*BRAND NEW Doctor Who Geeks Thread

[KayHarker]

Thought I'd kick it off so we have a new thread for the final leg

Old Thread for the people what likes it all neat 'n' stuff.

RUSSELL BRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF!

I would seriously rather hammer my teeth into my head than watch that.

loving the self-harm theme appearing off the back of Russell-Brand-as-Doctor

I'm good with an older Doctor.

john sergeant would make a great dr who, i think. if we're going left-field.

david walliams can't act. his eyes are too small.

If Boris Johnson found being London Mayor was too much...

There would be a mass outbreak of inexplicable injuries striking oohhh, around 2 million adult watchers, Kay. Mostly caused by chewing furniture, I imagine.

More seriously...someone older, not particularly pretty, but a really, really good actor?

Noooo - not Russell Brand, please no.

I wonder (since this is, after all, ostensibly aimed at kids) whether S-J's boy, whatsisface, might come up with a solution, him being so super-intelligent and all. Just because he was told to stay at her house doesn't mean he did.

I do wish they hadn't 'used up' John Simm. Ooh - maybe Philip Glenister...

I think Ian McKellen would make a good doctor.

john sergeant, gizmo. i'm telling ya. look, he's even got his own panama.

Tim Spall? V good actor. Quirky.

oh yes, tim spall. although he's recently become even more ugly.

I've quite a soft spot for David Morrissey, but I can't quite place him in the brainiac mode that's needed.

too reminiscent of CE, i think.
what about that little spud-nosed fella who always plays tony blair?

Actually, yes, Tim Spall would be great but sadly I suspect might represent too great a swing away from the luuurve interest end of things.

he could preside over a love interest, though.
i do want donna to be reunited with her fella from the library, btw.

TS might not be able to cope with all the running. Dunno though, might be fitter than we think.

faints clean away at the idea of Glenister

Michael Sheen?

Hmmm, possibly...although I could go with much older - Charles Dance type generation.

I thought Donna had recovered from being parted from fella in the library quite well, judging by her reaction to Jack!

(thought you'd like that suggestion, KayHarker)

David Jason? I know, too old, but would probably be fab.

is no one taking my john sergeant suggestion seriously? he was a comic actor before going into journalism (well, he was loosely part of beyond the fringe). he'd make a lovely twinkly eyed grandpa figure while his assistants ran around falling in love etc.

Ioan Gruffudd? Or is he too film-starry now? Or too young?

well, there was all that gubbins about CE being replaced with Bill Nighy, who still might be quite fun.

Yes, Bill Nighy could work.