New Doctor Who is announced

Bookmakers have slashed the odds on David Walliams replacing David Tennant as the new Doctor Who after a flurry of bets.



David Walliams is a fan of the cult BBC series Photo: BBC

David Walliams is a fan of the cult BBC series



The Little Britain comedian apparently sparked the betting frenzy after admitting he would accept the role if it was offered.
He has admitted he is a fan of the cult BBC series, and has even appeared in audio productions of the show.
He was also rumoured to have turned down the offer of writing an episode for the second series of the programme.
The 37-year-old was on the shortlist to take over as the timelord before Tennant.
William Hill, the bookmakers, have now slashed the odds on him being the next Doctor.
His odds have been cut from 33-1 to just 8-1.
Meanwhile Paddy Power and Ladbrokes have suspended betting on who will take over from 37-year-old Tennant.
Rupert Adam, a spokesman for William Hill, said: "We had a bit of money suddenly put on David Walliams 15 days ago and then we had a flood of bets.
"His name had come out of the blue but these are quite significant moves in the market."
Other names to have been put forward for the role include Cold Feet star James Nesbitt and Paterson Joseph who played Mark Grace in Casualty.
Life on Mars star John Simm and his co-star David Morrisey have also been linked to the role, along with Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans and Catherine Tate.(from telegraphonline)

Oh dear will it be "The Tardis says NO "

I'll take anybody's money who want to back Walliams; not a chance he'd be the Doctor, he doesn't have the demeanor the role needs.

John Simm would be very doubtful too, as didn't he play the Master in the last series?

i am so sad.don't know what i will do.

A new Dr Who ! Wow !!!!! ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Billie Piper gets my vote!

A female Dr. Who wouldn't work, it'd ruin the show...


...Imagine you'd been alive 900+ years, and regenerated over and over again, then one day you wake up with boobs; are you really going to travel the universe fight alien injustice, or spend all your time in the shower and in front of the mirror?

Meoww......

If Billie spends half the time in the shower it would raise the audience figures, surely?

Dell wrote:Meoww......

If Billie spends half the time in the shower it would raise the audience figures, surely?

Okay, if they're gonna broadcast the shower action maybe I'll reconsider the female Doctor prospect...

oooooooh no please another male doctor for me.

who is it ??????

we will know tonight at 5.35pm apparently

The Mail today has Paterson Joseph as the bookies favourite.

Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David
Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the
role.
At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.
Smith will first appear on TV screens as the 11th Doctor in 2010.
He was cast over Christmas and will begin filming for the fifth series
of Doctor Who in the summer. Tennant is filming four specials in 2009.

Smith was named as Tennant's replacement in Saturday's edition of Doctor Who Confidential on BBC One.
He said: "I've got this wonderful journey in front of me where
I've got this six months to build this Time Lord - and that's such an
exciting
prospect." Piers Wenger, head of drama at BBC Wales, said that as soon
as he had seen Smith's audition he "knew he was the one".
"It was abundantly clear that he had that 'Doctor-ness' about him," he said. "You are either the Doctor or you are not."

Wenger said a broad range of people had been auditioned, but they had not set out to cast the youngest Doctor.
Smith's TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The
Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie
Piper as Sally Lockhart.
He has also acted opposite Piper in the follow-up, The Shadow in the North, and in ITV2's Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
In 2007, he had a leading role in BBC Two's political drama Party Animals, in which he played a parliamentary researcher.
Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies
such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in
Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater.
He was born in Northampton in 1982 and studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
Creative team
Tennant said in October that he would stand down from the show after filming four special episodes in 2009.

The star is due to begin shooting the first special this

month, just weeks after surgery on his back forced him to pull out of a

London run of Hamlet.

The last of these special episodes is expected to run in early 2010.

With a new creative team in place for the 2010 series led by

executive producers Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger, the casting of the

Doctor was the first job to be completed before scripts could be

finalised.

Doctor Who began in 1963, and seven actors played the Doctor before the show was dropped in 1989.

After a TV movie in 1996 - starring Paul McGann - the TV series

returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Tennant

took over the same year.

will matt make a good doctor.the jury will be out on that one until 2010.four more specials with david tennant.the best doctor there has ever been.matt sure has a big job ahead of him.

Am I the only person that has never heard of Matt Smith

i hadn't either dc that was why i googled him lol

im pleased I thought I was being a bit thick... I will reserve judgement. I love David as dr who and my view is he will be a hard act to follow

ohhh ladies...ill google him too.....not heard of him either...xx

hmmm not as nice as David in looks...not bad though !!

Matt Smith has been named as the actor who will take over from David Tennant in Doctor Who - making him the youngest actor to take on the role.
At 26, Smith is three years younger than Peter Davison when he signed up to play the fifth Doctor in 1981.
Smith will first appear on TV screens as the 11th Doctor in 2010.
He was cast over Christmas and will begin filming for the fifth series of Doctor Who in the summer. Tennant is filming four specials in 2009.
Smith was named as Tennant's replacement in Saturday's edition of Doctor Who Confidential on BBC One.
He said: "I feel proud and honoured to have been given this opportunity to join a team of people that has worked so tirelessly to make the show so thrilling.
"David Tennant has made the role his own, brilliantly, with grace, talent and persistent dedication. I hope to learn from the standards set by him.
"The challenge for me is to do justice to the show's illustrious past, my predecessors, and most importantly, to those who watch it. I really cannot wait."
Piers Wenger, head of drama at BBC Wales, said that as soon as he had seen Smith's audition he "knew he was the one".

The 11 Doctors 1. William Hartnell (1963-1966) 2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) 3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974) 4. Tom Baker (1974-1981) 5. Peter Davison - pictured (1982-1984) 6. Colin Baker (1984-1986) 7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) 8. Paul McGann (1996) 9. Christopher Eccleston (2005) 10. David Tennant (2005-2010) 11. Matt Smith (2010 - ?)

"It was abundantly clear that he had that 'Doctor-ness' about him," he said. "You are either the Doctor or you are not. It's just the beginning of the journey for Matt.
"With Steven Moffat's scripts and the expertise of the production team in Cardiff behind him, there is no one more perfect to be taking the Tardis to exciting new futures when the series returns in 2010."
Wenger said a broad range of people had been auditioned, but they had not set out to cast the youngest Doctor.
Smith's TV debut was in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper as Sally Lockhart.
He has also acted opposite Piper in the follow-up, The Shadow in the North, and in ITV2's Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
In 2007, he had a leading role in BBC Two's political drama Party Animals, in which he played a parliamentary researcher.
Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater.
He was born in Northampton in 1982 and studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia.
Creative team
Tennant said in October that he would stand down from the show after filming four special episodes in 2009.

Tennant is recovering from back surgery ahead of filming in 2009

The star is due to begin shooting the first special this month, just weeks after surgery on his back forced him to pull out of a London run of Hamlet.
The last of these special episodes is expected to run in early 2010.
With a new creative team in place for the 2010 series led by executive producers Steven Moffat and Piers Wenger, the casting of the Doctor was the first job to be completed before scripts could be finalised.
Doctor Who began in 1963, and seven actors played the Doctor before the show was dropped in 1989.
After a TV movie in 1996 - starring Paul McGann - the TV series returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. Tennant took over the same year.
(from BBC News)

No, never heard of him either.

Number 11? I wonder if they'll call it a day at 13. In the McGann movie it was revealed that a timelord has 13 lives. Or do they regenerate 13 times, which would make it 14?

David Tennant will be missed