Fancasting The Doctor
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- I've been asked who I'd cast as The Doctor a bunch of times over the years so here are 5 answers.
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The 5 Doctors (in case I've mangled any names) are: Alexander Siddig, Keith Lee-Castle, Louisa Harland, Ramon Tikaram and Sarah Swire. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Refreshing to see this kind of list when I’m inundated over the web elsewhere with list of famous actors to give Doctor Who “star power”. Not to knock any actor who can get the role, but they don’t have to be hollywood tier to be good.
It took you fifteen words to convince me that I would give the show a fourth chance in a heartbeat if they ever cast Alexander Siddig.
He could also be a good choice for The Master.
@@casperchristiansen2458 😯 Oooooh, yeah!
It doesn’t matter if Siddig is the Doctor or the Master, as long as Andrew J Robinson is the other role.
Gotta admit, a version of The Doctor that has just had enough of this shit...I love it.
A perfect example of that sort of attitude would be someone about to go intona tirade of the Doctor being a coward that hasbt got the stomach to make the tough decisions, and the Doctor just grabs the persons gun slash blaster.and shoots them just to shut them.up and the Doctor never checks if the blaster is even set for stun. Or someone would.say 'good thing it was set on stun' and the Doctor would reply 'Mores the pity'.
I would've loved to have seen what Gene Wilder would've done as the Doctor.
i was thinking that the whole time watching charlie and the chocolate factory
Matt Smith mentioned at a q&a he’d love to see John Lithgow play the Doctor I’d love to see that. He’s the only American actor I can picture taking on the role.
Mikey McDonagh Yes to all of that.
When it comes to his wardrobe I just imagine wearing his Baudelaire costume from SNL.
I also think the late David Ogden Stiers would've been great. His character from MASH - Charles Emerson Winchester III - was almost Sixth-Doctor like.
I have three choices;
Obscure Actor: Lisa Dwyer Hogg who was in a Live Production
called People, Places and Things and I thought she'd be perfect casting as a
Doctor, who's very distant from those around her and would distract them with
nonsense. Openly Comedic with a dark side.
More Well Known: Charlotte Riley from Peaky Blinders, a calmer
and more sophisticated Doctor.
Stunt Casting: Rose Matafeo, not known for acting, and
incredibly unlikely, but has a very Doctor-ish personality.
The levitation clip is something I can perfectly see the Doctor do, in that exact way.
I love those paintings.
Many thanks! I had a lot of fun working on them for Hagan! (you can find more examples of my work on my twitter @devillo)
I can see Siddig. He's the perfect age. Very nice illustrations from Devillo! They are an excellent touch.
Late comment, but I've always liked the idea of Peter Wingfield being the Doctor. Yes, him being Methos is a big part of it, but I think he could do a good version. Basically Nine mixed with Eleven and a bit of Twelve. Grumpy, even generally resigned, but still looks for the good and the humorous in the universe. He's madman with a box and just rolls with it. He can't save everyone and he knows it, but he still does what he can.
I know I've already commented on here but I just want to say again, these choices are brilliant.
Also, I wanted to add, if I could pick an actor to play the Doctor, I would choose James Nesbitt. I've seen his work in the Moffat penned series Jekyll and I've seen clips of his in the Martin Sheen film The Way. All of those moments indicate he could play a very crazy Tom Baker-style Doctor (maybe even crazier).
And yes, I've seen him in The Hobbit trilogy. While he didn't a chance to shine like he could've of, there were some Doctor-ish moments with him. In particular, a deleted scene from BotFA where he lets Bilbo slip away from the mountain.
I loved that you mentioned Leo McKern, as he's always been a favorite of mine. I couldn't help thinking, however, as you played that clip for "The Prisoner", that Patrick McGoohan would have made an... interesting... Doctor as well.
Siddig as Romana is still a great idea you had. Richard Ayoade remains my top pick with Olivia Colman my second.
i agree with Ramon Tikaram. He was excellent in "This Life".But not the rest.
My personal choice for the 13th Doctor would be Imelda Staunton, because if Jodie Whittaker is kind of like another Fifth Doctor, it would be particularly hilarious to see Dolores Umbridge act like another Sixth Doctor.
I would so love to see Amanda Tapping (Sam Carter / Helen Magnus) as an incarnation of the Doctor. In Stargate, she has proven, that she can do the technobabble (and kick some serious ass) and as Helen Magnus, she has proven, that she can do that, while playing a now relatively immortal woman. So, hand her the keys to the TARDIS, already. ^^
While were on Stargate - David Hewlett (Doctor Meredith Rodney McKay) would be an excellent eccentric Doctor. I mean, look him playing Rodney over on Atlantis with that *knowledge* that he is wayy more competent than the rest. His closest counterpart in Who would be 6. So imagine a guy, resembling Quentin Tarantino, playing Six - that's Rodney for you.
Whom I could also imagine as the Doctor would be Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath or Gwendoline Christie.
And born-in-chicago-German-Actor Walter Sittler would be a good Doctor, too. In the tv-comedy "Nikola", he played Doctor Robert Schmidt, a brilliant orthopedist in the Rheintal-Hospital, who unfortunately knows, that he is brilliant and that all the women would fall over backwards in order to date him. He has this "You're good"-"I know"-attitude in this role and that could be used for the Doctor.
And since I watched "Fantastic beasts and where to find them" I cannot help, but think "Hey, that's a doctor Who audition-tape accidentally turned into a movie" - so, yeah, Eddy Redmane could be an excellent doctor, too. Same goes of course for Emma Watson - a) because she's a great actress and B) just to piss on those idiots, who would be calling this a SJW-Stunt-Call. Let those Volldeppen (idiots) think that and then let Emma Watsons acting wipe the floor with them.
John Steed, god bless his soul, would have been a perfect Doctor, too - same goes for Dame Diana Rigg.
And one person, I'd at least want to see auditioning or as a one-off-doctor: Sir baldy - a.k.a. Sir Patrick Stewart.
German actor Christoph M. Ohrt could play a good doctor - or, if TPTB over on the BBC are that adamant, that only british actors and actresses could play the doctor - he would be a delight to see as the Master. See, Christoph M. Ohrt can play the nice, the confident and the friendly guy, then suddenly turn around, look at you with this bewildered eyes and play some sort of serial killer.
Plus: Walter Sittler - when not eligible to play the Doctor - could be a great Master or other timelord.
But fortunately, we still have time, since Jodie Whittaker is hopefully not leaving the role, soon, despite what some idiots, who are going all "Buuuuhhhh, she's a baaaad doctor"" are vomiting in the internet.
I watched season 11 and thought: "Know what - she's good. Give her good material to work with, then she'll be stellar."
Going further down the rabbit hole, I'd love to see Diamanda's thoughts on fan casting future Masters.
Eddie Redmayne as Newt Schamander is pretty much The Doctor in a world of magic. His outfit is very Doctorish... Down to the scarf. He even carries around something that is bigger in the inside than on the outside. And even the way he wields his wand shows he would very a dab hand with a sonic screwdriver.
Personally I'd agree that Alexander Siddig and Louisa Harland would be the best picks, but probably throw Robert Carlyle in as my third choice with a manipulative 7th Doctor esque incarnation.
If Bashir - err, Alexander Siddig - was the Doctor , I’d only ask that Garak - ...yes, sure, Andrew Robinson - as a companion or just showing up as his ex.
Or as the Master. :D
@@ematuskey Oh gods the sheer amount of fun and TENSION. PLEASE, I WANT. or a kiss, I want that too, my shipper heart.
@@celestialangel666 I like the way you think!
... yes. ALL of my Yes!
I love all these casting ideas
Richard Ayoade -
Rather cold but ultimately kindhearted with a constant dry wit.
Keeps his companions around because he fears his morality would slip if he had nobody to act as an external conscience.
He has his whimsical moments but is often quite quiet, would often respond to an villain's boasts with a glare rather than a speech.
Would have some ability of hypnosis in the vain of McCoy's "you like guns" speech
Oh, and his distinguishing item of clothing would be a beret.
Man I’ve got a few picks I need in my life , Eddie redmanye , Michael sheen , bill nighy , tilda Swinton , joe Quinn to name a few
Great choices
Excellent picks!
My top 5 are Paterson Joseph, Tom Hollander, Kate Bracken, Vicky McClure and Richard Ayoade, just for fun
EDIT: Holy shit, you said Paterson too, it’s not just me!
Very nice selection. Would be pumped for any of them... If I could get back in to who.
You should always assume terrible writing is afoot since that is basically staple of new who since 09.
Gomez Capaldi would have worked in either configuration i think (either being doctor or Master) i felt their interplay was highlight of Capaldi era, in no small part because of how well they played off each other.
Siddig "Bashir" as Doctor yeah i see what author of the video means and i would like that one aswell.
i would maybe think of Noel Fielding or maybe even Chris Barrie - they seemed fairly interesting as actors and would do great as doctor.
Back in 80s i would probably be rooting for Eric Idle or Michael Palin (in place of the 5th doctor). Keep it just as brief but let the talent shine through.
Sarah aside is a very interesting choice. I would love to see her as the doctor too. I would love to see David Jason as the doctor. I see him as more of a personality of 9 and 4 put together
Your interpretation with Alexander Siddig is the sort of doctor I'd love to see, I think Adrian Lester would also do it justice
Good list, I think I can get behind all the main choices but the second one.
Personally, I’d nominated Asia Kate Dillon. Hell of an actor, has some great presence and style; I see them as sort of a mix between 3 & 6 with a dab of 8. Only draw back is that they’re American, but if they can do a British accent (any accent), I see no problem
Brilliant choices all around
I would really like to see Miranda Otto in the role. And I would like her costume to look similar to Carmen Sandiegos
Finally a ginger! That would be perfect!
Gd--*dammit*, Hagan! Now I've got so many incredible ideas in my head that'll almost certainly never happen.
Maybe we'll get lucky and I'll end up as showrunner :P
@@DiamandaHagan we can only hope. ^_^
...I am amused that your first suggestion there has also been my #1 choice since the rumours of the revival. And yeah, playing him akin to the best moments of aloof mastermind Bashir would be my shout too. Also, I would have suggested Oded Fehr if he could be afforded and if he hadn't played Osiris the time travelling former warlock leader in Destiny pretty much exactly as I'd have wanted him to play the Doctor.
My list is probably Alexander Siddig, Patterson Joseph, Jaye Griffiths, Louisa Connolly-Burnham, Anjli Mohindra, and Tony Todd.
What did you think about the plot twist of Fugitive of the Judoon?
i was literally saying how orla would be great as an alien companion! oh my god
I was thinking 'what about Tilda Swinton? Too famous perhaps?' and wee what happened
I like this. A lot.
Great picks tho I could see any of these guys , orla of Derry Girls would be very cool in 15 years or so , she’d be hilarious as a spaced out kinda doctor jus vibing through everything
My ideal doctors are:
Kris Marshall
Tilda Swinton
Paterson Joseph
Emma Caulfield
Richard Mylan
The fan favourite for next who seems to be Michael Sheen
Emma Caulfield is an interesting choice.
If Richard E. Grant had been cast as Nine, he could have teamed up with Eight for the best With Nail and I reunion.
Richard E. Grant was only cast as the Doctor in the Comic Relief parody with Rowan Atkinson, along with Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, and Joanna Lumley. All of whom could've done great as the Doctor now, save for Atkinson and Hugh Grant maybe?
These are pretty brilliant choices, though I haven't heard of any of them. Except Ramon Tikaram, and that's because I just started listening to Big Finish' UNIT series where he plays the character UNIT Col. Vikram Shindi.
Here’s my Fancastings
Jason Watkins
Simon Bird
Joel Fry
Himesh Patel
Keith Lee Castle
Elliot Spellar-Gillot
Paterson Joseph
Rhys Ifans
Adam Wadsworth
"Played dorian Pavus"
I NEED THIS DOCTOR NOW.
Less fan casting and more in the "How I would play the Doctor".
Kind of going for a dirty look like Troughton but more inspired by auto-mechanics and steam engineers. Imagine him wearing grease and oil stained overalls with a handkerchief around the neck sometimes and an overcoat so he can have one thing that makes him Doctor-ish.
I would play him like everything he see's is just mundane and sees saving the universe more like a blue-collar job, the only times he shows excitement is when he takes his companions to someplace they've never seen before.
Some good choices there, all as mad as box of frogs as the next lol
wonderful :)
Leo McKern was also really good in the 60s doomsday sci-fi The Day the Earth Caught Fire. My ex was so disturbed by the movie that she refused to talk with me for another day, blaming me as if the movie was something I was responsible for. When I lived in Boston in my 20s they never would have made it that far, since I thought stuff like Cronenberg and Tsukamoto were great date movies. I'm really baked and drifting so I stop typing now. Cheeriebye!
With regard to Tikkaram's Doctor, I wonder how aware he is of the, ahem, effect he tends to have on people. I could see it going either way: either he's not really interested in doing anything, but charming people amuses him, or this is just his personality and he honestly has no idea why people keep taking their clothes off.
Emma Thompson.
I like to think that her part in Stranger Than Fiction is a chameleon arched future Doctor...
You had me at Alexander Siddig
Amanda Tapping
Amanda Donohoe!
Indeed, Sam Carter for Doctor. ^^
If we're casting non-British Doctors, I think Kyle MacLachlan would be good
For me, John Hannah, Anthony Stewart Head, Kris Marshall or Andy Serkis (i know hes huge in hollywood and very unlikely) and one other would be Sean Pertwee.
"Before anyone mentions Matt Smith..."
I want him to return for crossovers when he's older so bad. I know the episodes where he actually aged a bunch were all erased by time junk but it's Doctor Who you can just change how time works any given episode you want to anyways so have the man crossover in his 50s and 60s!!!
Hell, they used a hand-wave-y excuse for why 5 & 10 met for that Children In Need special Time Crash. Just use the same excuse again. lol.
Hell, it's annoying they haven't used that excuse to bring back Old Who Doctors for stuff while we still have some originals left.
Harry Treadaway would make a fantastic Doctor!
Can you imagine if it were possible,David Bowie as the Doctor?
Robert Caryle as Doctor.
Other potential additions:-
Lenora Crichlow
Eddie Marsan
Ariyon Bakare
This is not to imply that your list is incomplete, of course. It's an excellent list. I hope some of it comes true.
Wicked, I remember some of these from Lesbian Talk discussions. And love the new visual references!
Alexander Sidig so down for it
Seconded!
Starting the video with Alexander Siddig: ok, pretty interesting choice... wait, he played Ra's al-Ghul in Gotham? DAMMIT, now I have to see that show...
Your other choices I haven't come to know yet in any way, but you bring up some good points, sounds like they would be fun.
As for me, I want to emphasize that which makes the Doctor stand out as an interesting and memorable character in BBC's pantheon: otherworldly, five steps ahead of all/most other characters, intellectually curious, running from the past and the mistakes therein. My picks for who can pull this off effectively: Tilda Swinton (for obvious reasons), Rupert Grint (underrated as hell, can be an effective sage under the disguise of a clown, dismantling tyrants right under their noses), James McAvoy (he can pull off the right mixture of aloof and caring that would keep his Doctor grounded), Susanna Thompson (Iron Lady with velvet gloves, a poised, charming elegance of deceptive strength and cunning) and Iwan Rheon (my go-to pick for cold, calculating, perhaps callous, figures; could alternatively make for a great low-key Master)
Gotham's pretty good, honestly. It's not perfect, but it's casting is usually spot on, including Alexander Siddig as Ra's al Ghul (he isn't introduced until Season 3), but also other actors like Cameron Monaghan (Jerome Valeska, Joker stand in since Joker was unavailable for legal reasons), Corey Michael Smith (Riddler), Sean Pertwee (Alfred), and more. It gets a bit camp at times and not everything is done right, but I still think it's great
I too prefer a more uh unknown actor, which is why I don't fan cast the Doctor. Some of the other roles I think about though (like Sam Neill as the Master)
Edit: WAIT! Dorian Pavus as the Doctor? Okay. Fuck yes!
Man, I need to see some more current British TV/Film. Any actor I can think of to play The Doctor is all based from the 1980s. More the Alternative Comedy scene.
Ooh, nice concepts! Not sure who I would like to play the Doctor, as I’m not familiar with British actors as I would like...
Siddig doctor...yes!
An older Robert Sheehan could be an amazing burn out Doctor. I would've loved to see Hugh Laurie as a very reserved Master or Jeremy Irons as the most scenery-chewing Master ever. Rhys Ifans would also be an interesting Doctor. Jason Isaacs could be one hell of stoic Doctor or despicable Master. Ian Mcshane could be a 7th like Doctor, being dark and plotting. A lot of people say Idris Elba could be a cool Doctor... but for me, over everyone I mentioned earlier, I would pick Ruth Wilson, his Luther co-star (That also includes Paul Mcgann, who I adore, 8th Doctor is my Doctor). She was sooooo damn good in Luther, she could either play a really detached Doctor or a playfully evil Master, without going overboard. I really hate manic Masters, they need some degree of refinement and poise, they can chew scenery, but they don't need to foam out the mouth.
Nick Frost would be a cool Doctor.
He already did great as Santa Claus in Doctor Who🤣🤣🤣
@@sebastianemond5313 Yes he did, He'd make a good Doctor as well.
How about Richard Ayoade? He is my brother's pick.
I agree with you about Siddig.
Alex O'loughlin would be my choice
nice use of the John Carpenter version
Would you consider Phoebe Waller Bridge? If not, I understand why.
Very nice, very intriguing choices. Siddig had been in my eyeline for the role for a long time, and I've seen Tikaram and would absolutely buy him in the role. Swire just from those clips looks like a great 'Doctor' performer - but I'm not sure how I'd feel about a Doctor with a non-British Isles accent.
I completely agree with actors with less broad ranges giving generally better 'Doctor's - which isn't always their fault. For me Capaldi's Doctor became very disappointing because it felt like there was no connectivity between the sociopath grump of s8 (who I loved), the s9 brooding punk rocker and the s10 Tom Baker-variant, which I put down to Moffat and the writers realising he could play anything and so giving him anything (and by the end making him more generically 'the Doctor' rather than a specific '12th Doctor'). Matt Smith, meanwhile, performed brilliantly as a very specific Doctor, so everyone wrote for his Doctor, and he delivered consistently.
Side note Ramon tikaram sounds like a good cast for The Master more than the doctor
These aren't exactly 100% certain choices, but let me know what you think Diamanda:
1. Jack Davenport, a.k.a. James Norrington from the Disney's Pirates films, Talented Mr. Ripley, and Agent Lancelot of Kingsman.
2. Jodie Comer of 'Killing Eve' fame, and most recently, Rise of Skywalker and Free Guy.
3. Tom Felton, a.k.a. Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter and season 3 CW's The Flash.
4. Riz Ahmed, of 'Rogue One', 'Nightcrawler', and 'Venom' fame.
5. Jessica Henwick, a.k.a. Colleen Wing from Iron Fist and Nymeria Sand from GOT.
All of them are better than Kris Marsehll who was heavily rumoured for 13. Riz Ahmed would be my fave.
@@DiamandaHagan That's true. Also I haven't seen Jodie Comer in anything outside of Killing Eve, but her performance as Oksana Astankova is both badass and hilarious, and she has great chemistry with Sandra Oh's Eve Polastri. If Comer never gets chosen to play the Doctor, she'd do a great job playing the Master. Not to knock Sacha Dhawan of course.
@@DiamandaHagan Another choice I was considering for the Doctor, considering the Doctor said he's never been "ginger" would've been Rupert Grint. He is underrated compared to his fellow cast stars, Radcliffe and Watson from Harry Potter, and he has been shown to play the dramatic role as well as comic relief. Still, when it comes to the Doctor, I'd put Felton over Grint. Also, what do you think about Kris Marshall as another option? Or how about the Phelps twins?
Rupert Vansittart
Terrence Hardiman
Harry H. Corbett
I love Derry girls, she would be a awesome doctor , but regenerations wouldn't allow it
Regenerations?
@@DiamandaHagan don't mind me , I mistook recasting for future versions
Roger Allam
David Jason
Richard Briers
Margaret Tyzack
Tim Curry
Ian Richardson
June Whitfield
Jane Horrocks
Harry Enfield
What *I've* always been interested in is a female-presenting Doctor who takes her cues more from Three, both in personality and dress sense. Don't get me wrong; I can understand, from a social responsibility angle, why it was important not to have the very first female Doctor be some kind of glamour goddess. But Pertwee proved way back in 1970 The Doctor isn't averse to being a bit of a clothes-horse, and I'd be interested to see something like that applied to a female-presenting body, with a return to the old velvet jackets and such as well as incorporating more feminine fashion than Three was allowed to do on screen. Combine that with a personality that's equal parts charming and jaw-droppingly arrogant, and we can really put the "Lady" in "Time Lady". I don't have a specific actress in mind, but I have a vague mental image of curly black hair and very striking eyes.
That'd be cool :)
You’re more than welcome to tag the artist of your thumbnail while you use his artwork. His twitter is @aaroonio :)
Thank you, will do!
I say fuck it. Make Michelle Gomez the next doctor. The writers can come up with some bullshit why the doctor's subconscious chose that face.
Then bring the Missy back two seasons in and watch the insanity unfold!
Tilda Swinton
Noel Fielding
Richard E Grant
Richard Aoyode
Jo Martin
Castle would get it from me OOF!
How are you gonna bring up Ramon Tikaram and not mention his amazing work across Big Finish??? Lol
Sorry, but can I see the name of the fourth choice written down? I'd like to look him up, but I didn't quite catch it.
NVM, I found it. Silly me!
Algorithm Gods!
Alexander Sig should be Magneto
Magneto? Not seeing it myself but I'd be interested to know your thought process.
@@DiamandaHagan or Denzel
Peter Boyle
Sam Elliot
Okay, I've tried to post this comment a couple of times and it hasn't worked. I think it might be too long, so I'm trying breaking it up into chunks as a thread. Here goes.
If I might humbly propose one companion each for these Doctors?
Siddig: Fairly ordinary young (seriously, more on the young side even by companion standards) woman whose main distinguishing feature is acting like an overcaffeinated theater kid. This is inspired by the idea that, since we’re working with a calmer, less silly Doctor, it can fall to the companion to provide the silliness. I’m aware that this could easily be overdone and become annoying, but if the right balance can be struck, she can bounce around being kooky and upbeat, and he can roll his eyes with fond irritation.
Castle: Jewish woman. Actually I’ve been mulling over the possibilities of a Jewish companion for some time now, and Castle was just the best fit of the Doctors you’ve described. See, we've had companions deal with historical prejudice before, but it's always been, like, right out in the open from the start. Martha, Bill, Ryan, Yaz-it’s not like they can keep people from knowing that they are what they are. But with a Jewish companion, you more have the option that maaaaybe people in the past wouldn't know they were Jewish if they didn't tell them.
And from there, the sketch of an episode started to take shape. Have them land at whatever point in the past, and it's the same old pseudo-historical lark-do a little sight-seeing, soak in the atmosphere, meet the locals, discover the threat of the week, mess about dealing with it, it's all what should be a fairly light episode-only the whole time, the companion is...jumpy. Even before they encounter this week's danger. And she doesn't want to talk about why. And in an already-tense moment (right around the climax of the monster plot?) she finally explains to The Doctor why she’s so nervous being in this time period. And The Doctor had just plumb forgotten all about it. ("You humans and your endless sub-categories. How am I supposed to keep track?") Heck, this show loves English history so much: set the episode during years when the Edict Of Expulsion was in place, and when she explains, The Doctor's never heard of it.
So, that would be one standout episode, and maybe if there’s a Christmas special during her run you could work a few jokes out of that. As to her personality outside her cultural background, I’m thinking somewhat sarcastic; the sort of person who stays in the background, observing, and likes to mask her panic with humor.
Harland: Okay. Have an episode where one of the seeming oneshot characters is clearly extremely unhappy in her life and emotionally unstable, but is having to cover it up to placate her abusive family. Then, in the course of the adventure, it looks like she’s, like, been infected with the virus or whatever, and The Doctor tells her she only has about an hour to live. She takes the opportunity to let loose everything she’s bottled up for years, letting her family have it and just going off on everybody and life in general. Burns her bridges: her family will never accept her again after this. Then it turns out that while she was talking, The Doctor was messing around and managed to get the virus or whatever out of her, and now she’s not going to die after all. Oh crap. Out of pity, or amusement, or possibly even a little guilt, The Doctor offers to take her with her when she leaves. This girl makes Ace look well-adjusted and stable; issues and baggage out to here. As her tenure goes on, it gradually becomes clear that she’s essentially using traveling with The Doctor as a means of attempting suicide. The Doctor has to try and help her get over some of the worst of her psychological problems. Kind of like what Seven tried with Ace, though possibly with less manipulation. She may also be the first companion in ages to willingly settle on another planet, since she has so little to go back to on Earth.
Tikaram: Basically an Elle Woods/Cher Horowitz type. If we want to spice her up and make her a little more interesting, we could have her be at some point in the past and use her for another companion idea I’ve been bouncing around of having a historical companion who spends part of their tenure unlearning a lot of unthinking prejudice. And honestly, a version from the modern day could do that as well. But in any case, she’s upper class, very pretty and feminine, smarter than a lot of people take her for, a little naive, a little bossy, but ultimately well meaning and empathetic.
Swire: Real blissed-out acidhead hippie. Doc picks him up off a beach in California in 1969. Gentle, laid-back, amused, a bit like Shaggy from Scooby Doo if he calmed down.
(I think it was the length of the comment.)
I love all the companion ideas!
Hey! When will the next twatty who review be?
I'd still love to see Idris Elba as The Doctor, if he's not too busy playing James Bond.
Will Hutchings Elba has said he won’t do either
@@iain9757 He'd still be awesome, in either role.
That being said, Alexander Siddig would be great as The Doctor. But if you're fine with casting a Canadian actress, what about Tatiana Maslaney?
I think the next doctor should be an eleven-year-old Japanese androgyn with a russian accent.
I give your Fan cast a 4/10 😂😂😂😂 the guy who starred in young dracula should play the Doctor but the rest absolute no no 😂😂😂
Peter Capaldi was pretty much my ideal Doctor; whoever is cast on the outside, I see him on the inside. Too bad about the writing in his era.
That said, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Tilda Swinton, and Noel Fielding are solid choices. WITH GOOD WRITING.
I like your choices, and agree with them, including Tilda Swinton. I was trying to find 10 women who could play the doctor if they were going to continue the female line and could think of only three, Emma Thompson, Kate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton. Due to their presence, grace, film history, and despite being older, still quite beautiful, your females add to this.
One comment annoyed me, Shes Irish I prefer British! Hate to break this to you, but Ireland IS a part of great Britian. England Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Hate to break it to you but Great Britain is the name of the island that contains England, Scotland and Wales while British is a term for people from the UK (probably coz UK-ian sounds dumb). Louisa Harland is from the Republic of Ireland so I said she was Irish, coz she is. I'm Northern Irish and am both British and Irish.
Glad you like the choices overall!
First to Coment!
No female doctors aloud
Also my choice wouldve been
Kris Marshall and also Richard E grant.
But who declared that it's not allowed and how do they outrank the people who made it happen?