Iconic star?

[Lonemagpie]

So, Digital Spy reports the official DW Twitter feed as saying an "iconic star" will be revealed as cast in season 7 at midnight...

http://www.digitalspy.com/british-t...-star-casting-to-be-revealed-at-midnight.html

Given we've already got Diana Rigg, how can they top Emma fucking Peel for iconography?

And do they really think we'll be excited about the possibility of <insert actual huge wish-fulfillment star name here> when last time they pulled this shit it turned out to be Bill Bailey...?

 

[Saul]

I was thinking a Past Doctor. Or maybe someone from another SF series. Patrick Stewart would be nice...

 

[Captaindemotion]

Could it be Tom Baker?

 

[Samurai8472]

This must be Richard Branson as the Rani or Sean Connery as the doctors dad

 

[diankra]

De Niro as a pre-Delgado Master? More seriously, someone Hollywood and Oscar as the guest star in the Christmas special... it almost happened with Dennis Hopper.

 

[StCoop]

It's a shame it'll be announced in a few hours (presumably because they *finally* start shooting the Xmas Special this week) because I'd have enjoyed watching the ever-increasingly wild specualtion build up.

I still remember Brian Cox and Michael Gambon being described as "Big Hollywood Stars" before their names were announced; when they're really strong British character actors who've appeared in some major Hollywood Blockbusters.

 

[Samurai8472]

Alan Rickman!!

"I'll get you Doctor!"

 

[Lonemagpie]

It's not even worth speculating when there's only an hour to go, but I'd guess it's only Stephen Fry

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Don't you dare say "It's only Stephen Fry!"

My money is on Rachel Weisz.

 

[RoJoHen]

Iconic, eh?

Daniel Radcliffe!

 

[Mr Awe]

Hmm, hoping it's Tom Baker!

 

[Lonemagpie]

Meh, it's Richard E Grant.

Big fucking deal, he was the second worst of the Moff's Comic Relief Doctors back in the day.

 

[diankra]

Yep, not really big enough to be worth a pre-announcement. As Withnail cast goes, I'd sooner have Richard Griffiths.

 

[Nightowl1701]

Depends - is it an original character, or is Eleven about to meet "Scream of the Shalka" Unbound-Nine this Xmas? THAT'D be a nice mystery to kick off the 50th Anniversary with - a Ninth Doctor from a universe where the Time Lords WON the Great Time War...

 

[StCoop]

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Richard E. Grant.

The only "iconic" thing about him is that he's played a fake Doctor twice.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Looking through IMDB I think the only thing I've seen him in is Spice World. I really need to see Withnail and I sometime.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Looking through IMDB I think the only thing I've seen him in is Spice World. I really need to see Withnail and I sometime.

How To Get A Head In Advertising is lovely. In a fucked up way.

 

[DWF]

It's Gordon Ramsay, Moffat did promise us a new monster.

 

[StCoop]

I look forward to nearly five months of "What if he's playing The Master/An Evil 9th Doctor from an alternate universe?"

 

[Sindatur]

Alan Rickman as the Master could've been really cool.

Richard E. Grant? His Shalka Doctor was cool