll get you Master!" shakes fist angrily
You can almost make "6 degrees" game with James Callis and Tennant
Moaning Myrtle was played by Shirley Henderson who played Ursula in "Love and Monsters" who starred with James callis in "Bridget Jones" who knows Tennant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Henderson
"I'll get you Master!" shakes fist angrily
You can almost make "6 degrees" game with James Callis and Tennant
Moaning Myrtle was played by Shirley Henderson who played Ursula in "Love and Monsters" who starred with James callis in "Bridget Jones" who knows Tennant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Henderson
She's nothing without Colin Murray.
No, he's not camp, he's foppish. Big difference!
I think he could play the Doctor, but he'd in some ways be better as the Master. A different Master, who is more like Delgado's suave supervillain. Perhaps even going around the universe with a girl on his arm, pretending to be the Doctor.
I'd still like to see Colin Salmon at no. 11.
Further on my choice for 11, ive found a couple of images to see Rufus Sewell as the 11th Doctor. Ive been wanting Rufus in a major role since he was rumoured to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond back in 2003 and even screen tested i believe.
The first image is from Dark City (1998) and the second from Eleventh Hour (2008).
Sewell as John Murddoch, in a similar trench coat to that of Tennants 10. This image is striking as it makes it appear as if it is part of a post regeneration episode after 10 regenerates mid season/story and as yet hasnt changed or been put in someone elses pyjamas.
Again, from Eleventh Hour, this image also looks like a post regeneration image due to the trench coat, however it can also be seen as a promo pic from a new season with new outfit, new hair, new face and new companion.
I might whip together a couple of photo manips a bit later, but Rufus being a Shakesperian actor similar to that of Timothy Dalton and Patrick Stewart will emulate an amazing presence that is present in all his performances.
The first image is from Dark City (1998) and the second from Eleventh Hour (2008).
Sewell as John Murddoch, in a similar trench coat to that of Tennants 10. This image is striking as it makes it appear as if it is part of a post regeneration episode after 10 regenerates mid season/story and as yet hasnt changed or been put in someone elses pyjamas.
Again, from Eleventh Hour, this image also looks like a post regeneration image due to the trench coat, however it can also be seen as a promo pic from a new season with new outfit, new hair, new face and new companion.
I might whip together a couple of photo manips a bit later, but Rufus being a Shakesperian actor similar to that of Timothy Dalton and Patrick Stewart will emulate an amazing presence that is present in all his performances.
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I'm not sure what actor would necessarily be right for this but I think I'd like a more child-like, distracted Doctor-- like Tom Baker (or Colin Baker or William Hartnell on occasion). Eccleston & Tennant have both been so intense, I think it would be a nice change of pace to have a playful lollygagger instead. Then they could balance that out by making his companion a former police detective, a very driven woman who actually finds herself in the position of dragging the Doctor back to the plot.
I just think that, whatever they do, we're in a similar situation to where we were when Tom Baker left. When he left, they made a very conscious effort to make sure that the 5th Doctor would be very different. I think that Tennant has been so strong in the role that they need to again go in a deliberately opposite direction for the 11th Doctor. However, I'm just not sure what that would look like, particularly since I'm not sure the writers of the new series really see the Doctor in any other way.
Honestly, I feel like Eccleston & Tennant are very similar. Tennant is, of course, a much faster talker than Eccleston and not quite as moody but they're still very similar. In fact, there are times where I can clearly hear Tennant's voice saying a line in my head even though I know the line actually comes from an Eccleston episode.
I just think that, whatever they do, we're in a similar situation to where we were when Tom Baker left. When he left, they made a very conscious effort to make sure that the 5th Doctor would be very different. I think that Tennant has been so strong in the role that they need to again go in a deliberately opposite direction for the 11th Doctor. However, I'm just not sure what that would look like, particularly since I'm not sure the writers of the new series really see the Doctor in any other way.
Honestly, I feel like Eccleston & Tennant are very similar. Tennant is, of course, a much faster talker than Eccleston and not quite as moody but they're still very similar. In fact, there are times where I can clearly hear Tennant's voice saying a line in my head even though I know the line actually comes from an Eccleston episode.
Eddie Izzard is kind of an interesting choice, though I'd vote for "in drag."
Well yeah, but if you read Gary Russell's excellent book Regeneration, which chronicles the gestation process and making of the TV Movie, it becomes readily apparent that everyone who was either English or could do an English accent was a "candidate" for the Eighth Doctor. FOX, in its usual display of staggering intellect, even wanted Sting for the part!
You know, every time I look at him nowadays, I think to myself, "Nicolas Cage...If someone has already suggested this one, apologies for missing it. But, I think Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond Hume on Lost) could pull a mixture of older-but-younger for the 11th Doctor...
"Going back to comedy actors who could do something serious, I also wonder what Paul Whitehouse's Doctor might look like...
Sam Troughton. Not because he's Patrick Troughton's grandson but because I've now seen him on two nearly unwatchable TV shows (Hex & Robin Hood) and he was always the best thing on them. It would be nice to see him on a good show for once. (Put him on Torchwood if you don't think he's right for the Doctor.)
