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?

I would say Mr Bean or JR Ewing would be the absolute best.

Robert Downey Jnr

Eddie Izzard did a brilliant job in 'The Cats Meow' about 15 years ago. Might be a little old now

I knew someone was going to say that!

That chap from Family of Blood.

edit: Harry Lloyd



(Actually sounds more like he'd play that other famous silent movie star Harold Lloyd!)

Tony robinson

(little blackadder joke)

Not Charlie Chaplin himself because he [possibly] couldn't win a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition.

Didn't Robert Downey, Jr. play him well in a movie? I think that I remember that.

I just want to know what the hell is wrong with JR

JR Ewing? Other than his health?

It would have to be RJD, our best character actor alive.

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

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.

Exactly. Same reason for Mr Bean who is also a master of Mime

Yes, he did, in 1992.

http://www.millaj.com/film/chaplin.shtml

Adolph hitler

Reece Shearsmith.

The first Doctor did actually meet Charlie Chaplin in the Daleks' Master Plan, as I recall

Oona Chaplin

lenny henry

Richard Herring tried to reclaim that moustache for comedy. And he has Who pedigree.

Him.

(Aside: probably not him)

Just what I was thinking

No Eddie Izzard can't act apparently.