The Next Doctor speculation thread. (Spoilers, and sadness, inside.)

[Mytical]

I hate to say it, but you really didn't miss anything special. I love Dr. Who, but the special was not so special. Would have been better served being a 30 minute pre-show thing for an actual episode.

[Jester]

I must have missed it. Or they didn't air it here in America. Or I just wasn't paying attention because I didn't give a shit. Take your pick.

[cinema guy]

Matt Smith did get announced in an introductory show. Just not in front of a live studio audience and not broadcast on three continents simultaneously.

[Seraph]

I can't really feel too sorry for Eccleston. He was brilliant as the Doctor and could have easily had a 4+ year run, but he refused to do more than one season because he was afraid he'd be typecast for the rest of his career (meanwhile David Tennant continues to be awesome with numerous non-Doctor roles).

Not true, unfortunately. Eccleston got in a fight with the BBC. http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/doctor-wh...uit-doctor-who

BBC is still all "oh he didn't want typecast", because...well....read Eccleston's interview. Holy cow, he burnt them hard.

[SongsOfDragons]

Capaldi played Frobisher in Children of Earth.

Excuse me while I go shiver now. That miniseries was brutal.

*brrrrr*

[Jester]

Oh, I don't feel sorry for him. He wrote his own dance card. But I still love imagining the three previous Doctors' reaction to the hoopla around 12's intro.

[Kara]

Or Eccleston sitting there, looking at the tv, thinking, "Hell, I brought this series back from the dead, and HE gets his own special, just to say 'Hello, world!'?!?!?"

I can't really feel too sorry for Eccleston. He was brilliant as the Doctor and could have easily had a 4+ year run, but he refused to do more than one season because he was afraid he'd be typecast for the rest of his career (meanwhile David Tennant continues to be awesome with numerous non-Doctor roles).

[DaDairyDruid]

Yes, the very tragic 5 parter

[Jester]

Children of Earth was the five parter with Jack's grandson, right?

[DaDairyDruid]

No, the Starz series was season 4, and Children of Earth was season 3

He played the main government guy who liaisons with the 456.

[Jester]

And by the way, is anyone else picturing Tennant or Smith grumbling in private, muttering, "*I* didn't get my own introductory special...."

Or Eccleston sitting there, looking at the tv, thinking, "Hell, I brought this series back from the dead, and HE gets his own special, just to say 'Hello, world!'?!?!?"

[Jester]

If that was the one on Showtime, I missed it, as I don't have that channel. If that was the one where Captain Jack meets his grandson, I saw it. And if that's it, which part did 12 play?

[DaDairyDruid]

To get a really good view of the mans acting chops, if you can stand it, try watching Torchwood : Children of Earth

Powerful stuff.

[Jester]

Oooohhhh...SJS. Yeah, I was introduced to her in the Tennant years, and found out a bit of her backstory. Got it.

[MoonCat]

Jester, Elizabeth Sladen played Sarah Jane Smith during Tom Baker's years. Then the character was spun off in a series called (IIRC) "K-9 and Company" (K-9 was a robotic dog). Sladen passed away not too long ago.