David Tennant has recently stated that he will vacate the role of the most popular pronoun in medicine after four special episodes of the BBC show, Doctor Who, next year. He made the announcement after winning a National Television Award for Oustanding Drama Performance. Tennant was reportedly very popular in the role and speculation has already begun as to whom is going to fill his time-hopping shoes. Candidates include David Morrisey, James Nesbitt, John Simm, and Paterson Joseph, who would be the first Black actor to play the role.
Doctor Who has had ten actors portray the role, which is barely keeping pace with that of Liz Taylor hubby. Tennant’s final appearance in the series was something of a cliffhanger, as the good doctor regeneration process was left incomplete. He’s slated for another appearance in the Christmas special, The Next Doctor, before filming the four specials next year to round out his turn as the time lord.
Tennant recently spoke with BBC here about his time in the Tardis.
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Whoever the next Doctor is, he certainly won't bug his eyes out nearly enough.
He is very loved in the role, he recently beat out long time fan favorite Fourth Doctor Tom Baker as alltime favorite Doctor. I don't see how John Simm could be considered to ever be the Doctor, because he just played The Master (one of the Doctor's oldest enemies) one series ago and has been rumored to reprise the role in one of the specials.
Also Tennant's final appearance in the most recent series was not a cliffhanger, there was one more episode after the regeneration you spoke of where Tennant's Doctor recovered. The end of the season was just a wrap up of almost every story from the past 4 years.
I love Tennant as the Doctor as much as anyone else, but like he said in his interview, better to go out while still loved.
Firstly, fuck this show. Secondly, Mr. 'my name is backwards' Paterson Joseph should get the role. No-one else matches the guy for sheer manic intensity. Watch 'Peep Show' and you'll know. Lastly, fuck this show.
Mathias is right in everything he corrects, but what he fails to mention is that this is the most poorly researched article EVER. Tennant is REPORTEDLY very popular? Oliver, how 'bout you watch the show even once before you right about it? Damn…I feel like Dwight when Jim's talking about Battlestar Galactica…
I think we're all ready for a black Doctor. Mr. Oliver, please try and care more, we could use a little "Who" love on chud.
CHUD has never struck me as the kind of place to take an interest in Doctor Who, so I'm surprised they'd bother taking an interest in the show at all.
I mean – this is a US-based website for US films and television shows. Since when is CHUD's US-based audience going to be interested in a Foreign British Science Fiction TV show? Probably (and hopefully) never.
How lame is that short list. They just went though guys who've appeared on Who or in Jekyll. So what was it written by a US fanboy?
I'm all for Robson Green.
Okay, allow me to retort a thing or three. 1. True, I'm not a watcher of Doctor Who. So if I've got some facts wrong, it's because my source article has facts wrong. Or did I miss the part where it said, "Almost 10 million people watched as the Time Lord apparently started the process of regeneration–but did not complete it"? Mind you, this is coming from Scifi.com, of the TV station which shows the show here in the Colonies. 2. Tennant may be friggin' Jesus in this role to fans. Good for him. Like I said, I don't watch, hence the "reportedly." 3. earthshawn: it's write, not right. Heh. Dercules: I cared enough to write the story. Apparently, I just went to the wrong article for details.
"Tennant's final appearance in the series was something of a cliffhanger, as the good doctor regeneration process was left incomplete." Forget to watch the season finale, did ya? The regeneration was a false alarm. Tennant will continue to be seen in the upcoming Christmas special, as well as 4 other specials next year. The new Doctor will appear in the next full season in 2010.
Oliver: "earthshawn: it's write, not right. Heh." Yep…you're right…saw it as soon as I posted…you shame me, sir. I retract everything, and rightfully so.
I know about dr. Who just because Ricky Gervais take the piss out of it, so…
I think the next Doctor should be Jessica Stevenson.
Just wanted to say that I love the show and found nothing personally offensive about the article.
Just wanted to say that I loved Eric's message and found nothing personally offensive about its contents. P.S Doctor Who ROCKS!
I wouldn't be throwing around spelling corrections as retorts if I'd just published a sentence like "Doctor Who has had ten actors portray the role, which is barely keeping pace with that of Liz Taylor hubby"
BTW I wasn't trying to criticize or anything with my comment, I was just adding what I knew and felt. I am very very happy that Mr. Oliver took the time to write this article as fans of the show should know about what's happening. I don't know if I can hope for more Dr. Who support from CHUD, but I will.
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