argh so close yet so far!!

[prof_pangaea]

paterson joseph has confirmed he *was* under consideration for the eleventh doctor after all. i'm unsurprised, obviously. i think anyone who was paying attention to the way the media was spinning the rumours at the time had plenty of reason to believe they were true.

BE: You mentioned “Doctor Who” a minute ago. How much truth was there to the rumor that you were under consideration to play the Doctor?

PJ: (Hesitates for a very long time) Uh…a lot.

BE: Really? I wasn’t sure, because you never know about these things.

PJ: Yeah, a lot. But I can say no more.


still no word on the logistics of how we ended up with matt smith instead -- how far along negotiations with jospeh got, who withdrew (or whether it was mutual), etc. at least we know the bbc was willing to consider a black actor in the role, even though we didn't end up with one; and piers wenger, moff and co. didn't have a plan to try and cast a tall, lanky, big-haired white boy from the very beginning.

yeah, i am looking forward to s5 and smith and gillan and everything, but i cannot lie, i'm still missing our chance at paterson!eleven and a non-white doctor. :( here's hoping for twelve.

Comments

[kels.livejournal.com]

It would have been very cool and interesting! Matt Smith's giant chin freaks me out. :( Oh well.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

Well, dammit, I'd been hoping I was tinfoiling to believe that rumor. I hope it wasn't higher-up intervention or fear of the possible audience reaction that ruled him out, but, maybe that's just naive.

[drho.livejournal.com]

I hope nothing shady happened, but at least we know his involvement was more than a rumor.

[fannishnonsense]

Oh man. I'm sure Matt Smith will be great and all, but oh man what could have been.

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

This, all of this.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

I was wishing so damn hard for Paterson Joseph. He's everything I could want in an actor to play the Doctor...but foolishly the BBC did not put me in charge of casting. I guess we won't know in the short term how they ended up with Smith instead. Give it a decade or two, and someone will blab.

It's good to see him in Survivors etc (as it gets ever more Terry Nation again) but... bah, how much could he have done as the Doctor. Roll on twelfth doc?

[cryptile.livejournal.com]

Well, color me shocked.

also, PATTERSONNNNNNNN