OFF: Re. More on new Doctor Who series

[Iain Ferguson]

here here, Don Warrington would be a brilliant Dr Who.

CWarburton at OAG.COM wrote:

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 > > Date:    Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:53:40 +0800
 > > From:    William Duffy <xl5 at IINET.NET.AU>
 > > Subject: OFF: More on new Doctor Who series
 >
 > > I don't want to jump the gun here, because this may not be
 > > the actor to do it at all, but the person who is making the
 > > new series, Russell T Davies, let slip a name to reporters.
 > > Whether this actor is The Doctor, or simply the one he would
 > > like as The Doctor is yet unsure.
 > > The actor I'm talking of may not be familiar by name, but if
 > > I mention a few things he's in, someone is bound to guess who he is.
 > >
 > > His name is Bill Nighy,
 >
 > Well, Helen sent me this today:
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 > These are the current names re: above ...
 >
 > Bill Nighy
 > Jonathan Pryce
 > Richard E Grant
 > Dame Maggie Smith
 > Lenny Henry
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 >
 > I rather like the idea of Dame Maggie myself, though I think any of the
 > first four might work.  I think Lenny would be a disaster, however, Don
 > Warrington (Rising Damp & Manchild) would, I think , make a perfectly
 > splendid Doctor!!
 >
 > I'd also heard the Alan Davies rumour - that might work, but probably too
 > close to Jonathan Creek.
 >
 > TTFN
 > ChrisW
 > ObCD:Bill Frisell/Blues Dream
 >