1. David Tennant
That little known actor from that little drama that was shown one night last summer onohno
that David Tennant. As is The Tenth Doctor who left the show three and a half years ago? This rather amusing article appeared on IGN.com a couple of days ago. In the furore over who will play the 12th Doctor, IGN (a site I visit a lot BTW) held a debate. Who did IGN readers want to follow up from Matt Smith this Christmas? Fair enough. No desire to vote myself but its a bit of fun. There were the usual classics buzzing around the Internet. Ben Whishaw (Q from
Skyfall), Richard Madden (The recently deceased King of the North from
Game of Thrones), Idris Elba (
Luther). All solid choices. But way out with 36.12% was David Tennant. Dont believe me? Head over to
IGN. The many things I find ridiculous about this rumour is: 1) Hes already played the Tenth Doctor. And the Tenths Doctors clone. Doctor Who is about change. People
really need to move on. 2) You could probably get David Tennant back for future guest spots. (Doctor or clone version.though Id rather not the latter). Hes already doing the 50th special. Dont be greedy people. 3) Again, this shows about change. The audience needs to look forward, not back. As in the 12th Doctor. Not the 10th. 4) He left Doctor Who because he wanted to go out on a high and do other things. Commendable as an actor. Chances of him returning full time0.000000% 5) IT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE! How can the 10th Doctor be the 12th? Degeneration? (
Im sure there could be some wibbly wobbly timey wimey reason
but no!) I loved David Tennant. I can watch him again and again on DVD. Or this November. But I want to see whos coming next. Unless theyre going with a Paul McGann series. I could
easily live with that. What do you think? Ridiculous or am I over-reacting? Or have I missed something even more insane than the above? Please let me know your comments!