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Matt Smith exit prompts Doctor Who speculation
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Posted on 06/03/2013 8:10:43 AM PDT by Perdogg

The news that Matt Smith is to leave his role in Doctor Who at the end of 2013 has already prompted speculation on the identity of his replacement.

A host of names have been suggested in Sunday's papers, among them Idris Elba, Dame Helen Mirren and John Hurt.

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KEYWORDS: doctorwho; mattsmith; scifi; smith
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To: Perdogg

Idris Elba would be a welcome return to a more grown-up Christopher Eccleston-like Doctor. Luther in Space?


21 posted on 06/03/2013 11:04:47 AM PDT by Vide
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To: Sir_Ed

But, if you listened to the Smith Doctor just before it showed Hurt, he seems to say that the other [Hurt] is the dark side of him.

Dr: “He’s me. There’s only me here. That’s the point. ... I said he was me. I didn’t say was The Doctor. My name, my real name. That is not the point. The name I chose is ‘The Doctor.’ The name you chose is like a promise you make. He’s the one who broke the promise. He is my secret.”

Hurt: “What I did, I did without choice.”

Dr: “I know.”

Hurt: “In the name of peace and sanity.”

Dr: “But not in the name of The Doctor.”


22 posted on 06/03/2013 11:17:49 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: Salgak; left that other site

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23 posted on 06/03/2013 12:40:24 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Perdogg

A different spin on the doctor....Richard Ayoade

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1547964/?ref_=sr_1


24 posted on 06/03/2013 1:03:31 PM PDT by petro45acp (It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)
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To: Boiler Plate

That’s their strength. They do as many episodes as they believe in and no more. Keeps them from having “filler” episodes like all American shows do.


25 posted on 06/03/2013 1:07:27 PM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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To: Sloth
I grew up with Sean Connery's James Bond in the 1960’s.

I felt like you until Daniel Craig showed up.

I was completely blown away by Craig's first Bond film.

Connery was great and defined the character in many ways.

But for me, Craig took Bond to a whole new level.

26 posted on 06/03/2013 1:16:26 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: discostu

A female Doctor would be the worst sort of PC disaster. It would doom the show.


27 posted on 06/03/2013 1:36:24 PM PDT by Borges
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To: discostu; Boiler Plate
In two seasons Fawlty Towers produced 12 episodes. A US network would have required 44. If that had happened think of all the goodness we would have to watch now.
28 posted on 06/03/2013 1:37:19 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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To: Oztrich Boy

And those two seasons were four years apart. I see no reason to force more than artists feel they can deliver with quality.


29 posted on 06/03/2013 1:38:12 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Oztrich Boy

If that had happened probably 30 of the episodes would be crap. There’s 12 episodes of FT because Cleese and Booth with 12 episodes they considered good enough, with a 4 year gap between those seasons. And the BBC tried to get more out of them, but they just couldn’t put them together. So yes we have “only” 12 episodes, but they’re 12 of the funniest half hours in TV history, and we don’t have to skip crappy episodes to get to the good ones when we watch it. The BBC model of “how many good episodes to you have” allows for a much more consistent product than the American model of “give me 22, and do em fast”.


30 posted on 06/03/2013 1:44:37 PM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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To: discostu

And the episodes themselves have a much higher scene count than American TV show episodes do.


31 posted on 06/03/2013 1:46:56 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Never mind the quality, feel the width


32 posted on 06/03/2013 1:47:19 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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To: Perdogg

Matt Smith was HORRIBLE! Creepy-looking and boring! I’d love Karl Urban or some of the yummy down under guys. SOMEone with some sexuality! Geez BBC, come ON!


33 posted on 06/03/2013 1:48:28 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: Deb

“some of the yummy down under guys. SOMEone with some sexuality!”

Like Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker? The Doctor is supposed to be a paternal figure not a boy toy.


34 posted on 06/03/2013 1:49:22 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Perdogg
Make it stop ...

Please ...

35 posted on 06/03/2013 1:52:40 PM PDT by x
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To: Deb; discostu

The one I didn’t care for was Eccleston for reasons elucidated here...the language is salty but this is really funny and dead on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlgWxU-4bg


36 posted on 06/03/2013 1:54:02 PM PDT by Borges
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To: x

Do better than that. What’s your beef?


37 posted on 06/03/2013 1:54:31 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges

Yikes, he hasn’t been “a paternal figure” for decades. Not even Paul McGann.


38 posted on 06/03/2013 1:54:34 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: Borges

39 posted on 06/03/2013 1:57:45 PM PDT by x
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To: x

Nice.


40 posted on 06/03/2013 1:58:29 PM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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