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Title: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Pyrovile on January 01, 2012, 08:25:29 PM
I'd like to cast my vote Shappi Khorsandi.  Easy on the eye and I think she would be a brilliant assistant.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: bevs_plaything on January 02, 2012, 12:09:48 AM
Quote from: Pyrovile on January 01, 2012, 08:25:29 PM
I'd like to cast my vote Shappi Khorsandi.  Easy on the eye and I think she would be a brilliant assistant.

For a moment I mistakenly read 'Kardashian' in your posting!  I thought clearly not; I would stop watching the show!!!!  I can just imagine the 'wookie' one picking up a Dalek and snapping it in half!!
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: bevs_plaything on January 02, 2012, 12:17:51 AM
Quote from: Pyrovile on January 01, 2012, 08:25:29 PM
I'd like to cast my vote Shappi Khorsandi.  Easy on the eye and I think she would be a brilliant assistant.

I know who you mean now, and I like her!   Unfortunately I think she's a bit 'old' to play a new companion, because Matt Smith is too young by comparison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shappi_Khorsandi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shappi_Khorsandi)
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Pyrovile on January 02, 2012, 03:12:05 PM
He's 900+ years old, if anyone is robbing the cradle it's the Timelord.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Meds on January 03, 2012, 04:05:52 AM
Give me a male companion, just a bloke, or a alien like Turlough.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Feathers on January 03, 2012, 05:13:57 AM
Alien by preference (although under current management, I think we'll almost certainly get a contemporary human).
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Rico on January 03, 2012, 05:27:46 AM
How about someone not from the UK?  Have they done that before?  Maybe an American?

P.S.  Aren't we a long way from this too?  Like 1-2 years??
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Feathers on January 03, 2012, 05:33:27 AM
Quote from: Rico on January 03, 2012, 05:27:46 AM
How about someone not from the UK?  Have they done that before?  Maybe an American?

P.S.  Aren't we a long way from this too?  Like 1-2 years??

They've done US and Australian companions before (character nationalities, not necessarily actor nationalities) and as for 1-2 years, that may be so for the Doctor but [spoiler]Moffatt has said that they're pretty much done with the 'Ponds' by mid-season 2012.[/spoiler]

(The above is in the public domain but I don't have a source so I've protected it for the sake of the weak at heart :))
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Rico on January 03, 2012, 08:43:43 AM
But no non-UK companions at least in the modern (2005+) Doctor Who - right?  You must be talking about before I really was watching.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Feathers on January 03, 2012, 08:44:36 AM
Oh yes, sure - I'm in deep history. :)
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Rico on January 03, 2012, 08:53:55 AM
Ahh, good!  Because I'd be in favor of a certain former Colonial Viper pilot getting aboard the Tardis.  But, I might be a little biased.  :)

P.S. Or how about Michelle Ryan?  I liked her in the "Planet of the Dead" special.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Dangelus on January 03, 2012, 12:25:59 PM
I'm with Meds, it would be great if it were one companion and a man but I doubt they'd do it. They like to have a little "soap opera" element in Who these days.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: bevs_plaything on January 03, 2012, 01:37:40 PM
Peri's character was American, and had quite a few fans during the mid-80s!  The character could be quite a bit winy, but left her mark on the show!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nPSUOab2dI&feature=related# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nPSUOab2dI&feature=related#)

Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Pyrovile on January 03, 2012, 02:51:04 PM
She did a passable job with the accent, but used some very British syntax at times, but as easy as she was on the eyes, I can overlook that.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: ElfManDan on January 03, 2012, 05:11:45 PM
My vote is for alien. Something different would be nice.

You know who would be cool to see on the show is David Hewlett. We know he'd do it in a heart beat if he could as well.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Roddenberry on January 03, 2012, 05:43:00 PM
I agree with some on here, be nice to have a male companion, my vote - Alan Tudyk.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Feathers on January 04, 2012, 01:27:32 AM
I hadn't thought of Hewlett.

Maybe not McKay but as another character he could be great.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Rico on January 04, 2012, 06:01:30 AM
Quote from: Feathers on January 04, 2012, 01:27:32 AM
I hadn't thought of Hewlett.

Maybe not McKay but as another character he could be great.

I loved David Hewlett on SG: Atlantis, but I think he's a bit too much like the Doctor already.  He needs a counter balance to his eccentric nature.  If it was a man this time, I'd pick more of an action hero type guy - similar to Captain Jack Harkness.  I'd still prefer a female companion.  I think it helps have both a male and female in the Tardis.  Gives everyone out there someone to sort of identify with.  Unless they turn the whole thing around and have a woman Doctor someday and a male companion.  But I know Meds at least hates that idea.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Meds on January 04, 2012, 07:50:00 AM
BLASPHEMER!!!!!! Get off your forums now Rico for saying such a thing. Lol ;)

Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Feathers on January 04, 2012, 12:35:51 PM
Yes, I guess Hewlett alone wouldn't work quite as well but perhaps with another? As I said, his McKay persona wouldn't play (for the 'too similar to the Doctor' reason) but surely a compromise chaacter would be possible?
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Meds on January 04, 2012, 01:13:09 PM
I'd even go for a older woman, like in Big Finish.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Pyrovile on January 04, 2012, 01:51:45 PM
Quote from: Roddenberry on January 03, 2012, 05:43:00 PM
I agree with some on here, be nice to have a male companion, my vote - Alan Tudyk.

Only if Moffat can work in dinosaurs and his character saying "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Roddenberry on January 04, 2012, 03:24:36 PM
Quote from: Pyrovile on January 04, 2012, 01:51:45 PM
Quote from: Roddenberry on January 03, 2012, 05:43:00 PM
I agree with some on here, be nice to have a male companion, my vote - Alan Tudyk.

Only if Moffat can work in dinosaurs and his character saying "Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

If any one can, the Moffat man can.
Title: Re: Who should be cast as the new companion(s)?
Post by: Meds on January 04, 2012, 03:25:53 PM
I'd make a good companion, just thought i'd say lol