I thought he was capable, his Doctor was sufficiently quirky, and he's continued to do the Doctor's voice on the BBC audio programs. If the producers of the new series decide to recast the role, who would other people cast? Who's your dream Doctor?

My only concern is one of the head guys behind the new show is the creator of Queer As Folk. ... This is not me being homophobic, I just want it to be a frickin sci-fi show and not some social parable.

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aside: what's with this new forced width format here? I hate it when web sites force me to arrange my windows *their* way only!

Just because he made a great gay-oriented show doesn't mean he would do that to the doctor. The reason he would be good is that he knows that it's the story that makes a show good. QAF wove a number number of threads together with a lot of character development (even more so on the American version, which has had a lot more time to do so). Though I would like to see a few gay characters show up now and again, they ought to know they'll be hung out to dry if they mess with the formula too much.

One thing he might do is make it more of a serial than episodic, which I wouldn't think would be a bad thing, as you can do much more complex and interesting stories that way, but it would be a pretty major change to the formula. Not being one of the Doctoral equivalents to a Trekkie, I'm curious what others think though...

One thing he might do is make it more of a serial than episodic, which I wouldn't think would be a bad thing, as you can do much more complex and interesting stories that way, but it would be a pretty major change to the formula. Not being one of the Doctoral equivalents to a Trekkie, I'm curious what others think though...

My only concern is one of the head guys behind the new show is the creator of Queer As Folk. I've heard nothing but good things about the show, and supposedly BBC approached him since he's a huge fan.