the next doctor (for real!)

[prof_pangaea]

New Doctor Who to be announced on special episode of Doctor Who Confidential this Saturday.

THAT IS TOMORROW MY FRIENDS TOMORROW. O___O!!!


eta: apparently it has been retitled "the eleventh doctor" (it had previously been titled "the ten doctors"). omg guys!

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[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Eek, suddenly I'm incredibly nervous. This is the first change of Doctor I've been through as a fan of the show.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

I KNOW. by the time i was able to get series 1 it had already been announced that chris eccleston was leaving. then when i watched PotW and tennant appeared i was like, "woah, weasely. also: get a haircut." but i had no idea who he was. aaaaand i wasn't in fandom, so i wasn't all keyed up and such. i just hoped i'd like him. NOW I AM INVESTED.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

*grins* My reaction to Ten was "Whoa, hotter than a hot thing!" And it was my attraction to him that kept me watching the show long enough to give it a real chance and learn to enjoy it for itself. So Tennant is "my Doctor" in that sense, even though I've come to love most of the other Doctors as well. I want a worthy successor!

Like you said, INVESTED.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

I'm nervous and excited and OMG. But I'm gonna be out in LA all day tomorrow and I won't be by a computer to check so I'm going to be a wreck! I'm gonna have to get someone to text me! DO YOU WANNA?

As you said above, I am invested now. This will be my first proper changeover where I'm in the fandom and watching it "live" rather than over a year from when it originally happened.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i don't think i really started finding tennant that attractive until s3. i think it has something to do with his acting being much better in s3, probably because of generally better scripts. also with the doctor starting to act like... the doctor. and, shallowly, he got a better haircut. oh! and the sideburns were much beter. yes.

now i LOVE him, but that's mainly because i've seen him in other things, and know what a great actor he can be, and because he is such a fanboy, and he just seems so generous and like he... *gets* doctor who. i doubt i'll get that feeling from whoever takes the role next, probably because they won't be as invested in it as tennant has been (which, i mean, who could be?), but that hardly matters if they're good. which i do think they will be!

am still futilely hoping for chiwetel ejiofor, even though i absolutely know it won't be him. i am expecting it to be paterson joseph. we shall see in 24 HOURS OMG.

[arefadedaway.livejournal.com]

OH MY SHIT I AM ALL EXITED AND NERVOUS NOW HOLY SHIT.

This is my first live changeover, too. Eeeeeee. *bounces with impatience*

[in-the-end.livejournal.com]

I think the fact that I've just rewatched series 4, then listened to a lot of the commentaries, I have sadness as well as excitement I love having such a fanboy as the main guy. Boo. As I said, though, MUCH EXCITEMENT.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I WAS ABOUT TO SAY "I HAVE YOUR NUMBER I WILL TXT YOU STRAIGHT AWAY"! AHAHAHAHA YES!!!!

This will be my first proper changeover where I'm in the fandom and watching it "live" rather than over a year from when it originally happened.

dude dude dude! i KNOW! and man, i wanted to see the OG explode, but it's down except for "patrons". D: I WILL HAVE TO STICK TO LIVEJOURNAL I GUESS.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Paterson Joseph would be great. But The Guardian are suddenly talking about some guy called Ben Wishaw, who's white and floppy-haired and pretty in the way where he looks like he should be in an emo band. I greatly fear it will be him.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

OMG THANK YOU DUDE. ILU. And I'll be with a Who-friend and a non Who-friend, so it shall be interesting!

HAHAHAHA, LJ will probably explode too, just not as much as OG! I'll come back tomorrow night and my f-list will just be full of OMG OMG OMG. Or at least I hope it will all be in a positive light. I can't wait!

Oh man, now I'm getting all sad and mourn-y for Tennant and there are STILL specials left!

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

I love having such a fanboy as the main guy.

i know! it is the thing i will miss the most, i think -- not just his commitment to the role, because eccleston always impressed me so much with his commitment, and understanding of how important doctor who is; but his LOVE for the show itself. that kind of love you only get when you're a fan. and how tennant just GETS doctor who -- plenty of actors would be amazing in the part, but not all of them would be able to do something like "music of the spheres", and just totally BELIEVE in it, you know? i am still sad he won't be staying on for one more season.

but i am still excited! OH GOD I MAY EXPLODE FROM EXCITEMENT. also nerves, slightly. maybe. a bit. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

*googles ben wishaw*

oh FUCK NO. i mean, he's cute, but NO. i'm going to say i doubt this one, because he's too physically similar to tennant.

that said, i will really be disgruntled if they cast another white guy. IT CANNOT HAPPEN.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

i didn't think we'd know so soon! :O

also: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[rapunzelita.livejournal.com]

STOP! KEYBOARD SMASH TIME! erkjfhkzehfkjzfzblhférjfzejfhkjzhfkjzhaaaaaaaaaaaah.

*runs around*

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Although I'd like to see an actor of color in the role, I could live with a white actor being cast so long as he's good. What I really don't want is somebody who's chosen because he's white, and pretty in a way that will supposedly appeal to young [white] girls.

[in-the-end.livejournal.com]

My main issue with that casting is that he's 28. 28 is too young in my opinion.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

yes, exactly.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

yeah, much too young to play the doctor. they need someone at least tennant's age, hopefully a couple years older.

there is some angry wishaw fan on the anonmeme jumping on anyone who is like "no thanks pls!" oh god i don't think i can deal with a whole new boatload of teeny-bopper fans PLS BBC DON'T MAKE IT HAPPEN.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

*runs around with you*

[biichan.livejournal.com]

Me tooooooooooooooo. The first change of Doctor was like totally minor to me. midnightlurker had shown me a couple Nine episodes he'd taped off sci-fi when I'd visited him last and they were cool, but I wasn't really in the fandom. I was interested in the show, but the DVDs cost too fricking much and I didn't have enough hard drive space to download episodes on my old computer.

I stumbled upon it in Wikipedia at random one day and I was all, oh, hey, isn't that the guy they've got to play Barty Crouch?

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

O.O

That is all.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

I KNOW

O_______O!!!!!!!

[biichan.livejournal.com]

I AM NERVOUS AND EXCITED AND DISTRACTING MYSELF BY SQUEEING AT YOU ABOUT HOLMES AT THE KALED BUNKER.

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

Ian McKellen for Eleven!

It's my impossible fantasy and I'll cling to it if I want to.

and also

[kindkit.livejournal.com]

there is some angry wishaw fan on the anonmeme jumping on anyone who is like "no thanks pls!"

And s/he really needs to shut up soon, before the straw man arguments and the completely not understanding how racism works cause some anon who is totally not me to lose their temper.