New Doctor Who to be announced tomorrow

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SIMONWHO

Friday, January 2, 2009 4:45 PM

Time for find out if all those Chiwetel Ejiofor rumours were true:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7807742.stm

STORYMARK

Friday, January 2, 2009 5:02 PM

Was that ever really an actual rumor? I never saw it anywhere but here, and that doesn't really count...

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

HELL'S KITTEN

Friday, January 2, 2009 6:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SimonWho:
Time for find out if all those Chiwetel Ejiofor rumours were true:

I started watching the show with Eccleston's season, so I'm not familiar with the lore and cannon and all that. So, being new to the whole Doctor Who thing, I have to ask: is there a reason the Doctor has never been a female?

STEAMER

Friday, January 2, 2009 6:06 PM

Well, there were plenty of folk hereabouts who started buzzing about Chiwetel after David Tennant announced he was leaving. I've also heard John Simm as a possibility albeit not a very likely one since his stint as the Master. By and large, it does seem as though each Doctor has appeared progressively younger than the last - elseways, wouldn't Alan Rickman positively ROCK?

I can see it now. Ten years' time, Daniel Radcliffe will be wielding the ol' sonic screwdriver with Georgie Henley alongside.

ETA: HK, I don't think that's ever been touched on - I've only seen one or two of the classic episodes, but I suspect Time Lords don't or can't change gender when they regenerate.

(BTW, if you haven't heard about the new Spanish version of the show....it's rumoured to be called 'Buenos TARDIS.' Snerk snerk snerk. )

Calm is River
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With my brain."
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SIMONWHO

Friday, January 2, 2009 6:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
I started watching the show with Eccleston's season, so I'm not familiar with the lore and cannon and all that. So, being new to the whole Doctor Who thing, I have to ask: is there a reason the Doctor has never been a female?

Mostly it's the formula of the show - male Doctor, female companion (plus occasional other female/male/tin dog). There's never been a categorical statement that the Doctor has to be male (or white for that matter) and indeed Joanna Lumley took the role in Curse of the Fatal Death, a parody done for Comic Relief a few years back written by Steven Moffat (the guy who will be taking over from next year).

Chiwetel has been mentioned in a lot of articles though Paterson Joseph is the current favourite:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4076997/Doctor-Who-BBC-t
o-reveal-new-Time-Lord.html

WAKEUPSOON

Friday, January 2, 2009 9:44 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
Was that ever really an actual rumor? I never saw it anywhere but here, and that doesn't really count...

Yep, I read about it in The Independent.

See http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=8&t=36108#662773

I posted the odds there a few weeks back.

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STEAMER

Friday, January 2, 2009 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Steven Moffat (the guy who will be taking over from next year).

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!! In the wake of such episodes as 'The Empty Child' and 'Blink' (*shivers*), I can't wait to see where the Doctor winds up with Steven Moffat running the show. But....*sigh* Even at that, it'll be so very sorrowful to have to watch Tennant regenerate into God knows who.

Simon's got
To get a grip
River's turned
Into a ship
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FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, January 3, 2009 2:29 AM

So what time is tomorrow?

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SIMONWHO

Saturday, January 3, 2009 11:30 AM

The show starts at 17:35 GMT and runs through till 18:10 GMT which would mean from 7:35 PST to 8:10 PST, 12:35 EST to 13:35 EST.

PHYRELIGHT

Saturday, January 3, 2009 5:52 PM

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Originally posted by Steamer:
(BTW, if you haven't heard about the new Spanish version of the show....it's rumoured to be called 'Buenos TARDIS.' Snerk snerk snerk. )

Oh. My. Gosh. You're still going on about that? *snort* :p

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