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Old 26-03-2014, 17:09
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I would love for the Doctor, in the future, to go back in time, to the late 1910s, maybe the early 20s, and meet the legendary silent movie star Charlie Chaplin. I've wanted the Doctor to do that for a while now, but with Matt Smith gone from the show, I'm not sure if Capaldi's Doctor would be as good at such a story.

Apparently, the First Doctor met Charlie briefly during the Daleks Masterplan in late 1965, but the episode in question, sadly, doesn't exist anymore, as it was 'lost' in the early 70s.

Who do you think would make a good Charlie Chaplin? I think Daniel Radcliffe, possibly, but who do you think?
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Old 26-03-2014, 17:11
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I would say Mr Bean or JR Ewing would be the absolute best.
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Old 26-03-2014, 17:29
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Robert Downey Jnr
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Old 26-03-2014, 17:33
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Eddie Izzard did a brilliant job in 'The Cats Meow' about 15 years ago. Might be a little old now
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Old 26-03-2014, 17:40
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I knew someone was going to say that!
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Old 26-03-2014, 17:45
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That chap from Family of Blood.

edit: Harry Lloyd



(Actually sounds more like he'd play that other famous silent movie star Harold Lloyd!)
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:22
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Tony robinson

(little blackadder joke)
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:30
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Not Charlie Chaplin himself because he [possibly] couldn't win a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition.
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:31
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Didn't Robert Downey, Jr. play him well in a movie? I think that I remember that.
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:32
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I just want to know what the hell is wrong with JR
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:33
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I just want to know what the hell is wrong with JR
JR Ewing? Other than his health?
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:36
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It would have to be RJD, our best character actor alive.
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:37
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JR Ewing? Other than his health?

No I mean for the Doctor Who part
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:43
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No I mean for the Doctor Who part
Larry Hagman, the actor, sadly passed away in 2012 — that's why they killed the character off. But I can see the similarity between:

Chaplin
Hagman
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:47
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Not Charlie Chaplin himself because he [possibly] couldn't win a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition.
While that story might be apocryphal, it's certainly true that Charlie Chaplin in real life bore very little resemblance to Charlie Chaplin on screen.
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Old 26-03-2014, 18:54
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Larry Hagman, the actor, sadly passed away in 2012 — that's why they killed the character off. But I can see the similarity between:

Chaplin
Hagman

Exactly. Same reason for Mr Bean who is also a master of Mime
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Old 26-03-2014, 20:43
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Didn't Robert Downey, Jr. play him well in a movie? I think that I remember that.
Yes, he did, in 1992.

http://www.millaj.com/film/chaplin.shtml
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Old 27-03-2014, 10:22
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Old 27-03-2014, 10:27
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Old 28-03-2014, 13:26
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The first Doctor did actually meet Charlie Chaplin in the Daleks' Master Plan, as I recall
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Old 29-03-2014, 01:14
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Old 29-03-2014, 03:18
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Old 29-03-2014, 03:38
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Richard Herring tried to reclaim that moustache for comedy. And he has Who pedigree.

Him.

(Aside: probably not him)
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Old 29-03-2014, 03:42
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Just what I was thinking
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Old 29-03-2014, 12:30
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Eddie Izzard did a brilliant job in 'The Cats Meow' about 15 years ago. Might be a little old now
No Eddie Izzard can't act apparently.
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