The Dr Who thread

pogo · Post by **pogo** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:29 pm 0

Ollie wrote:
pogo wrote:Jessica Hynes, ex of Spaced
Jessica Stevenson, surely?

from the article: "The woman formerly known as Jessica Stevenson..."

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:50 am 0

Well, she must be in love to drop a rather popular star name.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:58 am 0

Darkflame wrote:Well, she must be in love to drop a rather popular star name.

Marriage = In Love, usually.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:02 pm 0

Oh. Heck.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:14 pm 0

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001 ... 35,00.html

It's the sun so it's probably complete and utter bollocks. I hope so anyway.

Edit: reading between the lines it looks like a classic case of a tabloid deliberately mis-interpreting a simple plot device to fit a sensationalist headline. Move along, nothing to see here.

The Captain · Post by **The Captain** » Sat May 26, 2007 12:28 pm 0

Oh, I hope to dear god it's true. The sooner that Tennant and Agyeman leave the TARDIS for good, the better. Mind you, it'll probably be David and Victoria Beckham replacing them at this rate.

Jonesey · Post by **Jonesey** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:01 pm 0

Agreed - The Doctor needs to be played by someone a lot older than Tennant IMHO.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:27 pm 0

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat May 26, 2007 2:44 pm 0

I want the new companion to be... the Master. If Agyeman is off, let the Master kill her. Then contrive some reason for the two timelords to have to put up with one another, travelling through time and bickering like Lemmon/Matthau for a season or a half.

Then replace the master with Sarah Jane and Peri, and Anna Friel or someone. The sauce.

Jonesey · Post by **Jonesey** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:03 pm 0

Why?

Oh I dunno - for me he just doesn't have the same kind of on-screen presence as Hartnell, Pertwee and (Tom) Baker. They need to get an old boy actor in there, remove any ideas about fucking romance, get some meaty story lines going on alien planets, cut out the OTT incidental music, maybe get a couple of assistants in there - y'know - get something a bit moodier going on.

[Feeblez] · Post by **[Feeblez]** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:23 pm 0

Jonesey wrote:
Why?
Oh I dunno - for me he just doesn't have the same kind of on-screen presence as Hartnell, Pertwee and (Tom) Baker. They need to get an old boy actor in there, remove any ideas about fucking romance, get some meaty story lines going on alien planets, cut out the OTT incidental music, maybe get a couple of assistants in there - y'know - get something a bit moodier going on.

He's not wrong. And it would be nice if any future Ass-istants were orphans.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:47 pm 0

Jonesey wrote:
Why?
Oh I dunno - for me he just doesn't have the same kind of on-screen presence as Hartnell, Pertwee and (Tom) Baker. They need to get an old boy actor in there, remove any ideas about fucking romance, get some meaty story lines going on alien planets, cut out the OTT incidental music, maybe get a couple of assistants in there - y'know - get something a bit moodier going on.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:51 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Why?

He's an overly dramatic freak who's never come out of Eccleston's shadow?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:55 pm 0

Why would it help if he was older then? It never did McCoy any favours.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Sat May 26, 2007 5:00 pm 0

[Feeblez] wrote:
Jonesey wrote:
Why?
Oh I dunno - for me he just doesn't have the same kind of on-screen presence as Hartnell, Pertwee and (Tom) Baker. They need to get an old boy actor in there, remove any ideas about fucking romance, get some meaty story lines going on alien planets, cut out the OTT incidental music, maybe get a couple of assistants in there - y'know - get something a bit moodier going on.
He's not wrong. And it would be nice if any future Ass-istants were orphans.

But if that does happen (unlikely) and the viewing figures drop, RTD will be blamed for changing a winning formula.