Next! Your choice for the next Doctor.

[KennyB]

If the 13th going to be female,then they have to be carefully with it,the show is still a children show,it be hard for a child to understand a man transforming into a woman in the blink of an eye and secondly the ratings,what if no one likes the new female doctor and the ratings start to drop,it been the end of doctor who.

really?

 

[StCoop]

We've got many months to go yet but as of now, thanks to some very large bets being placed, Tilda Swinton is the Bookies favourite.

 

[kirk55555]

We've got many months to go yet but as of now, thanks to some very large bets being placed, Tilda Swinton is the Bookies favourite.

She'd definitely be an interesting choice, but would she be willing to do TV? Looking at her filmography, the last time she did TV and wasn't just a narrator or voice was 1990, so I doubt she'd do a TV show at this point. Plus, I think the next Doctor is going to be younger. I don't think Capaldi's age was a bad thing, but I think the TV people might. I'm betting that, regardless of gender, we get a Doctor that at least looks to be late 20s to mid 30s. My personal favorite choice for the roll is a lot older then that (Alexander Siddig would be that choice, for the record), but I'm betting that's the direction they're going to go after Capaldi.

 

[Starkers]

Swinton would make a good Doctor. She can be quite cold though and after Capaldi's first year I suspect they'll want someone warmer/funnier.then again Eccleston played the role differently to how I expected so who knows.

You do have to wonder if TV might be something of a culture shock for her, we wouldn't want a Genevieve Bujold scenario!

 

[Riverside2233]

Swinton would make a good Doctor. She can be quite cold though and after Capaldi's first year I suspect they'll want someone warmer/funnier.then again Eccleston played the role differently to how I expected so who knows.

You do have to wonder if TV might be something of a culture shock for her, we wouldn't want a Genevieve Bujold scenario!

I agree with the comments on Swinton. She has that unique gravitas and would do a great job as the first female Doctor, but they will probably look to go younger. I just became hooked on Doctor Who last year and binged everything from Eccleston to Capaldi for the first time, and I think Matt Smith is my favorite, so I'm not against a relatively unknown actress, but I think they want someone iconic if they do choose to go with a woman.

 

[Starkers]

She doesn't look 56 but after Capaldi I don't think they'll skew that old again for a while. I'd worry how much commitment she'd have for the long term as well.

 

[sttngfan1701d]

I've thought a lot about it, and I don't really want Doctor 13 to be a woman. But if it is, they could do much worse than Tilda Swinton. She would work. She'd work very well.

As would Hayley Atwell. I watched Captain America again, and some Agent Carter clips on YouTube, and I like idea of her as The Doctor. I can just see her with a sonic screwdriver, stuff exploding around her, looking bemusedly at her potential companion and saying "Well don't just stand there gawking! Come on!"

Yeah....it could work.

 

[StCoop]

Proving once again that betting is a mug's game, we now have yet another new Bookies Favourite; Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Which sort of ignores the fact that she's got an award-winning series of her own that writes and stars in and is filling the gap between seasons by appearing in the Han Solo movie.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

On the flip side, she has worked with Chris Chibnall (in Broadchurch), or perhaps that's why she's a bookie favorite now?

 

[Starkers]

I'd like to point out I mentioned her ages ago!

Season 2 of Fleabag might be a fly in the ointment, but I suspect her involvement in the Han Solo film will probably be sorted before she'd be needed for any Whovian filming (I think she's supposed to be an alien, so not sure if she's doing motion cap or just a voice?)

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

This story claims Phoebe Waller-Bridge is the current co-favorite with Kris Marshall at 2/1.

 

[kirk55555]

At this point, I'm starting to think every single UK actor alive will be named a possible candidate

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Rumors that Graham Norton is the new favorite begins...now!

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Rumors that Graham Norton is the new favorite begins...now!

Now I have a vision of Father Noel (Norton's character from Father Ted) at the controls of the TARDIS, doing a singalong with his companions while the Master sits in the corner and sulks like Father Ted.

 

[Timby]

At this point, I'm starting to think every single UK actor alive will be named a possible candidate

That's generally what happens. Chibnall is still working on the third season of Broadchurch and, as far as I know, isn't expected to report to work on Doctor Who until sometime this summer -- meaning they're nowhere near making casting decisions, let alone holding auditions.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Now I have a vision of Father Noel (Norton's character from Father Ted) at the controls of the TARDIS, doing a singalong with his companions while the Master sits in the corner and sulks like Father Ted.

Now that you've describe it in that manner (even though I've never watched Father Ted), I actually want Graham Norton as The Doctor now.

That's generally what happens. Chibnall is still working on the third season of Broadchurch and, as far as I know, isn't expected to report to work on Doctor Who until sometime this summer -- meaning they're nowhere near making casting decisions, let alone holding auditions.

Is he still actively working on Broadchurch (aside from media) at this point? The third series only has three more episodes left to air.

 

[Starkers]

I think the point wasn't so much that he was still working on BC so much as he wanted a break before he started a tough new job!

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Now that you've describe it in that manner (even though I've never watched Father Ted), I actually want Graham Norton as The Doctor now.

Here's a compilation of Norton's appearances as Father Noel.

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[Leviathan]

Someone entertaining.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Maybe they could go crazy and he regenerates into twins or something.