Tangentially, Laurie does an excellent curmudgeon. Could easily pull off a Dr. Who reminiscent of the earliest incarnations.If they do the whole Marvel multiverse treatment, then I demand they hire Hugh Laurie to play an evil version. Then we can have the Battle of the Doctor Hughs.
As long as we’re tossing names around…Richard Coyle could be fun. So could Douglas Henshaw or Ciarán McMenamin.