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So, 2010 sees a new Doctor, a new writer, and therefore the possibility of a whole 'new' approach? That's quite exciting.
I mean, Doctor Who as a show is extremely adaptable to change, and I'm looking forward to what Moffat and the Eleventh Doctor will make of it. And especially how they will handle the current continuity. It seems likely Torchwood and SJA will still be around, but maybe they will lose contact with this new Doctor? Then there's Moffat's River Song, who obviously has some kind of future relation with one of the future Doctors.
That being said, Tennant was definitely one of the favorites, and it seems all to soon for him to leave. Three seasons is actually a pretty decent amount of time though, with only Pertwee and Tom Baker being in the role for significantly longer times (going by number of seasons).
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There still seems to be some confusion about how many specials there will be. In fact, at one point they seemed to be talking about three, with some indication that the already-filmed Christmas 2008 episode counted as one of them. Then it was still three plus the xmas2008, but xmas2009 counted as one of the three. Now he seems to be talking about xmas2008, then four specials, plus xmas2009?
Not that I don't like David Tennant as the Dcotor, but surely the fun bit of the show is a regeneration. Will they just be ignoring his half-regeneration at the end of the last season? Will this be the 11th, 11th 1/2, or 12th Doctor?
The BBC site has got a few contenders they reckon might be contenders for the role:
Paterson Joseph; David Morrisey; Sean Pertwee; James Nesbit; Russell Tovey; James McAvoy.
Erm, no, maybe (let's see the Christmas special first...), no, God no, I'd rather not, and WTF. In that order.
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Richard Coyle is a name I've seen bandied about, but apparently there's some bad feeling between him and Moffat going back to the TV show Coupling.
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One wonders if Moffat ascribes to Davies' dictate that a Doctor should be under 40 to act as an appropriate TV series star in this day and age...
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Elizabeth Sladen's got to be in her 50's though, right?
A good suggestion I heard is James Callis. He's not busy with BSG anymore, he's British (not that you have to be British to do an English accent) and he's got the acting range.
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On a Vancouver-related note, David Hewlett wants the job, and was born in England anyway... It's widely speculated that his work as Dr. McKay is based on his interpretation of THE Doctor. Hewlett is a ginormous Who fan.
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There are those who believe that Morrisey, playing some kind of impostor (? I haven't read spoilers, don't really know what it's about) Doctor in the Christmas special, might turn out to actually be the Eleventh Doctor meeting up with the Tenth.
Although it would be a devilishly clever scoop, I'm not convinved that will happen. For one, I think it might undermine the remaining Tenth Doctor specials.
There is indeed some degree of confusion surrounding the specials. The TARDIS Wiki claims there are five in total:
- The 2008 Christmas Special - A 2009 Easter Special - A 2009 Christmas Special - Two unknowns.
There are rumours that the last of the Tennant specials won't be aired until early 2010 (Maybe Easter 2010?). That leaves one unaccounted for. There's a vague idea that the 2009 Christmas Special may be a double episode (with one airing around New Year), but I'm not at all sure if that was just someone thinking out loud or actually sourced from somewhere.
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