The far-too-young awful new Poirot or the mumbling awful new Bergerac
.... nope, but at least they are both white males.
Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as the Next Doctor Who
(They're Pretty Great)
--------------------------------------------------------
Though the future of Doctor Who is in turmoil, Alex Kingston
has put forward two actors who she'd like to see as the next
incarnation of the Doctor.
Kingston played River Song, the Doctor's wife, daughter of
Amy Pond and Rory Williams, from 2008 to 2015 on TV and
continues to do so on audio. No one quite knows what's in
store for Doctor Who, but when asked about who might play
the lead role, Kingston said:
"I think it's got to be somebody who has got fun in them, but
also heart and soul. He's now about to play [Agatha
Christie's Hercule] Poirot, but I thought Edward Bluemel
would be a brilliant Doctor. I've worked with him on Discovery
of Witches' and he's got all of the characteristics and
qualities that would make a good Doctor. But then I also just
worked on a theatre play called Copenhagen with Damien Molony,
who just happens to be [Jersey-based detective] Bergerac. We
had a lot of time sitting on stage, and I would watch him, and
he was so physically energised and active that there were
times when I was sitting there going, 'You could be a really
good Doctor'. I shouldn't have been thinking about that - yes,
I'm the expert. I mean, there are so many actors that could do
it, but who knows?"
Bluemel has indeed been announced as playing a young version
of the famous Belgian detective created by Christie. So he
probably isn't in the running.
But Damien Molony is an excellent shout. He's currently
starring as the lead role in Bergerac, a programme created by
Robert Banks Stewart (Terror of the Zygons), which previously
starred Louise Jameson (aka Leela); this modern-day
interpretation is written by Toby Whithouse - a name familiar
to Who fans as he's written a number of excellent stories like
School Reunion, The God Complex, and Under the Lake/ Before
the Flood.
Molony, who worked with Whithouse before on Being Human, is
also appearing in Two Weeks in August at the moment. And he's a
superb actor. He could absolutely knock it out of the park as
the Doctor.
That's not the pertinent question right now though. Instead, we
need to find out more about the tender process, meaning
production teams can pitch to make the show...
Either way, some good suggestions from Alex!
<https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2026/06/23/alex-kingston-suggests-two-actors-as-the-next-doctor-who-theyre-pretty-great/>
That's not the pertinent question right now though. Instead, we
need to find out more about the tender process, meaning
production teams can pitch to make the show...
Either way, some good suggestions from Alex!
Verily, in article <111clmi$1tvop$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:
That's not the pertinent question right now though.
Instead, we need to find out more about the tender
process, meaning production teams can pitch to make the
show...
Either way, some good suggestions from Alex!
If Kingston said this by her own choice, it's just some
comments. If the BBC asked her to say this, it would be much
more interesting.
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening to
everybody... as this person will say 'this' about "Doctor Who"
and the BBC tender in one click-bait article, another person
will suggest something else on YouTube, then a famous person
will throw more random comments in to the ring in a tabloid
article about the future of "Doctor Who".
Verily, in article
<xn0prd5o1365gz001@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening
to everybody... as this person will say 'this' about
"Doctor Who" and the BBC tender, in one click-bait article,
another person will suggest something else on YouTube, then
a famous person will throw more random comments in to the
ring in a tabloid article about the future of "Doctor Who".
It will give us something to talk about.
I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get
back to rewatching.
Verily, in article <111clmi$1tvop$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:
That's not the pertinent question right now though. Instead, we
need to find out more about the tender process, meaning
production teams can pitch to make the show...
Either way, some good suggestions from Alex!
If Kingston said this by her own choice, it's just some comments. If the
BBC asked her to say this, it would be much more interesting.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
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The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <111clmi$1tvop$1@dont-email.me>, did
YourName@YourISP.com deliver unto us this message:
That's not the pertinent question right now though.
Instead, we need to find out more about the tender
process, meaning production teams can pitch to make the
show...
Either way, some good suggestions from Alex!
If Kingston said this by her own choice, it's just some
comments. If the BBC asked her to say this, it would be much
more interesting.
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening to
everybody... as this person will say 'this' about "Doctor Who"
and the BBC tender in one click-bait article, another person
will suggest something else on YouTube, then a famous person
will throw more random comments in to the ring in a tabloid
article about the future of "Doctor Who". All of which will be
picked up by every online site... prompting AI generated
articles with sensationalist headlines to help feed the site's
advertising analytics. But the actual 'news' content will be
zero.
At the end of the day nobody knows what is going to happen until
it happens. It it even does... and I'm still sceptical about
that!
Verily, in article <xn0prd5o1365gz001@news.eternal-september.org>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening to
everybody... as this person will say 'this' about "Doctor Who"
and the BBC tender in one click-bait article, another person
will suggest something else on YouTube, then a famous person
will throw more random comments in to the ring in a tabloid
article about the future of "Doctor Who".
It will give us something to talk about.
I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get back to >rewatching.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0prd5o1365gz001@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening
to everybody... as this person will say 'this' about
"Doctor Who" and the BBC tender, in one click-bait article,
another person will suggest something else on YouTube, then
a famous person will throw more random comments in to the
ring in a tabloid article about the future of "Doctor Who".
It will give us something to talk about.
It does, but by the time Doctor Who returns to our screens we
will have gone round and around in circles with the same old
arguments
On 23/06/2026 11:02 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0prd5o1365gz001@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The next few years are going to be tiresome listening
to everybody... as this person will say 'this' about
"Doctor Who" and the BBC tender, in one click-bait article,
another person will suggest something else on YouTube, then
a famous person will throw more random comments in to the
ring in a tabloid article about the future of "Doctor Who".
It will give us something to talk about.
It does, but by the time Doctor Who returns to our screens we
will have gone round and around in circles with the same old
arguments
Well, alright then, lets break with tradition, then, and NOT go round
and round in circles!!
Let's go round and round the quadrangle instead!! ;-P
----
Daniel70
I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get back to >rewatching.
You will be waiting unitl 17 July.
The far-too-young awful new Poirot or the mumbling awful new Bergerac
.... nope, but at least they are both white males.
Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as the Next Doctor Who
(They're Pretty Great)
--------------------------------------------------------
Edward Bluemel
Damien Molony
Verily, in article <111e2l9$1uup$6@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
I'm still rooting for the soccer to be over so we can get back to
rewatching.
You will be waiting unitl 17 July.
I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the
soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:57:54 +1200, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
wrote:
The far-too-young awful new Poirot or the mumbling awful new Bergerac
.... nope, but at least they are both white males.
Alex Kingston Suggests Two Actors as the Next Doctor Who
(They're Pretty Great)
--------------------------------------------------------
Edward Bluemel
Never seen him
Damien Molony
He could work - excellent as twitchy OCD vampire Hal in "Being Human"
----
Jerry Brown
A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)
In article <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the >soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I forgot about the
soccer games. I'm going to wait on watching the others, though.
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
What did you think of a season-long arc? I liked it, personally, but
I've heard some say they prefer unconnected adventures.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
In article
<MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I
forgot about the soccer games. I'm going to wait on
watching the others, though.
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
What did you think of a season-long arc?
I liked it, personally, but I've heard some say they
prefer unconnected adventures.
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
The Doctor wrote:
In article
<MPG.44a4676dcad48fb398a0d5@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
I already pre-watched The Ribos Operation, because I
forgot about the soccer games. I'm going to wait on
watching the others, though.
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
Easy enough...
Black Guardian = Bad
White Guardian = Good
Mary Tamm = Gorgeous
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <111f3vv$1b5q$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
What did you think of a season-long arc?
It was different.
I liked it, personally, but I've heard some say they
prefer unconnected adventures.
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
Verily, in article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
That's a great mix, IMO. If you come in partway through, you can still
enjoy the main story and infer that these key pieces are being collected
for some larger reason.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
In article <xn0preicv1g1ae4003@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
We can discuss the general idea of the Key to time.
Easy enough...
Black Guardian = Bad
White Guardian = Good
Mary Tamm = Gorgeous
What about 26 episodes?
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still
six separate stories that can be enjoyed individually... it
wasn't a whole season consisting of one big story where you
had to watch the episodes strictly in order to know what was
going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was
still six separate stories that can be enjoyed
individually... it wasn't a whole season consisting of
one big story where you had to watch the episodes strictly
in order to know what was going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you
could pick up enough to understand the double-cross.
Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and dip-out
at random times later on when you want to rewatch some old
episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still six separate
stories that can be enjoyed individually... it wasn't a whole
season consisting of one big story where you had to watch the
episodes strictly in order to know what was going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you could pick up >enough to understand the double-cross.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The Doctor wrote:
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was still
six separate stories that can be enjoyed individually... it
wasn't a whole season consisting of one big story where you
had to watch the episodes strictly in order to know what was
going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
Well, you probably wouldn't watch "The Armageddon Factor"
first... BUT, if you did, I'm sure you'd pick up enough on
what had gone on.
The bonus being... you wouldn't have to watch the rest of the
stories then! :-)
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <111gh5u$1q5u$5@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0preikg1gc8tc005@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
I prefer unconnected adventures. As you can dip-in and
dip-out at random times later on when you want to rewatch
some old episodes. Although the Key to Time season was
still six separate stories that can be enjoyed
individually... it wasn't a whole season consisting of
one big story where you had to watch the episodes strictly
in order to know what was going on.
Until you reach the Armageddon Factor.
True, but even if you saw The Armageddon Factor cold, you
could pick up enough to understand the double-cross.
Yeah, I think so. Doctor Who isn't that complex, it's fairly
easy to work out what was going on. Sure, the white/black
guardian thing at the end might throw you off for few seconds,
but you'd work it out easy enough.
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