No that would be Peter Kaye as seen in Season two's Dr lite episode 'Love and Monsters'.
Paul Kaye IS the 11th Doctor.
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No that would be Peter Kaye as seen in Season two's Dr lite episode 'Love and Monsters'.
He is for our friends at the beeb. He turns 46 tomorrow and by the time season 5 starts he will be 48. It's all about the marketing and focus groups I am sad to say. The next Dr will be under 35 and possibly even under 30.
I would love to see an older doctor again. Maybe not Hartnell old but say in his early fifties. If we are going to swap Doctors out every couple of years, I'd like to see a BIG change. Kinda like how we go from young pretty Companion(Rose and Martha)to older frumpier one in Donna.
I would love to see that too, but if you take a look at the other shows the BBC has on at that time on a Saturday night when Dr Who is resting what have you got 'Robin Hood' No old lead there. Infact how many shows have an old lead actor? Not many. Only actors like the late John Thaw and David Jason get lead roles on TV these days in England. It all comes down to the lack of risk taking.
Starship Polaris said:
Thirteen doesn't mean a thing. If they reach that point, they'll do a story that gives the Doctor extra lives.
While they could, I'd hope they don't. I sometimes thought that made the Master too "cartoonish". Although... they did talk about the Doctor being the Other before...
But look at "New Tricks" - one of THE BEST British shows I have seen in years! The entire cast is over fifty! In fact, IIRC during the first series they had a younger police officer and he disappeared pretty quick because he was basically redundant and didn't really fit into what the show as about.
NT is a WONDERFUL example of utilizing older talent and running with the age thing and showing it for the reality it represents, rather than either glorifying youth or pretending the actors are still young.
It is VERY popular here in Australia and, I believe, shows that there are MANY people who want to see older, MORE TALENTED actors being used.
NT is a WONDERFUL example of utilizing older talent and running with the age thing and showing it for the reality it represents, rather than either glorifying youth or pretending the actors are still young.
It is VERY popular here in Australia and, I believe, shows that there are MANY people who want to see older, MORE TALENTED actors being used.
Patrick Stewart was in his 40's when he first helmed TNG. I think we could benefit from the Doctor being older, more seasoned and like a mentor that he should be.
It would really take the franchise into a completely different direction.
It would really take the franchise into a completely different direction.
Brother, you have always had, and always will have, my support in the Eddie-for-Doctor camp. I've been saying that for YEARS. However, the fact that he's doing The Riches for FX makes it highly unlikely the BBC could lure him back across the pond for Who. Just saying.
But, yes, he would be perfect... :thumbsup:
Meanwhile, this Paul Kaye fellow just looks like David Tennant 2.0. Same brown haired, geek-chic looking young guy for all the women to moisten themselves over. It will get tiring, quickly.
But, then again, he might be outright brilliant in the role.
All of this is moot, however, since there's nothing confirmed that he has anything to do with Doctor Who...
That is right. It will take somone to make a leap of faith and make a show with an older actor. It should do well because it has been a long time since they did it before. Then the other channels will copy. I truly hope it happens. It will be a breath of fresh air.
Also, I doubt Patrick Stewart would want to be the lead character on another Sci-Fi show.
Yeah, yeah, I know. I just keep hoping that someone sensible in charge will throw out the book and go against convention and focus groups.
I know. A pipe dream at best.
Yeah, that's true and I LOVE The Riches. But maybe by the time David Tennant is ready to move on, The Riches will be nearing completion. I say this with the greatest love for the show, but there's only so much they can do with the premise without completely writing themselves into a corner. Especially considering the finale.
Like I said, I know it's a pipe dream, but I've been rooting for an Eddie Izzard Doctor since the days of Bill Nighy rumors before Eccleston was cast.
Authorial intent is a good reason. It's what producer Philip Hinchcliffe said; the intention was that those faces were earlier Doctors.
It may be quixotic to accept the idea that there are pre-Hartnell Doctors, but it's at least justifiable with on-screen evidence. Like the question of what Rick Deckard is, there's evidence enough both ways.
The way the episode is staged, though, it really doesn't. We would go from alternating Morbius/Doctor faces to only Morbius faces, and we'd have to assume that every other Morbius had a Doctor-ish dress sense.
Servo said:
It's not even a story. It's a five word post by a newbie.
And a newbie who, in the past month, has claimed that Moffat will take over RTD's role on Doctor Who in 2010, and at the same time that Chibnall's running Torchwood was preparation to his taking over RTDs' Doctor Who role in 2010... as well
That would be Peter Kay, and Catherine Tate. And Neither of them are disliked, in fact they're very popular. It's just fan boys will pick anything to whine about, and do it long enough, and loud enough that it sounds like everyone is doing it.
How about Tevor Eve in Waking the Dead? Peter Firth in Spooks, Philip Glenister in Life on Mars and now Ashes to Ashes, Robert Vaughn in Hustle...and they're not exactly going to cast Gemma Atkinson as the new Miss Marple either!
Heck even Barrowman is over forty now!
I see no reason why the next Dr wouldn't be in his early to mid forties. Whilst youf seems to get a buzz out of tv execs these days it's worth remembering that Who, like Bond, needs to have a certain experience about him that few young actors can pull off (though Tennant and Davison obviously can/did).
Plus the population is aging, so sooner or later the old will outnumber the young in the focus groups!
Phillip Culley said:
Servo said:
It's not even a story. It's a five word post by a newbie.
And a newbie who, in the past month, has claimed that Moffat will take over RTD's role on Doctor Who in 2010, and at the same time that Chibnall's running Torchwood was preparation to his taking over RTDs' Doctor Who role in 2010... as well
I find your lack of faith disturbing...
Think Berman and Braga rather than RTD...
