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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsBBC America Dr. Who announcement in the next few minutes
The new doctor coming up momentarily
TexasTowelie
(111,898 posts)Peter Capaldi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Capaldi
Dr. Strange
(25,915 posts)Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)"The Fires of Pompeii" , but I hope he does well in the role.
alarimer
(16,245 posts)Or "The Thick of It" in which he plays basically the same character. The Thick of It is a British comedy set in the world of politics. These people are hilariously nasty, especially Malcolm Tucker, as played by Capaldi. I doubt he'll be allowed to curse so much on Doctor Who!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,262 posts)He's support in 'Local Hero', but good:
The Oscar was for "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106961/
tjwmason
(14,819 posts)A sit-com based in a government department - definitely N.S.F.W. example.
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)He's good at doing lots of really different roles, so he should be great as the Doctor.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)is I really hate the new doctors at first (yes, even David Tennant - I really REALLY loved Eccleston) but I always grow to love them eventually. It'll be interesting and I can't wait to see what happens with the character.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Jon Pertwee
Paulie
(8,462 posts)walkerbait41
(302 posts)Tom Baker
mucifer
(23,466 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Now they'll be able to spend £165.00 per episode.