Your nominations for the twelth Doctor

[8ball]

Lenny Henry in brooding, slightly scary mode might have made quite an interesting Doctor, I think. I saw him in something fairly 'serious' a while back and he was really good.

 

[kabbes]

Trying to think of who it might be makes me kinda realise that there's not many prominent black British actors.

Idris Elba is normally the first mentioned.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Or Sacha Baron Cohen.

 

[zoooo]

I would love Richard Ayoade to be the Doctor.

 

[Santino]

I would love Richard Ayoade to be the Doctor.

Unless he's a much better actor than he seems, he would be shit.

 

[zoooo]

He's a good actor. That person in the IT Crowd isn't actually him you realise. It's a character.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I don't think it helps that his two most famous parts, in Darkplace and IT Crowd, are deliberately awkward and wooden.

 

[zoooo]

And look at what he could get away with for the Doctor's outfit.

 

[kabbes]

I don't think it helps that his two most famous parts, in Darkplace and IT Crowd, are deliberately awkward and wooden.

And in Nathan Barley.

He's a good comic actor but I don't recall seeing him in any part with depth, so there is no way of endorsing him in any part beyond comedy.

 

[zoooo]

Well he's been in about 20 things. Get watching!
I am biased, I want him to be in everything, but I do think he'd be brilliant as the Doc.
No danger of that happening though, so you can all relax.