Who Will Be The Next Doctor?, Part 2

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In a few minutes, the BBC Doctor Who Live Special will reveal who will take on the role of the 12th Doctor. My excitement is pulling Zero-G maneuvers in my stomach, occasionally sending tingles to my taint. (Too much information, I know, but find me a Whovian who doesn't feel the same way right now.) Soon all the speculations and betting and theories will end. Some will be disappointed (and possibly destitute) but most, regardless of who might will play the Doctor, will be have their excitement amplified and redirected towards the #awesomeness that will be Doctor Who Series 8!

But, until the reveal finally ends said speculations and betting and theories, why not contribute to the fun? Back in June, I wrote about which actors I thought would make excellent choices to play our favorite Time Lord. In that post, I tried to present fun but unfounded theories and I still stand by my views when I wrote:

Honestly, looking back to when Matt Smith was announced as the next Doctor, everyone wondered who he was. He came almost out of nowhere as the youngest Doctor yet and with a relatively short résumé. The same could be said of David Tennant to a certain degree. I would not be surprised if, just like last time, the speculations run rampant and then we are blindside by the selection of a relative nobody.

But as promised, I want to take this time to challenge some of the fan favorites currently in the running.

Life, GNerks, and More Promises.

I hate these update posts, mostly because I feel like I do too many off them instead of writing something actually worth your time reading. This isn't supposed to be a blog about my personal life. Although many of my post are informed and prefaced by what happens to me personally, this isn't a diary. I try to be informative: entertainment reviews, news and pop culture commentary, yada yada yada.  Sure! I might have gone to Savannah over the weekend, but you're going to read a post that reviews something I did, not one on how great it was I got to spend time with my family.

Second, I feel that I make a lot of promises I don't keep when I write these posts. (Sorry.) I promised to focus more on social media related stuff but I don't. I promised I'd tone do the politics, but then the government does (or in most cases, doesn't do) something that I can't help but comment on.

So here we are again. The beginning of new month and the year is half over. I haven't changed. (Sorry.)

Anyways! On to other matters at hand.

GNerks' current FB profile picture.

I'm now doing some managing editor duties at GNerks.com, an entertainment blog written by geeks, nerds, and dorks for other geeks, nerds and dorks about things geeks, nerds, and dorks enjoy. (Think Nerdist.com and other geek sites you might come across on the interweb.) Gnerks was started by my friend Ben Fuller and me back in January but we didn't really do much with it until middle of last month when we started to recruit some of our friends and the site came to life. We are going into our third week already receiving over three thousand page views and our first 75 like on our Facebook page. My duties as managing editor consist mostly of copy-editing and publication management, but it's taken a lot of my time, especially from this blog. Another side effect of this opportunity is that I now have to create content for both sites.

What does this mean? Well, it means that some of my reviews, especially for comic books and graphic novels, movies, and sci-fi and fantasy books; geek related commentary; and event coverage; will probably appear either exclusively or concurrently at Gnerks. I will finish part two of my 12th Doctor speculations in the coming days, after which expect to find similar post at GNerks in all but a few cases.    

As far as Wibbly-wobbly, Timey-Wimey Stuff goes, I really hope to follow through with my plans to turn this site into something more like a general interest blog meets Atlanta Magazine meets LifeHacker with a dash of National Geographic and Popular Science  and a hint of CNN and Mashable. Very tall order, I know. Especially if all I seem to write nowadays are these damn updates. 

Who Will Be The Next Doctor?, Part 1

EVERYONE JUST LOST THEIR MINDS

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On Friday, June 1st, 2013, Matt Smith, announced that he would be stepping down from the titular role in BBC's popular sci-fi  show Doctor Who. This was a great disappointment to the fandom as Smith's portrayal of the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor had endeared him in the hearts of many since he took over the role after Tenth Doctor David Tennant left the series in 2010. Despite rumors that Smith had intentions of leaving the show, his announcement came as a surprise to many—probably because an August 2012 interview with the Sun, in which Smith stated that he would remain in the role until "at least 2014" was taken by some to mean the "through" the 2014 season. Smith has only two episodes left: the November 23rd 50th Anniversary Special and the 2013 Christmas Special, in which the BBC confirm that the Eleventh Doctor will regeneration into the twelfth incarnation.

That being said, almost immediately after the announcement of Smith departure, the Interweb exploded  with speculations and suggestions as to who is worthy to take up the role of Twelfth Doctor. Online bookies like SkyBet and William Hill are already offering odds on who will be the next Doctor with Law & Order: UK's Ben Daniels as top favorite. Fans the world over have their fantasy list of potential Doctors that include Harry Potter stars; potential first female Doctor, first black Doctor, and first previous Doctor to return; and Benedict Cumberbatch. Even news outlets are picking favorites. Most of these lists border on absurd, however, and I must agree with Dustin Rowles, who in his uproxx.com article on realistic candidates to replace Matt Smith, points out that, for various reasons like casting precedence and ability to dedicate themselves to the show, the next Doctor will need to be a relative unknown. So, no Daniel Radcliffe, no Cumberbatch, no Johnny Depp.

But where is the fun in speculations if they weren't unsupportable and bat-shit off the wall? So, in honor of the folk who really, really, REALLY would crap themselves if Harry Potter or Sherlock Holmes got the role, I present to you my theories on who will be the next Doctor. In today's post, I will present you with my Limited American Knowledge of British Actors list of who I think should and/or will be Twelfth Doctor. Later this week, I'll post Part Two in which, I find reasons why everyone else is wrong.