Ratings for "The End of the World"
4/03/2005
OK, I'm not gone. More to type:
Ratings Per RADWM per Viewingfigures.com:
Doctor Who 7.27 million 36.05% share
Ant and Dec 6.024 million 30.86% share
Casualty 7.5 million 34.3% share
Still came out on top this week. Good sign. And after this episode, I don't see it going down. Of course, Wonderfalls was probably the best thing Fox ever had in their grubby little paws, and look what evil TV execs did with that. 4 fucking episodes and it was canned!
So, as a rabid fan, I know not to get excited until after the fact. Much like the Carnivale situation at the moment (no news of renewal yet, and the clock is ticking). And DW does have one thing going for it that other shows can't live up to: regeneration. The news of a NEW Doctor tends to always overshadow the loss of the old one.
On that note, who would I like to see play the Doctor the next time around:
This new guy they keep mentioning, the 33-year old Scottish actor David Tennant from a series I've never seen (Casanova). He's simply TOO YOUNG and odd-looking. No. We need somebody already famous, like Eccleston, but with a better contract. So here is my list. In order.
James Marsters (Spike, Buffy, Angel). Sure, he's American. But his British accent is as good as the real thing. And he needs work! And he's already more famous than Eccleston in the US, and probably in the UK as well.
Anthony Stewart Head (Giles, Buffy). Was my first pick for awhile, but if they ARE going to take a slightly more romantic angle with the companion, I wouldn't want to see kissy-kissy between Tony Head and a 19-year-old companion. It would feel too much like some Buffy fanfic I ... erm, haven't read.
Rick Mayall (The Young Ones, Drop Dead Fred). If he isn't all old and wrinkly, of course. Must have that crazy Sid Vicious hair like he had in Grimm's Tales, but I think he'd make a very intense Doctor.
Sean Pertwee (son of Jon Pertwee, the 3rd Doctor). He's already got that square-jawed action hero look, much moreso than his father even. And he's still in his '40s, meaning he's older but not TOO old to snog Rose (who wouldn't want to?). He can act well enough from what I can tell. And it would be a great bloodline continuation of perhaps the Greatest Doctor of All time.
Paul McGann (8th Doctor). Maybe the Doctor just liked the way his 8th incarnation looked, so he picks that face again?
That's my list. I like Rose Tyler, so I hope she sticks around for at least another couple of seasons. It would be nice to have another Tardis companion along the way, so new people could get used to the idea of people coming and going before Rose Tyler has to leave the show.
Now off to bed...
posted by novachild @ Sunday, April 03, 2005,
