With a male sidekick for a change... Who's free, oh yes, Ross.

have rather slimmed down Russell Brand's chances then!

David Tennant quits The Who, Robert Plant quits Eastenders, the BBC is proper going down the pan this time hell in a handbasket daily mail david cameron?

Felicity Kendal for the new doctor! That's what I heard.

Yep, another vote for Johnnie Walker and Sally Traffic here.

I mean really short. Imagine a running joke of the Doctor getting in trouble cos he can't reach a high shelf. That way he'll keep getting caught.

I thought there was some rule that Dr Who could only regenerate 9 times. Doesn't that make Tennant the last Who ever? So we'll have some awful twin brother stepping out of the shower to find it was all a dream in an alternate reality scenario, yes?

Can they afford Maggie Smith?

Or if it has to be a bloke, how about Benjamin Zephania?

Sarah Jane, for my lost youth...

Ralph Fiennes - make a top Dr who.

Rupert whatshisface from Spooks :-)

Lots of people are speculating Patterson Joseph.

He can clearly do it, check the Neverwhere videos on Youtube for proof.

Oooh.. what about the lass from the episode where she was Dr Who's daughter? Can she take over the reigns? I'd enjoy that!

Her appearance in the last series left a lot of loose ends.

Although only because I have nostalgia for his role in Neverwhere (Great tv show).

I sadly fear that Russel T Davies will have a hand in the end of Tennants doctor so it's likely that 'the Doctor's Daughter' will come in and fill the role when this current doctor dies. (Kinda like Saw II - yep shite).

My vote still stands as it did last time with Eddie Izzard for doctor.

Well, since they've already trashed the Doctor Who brand, taking it from Cult Sci-fi and making it a Saturday night family special with 2 comedy guests per episode (oh, look the bad guy this week is Ainsley Harriot mummy), why not go the whole hog and have a guest Doctor each week too.

You could get the current load of easily pleased 'Who fans creaming by engineering ridiculous plots where Billy Piper is the doctor for a bit, and Tennant comes back as a space alien Santa for a christmas special.

How about Marc Warren, he'd be great as the new Who

I don't think that mind-raping people and stealing their bodies is really the Doctor's style. Although it does provide canon evidence of how the regeneration limit can be bypassed.

Now that would be a fine choice.

I hope it's not Paterson, given the total lack of subtlety the show has shown when dealing with gay characters (look everyone, here's another gay character, aren't we progressive!) I suspect we'll be hit over the head every week as the writers attempt to prove how politically correct they all are.

Can we please have TOM BAKER back

Thanks

Just DON'T LET RTD WRITE THE REGENERATION EPISODE!

>>>Well, since they've already trashed the Doctor Who brand, taking it from Cult Sci-fi and making it a Saturday night family special with 2 comedy guests per episode (oh, look the bad guy this week

is Ainsley Harriot mummy), why not go the whole hog and have a guest Doctor each week too.

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Er, If I remember my yoof correctly, it started out as a 'Saturday night family special' - cannot comment on comedy guests, too busy hiding behind the sofa.

Yes, it is 13 lives from 3 regenerations. But the Beeb has also written themselves into a corner from when they were desperately trying whatever it took to kill the original series. In the Colin Baker episode/season Trial of a Time Lord, they established that the 13th Doctor was evil. So if they stick to the established regenerations/time lord timeline elements, they don't have many regens left.

See, this is why I hope it is Patterson. Not only is he black and thus able to shut up the PC brigade, but he is actually able to do the role justice.

Don't worry, we won't be getting the gay of the week theme anymore, RTD is leaving.

"Daleks my arse!"

(Though Eddie Izzard would be good too)

...Eddie Izzard.

Could be a good transition to a female Doctor!

As they seems to be in everything else these days

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

Good. I was getting tired of Tennant's "Black Sabbaff" school of acting - if the dialogue's naff, turn up the volume at which you deliver it.

Can we have a companion wot don't drop er haiches annorl? S'gerrin old.

He'll probably need a new job in a few weeks.