Doctor Who: 10 Actors Who Could Play The Sixteenth Doctor

Sophia Di Martino has already proven herself more than capable of this role.

Nowadays, she's best known for her role in Loki (a.k.a. the most Doctor Who-ish show outside the Whoniverse). As Sylvie, Loki’s counterpart from another timeline, she brought wit, a chaotic energy, and a level of emotional complexity to the show. She also serves as an oracle of sorts when it comes to explaining timelines and alien planets, running across various apocalypses with Loki in tow. She’s practically playing the Doctor in this show – just a slightly stabbier one.

Di Martino is effortlessly charming, mischievous, and intimidating in equal measure, managing to go toe-to-toe with Tom Hiddleston in his natural element and hold her own – no easy feat. She also has an indirect but notable link to Doctor Who – Kate Herron, who directed and produced the first season of Loki, was approached by RTD after Loki aired to pen the Season 1 episode Rogue. So we know that Di Martino is firmly on RTD’s radar, at the very least.

Di Martino would bring an expressive but also deeply enigmatic Doctor to screens, and would excel in those moments where the Doctor goes off the rails. We could see her shining in any Time Lord Victorious moments, while still maintaining that playful energy.

If the show is looking to recapture what made Tennant shine, without attempting to outright copy him, Di Martino is an outrageously strong choice.