New Doctor Who actor to be announced tomorrow

nxylas

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Fri Jan-02-09 11:19 AM
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New Doctor Who actor to be announced tomorrow

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7807742.stm

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Orrex

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Fri Jan-02-09 10:56 PM
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1. My money's on Tom Baker.

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Deja Q

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Sat Jan-03-09 12:27 PM
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2. As long as the actor is good, or at least gets good scripts to act in...

David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston had Doctorish personalities. Trouble is, the stories were too often a four letter word: C R A P . Or in more words, "forced soap opera drivel lacking coherency and logic the stories claim to set up for themselves".

Indeed, when in "The Parting of the Ways", the Doctor makes a political allegory by saying TV viewers are brainless sheep, the writer of the piece didn't realize the strength of his own irony...

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salvorhardin

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:03 PM
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3. Just got the word from the BBC on Twitter

Edited on Sat Jan-03-09 01:24 PM by salvorhardin

New Doctor is youngest ever: The BBC names actor Matt Smith, 26, as the replacement for David Tennant in Doctor.

No link to news story yet...

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nxylas

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:26 PM
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4. Never heard of him

Edited on Sat Jan-03-09 01:26 PM by nxylas

I was hoping for Paterson Joseph, but hopefully this guy will be good.

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salvorhardin

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:30 PM
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5. He had the second lead next to Billie Piper in The Ruby And The Smoke

I saw that film, and I think I know the character he played, but the film was so unmemorable that his face isn't even familiar. I guess he was also in an early stage production of The History Boys. Other than that, there's very little info about him out there.

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Deja Q

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:31 PM
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6. Ever see "Neverwhere"? That's what sold me on Mr Joseph...

As long as the scripts start to resemble sci-fi again instead of some hammy, cheesy soap opera, there's hope.

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nxylas

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:36 PM
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7. With Moffatt taking over, I think they will

And yes, Neverwhere was what sold me on Paterson too.

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salvorhardin

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Sat Jan-03-09 01:40 PM
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8. Agreed

Neverwhere was great!

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