Dan Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 There are positives to point to - McGann's performance ("These shoes!"), his interplay with Grace, the shot in the arm this gave fandom when it sorely needed one - but on the whole this movie is utter shit. As much as I love McCoy, he shouldn't have been in this, and even he will say so. It's a ninety minute story, and the lead actor doesn't show up until twenty minutes in? As Mike is absolutely right; it's so dense with continuity references that non-fans couldn't help but be totally alienated. Also, it was trying to introduce the freedom and wide canvas of this show, by setting it in the far-flung distant future of (at that time) three years in the future. If it had spent less time worrying about pleasing longtime fans and more time stretching its legs and showing what the TARDIS, and therefore the show, was capable of, this could have been fucking amazing. If nothing else, though, McGann is chiseled from pure awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 If nothing else, though, McGann is chiseled from pure awesome. Dare I say quarried from Mount Awesome itself. I have no doubt that he would have beaten Eccelston as my favorite Doctor if he was given a series. I'm seriously tempted to get some of the McGann audio dramas now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 For your consideration: A webcast of a Paul McGann audio drama of a Douglas Adams script. And K9's in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 BBC News has announced that the identity of the actor who will play with Eleventh Doctor, succeeding current Doctor David Tennant, will be announced tomorrow. The news will come in a special edition of tie-in documentary series Doctor Who Confidential, which is being transmitted on BBC One tomorrow evening at 5.35pm. The episode will also be shown at the same time on BBC Big Screens in town centres across the UK. The actor was confirmed in the role over the Christmas period, and will begin filming for series five this summer, for transmission in 2010. New executive producer Piers Wenger is quoted as saying: "We believe the actor is going to bring something very special to the role and will make it absolutely their own. I just can't wait to tell everyone who it is - it has been a nail-biting Christmas trying to keep this under wraps!" The release from the BBC Press Office confirms that the Confidential episode has been retitled "The Eleventh Doctor" (it was formerly advertised as "The Ten Doctors"), and will feature the actor concerned giving his or her thoughts on having been cast. The press release also suggests that the last of David Tennant's episodes as the Doctor will be broadcast in the New Year of 2010. Outpost Gallifrey will officially go completely apeshit by this time tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mull Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Its a waste of time hoping for Rik Mayall or Bill Murray isnt it? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Not to be cynical, but look for it to be someone the BBC has pimped in some way in the past. Tennant was lauded by the BBC for his portrayal of Casanova, and boom, new Dr Who. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Heres hoping it's David Hyde Pierce..... A man can dream. Bill Murray is high on the list of a man can dream as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I think it's going to be Paterson Joseph, who is a weird one since he was already on the show in a speaking role as a completely different character. I was liking the idea of James Nesbitt, but that ain't happening now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'm inclined to agree with you. He and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Serenity) are generally accepted as the frontrunners right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'd prefer Ejiofor really. Despite Joseph being over ten years older, he doesn't come off to me as a mature enough presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I'd be happy with either one. Well know for sure in another fifteen hours or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 And the winner is Matt Smith! Wait... who? Here's his IMDB page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Don't look, Mike. The Eleventh Doctor is Matt Smith. As announced on today’s Doctor Who Confidential - The Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith has been cast to take over as the Doctor when David Tennant leaves in early 2010. This is definitely a surprise as he wasn’t even rumored until a day or two ago. Definitely out-of-the-blue casting. Major kudos to the production team for keeping this a secret! Smith is in the upcoming Moses Jones, and has previously appeared in Party Animals, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and The Ruby in the Smoke. The latter two shows also starred former Doctor Who actress Billie Piper. Smith is the eleventh actor to take over on the regular series, although several other actors have played the Time-Lord in a variety of other mediums, including a replacement for William Hartnell (the originator of the character) for the show’s twentieth anniversary multi-Doctor TV episode in 1983. It’s expected we will see Tennant’s tenth Doctor regenerate into Smith in the former’s final on-screen appearance, a special tentatively scheduled for Easter 2010. A few weeks after that will be the start of the fifth series since the show’s return with Smith firmly in the lead. Edited to add: Dammit, Sims!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I think he's way too young, but we'll see, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I haven't seen anything he's done, and In Moff We Trust, so I'm trying to reserve judgment. However, not only is this the first time I've been older than the Doctor, my youngest brother, who's 27, is older than the Doctor. That's just weird. And the emo hair has to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 You know how in "Rose" Eccleston joked about his big ears, and how in the Children in Need special Tennant commented on his skin and thinness? Hopefully they'll have Smith do the same about his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 He's pretty fugly, but Tom Baker wasn't exactly Brad Pitt so I'll let that go. I can only hope that hair doesn't become the Colin Baker outfit of the new series, in that it needs to be shot very specifically to look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mull Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 On Confidential they kept mentiong his age before announcing his name, then when he appeared my first reaction was that there's no way he's 26 he's way younger than that. As mentioned on the show as well as long as he can do the fun moments and emotional moments well he could be fairly good, although I would imagine by casting a younger guy we are going to have more love interest story's which have been played on enough through the last two doctors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Oh crap, I didn't even think of that. No more love stories... please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Despite the rumor I just read about her, this could mean that we won't be seeing River Song soon. If you recall, they had this exchange: River: Look at you! You're young. Doctor: I'm really not, you know. River: No, but you are! Your eyes. You're younger than I've ever seen you. The only way that statement works with an actor younger than Tennant, is if Smith plays the part older than Tennant. Oh, as an FYI: we can stop with the spoiler tags come this time Sunday. That gives people a full 24 hours to hear the news / see Confidential without having it spoiled here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I don't think we're ever going to see River again, honestly. The way they built her up and all the secrets being exposed to her, there's just no way. I think we just have to assume that the Tenth Doctor ran into her at some point, maybe right before "The Next Doctor". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mull Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Doctor WHO?!?! Is going to be the headlines tomorrow in the papers im betting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Doctor WHO?!?! Is going to be the headlines tomorrow in the papers im betting HA! I bet you're right. She'll be back eventually, DW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Okay, I've actually watched Confidential now, and I'm a little less worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Well, the next one is Pretentious College Student Who. He calls everyone who disagrees with him on any point a crypto-fascist and rails against the parents who pay for his apartment. After that is Angsty Teenage Who. He writes bad poetry about the misery and pain of gym class. Li'l Who comes after that. I knew it! Moffat is following me everywhere! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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