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emma watson? if that happens, i am going to be hanging out with my sonic screwdriver much more.

Ohmigod. Helen Mirren would be bloody brilliant. I would so pay to see that.

Gina Bellman. She would make the perfect doctor. And she has Moffat connections.

Eve Best.

Only Hellen Mirren qualifies. The rest are too fay, too youthful and superficial.

Mirren would be cool. Or Tilda Swinton, as she has a natural "alien" thing about her. Michelle Dockery would work, as well. Her portrayal of Susan in "Hogfather" was probably the best female performance in a fantasy movie, ever. They'd probably skew younger, as has been the recent case.

Aw, but can The Doctor turn into a non-Brit?

Of this list, Lara Pulver with ease. She'd be perfect for all of the Doctor's trademark quirky dialogue.

Romola Garai, Emma Thompson, & Helen Mirren? Fabulous choices...I think Keeley Hawes would be a little too brittle for it.

Emma Watson, forever. It has to be done.

I think Maxine Peake should be included as she is kinda weird and I love her.

Aside from the Time Empress Mirren, I would have suggested Swinton. She can do alien.

Dustin Romney'd the header pic!

Helen Mirren.
The rest of them are either too young or lacking in gravitas necessary for the role.

How about?

Jessica Brown Findlay

Or

Eva Green

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Eva Green. Good call.

She's French. No dice.

I nearly peed myself when I read this.

Mirren says she wants to do it. That has to count for something. Even if she only did a few episodes before regenerating due to her schedule, it would be fantastic.

They should go whole hog and cast Helen Mirren in ginger face as the next Doctor.

No, no, no, too young, and (Mirren) too sexy.

The Doctor needs to be more, um, interesting looking, and older.

I would vote for Alex Kingston, if she wasn't already River Song, and Penelope Wilton, if she wasn't already Prime Minister. What about Imelda Stauton? Or Judi Dench? Maggi Smith would be awesome. Brenda Blethyn? Helena Bonham-Carter (for the Master?). Pauline Collins? Angela Lansbury? Julie Walters? Emma Thompson?

Imelda Staunton...very good interesting choice.

1. Helen Mirren

2. Lara Pulver

3. Lindsay Duncan

(Rome)

Dark Horse candidate: Tamsin Greig (Episodes)

Ooh, would Lindsay Duncan be kinda reincarnated as the Doctor? That could be very interesting.

Loved Tamsin Greig in her insane Who bit part, she'd be an amazing Doctor!

Yes, Dame Helen gets first refusal but OMFG Tamsin Greig would be perfect. She can shift from funny to serious and back on a dime. OH god yes I'm fainting...

Once again my mega-crush Hermione Norris is overlooked.

I'm with you all the way on that one.

Wait - girls can't be doctors! Math is too hard. And don't get me started on organic chem. . . .

I don't care if the new doctor wears a skirt, I just want her to be less enthusiastic ABOUT EVERYTHING.

Helen Mirren is the only contender here.

this list needs more gingers

Emma Thompson!

Oh my, yes. Why is Emma Thompson not in everything? With Alan Rickman as The Master.

THIS.

Good god, yes!

Jessica Hynes was already in two episodes with the 10th doctor. How come all your suggestions are Anglo women? Why not a black or asian female doctor?

Well, can you put forward a suitable British actress then that would fit the non-white role?

i vote for Mirren .....

I remember hearing whispers/rumors a few years back they they were throwing around Jennifer Saunders as a possibility. A possibility that I will remain obsessed with until someone makes it happen.

Although Helen Mirren is a tasty option as well.

I agree! After all, Joanna Lumley's had a crack:

17:55

Michelle Dockery or Hellen Mirren. The Swinton would, of course, be my first choice, but it doesn't seem like her kind of gig.

Romola Garai should be in everything.

Mr Smith agrees.

What about Jennifer Ehle?

No way. I will forever resent her for how she portrayed Lizzie Bennet.

WOAH WOAH WOAH YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT

I'm in the minority, I know. But I stand by what I said. And, trust me, it was painful to arrive at this conclusion, because P&P '95 is my favourite version.
But after years and years of rewatching, it was harder to ignore that there was very little archness and playfulness in the way she portrayed the character. She only really shines in the scenes where there is plenty of emotional charge, like the proposal and the Lydia drama. But the rest of the time I want to smack her upside the head whenever she rolls her eyes or makes her deslike painfully obvious. How Darcy could ever think she liked him is beyond me.
So there, my unfortunate two scents. I'm ready for the close up and the stoning now.

Well lets be the minority together then! Lizzy was supposed to be very young and playful - Jennifer plays her like a 50 year old; so stiff and mannered (like the overall series). Kiera suited the role much better.
Ehle would be awful as the Doctor.

ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?!

Oh my god. If Jessica Hynes was the new doctor... well, I'm not ashamed to say that I might piddle myself a little.

Katherine Parkinson or bust.

That would work.

I love Jessica Hynes, and would love any opportunity to see more of her, but she couldn't play the doctor, she's already played his love interest.

You left Ruth Wilson off that list.

Wait...Dame Helen, but not Judi Dench? C'mon.

Sadly, Dame Judi is going blind and is retiring from acting, so I doubt that would work.
Dame Helen, though, hot damn.

Mirren can do absurd, dark and funny. I'm not so sure Dench would be able to do that.

Rubbish. Dench has done funny and dark well previously, and one can't get more absurd than the "American" accents in "As Time Goes By". (Seriously, BBC, just hire American actors.) But if I had heard that Dame Judi was losing her eyesight I had forgotten it. That is indeed a pity.

I'd read she was suffering from macular degeneration and basically had to have her last Bond script read to her because she can't make out the words anymore. It's tragic really. That woman's voice and delivery will be sadly missed.

That's a shame.

I wasn't under the impression that Emma Watson could act - were those parts cut out of the Harry Potter movies? But I would be all over Helen Mirren or Jessica Hynes.

Which is why both women have bodyguards.

Helen Mirren is the best choice ever in the history of the universe. I have a pathological aversion to the new Doctor Who, and I would totally watch her. Probably.

Kelly Brook constantly in a bikini or nude.

Also, Carey Mulligan (ideally as Sally Sparrow, impossibilities of that aside) and Rose Leslie.

Based her work on GoT, Rose Leslie has experience playing both ginger AND rude.

OOH! Rose Leslie?! I can dig that! She could definitely round out a top three alongside Mirren and Mortimer.

Ruth Wilson. That is all.

Lara Pulver as the Doctor, Ruth Wilson as The Master.

Only as long as they get to hate-fuck each other every episode. Or hate-make out. Whatever, I'm not really that demanding.

Seriously? Someone disliked my comment? Why? You don't enjoy two disturbingly (as in kinda scary) hot British chicks make out? Are you a terrorist?

It's my understanding that some people find the term "hate-fu*k" objectionable.

Oh yes, this is right.

This. Forever and ever and ever.

Emily Mortimer would be fantastic, if she jumps off the sinking Newsroom ship!

I love this idea. She's such a fun actress when she's smart, empathetic, and slightly quirky character. She deserves better than having to go into a hysterical fit every five minutes on film.

Emily WATSON. Ohemgee.

Oh god, Helen Mirren would be crazy.

Thank goodness you put Helen Mirren on here, or I would call shenanigans. Shenanigans, I say! Of course, Dame Helen may not wish to do it, in which case I could endorse most of the others (I am not familiar with all of them).