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Subject: DW as the new Doctor Who Author: Marky Mark [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:50:19 02/14/04 Sat I have good information suggesting that David Warner is being offered the next Doctor Who role for TV. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: DW as the new Doctor Who Author: Suky [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:47:03 02/26/04 Thu Really? Where did you hear that? Oh, would it were true, but it seems he's not on the list of top candidates according to this site: http://www.gallifreyone.net/newstv.php. However, the most recent TV Doctor, Paul McGann would recommend him for the role, for what that's worth. "When asked for the name of an actor he thought should be in the role, McGann mentioned David Warner, because he was quite happy with the actor's work." (They worked together in Horatio Hornblower--in which DW's work was total genius, IMHO.) However, according to a 1989 interview, DW himself said, "I would like to do TV in Britain--not Dr. Who though. I believe they were interested in me for the role pre-Tom Baker." (Got that off Jen's site.) Then again, he's been known to change his mind before, hasn't he? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: P.S. Author: Suky [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:16:39 02/26/04 Thu A continuing Google search shows DW is a popular choice among Dr. Who fans! Also, according to this site--http://www.garbledonline.net/sayanything.html--"The current favourite is Bill Nighy, a competent enough performer and said to be first choice. Yet he's not really all that likeable and I doubt whether fans would warm to him, even if kids might find his aloofness amusing. My personal choice would be David Warner, a superlative actor and someone else who has skirted around the fringes of the programme, making a wonderful 'alternative' Doctor in Big Finish's Sympathy for the Devil." (Personally, I'd have to agree about Bill Nighy. Among the other top contenders, Richard E. Grant would be my *distant* second choice.) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: P.S. Author: Brother Cadfael [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:03:14 03/18/04 Thu I understand that David is on the shortlist of 3 for the role, along with Christopher Eccleston and another (unnamed). No Bill Nighy on that list. I think he has every chance of getting it, and if you have heard "Sympathy for the Devil" then you will know he's pretty fine in the role! Announcement expected on, around or by 26th March 2004... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: DW as the new Doctor Who Author: Her Royal Badness [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 21:22:31 05/11/04 Tue Looks like Christopher Eccleston got the role. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/3589977.stm [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Dooooh! Author: Suky [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:31:30 05/14/04 Fri >Looks like Christopher Eccleston got the role. Guess all those other names were meant to throw us off the trail ... and give us false hope. *sniff* And I was almost ready to become a Dr. Who fan too. Well, at least *we* know DW would have been much better in the role! In the meantime, his new movie Ladies in Lavender has several big-name stars in it, so maybe we'll actually get to see him on the *big* screen again soon! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]