A question of priorities

[altariel]

Please let this infinitely more important story replace all this tedious Russell Brand nonsense. But who can ever replace him? Obama? McCain?

Comments

[kadollan.livejournal.com]

But, but, but! *wails*

I might consider despair, but I loved Christopher Eccleston, and looked on Tennant's arrival with deep suspicion.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, historically they've done a good job of this kind of thing ;-)

[uitlander]

Paul Darrow, Geoffrey Bayldon, Lily Savage - who knows (as long as its not Colin Baker again I'm happy).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I gather Russell Brand's free.

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

I would totally watch Obama as the Doctor. "Unfortunately", I think McCain will be the one with time on his hands soon, and he would just scare children more than Daleks.

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

I fully expect Mr Obama's diary to be rather full for the next 4-8 years, and Willian Hartnell would give a more energetic performance dead that John McCain would alive. In any case, you know as well as I do that Chiwetel Ejiofor is the only rational choice for the role.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

HILLARY!

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

PATERSON! PATERSON!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

LA LA! I can't hear you!

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I really wish they'd let him wear the leather headband Sheelagh Wells made for him. It would have been great. If did become 11, maybe they'd give him one for that.

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Job swap!... Tennant Is My President!

[kerravonsen]

!!!!!!!
Wah!
(incoherent spluttering)
(takes calming breath)

• Okay, it's fair enough that he wants to leave while it's still fun. Especially since he's probably having the time of his life with the RSC.
• And congratulations to the BBC publicity department for making us think that he would still be there in 2010.
• I'm kind of dreading his exit episode, though - with RTD and his idea of "spectacular", it's probably going to have a truly horribly idiotic plot. But I guess it will have rocking characterisation and huge angst, and it will make me miss Ten.
• No, I am not going to speculate on the replacement. We shall see when we shall see, and I shall judge him on his own merits. He could end up one of my favourite Doctors, you never know! He'll still be the Doctor.
• I'm still looking forward to Moffat taking over the helm. And I guess this means that it's a totally clean sweep, everything his own: new Doctor, new companion. Moffat won't be perfect, nobody is, but he will have a different set of weaknesses to RTD. And I'm getting a bit sick of RTD's failings.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!!
Wah!
(incoherent spluttering)
(takes calming breath)

Don't worry! The show's survived this kind of thing before!

I find regeneration time REALLY exciting. I'd have a regeneration every week if I could. Only then it would be Quantum Leap and it wouldn't be as good.

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Indeed. My own feeling is that maybe they thought this was a good day to release bad news.
I wonder if Patrick Stewart'll be free in 2010...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Or Jonathan Ross.

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

It was as if millions of voices cried out in terror... and were suddenly silenced. (Or at least reduced to sniffling lumps.)

I almost already feel sorry for whoever ends up filling his All-Stars. (;

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm all excited about it! I love regenerations!

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

OMG. Barack Obama would be a totally awesome Dr Who. OMG. I wonder if we could make a case for the British television-watching public needing him more than the American people?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

WELL WE DO.

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

But who can ever replace him? Obama? McCain?

Sounds more like a job for Fred Thompson. Fred 2010!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

He'd be great at all the stunts.

[hafren.livejournal.com]

My top choice would be Brian Blessed, but I'd watch Cherie Lunghi

[ex-naomi-ja.livejournal.com]

I vote they replace him with Andrew Sachs.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

This will be my first 'real-time' regeneration (I only saw 'Parting of the Ways' after the end of S1), and I'm wibbling already.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Tom --> Davison was my first time.

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Somebody explained the tedious Russell Brand story to me yesterday at work as I have totally failed to be au fait with the news this week. However, I can now forget about yet another story in which men think that sexual harassment of women and their families is some kind of daring taboo breaking and comedy gold, and concentrate on the important business.

*concentrates*

*utterly fails to come up with definitive answer*

*suspects that it is very unlikely to be Michelle Gomez*

Edited for badly chosen icon

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

I like this theory. (OK.,so they're already wrong about 2010...)

(And check out the clip from "Neverwhere" described as his 'audition video' (he's the Marquis de Carabas): oh yes, I could see that working.

Particularly since I'm told Neil Gaiman is going to be writing for the next series (wow).

But hey, just about every rumour about Ten's identity turned out to be wrong, so odds are this one is too...

[gair.livejournal.com]

I WANT AN OLD WRINKLY GREY-HAIRED DOCTOR I AM TIRED OF MY SCREEN BEING FILLED WITH CHILDREN.

(Hmm. I should make more icons of teh elderly.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

That's the third vote for Andrew Sachs, then?