I know we've only seen a smidgen of Matt Smith but... just think for a moment, wouldn't Stephen Fry make an excellent doctor. Food for thought eh ?
Stephen Fry as the doctor ?
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Too old and unathletic for the job, I think. There's more to it these days than just acting ability. Unless the show changes significantly from its current formula, I doubt we'll see another Doctor in his 50s again, and if we do, it will be someone more like Pertwee than Hartnell.
He'd be an excellent Doctor! I think he has a more Doctory feel than Matt Smith. But it wouldn't be possible I don't think. I thought Ewan McGregor would make a goodun too.
Originally Posted by Dizx:
“He'd be an excellent Doctor! I think he has a more Doctory feel than Matt Smith. But it wouldn't be possible I don't think. I thought Ewan McGregor would make a goodun too.”
“He'd be an excellent Doctor! I think he has a more Doctory feel than Matt Smith. But it wouldn't be possible I don't think. I thought Ewan McGregor would make a goodun too.”
As long as we don't get Hayden Christensen as his companion. One wooden box in the show is enough!
Such a shame he wasn't asked back in the Sylvester McCoy era, oh well. I hope Matt Smith doesn't run as much as the last doctor. The doctor should win stories with his brains more than his athletic prowess. You are right Dizx, Ewan McGregor would be cool too
Originally Posted by explod1204:
“Such a shame he wasn't asked back in the Sylvester McCoy era, oh well. I hope Matt Smith doesn't run as much as the last doctor. The doctor should win stories with his brains more than his athletic prowess. You are right Dizx, Ewan McGregor would be cool too”
“Such a shame he wasn't asked back in the Sylvester McCoy era, oh well. I hope Matt Smith doesn't run as much as the last doctor. The doctor should win stories with his brains more than his athletic prowess. You are right Dizx, Ewan McGregor would be cool too”
I don't think he wins with athleticism, but movement and action is important visually. Most of the running he does is running away from something that's chasing him!
Hmm I don't want a high prpfile actor to play the Doctor, especially Stephen Fry. He'll just remind me of other things he's done too much.
I like how they've gone for someone relatively unknown and think it should continue.
The only downside is for the actor - they may get stuck known as the Doctor forever. But David's done well at getting other roles, including presenting roles as well.
I like how they've gone for someone relatively unknown and think it should continue.
The only downside is for the actor - they may get stuck known as the Doctor forever. But David's done well at getting other roles, including presenting roles as well.
I think he'd get on my nerves personally, but we all have our views.
He's one of those people where I know everything he'd tell me would be correct but I'd still have the intense urge to flick his ear....
He's one of those people where I know everything he'd tell me would be correct but I'd still have the intense urge to flick his ear....
Stephen Fry was going to be the lead in Doctor Who at one point, but not the Doctor.
That TV series never happened.
That TV series never happened.
Whenever I heard names like Stephen Fry, Richard E Grant and Anthony Head suggested, I always think it's a bit unimaginative. It seems to be based on their previous body of work, and the fact that they have played weird/quirky/sci-fi characters in the past. There's also more than a smidge of oddness or strangeness about their off-scren personalities too. I can imagine what a Stephen Fry Doctor would look like, sound like and behave like, and it would be good to have something different.
Sorry.
Sorry.
Originally Posted by Sharon87:
“Hmm I don't want a high prpfile actor to play the Doctor, especially Stephen Fry. He'll just remind me of other things he's done too much.
I like how they've gone for someone relatively unknown and think it should continue.
The only downside is for the actor - they may get stuck known as the Doctor forever. But David's done well at getting other roles, including presenting roles as well.”
“Hmm I don't want a high prpfile actor to play the Doctor, especially Stephen Fry. He'll just remind me of other things he's done too much.
I like how they've gone for someone relatively unknown and think it should continue.
The only downside is for the actor - they may get stuck known as the Doctor forever. But David's done well at getting other roles, including presenting roles as well.”
Unlikekly to be a problem. Several of the past Doctors were well known actors established in other roles but it never stopped, say, Peter Davison from making the role his own, nor did any of them (except Tom, the only real unknown and the one who stayed too long for it not to hurt his career) get typecast. A good actor is a good actor.
Originally Posted by chuffnobbler:
“Whenever I heard names like Stephen Fry, Richard E Grant and Anthony Head suggested, I always think it's a bit unimaginative. It seems to be based on their previous body of work, and the fact that they have played weird/quirky/sci-fi characters in the past.”
“Whenever I heard names like Stephen Fry, Richard E Grant and Anthony Head suggested, I always think it's a bit unimaginative. It seems to be based on their previous body of work, and the fact that they have played weird/quirky/sci-fi characters in the past.”
Stephen Fry hasn't really played 'weird' or 'quirky'. His best known acting roles are Kingdom and Jeeves, and I wouldn't call either of them 'weird'. I'd love to see him as the Doctor.
Stephen Fry is only ever good at being....well Stephen Fry.
I mean, I love Stephen Fry, everyone does, but a versitile actor he is not.
I mean, I love Stephen Fry, everyone does, but a versitile actor he is not.
I don't think it will ever happen, but I don't think he'd be a bad Doctor. He was very good in Wilde and carried off the loney, isolated feel of the character very well, which would work for the Doctor. Plus he can be funny and clever too. There are worse choices.
I'd like to see that. Or David Morrissey. Yes, I know David was sort of the Doctor in [i]The Next Doctor[/I}, but as a fully fledged one!
Mind you, why are we discussing this prior to seeing Matt?
Mind you, why are we discussing this prior to seeing Matt?
BBC wouldnt want him as the Doctor as they dont want a Doctor who is well spoken like Stephen they want someone who sounds a bit more common.
Originally Posted by BaileyBigIdiot:
“BBC wouldnt want him as the Doctor as they dont want a Doctor who is well spoken like Stephen they want someone who sounds a bit more common.”
“BBC wouldnt want him as the Doctor as they dont want a Doctor who is well spoken like Stephen they want someone who sounds a bit more common.”
Yes. Because of course, as far as the BBC are concerned, the audience can't relate to someone on TV who is well spoken. They seem to think we're all common as muck and living on council estates. Oddly enough, there are many, many people in this country who are neither, but I doubt they'd believe that...
Originally Posted by mandyxxxx:
“I'd really enjoy Steven Fry as the doctor....as long as he gets to write his own dialogue.”
“I'd really enjoy Steven Fry as the doctor....as long as he gets to write his own dialogue.”
Well we've been waiting 3 years for his first script, so I don't think we'll be getting a lot of episodes per year.
Originally Posted by BaileyBigIdiot:
“BBC wouldnt want him as the Doctor as they dont want a Doctor who is well spoken like Stephen they want someone who sounds a bit more common.”
“BBC wouldnt want him as the Doctor as they dont want a Doctor who is well spoken like Stephen they want someone who sounds a bit more common.”
I don't know that that's true. With an actor who can do various dialects and accents well, they could decide on which one to use, but I don't think they'd automatically exclude someone on that basis.
Originally Posted by tingramretro:
“Yes. Because of course, as far as the BBC are concerned, the audience can't relate to someone on TV who is well spoken. They seem to think we're all common as muck and living on council estates. Oddly enough, there are many, many people in this country who are neither, but I doubt they'd believe that...”
“Yes. Because of course, as far as the BBC are concerned, the audience can't relate to someone on TV who is well spoken. They seem to think we're all common as muck and living on council estates. Oddly enough, there are many, many people in this country who are neither, but I doubt they'd believe that...”
Yeah, I mean the BBC would never give Stephen Fry his own travel show or let him present one of their leading entertainment series or get him to present award shows.
Originally Posted by gslam2:
“Yeah, I mean the BBC would never give Stephen Fry his own travel show or let him present one of their leading entertainment series or get him to present award shows.”
“Yeah, I mean the BBC would never give Stephen Fry his own travel show or let him present one of their leading entertainment series or get him to present award shows.”
And if the BBC wouldn't, goodness knows ITV would never cast him in a drama!
Originally Posted by starsailor:
“Stephen Fry is only ever good at being....well Stephen Fry.
I mean, I love Stephen Fry, everyone does, but a versitile actor he is not.”
“Stephen Fry is only ever good at being....well Stephen Fry.
I mean, I love Stephen Fry, everyone does, but a versitile actor he is not.”
No, not everyone 'loves' Stephen Fry: some just tolerate him in the same way that they tolerate Jonathan Ross....
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Originally Posted by tingramretro:
“Yes. Because of course, as far as the BBC are concerned, the audience can't relate to someone on TV who is well spoken. They seem to think we're all common as muck and living on council estates. Oddly enough, there are many, many people in this country who are neither, but I doubt they'd believe that...”
“Yes. Because of course, as far as the BBC are concerned, the audience can't relate to someone on TV who is well spoken. They seem to think we're all common as muck and living on council estates. Oddly enough, there are many, many people in this country who are neither, but I doubt they'd believe that...”
Not at all... The BBC welcome viewers from all demographics and cultures, indeed from all areas of education and culturalization.
Seems that the only people the BBC don't like are the same that the rest of us don't like...... those who cannot hold their own and who rely on the strong-arm tactics of the police state...
Good for them, I say.
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Originally Posted by gslam2:
“Yeah, I mean the BBC would never give Stephen Fry his own travel show or let him present one of their leading entertainment series or get him to present award shows.”
“Yeah, I mean the BBC would never give Stephen Fry his own travel show or let him present one of their leading entertainment series or get him to present award shows.”
Originally Posted by NewbieCanuck:
“And if the BBC wouldn't, goodness knows ITV would never cast him in a drama!”
“And if the BBC wouldn't, goodness knows ITV would never cast him in a drama!”
Originally Posted by ductur:
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Seems that the only people the BBC don't like are the same that the rest of us don't like...... those who cannot hold their own and who rely on the strong-arm tactics of the police state...
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Seems that the only people the BBC don't like are the same that the rest of us don't like...... those who cannot hold their own and who rely on the strong-arm tactics of the police state...
D”
you've lost me (well it is early) No, not everyone loves Stephen Fry, apart from Jonathan Ross (who is just an oik, and an extremely well off one thanks to the BBC) as mentioned I can't think of a more annoying 'personality/ac-tor'. If he was ever cast as the Doctor I'd have to think carefully about whether I could put up with him - the danger of having a well known actor in the role. If you didn't like him before chances are you'd be less than keen on seeing his take on the Doctor.
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