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5. Doctor Jackson?

Doctor Who Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, Matt Smith as The Eleventh Doctor
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Speculation always runs wild whenever it's announced that a new actor will be playing the Doctor. But has anyone ever had the King of Pop on their Doctor Who wishlist?

Well, that nearly happened, with Paramount Pictures very keen on having Michael Jackson play the main role in a big-screen adaptation of Doctor Who in the late 1980s. They were apparently impressed with the success of his film Moonwalker, and wanted to take that title to its literal extreme.

Jackson's casting would've been monumental in numerous ways. He would've been the first non-white and non-British person to portray the character. He also would've created the weirdest version of the Doctor ever, because he was Michael freakin' Jackson.

While this casting (nor the movie itself) never happened, it's incredible to think what might've been had Paramount been insane enough to go through with it.

What's that? They had a second choice actor if Jackson said no? Who was it? Bill Cosby?! Oh boy.

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Jacob Simmons has a great many passions, including rock music, giving acclaimed films three-and-a-half stars, watching random clips from The Simpsons on YouTube at 3am, and writing about himself in the third person.