Doctor Who Series 4 Sees Tennant Exit and Carlyle or Morrissey Enter?

Series Three is due soon (as in the other spin-off, 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' ('Torchwood' misses the mark by a country mile as far as I am concerned), Rose is out and Freema Agyeman is in. Tennant's the grinning replacement for Eccelston, and the show is firmly popular with many different age groups. Although older posts on the show (and some of the more broad, popular Biritsh Comedy stuff I've written about) seem to attract more than their fair share of fan talk ("OMG! Billie Don't Go! We loe you Billie!" etc etc... *yawn*) I do think this one's of interest because it's another reasonably quick exit for a Doctor; see the comments (already) and you'll understand what i mean - the post clearly says this is a rumor too!

Still, there's a precedent set by Eccleston's exit, by the typecasting that Doctors of old found hard to escape, and by a shift in the general tone of the production since the comeback. Although both the names mentioned as being in discussion with the BBC (and yes, it's still a rumor at this stage, no solid confirmation - though it's making the press this morning) are both solid actors, I would easily plump for Carlyle because I think he's one of the best around and would give a more masculine, intense variation on the character.

Morrissey has been popular in the BBCs show 'Blackpool' and is closer to the tone of the show if you attempt to sense what he is like from other work you might have seen. Either way, they're not the most obvious of names to throw-up if you're going to simply pull a story like this out of your imagination, so let's hope for more shows that match the quality of many of what we've so far seen - the Xmas special was "okay", nothing more, nothing less, but the series continues to be worth watching at least. Oh, and a Box Set of Series Two will be available soon on R1 USA DVD if you check the DVD Release Calendar.