With the announcement that David Tennant is leaving the title role on Doctor Who after 2009, the producers will have to find a replacement. The rebooted Doctor Who has already shown a willingness to include much more diversity in the race and sexual orientation, etc., in the show's supporting roles--why not extend that diversity to the casting of the Doctor himself? Here are five totally unsolicited ideas for the Eleventh Doctor.
Up until now, The Doctor has been played by characters on the thin side, from William Hartnell as the spry First Doctor to the angular Tennant as today's Tenth Doctor. Why not go large? Possibilities - Robbie Coltrane, Matt Lucas, Mark Addy.
We've seen female Time Lords before, so why not a Lady Doctor? A female doctor also opens up the door for the return of the long-term male companion. Possibilities - Samantha Morton, Helen Mirren.
If America can elect a black President, then the BBC can cast a black Doctor. Possibilities - Chiwetel Ejiofor, Don Cheadle (reprising his British accent from Ocean's 11)
Why does the Doctor always have to be British? The BBC could sell out to world's most lucrative TV market by going American. Possibilities - Jason Bateman, Neil Patrick Harris
And why must a regenerated Doctor always mean a brand new actor? With the loss of Tennant in these uncertain and anxious times, the BBC could reassure us by returning to the other Greatest Doctor Of All Time: Tom Baker.
