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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6030153" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Moffat famously wrote the hilarious <em>Curse of the Fatal Death</em>, which starred Rowan Atkinson, Richard E Grant, Hugh Grant, Jonathan Pryce and Joanna Lumley. If you're a Who fan and you've never seen this, you should - technically it was Moffat's first Who script!</p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM"]Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who - Classic Comic Relief - YouTube[/ame]</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>One thing that's been fairly constant about The Doctor is that he's always been:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">White</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Male</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Middle-class*</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">British</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Interestingly his age has been all over the place; I prefer him a bit older than Matt Smith</li> </ul><p>*Note that this is just an adjective encompassing mannerisms, accent, dress, and behaviour - I don't mean it to describe an actual class system.</p><p> </p><p>The middle-class bit might be slightly arguable (Eccleston played him slightly working-class, although the actor himself is pretty middle-class despite his accent).</p><p> </p><p>So which of these aspects would you be willing to change?</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p>For me:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">White - don't care either way. I was hoping <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Joseph" target="_blank">Patterson Joseph</a> would get the role before we found out Matt Smith got it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Male - I think changing his gender might be a little too much of a stretch for me.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Middle-class - images of Ray Winstone playing The Doctor fill me with joy. Now THAT would be fun! <em>"Put yer traahsers on sunshine; yer nicked! Oh, and I'm The Doctor!"</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">British - I couldn't compromise on that one. I know Batman and Superman are British, Robin Hood's been American and Australian, Bond has been Australian and Irish, and so on and so on. So I know it can happen and sometimes it can work, but I'm still completely against the idea of a non-British Doctor.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6030153, member: 1"] Moffat famously wrote the hilarious [I]Curse of the Fatal Death[/I], which starred Rowan Atkinson, Richard E Grant, Hugh Grant, Jonathan Pryce and Joanna Lumley. If you're a Who fan and you've never seen this, you should - technically it was Moffat's first Who script! [CENTER][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM"]Rowan Atkinson is Doctor Who - Classic Comic Relief - YouTube[/ame][/CENTER] One thing that's been fairly constant about The Doctor is that he's always been: [LIST] [*]White [*]Male [*]Middle-class* [*]British [*]Interestingly his age has been all over the place; I prefer him a bit older than Matt Smith [/LIST]*Note that this is just an adjective encompassing mannerisms, accent, dress, and behaviour - I don't mean it to describe an actual class system. The middle-class bit might be slightly arguable (Eccleston played him slightly working-class, although the actor himself is pretty middle-class despite his accent). So which of these aspects would you be willing to change? For me: [LIST] [*]White - don't care either way. I was hoping [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_Joseph"]Patterson Joseph[/URL] would get the role before we found out Matt Smith got it. [*]Male - I think changing his gender might be a little too much of a stretch for me. [*]Middle-class - images of Ray Winstone playing The Doctor fill me with joy. Now THAT would be fun! [I]"Put yer traahsers on sunshine; yer nicked! Oh, and I'm The Doctor!"[/I] [*]British - I couldn't compromise on that one. I know Batman and Superman are British, Robin Hood's been American and Australian, Bond has been Australian and Irish, and so on and so on. So I know it can happen and sometimes it can work, but I'm still completely against the idea of a non-British Doctor. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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