The Eleventh Doctor - who else auditioned?

[Allyn Gibson]

^I'd rather see Rickman as The Doctor. I like casting against type. Sure, he would be an excellent Master but it would be a bit too predictable, IMHO.

Rickman appears to have been director Leonard Nimoy's choice to play the Doctor in the early-90s Doctor Who film, though screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn envisioned Pierce Brosnan for the role.

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ Yeah, I remember that.

Maybe Brosnan could come back as the next incarnation of Rassilon ...

 

[Starkers]

^ Yeah, I remember that.

Maybe Brosnan could come back as the next incarnation of Rassilon ...

Actually how about a flashback where Daniel Craig stars as an earlier incanration of Rassilon who locks horns with Christopher Eccleston. The gritty Doctor vs the gritty Bond!

 

[Captaindemotion]

^ They could just use clips from Our Friends In The North instead - both men appeared in it around the time Brosnan debuted as 007 and Paul McGann made his only appearance as the Doctor.

 

[Starkers]

Quite true.

 

[iguana_tonante]

James Nesbitt would be an awesome Doctor, but an even BETTER Master. In fact, going on the 'Moriarty'-angle like they did with Tennant/Simms, Nesbitt would be perfect for Eccleston's Doctor. The same intensity, darkness, everything.

You just blew my mind. Awesome thinking.