10 Things That Must NEVER Happen In Doctor Who

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[@jasonjimerson7046]

I cannot see Jeff Goldblum playing the Doctor. But I can see him playing a cool villain.

[@pkthunder416]

Who cares how little imagination you have?

[@JoelGrant-yo8b]

Toymaker after NPH?

[@jasonjimerson7046]

@@JoelGrant-yo8b Possible, or maybe another different villain.

[@jakesinclair69420]

​@@jasonjimerson7046 The toymaker's brother? The god of reality?

[@jasonjimerson7046]

@@jakesinclair69420 That could work.

[@robsquared2]

Now I want an episode that takes place in a nursing home called retirement of the daleks. It's a comic or book that involves Wilfred Mott getting a bunch of retirees to defeat a dalek plan to turn the elderly into secret agents.

[@sylviamaike6866]

This would be an absolute hoot and I would buy it. Yeah retirees.

[@arthurmartin4616]

If they can even find someone that can live up to the late Bernard Cribbens, then yeah I can see that working.

[@wesherbst1526]

lololol

[@CandygramMongo]

Reminds me of the film Bubba Hotep. Not dr who, but features a mummy arising in a nursing home flight off by two elderly men who may or may not be Elvis and JFK.

[@quantisedspace7047]

Geriatrics of the Daleks Day Care of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks could all benefit from that treatment, with all three being parts of a story arc where some creepy dude in a wheelchair wants to create better robotic HCAs, builds a facility in Ledworth and ends up creating Mildred Ratched in robot form.

[@markj3169]

Doctor who's name will be revealed by a barista giving the Doctor their latte

[@robsquared2]

It's Mark with a K. Barista writes Karc.

[@quantisedspace7047]

Most people give false names to the barista anyway, until Starmer makes it illegal. Would be quite amusing though to have a scene in a coffee shop with him and two companions with their names on the cups and with his just being 'The Doctor'

[@tonythewerehog5410]

I feel like the doctor and master being brothers would have made the timeless child more complicated

[@gamerwmcg]

Not to mention 12 calling the Master his "man crush"

[@tonythewerehog5410]

@@gamerwmcg lol

[@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg]

I want them to reveal that the Timeless Child is actually the Doctor's own final incarnations jumping back in time to the start of the Timelords.

[@Starbright_]

@@gamerwmcg Also Missy literally kissing him on the lips.

[@shannonsmith924]

Everyone also always misses another big thing with that episode. It’s called “The timeless Children” very intention wording. They may very well have implied that the Master is also one of those timeless children.

[@ProfArmitage218]

A number of years ago, Sean Pertwee posted a picture online of himself dressed as the Third Doctor for Halloween, and he looked amazing.

[@alexfletcher5192]

It's interesting how Peter Capaldi believes that once you've done the part, it's done. That rather flies in the face of the show's own history and even a lecture his Doctor gave to an audience. But there's a balance to be struck there. I don't particularly relish the idea of AI Doctors cropping up in some future equivalent of the anniversary specials. Once in a while is a novelty. Every other year is not.

[@TheSegaStoner]

Calling you out Elly! Ryan Gosling is Canadian, ironically born is London (Ontario). Let's clear the air here, the show was created by a Canadian, funded launch (and relaunch) by Canadians, and Canada is part of the Commonwealth... A Canadian 100% DESERVES an opportunity to portray the Doctor.

[@marionbaggins]

@@TheSegaStoner Australia is also a part of the Commonwealth!!! They should have people playing the Doctor too!!! They helped make the show in the 60's!!!

[@wesherbst1526]

And so does an American, because if not for America, nobody ever would have had the idea for Canada...or something.

[@TheSegaStoner]

@@marionbaggins I'm not anti-Australia by any means. Canada helped in the beginning as well :)

[@marionbaggins]

@@TheSegaStoner I hope these countries do get Acknowledged, in any way. Doctor Who wasn't just made by the UK in the Beginning, it was many different countries and now outside the UK they pay. They deserved to have someone represent them inside DW. And thr Toymaker was played by an American resently, why not other big Characters played by Non UK Please? Also I realized with Canda part of the Commonwealth, 1 show I loved was made by 3 and aired mostly in these 3 areas: Canda, UK, and Australia: Splatalot!!! It's mostly Candian, but the Hosts *depends where you live* and Some of the Defenders are your Nation!!!

[@1978rharris]

Let me answer all of your concerns: HELL NO. The Doctor should ONLY EVER be played by someone from the British Isles. I’ll brook no argument on the subject. I have spoken.

[@kenzieduckmoo]

#1: Allow Chris Chibnall to have anything to do with Doctor Who ever again.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@scottpandich3972]

I know it's been done with Eric Roberts already, but I've thought an American Master would be fun, especially if the Master were American just to irritate the Doctor.

[@ZootLives]

I wonder if Eric Roberts' Master could have had a kid, if only to bring on Emma Roberts into the Doctor Who universe, but only as a villain.

[@misterwolf3817]

If Daleks retire, a huge part of Doctor Who just dies.

[@hastekulvaati9681]

I dunno. The Daleks have been done to death.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Davies said he wants them to not be evil anymore and will instead be nice and lecture everyone about the importance of being good 🙄

[@Grategous9]

@@SamuelBlack84I doubt that is true at all

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@Grategous9 He said it in an interview

[@brewster_4]

@@SamuelBlack84 He literally has never said that

[@SteveDavisActor]

I agree with all of them. Except for a couple you’ve mentioned. 1 - I actually think having the tardis changing exterior for a couple episodes or more would actually be a cool premise. The Doctor could figure out why he/she can’t change it back to a police box. Obviously it doesn’t mean it’s going to be a permanent change because the police box is so iconic. 2- It’s always possible to have a Canadian or an American playing The Doctor. We’ve had a Canadian and an American Master in the TV movie. As long as they take a good amount of dialect classes to put on an accent. But it depends on the direction of the showrunner. It would give every actor who dreams of it, a chance. The show is always changing but never say never. As long as the Canadian/American performer doesn’t change The Doctor too much and keep to the formula, we should be safe for that. Non relative topic: it could be a risk but we shouldn’t have Earth Bound episodes all the time. It could get stagnant and the viewership could go down. The last season had a couple of episodes with alien planets, which was a breath of fresh air. Even if the aliens were human-like. Don’t get me wrong, being on Earth does make Doctor Who, Doctor Who. It would be nice though, to change the atmosphere more often.

[@DAveShillito]

I could never see Jon Pertwee in Sean Pertwee, until he posted those Halloween pics. But once I did see them I've wanted him to follow in his father footsteps so much!"

[@KarenOCallaghan-u5o]

When Sean Pertwee was on Brother Cadfile, I saw his resemblance to his father.

[@juicebox_ryan3185]

Wait...wait.. do people hate the series 7b titles? Those are my fav of the new era? I want the doctors face back in the intros

[@lexruptor]

^ this, 100%

[@TheNerdCorner]

Honestly same I wasn’t aware there was hate on those credits they’re some of my favourites

[@dashtoroya2838]

Apart from matt Smith's face the entire intro was horrible. It felt they used some stock images from Google images and placed it at one go.

[@juicebox_ryan3185]

@@dashtoroya2838 interesting. Ive always felt that way about capaldis and the 9 and 10 intro but the 7b intro ive always seen as a cool callback to the classic series. to each their own i guess

[@doctorry]

Sean Pertwee must be utterly sick to the back teeth of hearing him possibly taking over his father's part.

[@tomhyde9938]

Yea no thanks to CGI classic Doctors, that would feel even more disrespectful because they're still doing Doctor Who with Big Finish.

[@pfcrow]

Actually, I would use CGI classic Doctors, but for animating lost episodes and Big Finish episodes. That's different from using CGI for appearances in new episodes, which might be alright for brief glimpses instead of stock footage like they've done many times, but I agree that using CGI for a significant appearance (more than a few seconds) isn't the right way to do it.

[@dracrorasco4907]

As an American I will make you eat your words when I play The Doctor

[@thegrimmreaper444]

Let's do it together

[@Zen-Dragon71]

I get to be The Master then 🤣🤣

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

FYI, James Earl Jones signed the rights to his Vader recording sessions to Lucasfilm before his death specifically so that they may use them with AI to create any new Vader lines if needed should he pass on. The great man planned...

[@TailsTheFoxy]

To me from a in-universe standpoint it is rather weird that the doctor only regenerates into british people. Or people from earth.

[@brewster_4]

It's only a matter of time until we get a blue skinned Doctor with 5 eyes and 8 arms

[@Prince__Teclis]

Well in universe he doesn't look human, we look Time Lord. If I'm remembering an audio drama right, the Time Lords literally tailored evolution and the timelines of certain races to make them resemble the Time Lords.

[@ZootLives]

What if The Doctor's accent is due to his companion has that accent? Like maybe The 11th Doctor's relationship with Amy could have explained why The 12th Doctor has a Scottish accent. It could be something to do with the TARDIS' ability to translate languages, which would explain how Shakespeare and so on have MODERN British accents despite the fact that modern British accents only go back as far as the 18th century (or was it the 19th?), with British accents prior to that sounding more like modern American accents.

[@TheCestMathu]

@@ZootLives the American accent (which one? Texan? New Jersey? Boston?) being the old English accent is a fallacy. The only similarity being they kept the rohtic r still used in the south west of England. In fact, Cornwall and Devon are the closest we have to that old English dialect

[@quantisedspace7047]

He regenerates into people similar to his own time lord race; they are clearly as human-looking as Vulcans are.

[@rhodrage]

Russell T Davies watching this taking notes of what to do in the future

[@CrxtorVR]

hopefully the doctor doesn't become a god, i cant deal with space jesus again

[@TristanHathaway]

The bigenerations make sense when you consider the multi Doctor episodes with the older Doctors being older.

[@marionbaggins]

Not all, Dr's 11 grew old in Trenzalore!

[@rockbandny]

Id love an American doctor

[@gerryandersonisbest]

I think it'd probably be fine to have an american actor so long as the PART is still British. Like having Henry Cavill (a British actor) play the all-american Superman - who fights for "truth, justice and the american way". We've also had TWO British Spidermen. All three still play their parts as american, because that's the character. Especially in Superman's case - like the Doctor, he embodies characteristics of the country that created him, despite being an alien. It worked perfectly fine that way round so I don't see why the same can't be true in reverse, if you can find an american who can do a convincing enough accent.

[@CraigXJ87]

​@@gerryandersonisbestWe've also had an Australian and an Irishman play James Bond.

[@kevin10001]

@@gerryandersonisbestwe also had an English man play Batman cause Christian bale is English and that could explain his lisp when he was Bruce Wayne trying to cover the accent

[@williamwatson4354]

Luke Perry as Inspector Spacetime made me LOL for real. Good show.

[@ospero7681]

I'm just going to assume that the script writer for this video knows that Ryan Gosling isn't actually American. (He was actually born in London. Granted, that's London, Ontario, Canada.)

[@pkthunder416]

You can assume they don't know much at all since they started using AI to write scripts

[@scrappy00001]

This make him from the British Commonwealth so he could play The Doctor

[@bawintermage8351]

The Doctor and the Master must be the same person! The reason there is so much affection and emnity between the two is they are in fact regenerations of each other. Yep, my fan fiction reigns supreme

[@shannonsmith924]

I wrote my Doctor who book. Where the Master is the related to the Doctor but he’s become a slave to Rassilon who put the drums in his head to control him. It’s why he hears the heart beat of four, heart beat of a timelord. Rassilon controlling him. If you think about it Rassilon is quite a dominating headstrong villain and the Master seems to match that entirely all the way up to hurting the Doctor at any cost.

[@RyanMartinez]

I do want to see what an "American" Time Lord would be like. Maybe name them "The Mechanic," basically an inventor. Someone who got bored of the upkeep of a facility on Galifrey and wanted to see what was out there to be invented. Or some BS like that. LOL

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

Remember, the Master's TARDIS once appeared as a Greek/Roman style column in Classic Who in order to blend in, while the Doctor's was still the police box, and it made perfect sense, as the Master was overtly deceptive, as the Doctor was not.

[@DittoGTI]

The reason the Masters TARDIS looked that way is because the chameleon circuit isn't broken on the Masters TARDIS

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

@@DittoGTI I'm aware of that, but it still doesn't change the sense of it in my head. The Master used the circuit to deceive, while the Doctor didn't feel a need to fix it.

[@Grandmama-Rainey]

Thank you, Ellie, for bringing us the best Dr Who commentary on KZbin. You are such a bright spot in the Whoniverse❣️

[@thedelta4258]

I think, by this point, even the Doctor's forgotten their name. Same with their age.

[@ofskittlez]

I wouldn't rule out an American Doctor.

[@ZootLives]

For me, it depends on who plays The Doctor in this context. Patti Lupone, Anthony Rapp, Wilson Cruz or even Rita Moreno? Yes. But PLEASE no one from a primarily TV or movie background.

[@jobassett7395]

I am American and ..... no, no, no... never an American doctor. I agree with EVERYTHING you listed within the video. Then fact is, I prefer British television over American.

[@reeceemms1643]

The Daleks need to get a spin off.

[@Phantom-hy2ix]

Don't forget, never change the colour of the TARDIS and never change the tv theme.

[@singsongsign]

The shape of the TARDIS shouldn't be changed either.

[@nigelnash7516]

@9:06 well that's not fair

[@Roxy_Studios]

9:38 I mean as an American I do recognize that Doctor Who is a British TV show, but still, it does feel weird that only one kind of person is allowed to play the Doctor (based on where they were born/raised?)- I don’t think it’s about the accent or where the actor is from, it’s about the actor themself, and how well they’d be able to portray the Doctor (though i do admit it would feel strange hearing the Doctor with an American accent, since I’m so accustomed to the Doctor being British or Scottish, etc.)

[@DoctorWhoManiaProductions23]

No American has played James Bond

[@peterdixon7734]

There are two very respectable American Doctors in fan films: Velocity and The Forgotten Time Lord. Just sayin'.

[@fadikhoory5350]

I remember an interview that Verity Lambert gave when she said that seeing the Timelords and landing on Gallifrey decreased the Doctor's mystery and spoke about the benefits of not knowing the Doctor too much. In a way, if we ever have an episode where we meet the doctor's family members, it would feel as if we knew his name. Think about, imagine if we knew everything about the Doctor and the only reduced mystery we have is his name, we might as well what his name is. Yeah, like Colin Baker was humble. I would not mind a little de-aging on some of the surviving actors, provided it isn't too distracting.

[@fisheyenomiko]

"if we ever have an episode where we meet the doctor's family members" [coughSusancough]

[@Solitaire001]

That was the whole idea of the Carmel Masterplan, of which "Silver Nemesis" was a part. It was intended to restore the mystery to The Doctor because by that time much of The Doctor was known. In "Silver Nemesis" we got hints that The Doctor was far more than we've been shown, When the villain starts to hint at The Doctor's past, The Seventh Doctor looked to be afraid.

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Sorry, had an important phone call, got here as soon as I could. I agree almost categorically with everything on this list, if not completely with all the reasoning. Close enough that we're not going to fight about it. Sorry if that was your intent. #1 for me was an American Doctor. I feel very strongly on the subject. Doctor Who is British. It's part of the cultural identity. And so, it must always remain British. So strongly do I believe this, it got me blocked on Twitter, by one of my mutuals, no less. The Doctor's name is a close second. Good list. As mentioned, with the exception of maybe some of the reasoning, I wouldn't change a thing.

[@chickensandwichman5443]

The biggest reason why revealing the Doctor's name would be a bad idea is because nothing that gets revealed would mean anything. There is absolutely no answer to the mystery of their name that would be remotely satisfying, or have any relative meaning to any viewer at all. The mystery literally doesn't mean anything outside of just existing for the sake of existing

[@brewster_4]

Unless the name is something absolutely crazy like Jesus Christ

[@tomhyde9938]

The Doctor Falls would have been a satisfying ending, it doesn't need to be an open ending. We can still have adventures with all the known incarnations and all the characters through spin offs and other media once the main show ends.

[@atomicdanny]

I mean Robert Picardo? (I mean he played a character called the Doctor :P - which i'm sure is known :), more so by this channel :D) - I think he'd be a good Doctor (as in Doctor Who) )

[@walterheukels]

Nice Inspector Spacetime reference

[@woozzy64happy84]

10:14 I love that you put a clip of the late Luke Perry in, when referring to American Doctors!! He was an amazing actor.

[@bryanslick8704]

Relax, Americans. Our British friends like to punch up every now and then, but don't let it rankle. Obviously, there are many actors from all over the world who could portray The Doctor brilliantly, but it doesn't matter. One of the great contradictions in Whodom is represented by the repeated message that the idea of nation-states is holding Humanity back, portrayed most excellently by a cabal of actors who all hail from one small island. The irony is almost charming.

[@FrancisHealy-ey4iz]

Peter Sellers, American?

[@GoranNewsum]

I see no problem with an American actor playing The Doctor. Matt Smith even said that he would love to see John Lithgow as The Doctor. The Doctor can literally be anybody, so why not an American, or an Australian, or an Indian for that matter!

[@brewster_4]

I think it's a matter of time before we get a Doctor from America, Australia, Canada, or Ireland. Obviously, at first there'll be loads of outrage and complaint, but once we see it, and realize how wonderful they are we'll laugh at ourselves for ever doubting it.

[@rhodrage]

Want a Welsh doctor first.

[@sylviamaike6866]

I'm not sure why I got this idea, but I have become absolutely persuaded that we need a Jamaican Doctor.

[@peterhall4813]

@@brewster_4 Cillian Murphy

[@ZootLives]

At least make the first non-British Doctor someone with a stage background. Between that and her history on the West End, I could see Patti Lupone as The Doctor, preferably exclusive to Big Finish audio dramas.

[@educationalmadness8415]

I already binge watch doctor who and would never Skip a single episode and couldn't imagine ever using the word filler to describe a show as unique as doctor who.

[@alexfletcher5192]

The trouble with the Daleks is that there's no ideal resting period for them. When Resurrection of the Daleks came out, I was 11 and had only seen them in a new context once in five years (The Five Doctors), so it felt like a big deal. But five years to an 11 year old is roughly half a lifetime. At 51 it goes in the blink of an eye! So, rest them for ten years. And wake me for the second reel.

[@harveyburton7]

Russel T Davies will see this as a challenge

[@WhoCulture]

If Season 2 is released all at once, Ncuti is doing an American accent, and the TARDIS is a burger van… we accept full responsibility

[@SamuelBlack84]

He's mangled this believed franchise into an obscene mess with his self-righteous virtue signalling and nonsensical inclusivity I couldn't care less about modern day politics I want it out of Doctor Who Despise me all you want, I don't care

[@brewster_4]

@@SamuelBlack84 You want modern day politics out of Doctor Who? You must hate the Daleks, the Green Death, the Sun Makers, the Happiness Patrol, Aliens of London, World War Three, Gridlock, The Sound of Drums, the Last of the Time Lords, Oxygen

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@brewster_4 I don't want inclusivity I don't want trans or gay crap in my programme Keep that garbage to yourself

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@brewster_4 I don't want your politics

[@bigjake360t]

I think fixing the chameleon circuit for an episode could work, but it has to go back to normal by the end.

[@tardistrailers]

That did happen in Attack of the Cybermen.

[@Solitaire001]

I've heard that The Ninth Doctor destroyed the Chameleon Circuit so that it would never work again. He did it because the TARDIS' Police Box Form had become a key part of Earth History.

[@bigjake360t]

@@Solitaire001 Who was 9 again?

[@Solitaire001]

@@bigjake360t Christopher Eccelston.

[@bigjake360t]

@@Solitaire001 oh right. Thanks.

[@lordofthereels6790]

It'd be stupidly expensive but if The Rani came back but due to The Master experimenting on her making her experience 2 regenerations at once. Big Finish did something like this and it'd be cool for the show and make The Rani twice as interesting/powerful/unpredictable. Maybe a more coldly charismatic Rosamund Pike type and campier Elizabeth Hurley type plauing her two halves?

[@charleslord2433]

I'd do #10 one better - if you're only going to do only 6 or even 10 episodes, why not drop them monthly to spread out the joy and shorten the droughts? The weekly episodes are a throwback to the serials of Classic Who.

[@_andrewvia]

Thanks Ellie. It's always pleasant listening to you.

[@Inhabited1island]

It 10:27 reminds me of that ep of Community The American inspector SpacetimI

[@GaryTurbo]

So no Snoop Dogg as The Doctor?

[@rdfan7669]

6:36 Is nobody else going to mention the 'Also Starring Bernard Cribbins' detail at the top of the Daleks poster?!

[@fisheyenomiko]

Yeah, he was in the second Dalek movie, "Dalek's Invasion Earth".

[@michellehainze3345]

Thinking back, a UK actor raised in America would work. Think of the Tourchwood actor John Barrowman.

[@MaidenheadPk]

No

[@lant7123]

Even if they did something like Trial of the Timelord, releasing all at once would be bad. The box is too iconic. Trek will always have a saucer and nacelles. I like Theta, tbh. It's weird enough to still make you go "Who?" As a Yank, I'm definitely gone if the Doc is ever American... in fact, keep them Brit. But I'd get rid of the Daleks tomorrow, if I could. Cybermen are better.

[@lexruptor]

Never? Nah, an American Doctor is a thing that MUST happen, and the longer it takes the less inclusive Doctor Who feels.

[@davidroers3441]

I liked S7 B opening titles...

[@desiregonzales6246]

Oh, Luke Perry RIP. Too soon.

[@billivee]

In theory the American doctor ship sailed the moment he had a regional accent

[@grahamcann1761]

I strongly agree with you on the first five, but I'm not so sure on the last five. Especially number One: Not yet, but eventually, with their, or their families permission, I think I'd like to see other Doctors return, even All Doctors return, IF the story (and the effects) are exemplary! And of the first five, I most strongly agree with number eight, The Doctor not being a divine being; just a really good Time Lord. As always thank you so very much all for the videos.

[@9-VoltYouTube]

I wouldn't mind an American Doctor, obviously I'd like it to slowly shift, first the UK, then the UK and the Commonwealth, then UK, Commonwealth, and Europe, and *then* other international actors.

[@alexfletcher5192]

I am not a fan of the idea of an American actor in the part, but I think we'd do far worse than Jeff Goldblum. I mean, like Tom, he's a bit of an eccentric to start with.

[@ChaingunCassidy]

I wish they would have done the Timeless Child a bit differently, instead of having The Doctor be the Timeless Child have The Doctor be a clone of The Timeless Child along with every prominent Timelord, every Timelord who has achieved greatness is a direct clone of The Timeless Child and some of them choose the same name in different iterations, some are destined to become The Doctor, some are destined to become Omega, some are destined to become The Master.

[@joeramsay6269]

OR and hear me out, they cast an American actor that loves and respects the Doctor Who IP 🤷‍♂️

[@RubyKeeble-w4z]

River cannot be anyone but our queen Alex Kingston.

[@Movierealzster1]

"An American Doctor would potentially be bigger, brasher, louder, elements that clash with the Doctor's default setting of humble traveler helping out wherever they can." That's a pretty big generalization you are making about over 300 million people.

[@bloopyboy]

accurate tho

[@NootOfRoses]

The point being made is that American media production and British media production are fundamentally different. Having an American actor play The Doctor would bring in elements of American media production that would clash with the pre-existing style of the show. Just look at the TV movie.

[@ciarangrey7576]

Somebody misunderstood the point

[@pkthunder416]

​@@NootOfRosesblah blah blah yap Yap yap

[@davidsmith62]

“Every planet has a north.” Could every planet “have a North America”?

[@TolaSrrup]

As an US American: no American Doctor! Ever. Full stop. No more ruining the scheduling to film over here either! You want to do a full series/season, I’ll live. The Mouse’s four fingered mitts all over it gives me pause still. I am glad for the influx of money for the show though.

[@rgreed20081]

If there is going to be an American Doctor, he or she must exist in a parallel Universe. The American Doctor can be a female. She needs to be a person who seems to be more of an Urban Myth than a real person. In the Whovianverse, the people of the Earth are aware of alien beings due to the presence of the Doctor. Almost everyone accept the truth about the existence of Aliens, but continue to ignore the truth most of the time as to continue to live their normal lives. Oddly due to the Great Time War, it does have a major impact on the other universes. In the Universe of the American Doctor, there is a war going on in many parts of the known galaxy due to the effects of the Great Time War. One true argument against the American Doctor is the complex nature of American Society. One facet of American Society is how excessive which the American Media has become. A large part of the American Media is Tabloid related. For the American Doctor to succeed, the Doctor must have a degree of Privacy. The Tabloid part of the American Media is notable in the other areas of the Mass Media. So the ideal of the American Doctor being an Urban Myth helps her a lot. The government is aware of the Doctor's existence. It treats her existence as an Urban Myth. Yet the evidence of American Doctor treats her as if she is like Bigfoot. Oddly the best way to keep the Doctor's status an Urban Myth is to make her into a person who is very private. While the Doctor is known to help a lot of people, she continues to be treated like Bigfoot as an Urban Myth.

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

It's never going to be canceled

[@Kansas462]

I think Grant Gustin would be an amazing American Doctor Who.

[@itequipment8251]

Something that MUST be done is erase the Timeless Child.

[@brewster_4]

It's been almost five years since that episode. Almost half a decade later, and you lot are still whining.

[@itequipment8251]

@@brewster_4 it's the Doctor Who version of Brexit.

[@GabeSquid]

Imagine Davison and his Season 19 companions having to fit it a normal sized police box

[@the-scamp]

please, not the bloody Darlek's again!!

[@VPWedding]

If American Doctor is such a problem, why is Rwandan Doctor okay?

[@the-scamp]

Because it's a British tv show.

[@brewster_4]

Ncuti really isn't Rwandan though, is he? Yes, he was born there, but he's lived in the UK for almost the entirety of his life. He barely has any memories of Rwanda. If someone who just met him asked "where are you from?" he'd probably answer Scotland.

[@MsJaytee1975]

He’s Scottish. Anyone who suggests otherwise is nothing but a racist.

[@MsJaytee1975]

@@brewster_4 He does say he’s Scottish

[@judithstrachan9399]

Another Scot? I didn’t realise. The place has more than its fair share of talent, doesn’t it?

[@nicholasruhling6429]

That Scrubs reference was on point

[@ryanpetty8843]

An American Doctor with a Sontaran companion going around all of space and time shooting all their problems would be hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

[@lexruptor]

He wouldn't shoot anything though, like? I'm American, unfortunately, and I think if you think an American Doctor would suddenly be gun-happy, you missed the point The Doctor, and really know nothing about Americans either. I do like the Sontaran Companion idea though, I could see some unknown scrawny American actor, probably young, as The Doctor, traveling around modern-day London with a Sontaran Companion, saving the universe with words and random office supplies, idk why people think that would be any different from what we get from Matt Smith or David Tennant, but ig Brits have some messed up generalized biases against Americans, so they think it would somehow be so drastically different. It really wouldn't be though.

[@cameronheron8551]

The to be continued never works unless it's a doctor who episode XD

[@nomadorg2468]

We have a British actor playing Spiderman Dr. Strange etc. There are a lot of American actors that could play the Doctor, don't be a hypocrite. And who's to say the Doctor can't have an American accent. Unlike James Bond the Doctor is from Galifrey not England.

[@Yaaziel]

Never say "Must"

[@igorschmidlapp6987]

When DW stories were multi-part serials (as in ClassicWho), releasing in a chunk makes more sense, so you can watch the story as a "movie" in one go, as opposed to NuWho, which are more singular stories (maybe a 2-parter thrown in)...

[@Legendary3Dgamer]

DOCTOR WHO NEEDS TO NEVER BE CANCELLED!

[@TheRosadochris]

I feel like a doctor, who is an alien should be able to be american

[@josephcooter5763]

As far as Americans doing British accents it used be standard in old Hollywood. Likewise you always had one or two bits doing southern accents. Most notably in gone with the wind

[@hammerman199374]

Okay, I really don't get the hate for the Series 7B intro sequence. Is it the best one? No, but it's not THAT bad either.

[@DustinHarrisonCat]

I feel like if Doctor Who HAS to have an ending it should end with the 1st Doctor coming back.

[@the-scamp]

A just phoned up Robin Whitehouse. "Eddow?", said a voice, sounding like he got a block'd up nose. It was Whitehouse. A then proceeded to take the mock out of Whitehouse, for a full harlf hour. A said lots, but it was mostly mocking his peg. Then, A threatened to tar and feather him. Whitehouse got mad. Suddenly, A heard a thud. "Oh no, oy'm having problem's breathing! ", A heard whitehouse screaming down the line, sounding like his nose totally block'd up. Then, suddenly, the line went dead. A hung up, laughing.

[@joshuacurphey3242]

I thought the ending provided by World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls and Twice Upon a Time were good and a great way to end show, but then Chibnall and RTD then had to wreck it. Thankfully, we have so many more years of content to satisfy us (the audios, books and comics). And if you have a problem with Series 7B's opening titles, you have a problem with a lot of the show's history as every doctor from the Classic Series (apart from William Hartnell) had at least one point their faces in the opening titles.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

No-one wrecked anything.

[@alexanderbridges8442]

I disagree that Doctor Who can't do a definitive end. In a way, I wish that they had done in 2017, do away with the David Tennant regenerated into himself thing from 2013, and have the Twelfth Doctor die at the end of The Doctor Falls. The show can always be timeless without going on forever; we can always have novels, audios, and comics without the main universe lasting on TV forever. Hell, if you still wanted it on TV, you could have gone in cycles of the doctor reaching thirteen lives, dying, and a new universe beginning. Closure is a good thing every now and again.

[@fuegogeneral546]

I gotta somewhat disagree with number 2. It's understandable . don't get me wrong!, culture wise it would be different and clash but it's more or less you need the proper actor and designate a focus for the doctor incarnation they play as, there really isn't a base line of what defines the doctor other than a humble traveler from the stars. Giving an American actor could be good to bring a different flair to the role, I see RDJ's Sherlock Holmes type of role as a good example but only time will tell. Also, it's disney now so I kinda doubt they are gonna respect that.

[@JamesA1102]

No American Doctor? What about Kate Mulgrew as the Doctor with River Song as her companion?

[@librarysong8617]

Pitching it right now, the Master in a 13 year old body

[@SamButler22]

Give us a good enough story and they can do any of these

[@SamButler22]

Ok, not the AI/CG one

[@AnonYmous-yz9zq]

Couldn't watch the last two seasons it made me ill. Doubly so for anything Disney. I watched every episode from the sixties on, and the movies, but I'm done.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Said no-one with a brain ever.

[@thumper8684]

I reckon there is room for an alternate Tardis that is much smaller on the inside than it is on the outside. Imagine Scotland Yard turning up on some bleak windswept moor. Your protagonist goes in through the front door and finds themself in a closet.

[@idle_speculation]

I think someone in the EU had a TARDIS that looked like a double-decker bus and actually was a bit smaller on the inside.

[@midoribushi5331]

I love you, Ellie, but not all Americans are loud and big and brutish. However, I agree (as an American who loves DW) that DW should always have a british actor play the role!

[@larstem2080]

Uh... you do realize not every American is loud and brash right? There are a lot of shy, humble people on our side of the Atlantic. Can't wait for the day you eat your words lol