James Callis to be the shock choice for the next Doctor. I'm calling it now.
David Tennant leaves DW after the specials
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He doesn't seem to have a good opinion of working on British TV, so I doubt he would.
I have to disagree with that, bring back the S1 music & logo.
meanwhile changes, um no lets not change to much beyond the Doctor & his companion, any other changes are just going to be too much
I was over that from the start of his tenure. A lot of people like Tennant and I have no problem with that, but I found all his manic flapping about beyond irritating.
Even for AICN that's remarkably ignorant.
Then again they're hardly the first to discount classic Who's existence since new Who came along.
Damn, sad news. 
I love Tennant, and I was hoping he'd stay for a while longer. Granted, I'm simply a NuWho fan, but he really is the Doctor for me. I guess it's a Yank thing--we're not used to having the leads of our shows up and leave and get replaced. It's great that Dr. Who can do that, and I'll be curious to see who the next Doctor is.
But I'm definitely going to miss Tennant.
I love Tennant, and I was hoping he'd stay for a while longer. Granted, I'm simply a NuWho fan, but he really is the Doctor for me. I guess it's a Yank thing--we're not used to having the leads of our shows up and leave and get replaced. It's great that Dr. Who can do that, and I'll be curious to see who the next Doctor is.But I'm definitely going to miss Tennant.
Pure guesswork but Easter, August Bank Holiday, Xmas Day for Part One of Tennant's departure and New Year's Day for Part Two. (The question being how insane will the ratings be for that last episode?)
Not surprising news, but its still sad news and kudos for him for delivering it in in a slightly surreal manner! Its a hard part to play as Tennant himself pointed out. Hes a dark, lonely character who approaches things in a light hearted way so you have to be able to play comedy just as well as you can play drama which made Tennant a good choice. It was clearly a difficult choice for him though as he seems unable to look and interviewer who has asked him about this in the eye (though this may be his interviewing style, I'm unsure).
I do hope that one of the specials does cover the River Song angle though, maybe a sweeping epic through several decades of the 10th doctors life.
they cant have been, being serious?I was over that from the start of his tenure. A lot of people like Tennant and I have no problem with that, but I found all his manic flapping about beyond irritating.
Even for AICN that's remarkably ignorant.
I do hope that one of the specials does cover the River Song angle though, maybe a sweeping epic through several decades of the 10th doctors life.
When did they ever say it was THIS Doctor who had the romance with River? Ten does have a duplicate who is also the Doctor in the alt-universe. Who is to say that wasn't the Doctor she got all wonky over?
River was familiar with the TARDIS, so unless the duplicate Doctor is able to build an identical one and figure out a way to cross back into our universe, it seems unlikely it would be him.
Maybe they can cast david hewlett as the next doctor after all he is a fan of the show and atlantis has been cancelled so he should be free.
I think that'd be interesting, but I doubt it'll happen.
I agree. He'd actually be a very interesting choice for the new Doctor, but I'd be shocked if he got the part. Baltar as the Doctor is actually an interesting idea too, but somehow I don't see him wanting to do it.
If the idea of a black Doctor is actually being seriously considered I think Mos Def would be a great choice.
Going to miss Tennant. He really took the role and made it his own, after Eccelston had already raised the bar.
If River Song shows up again, I will eat my hat. None of the specials are being written by the Moff, and I think RTD will let his ideas stay with him. Furthermore, I can't see RTD as being interested in hole-plugging of that sort when there's no compelling reason for it.
Of course, I don't really like River Song very much, so I think it's more a hope than anything else. Big Finish did it first, but River Song was played by Ian Chesterton.
Of course, I don't really like River Song very much, so I think it's more a hope than anything else. Big Finish did it first, but River Song was played by Ian Chesterton.
I'm not a huge fan myself, and she's representative of my one and only genuine fear regarding Moffat's impending tenure: He has a fascination with trying to hook the Doctor up. In "The Doctor Dances," the whole "dance" thing was obviously a metaphor for sex, "The Girl in the Fireplace" doesn't need any further explanation, and, well, River Song is pretty obvious.
It's not surprising -- the man produced Coupling, after all. But I hope he holds off on that particular writing habit.
I thought the character was fun. My problems with that two-parter had more to do with how completely thick the Doctor was; he's a time traveler, and yet he can't conceive of or accept that he's going to run into someone who knows him that he hasn't met yet?
I don't expect the specials to deal with River. Be nice, but I don't expect it. I would like to see them leave a couple hundred year gap inside the tenth Doctor's life to account for where she "fits." Or, barring that, simply start the eleventh Doctor's era without a regeneration, leaving the tenth Doctor's era open-ended.
And if I have a concern with doing a special filling in River's backstory, it's that I fear that the resulting story would be more derivative of The Time Traveler's Wife than "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" already was. *shrug*
I admit, I don't understand the hang-up people have about the Doctor and romantic entanglements. What's the very first thing we learn about the Doctor, way back in 1963? He has a granddaughter. Which means he has children. At some point in his life, the Doctor had romantic entanglements.
I think, for the Doctor, some of the relationships he had with his companions gave him the emotional component of a romantic entanglement without the physical component. And sometimes, I imagine that some of them gave him the physical component as well.
The time for that was the six-plus month break they're in the middle of now. There's not going to be more than a few weeks between shooting special #5 and 501.