It’s not official, but no actor’s done more than three seasons as the Doctor since Tom Baker in the 1970s and that he’s scheduled to be in the RSC’s production of Hamlet next year when they should be filming season 5 which is fuelling the speculation. It’s Doctor Who though, they’ll just have him die and then regenerate into another actor and the show will continue on. There’ll be bitching and moaning from fandom, but cast change is the only constant in Doctor Who (that and the phone box).
If you want to pick up on Doctor Who, generally it’s not a hard show to get into starting early or mid season (and I know for a fact that the overarching plot for the current season doesn't really begin until this Sunday). The general premise is that there’s the Doctor, he’s a 900 year old manic depressive alien who can’t die, happens to be the last of his species and picks up random earth chicks and takes them travelling around time and space in a phone box which is bigger on the inside (the Tardis) because he’s lonely (currently Martha Jones – med student who shall be on her second trip on this Sunday and is still learning the ropes, so now’s a good time to tune in). That’s all you really need to know. The reason why the show’s lasted so long is that we know next to nothing about the Doctor, in nearly 45 years of the show we’ve yet to find out his real name.
I love JD doing TV, he’s always the lead. Instead of watching patiently for the main characters to get out of the way and give him a line, he’s there at the front. I'd imagine that exposure appeals to an actors as well.
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Date: 2007-09-03 10:41 am (UTC)If you want to pick up on Doctor Who, generally it’s not a hard show to get into starting early or mid season (and I know for a fact that the overarching plot for the current season doesn't really begin until this Sunday). The general premise is that there’s the Doctor, he’s a 900 year old manic depressive alien who can’t die, happens to be the last of his species and picks up random earth chicks and takes them travelling around time and space in a phone box which is bigger on the inside (the Tardis) because he’s lonely (currently Martha Jones – med student who shall be on her second trip on this Sunday and is still learning the ropes, so now’s a good time to tune in). That’s all you really need to know. The reason why the show’s lasted so long is that we know next to nothing about the Doctor, in nearly 45 years of the show we’ve yet to find out his real name.
I love JD doing TV, he’s always the lead. Instead of watching patiently for the main characters to get out of the way and give him a line, he’s there at the front. I'd imagine that exposure appeals to an actors as well.