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who will be the 14th doctor?


my number one pick would be Richard Ayoade

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My guess it will be cancelled.

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Just because Chris Chibnell said it would have the highest ratings if The Doctor was a Woman and The Show has lost 2.5 million viewers in the U.K. they even moved the show to Sunday to improve the ratings even more because his hack writing that has to lecture its viewers so much that it forgets to entertain the viewers and the critics praising the show because it's spreading the P.C. gospel the story and their target audience doesn't even watch Doctor Who and they just turned in at the beginning and quickly lose Interest because they don't watch that type of show he just handed Jodie Whittaker the role because they worked together on Broadchurch and she doesn't know the character of The Doctor or even how she should play her own interpretation of The Doctor that she has has to steal from other doctors and wasn't even a fan of Doctor Who I bet she is just a third wave feminist saw that it took something away from men and she attacks male viewers doesn't mean it should be cancelled.

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I quit during the old guy, I feel like it was bad casting. Unintentionally perhaps, the Doctor was going through a mega-arc since the new series. First he was dark, dangerous, mysterious, and sometimes sad. A war vet carrying the weight of too many dead. Then (Smith) he was born anew, youthful, fun loving, playful. Then suddenly we have an old man who acts tired and a bit cranky, like a man waiting for his children to visit but they never come. It didn't make sense. It felt, out of order. I quit. No idea what the woman is like but I think ratings are still poor.

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so your favorite of Nu Who was Matt Smith?

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How do you get that from my post?

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I don't know I was asking

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No, but he was starting to grow on me.

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I see what you did there, despite the total absence of punctuation.

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Just because Chris Chibnell said it would have the highest ratings if The Doctor was a Woman and The Show has lost 2.5 million viewers in the U.K. they even moved the show to Sunday to improve the ratings even more because his hack writing that has to lecture its viewers so much that it forgets to entertain the viewers and the critics praising the show because it's spreading the P.C. gospel the story and their target audience doesn't even watch Doctor Who and they just turned in at the beginning and quickly lose Interest because they don't watch that type of show he just handed Jodie Whittaker the role because they worked together on Broadchurch and she doesn't know the character of The Doctor or even how she should play her own interpretation of The Doctor that she has has to steal from other doctors and wasn't even a fan of Doctor Who I bet she is just a third wave feminist saw that it took something away from men and she attacks male viewers doesn't mean it should be cancelled.


That may have been a run-on sentence.

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Ayoade would rock so hard as the Doctor.

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A black guy will further destroy the show.

Tom Baker was the best doctor. I know a friend of his and watched the show when it was on.

His friend told me that he would come to the show semi-intoxicated, but knowing the material. He was great at ad libbing and so he was funny and wacky as the doctor.

On a professional level, they need to hire a witty, white male comedian to play the role. The Thor movies have worked well with that formula. Tom Baker already did it, and he has been a favorite for a long time.

That's the solution.

In addition, they need to hire a real science fiction write since the new shows have been stupid from the beginning.

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David Walliams it is then!

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I'm in the US but have seen him on talk shows.

He seems in the "sarcastic gay guy" range, but at least he's witty. A guy like that would make the show very good if the writers had talent.

Back in the old days, different writers, sometimes famous ones, would write each show. In spite of the low budget, the shows were far more original. I wish they were doing that.

I stopped watch years ago because the current ones are very poorly written.

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The best Doctors were Baker and Tennant, in my opinion, and they had great vibes balanced between zany fun and potential for great anger and destruction. That blend makes for a brilliant Doctor. So, I don't completely disagree with you here.

Although, I will say this much: a range of Doctors is also desirable. If regeneration just changes the look, not the trappings, it isn't as much fun. I love it when a Capaldi type comes along - a grumpy curmudgeon - or other kinds of Doctors. Just so that formula doesn't change. As long as the essence is the same, the frills and specifics can shift.

I also disagree that a black Doctor would further destroy the show. A virtue signalling decision based on race to prove wokeness would be a major error. But I think Ayoade is such a wonderful performer that he would make for a wonderful Doctor.

If I were casting the Doctor out of anybody, though, I might go with Iwan Rheon.

Hugh Laurie would also be cool, but might be too big of a name.

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The reason I mentioned a black actor being wrong is because I think many are just as sick of black actors replacing white ones as they are women replacing males. Comic books keep doing this and it never works.

I like what you said about virtue signalling, but there's already a shorter term for this called "tokenism". That's where you put a minority. etc character in a story, on purpose, just to have one, to show you aren't prejudiced. But that in fact is a form of prejudice.

Anyway, the most liked Doctor's Baker and Tennant, although all of his stories sucked, were dynamic. I believe that is what makes the doctor work as a character. You can't have boring, mean, or crazy. The second one after Baker was insane/angry because the proceeding Doctor was poisoned. A heroic character that doesn't have a positive spirit is not going to be popular.

There's many ways to be dynamic and so there's lots of potential characterizations.

Personally, I have wanted to see the Doctor regenerate in America and come out as American. That would be different and hilarious if you had a Brit doing a parody of an American.

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Even tough he was already on as another character, Simon Pegg would be awesome!

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Capaldi had already been on as another character, so that wouldn't necessarily hold it back.

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It doesn't matter....tv shows have been doing that for decades....

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Probably end up with Jimmy Krankie

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Are there any famous transgender aborigine actors? I feel they have been underrepresented in Dr. Who so far. I would also be okay with a chimpanzee or other type of great ape.

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Orangutans are the smart ones. Chinese are making talking apes. Will soon take our jobs!

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Kris Marshall. He was rumoured to be the thirteenth doctor, I assumed he was in talks for the role and attributed it as the reason he left 'Death in Paradise'.

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