Doctor Who
- Paterson Joseph to replace David Tennant?
Film
- Amy Adams to star in Leap Year
- Kristen Bell and Kristin Davis to star in Jon Favreau's Couples Retreat
- Live action Mulan
- Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman to star in Duet For One
British TV
- Matthew Rhys to voice cartoon of 'A Child's Christmas in Wales' for S4C
- BBC to allow iPlayer downloads to mobile phones
- Caroline Quentin to star in sitcom Life of Riley
- ITV looking at Hollywood production processes – again
- Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson working on 'Down the Line' TV show
- NBC picks up script from Moonlight creators for Jason and the Argonauts series
- Miss/Guided creator gets pilot commitment for Made Over
- Four more episodes of Eli Stone ordered
- Heroes' ratings slightly up, Chuck's not
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October 15, 2008 | Reply
Oh, for God's sake, Rich. The Neil Gaiman and Tom Baker rumours are completely unconfirmed (and Rich got the former from heavy hints Gaiman left lying about on his blog) and someone's just naming everyone Moffatt's worked with as a potential Doctor!
(I know Rich. He loves this stuff. He usually gets it wrong)
October 15, 2008 | Reply
So if we go with the 'people who used to work with Moffat' theory then how long before we get the rumour of Dexter Fletcher as the Doctor and Julia Sawalahahahaha as his companion?
I think Johnson from Peep Show would be a good Doctor, as long as SuperHans was his companion.
October 15, 2008 | Reply
Is anyone keeping a tally of how many actors are going to succeed David Tennant as the Doctor? It must be quite large by now...
October 15, 2008 | Reply
If we're going for Peep Show actors, surely David Mitchell is the more obvious choice?
October 15, 2008 | Reply
Let's see... it's been definitely James Nesbitt, Robert Carlyle, John Simm (in a body-swap plot), David Morrissey and now Paterson Joseph; Harry Lloyd and Russell Tovey have been 'Rusty's personal picks'; and Jennifer Saunders, Sean Pertwee and Chiwetel Ejiofor have been mentioned in dispatches.
October 15, 2008 | Reply
Stu, I didn't get the Gaiman story from Gaiman. His posts bolstered my confidence running with it, but that's all.
The Baker story... well that's all but been confirmed for Children In Need.
As for my track record, the Martha-back-in-Series-4 story happened, and the Torchwood-Series-3-has-5-episodes also confirmed.
The only person I've reported considered for the next Doctor is Paterson. I'm not The Sun. I'm not just pulling this stuff from the ether.
October 15, 2008 | Reply
@Marie
"If we're going for Peep Show actors, surely David Mitchell is the more obvious choice?"
He threw his hat into the ring a while ago, but also said that he didn't feel he was "good looking enough".
October 15, 2008 | Reply
Bloody hell, Johnston, you turn up everywhere. Is no place safe?
The Tom Baker for CiN is a bit weak, when you were implying it was for the series proper.
And everyone knows the Sun gets its stories from Outpost Gallifrey-as-was.