New Who To be Announced on Saturday

The BBC have said that they will be announcing the identity of the 11th doctor at 5:35pm on Saturday.

Please, don’t let it be Catherine Zeta Jones….

Eddie Izzard would be good, but I’d like to see Bill Nighy. I don’t think it’ll be either of them, though. It needs to be someone with a long term commitment to the role.

As I write, the odds (source: betfair) are as follows:

1. Matt Smith 8/15
2. Patterson Joseph 11/10
3. Chiwetel Ejiofor 7/2
4. Ben Wishaw 7/1
5. Russell Tovey 14/1
6. David Morrissey 19/1 (no! too big a leap given the christmas special)
7. James Nesbitt 19/1
8. Billie Piper 19/1 (no!)
9. Colin Salmon 29/1
10. Rhys Ifans 29/1
11. Sean Pertwee 49/1
12. Jennifer Saunders 59/1
13. Jack Davenport 69/1

There’s a certain symmetry to Sean Pertwee, and I can see Patterson Joseph in the role…. regardless, it really doesn’t matter what I think, though, whoever is announced will be Doctor Who. When Tennant was announced, I did remember thinking "who’s that, then?" and he turned out okay….