(Dead) Actors and the Doctor

[selenak]

While we're waiting for the big announcement: I got around to listening to David Tennant being interviewed on Broadcasting House (Dec. 21st) . Basically your standard "so, how does it feel to play Hamlet after the Doctor" interview, but two replies made me smile: one to the question whether he wants to play James Bond (which was basically "no way, and also, no, but a Bond villain would be fun"), and the other as to which dead actor he'd regard as great casting for the Doctor. The interviewer boringly suggested Laurence Olivier. David T., bless his fannish heart, politely let that pass and came up with Charles Laughton instead. Which instantly made me wish for a time travel device of my own, because YES. Charles Laughton would have done great and original things with the Doctor.

It also made me wonder: which dead and gone actor would you regard as good Doctor casting?

Comments

[silverweave.livejournal.com]

Absolutely have to go with Robert Stephens, who would have been a fantastic Doctor, with a nice slice of darkness in there. Also, Patrick Troughton could have given him advice on correct hand holding technique with companion.

On another topic, lovely to see youor collated fic post and all those recs over Christmas, lots to keep me sane when I return to work next week in the deadest time of year!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

OMG Robert Stephens yes. *treasures thoughts of his Aragorn on the BBC LOTR radio production, which I recently reheard*

Re: fic post - when I uploaded my DW christmas story, I realised there were so many stories, in many different fandoms, and a page where you could separate them by fandom could be useful. Plus I had some things on lj which I never posted elswhere. So I created something.

[silverweave.livejournal.com]

God, I absolutely adore that radio adaptation, I was lucky enough to have te 26 part version before the BBC accidentally wiped over it. Classic. I never quite managed to stop thinking of Ian Holm as Frodo! I should dig deep and buy it, the tapes will only last so long I think...