Doctor Who 50 Years Trailer

     Many Whovains will have had the pleasure to watch the brilliant trailer, celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who, on it's very first release on BBC One earlier tonight. Others will have come across it online very shortly after it's televised release. This purpose of this post, is quite simply for any unfortunate soul who is unaware or been unable to view the wonderful video.

     Fans were aware for some time before it's release, that a special trailer was being produced and what we could take from that was that it would not contain actual footage from the 50th special. Some Die-Hard Wovians who have become overly frustrated with the lack of a 50th trailer containing actual footage of the episode, will of course no have been exactly pleased. I assume, especially not when closer to the date of release, it was made quite clear that the trailer was celebrating "50 years of Doctor Who". At first, I was guilty of growing in anger when the BBC continued to fail and release an actual trailer, but I have come to terms with it. Part of this, may have been due to the several rumors and fake tweets that were created and raised fans hopes that a trailer would be released on a particular date, but were later diminished. 

       Myself, and many others for sure, had anticipated that the celebratory trailer would be of very good quality, seeing as it has been made by professionals who know what they're doing and the insanely huge budget that has been spared to celebrate the iconic Brisitsh TV show. Instead of the end result, proving to be just a mash up of clips made by an amateur video maker. We were definitely not mistaken, when the cleverly crafted video brought us countless references and Matt as the narrator supplied a little speech that only intensified our excitement of the approaching Doctor Who 50th Special. The trailer was exactly what we were promised as we traveled through the shows long history. A particular thing that made the trailer so ingenious, was how they jumbled up different parts of different episodes into one place and made it feel very wilbbly,wobbly, timey, wimey. For example, a fez in a junkyard or Sarah Jane and K9 in front of an number of 60's Daleks, 70's Cybermen and in the background, a Dalek ship above Big Ben in what appears to be an invasion of London. 

      The trailer was such a fantastic achievement of the BBC, at celebrating 50 years in only one minute. A trailer for all the fans, for those who have stayed dedicated to show from the very beginning or for those of us who entered the Whonivers back in 2005. If a short trailer can achieve such a task, then surely an hour and fifteen minute special can do better, can't it? I have no doubt that it will do so but don't forget Who fans, as Mr Moffat has made quite clear, the 50th special is as much as celebrating 50 years as it is creating the next 50 years. I happen to agree with him and can only look forward to what will surely bring a new peak for the show to have achieved. 

Geronimo!

Stephen. 

500 And Counting

     Seeing as I am struggling to write two new posts for my blog and it has been a while since I have posted anything, I thought it would be worthwhile to bring this up. As of today, I have 506 views of my blog. Since the 30th June, in nearly two months, I have reached the hathway mark to a thousand views. I don't know about you, but I think that is a pretty good achievement; there is without a doubt, people with blogs who have gotten that amount of views in an even shorter time because they have something interesting to write about. I would still like to thank everyone who has taken some time out of their busy schedules to read my blog. Even though my good friend Jenny is still my only follower, I will try not to be disheartened and concentrate on the positives. However, if anyone would wish to officially follow my blog, I would be very grateful, as it would assure me further that my efforts to making this blog have not been in vain. None the less, thank you very much for reading my blog, I hope you have found some enjoyment from reading it and that anyone else to read it will do so as well. 

                                            Again, thank you very much. 

                                                       Geronimo!

                                                        Stephen. 

T'was A Weekend of Awesome

      Last weekend was definitely one with an exceeding amount of awesome (I know this is quite overdue but one is often quite busy).  Not only did I have the pleasure of going to my first Scottish Nerdfighter gathering, but on the day after it, I also met up with my friend Lauren, where we discussed   many topics that surprisingly hasn't put us in the loony bin.  Full of hugs, laughter, Nerdiness (a LOT of Nerdiness), deep talks, awesome people, writing, hugs, cool hats, sitting, standing and an unnecessary amount of running.
     In the early weeks of being decreed a "Nerdfighter", my attention was brought to an event page on Facebook declaring, that a Scottish Nerdfighter gathering would take place in Glasgow Green on Saturday 31st August. Not only was I pleased to be given such a grand opportunity to meet lots of awesome people, but rather surprised, considering the fact this was posted very well in advance, in February/March. After a long time of waiting, the gathering was upon me.
     Prior to the gathering, the members of "We are Nerdfighters" going to the gathering, agreed on a place of meeting before we advanced to Glasgow Green. I decided to come fashionably late (in other words, I was just being a lazy ass hole). The day before, I had made the use of Google Maps to refresh my knowledge of the correct path to Glasgow Green, but my friend Sophia had took it upon herself to be the guide and directed us  through a different path. The area itself I recognized, just the way to Glasgow Green from that point, was unknown to myself. Eventually, we reached Glasgow Green, and upon reaching the center part, we glanced at a few people staring at us. Whispering between ourselves, we questioned whether these people were Nerdfighters or just random strangers. We directed the typical Nerdfighter hand sign to clarify if they were one of us, followed by a delighted cheer, we had found more of our kind.
     I found myself, as I'm sure my friends did as well, a little surprised, due to their only being four people already there to greet us. We moved over to a grassy bit beside a nice tree so we could have our bottoms seated. Not long passed before a couple more members appeared, one of them having a Minecraft sword in their possession (which if you didn't know, is awesome). Then the reminder of the group followed subsequently. A few people brought their Ukuleles, which turned out to be very entertaining.
     Later on, a group of us decided to play Duck, Duck, Goose. I was awful, though I am excused as we did play it on a bit of hill, so my feet would go a funny way and hurt. We also made a pile of leaves; my friend Andrew started it, but a few of joined in. We are so mature aren't we? A small conflict occurred between myself and Andrew, unknown to me as to what influenced these actions, Andrew picked up some leaves and threw them at me. Then I retaliated, this went on for a while, before we agreed on a peace treaty. On a number of occasions, my dear beanie hat, was stolen from me by some of the members. There was no real ill intention to this shameful act, just a bit of fun to pass the time, thought I did not overly enjoy it as it required me to run. Then, Robert (the guy with the awesome Minecraft sword) guided most of the group to the St Enoch Center to get food. Not that most of us didn't know our way, he was just given the role of guide.
     Upon arriving at the food court, myself and my friend Sophia were not too keen on purchasing food from any of the fast food shops. Sophia wanted to get some vegetarian food and I generally refuse to eat at McDonald's or Burger King. If given the choice, I would rather starve. So on wards we went to the Tesco, I myself purchased a bottle of diet coke and what proved to be a very tasty bottle of orange juice. Sophia bought a number of items (biscuits, orange juice, cookies, tablet), originally, I thought we were buying food just for ourselves, but then I understood that she wished to buy enough food for a few members of the group.  When returning, we met most of the members on the top floor of the food court, enjoying some humorous conversations and consuming our purchased food products. My friend Chloe, requested that we pick her friend (who she refers to as her brother) at Central Station. Eventually we reached the station, it all went pretty swiftly. As the group exited Central Station, it was brought to my attention that my sister was leaving, so after saying my farewells, I continued on wards with the group. we had to wait for some of the members for they were taking some time. We got into trouble with the police, seeing as we are such rebels, because we were kind of getting in peoples way so we kind of had to leave.
     Anyway, when we finally returned to Glasgow Green, we got up to some entertaining activities. The more younger members, decided to play toilet tig but with our own little Nerdy twist. My friend Rosemary (who sadly was unable to come to the gathering) had thought up the ingenious idea of Sherlock tig. The rules explained that if you were tug, you would stand still and stretch both your arms out and say "elementary my dear Watson" until someone came behind you, repeated the line and caught you as you fell backwards. The worst part of playing this game, was that I was the first to be given the role as tigger, which meant I had to do an unnecessary amount of running which proved how unfit I was. I did do a decent job, but I managed to convince everyone to enroll a second person as the tigger as a considerable number of us were playing. The person chosen, ran sometimes, but generally just refused to run and just walked most of the time. Eventually, we moved on to the typical chain tig. That proved most enjoyable as well as exhausting, and proved to be daunting when the chain reformed, the members no doubt plotting their next evil scheme and finally charging towards the people still remaining. To my great surprise, myself, Sophia and this other cool guy who's name I have forgotten, were the last three and technically the winners. This came as such a shock to us, Sophia continually stated she hadn't run in years and I just question how my unfit body managed to escape them. This literally defied logic, it was some amazing scientific discovery.

     We later moved slightly across Glasgow Green for no real apparent reason. A lot of pictures and hugs were taken, but I didn't want to make this post a gallery of photos so I chose my favorite out of them. All of a sudden, a large group hug started to form and I couldn't deny the opportunity to join in. It was such a bonding moment, it was like the group was a herd and we were trying not to separate. Though, a number of people kept on tripping up as we walked, until we all fell over. I was under so many people, I could barely move. I assumed it would be ok for a few minutes, as I was still able to see. Until one member decided to pile on, right on top of me. I literally could not see a thing and I was terrified in case  my glasses broke. I was literally shouting "someone is on top of me, someone on top of me! I have galsses and someone is on top of me!" I think it was after that that I got the most pictures of myself with another person, i literally just went up to people and said "i don't know your name but I am going to get a picture with you anyway".
     One of the people that I got a picture with was Manus (ha, ha). He is freaking awesome, he is a writer, a singer, a gamer and just generally an awesome guy. I will need to find out where his opinion lies in Doctor Who, but he does have the potential to be my new best friend.  At first, when talking to him and his other friend, I thought I was talking to two seventeen year olds and felt rather awkward but as it turns out, Manus was only 14 and his friend who was considerably taller than me was 15. I was happliy surprised, and when a lot of the members went to Geek Retreat, we just joined in conversation in our natural habitat. It was so much fun that this post can't even explain how much fun it was.
    

    The worst part was saying goodbye, I feel a part of my soul die whenever I have to say goodbye to my Nerdfighter friends. Myself and Sophia, got the same train home, which lead to a nice conversation before I was no longer accompanied by a Nerdfighter. I thought another day with such awesomeness like this would never appear again. but the next day, as you will already know if you remember reading the start of the post, I met my friend Lauren on another day of awesome. I was running a little late, of which Lauren made very clear. Then I decided to steal her hat because it was awesome, but then I gave it back of course, I'm not that cruel. We wondered around town for a bit,looked at some cool hats, we had no idea where we were going, but then we went to the Waterstones and I got a Diet Irn-Bru and a yummy chocolate muffin. We talked non-stop for over four hours; many dirty jokes were made as well as some surprising amount of deep conversations. It was just so much fun, and carried on the awesomeness. Then, we went to meet her parents at Primark before I departed. Despite the post being very late, the weekend still remains to be one of my absolute favorites and I will never, ever forget it. 

                                                      Geronimo!
                                                       Stephen

4th Year Of Secondary School

     Today officially brought me into my 4th year of high school,the first year that I shall be given an end of year exam. How daunting? My first day back after the Summer Holidays was surprisingly entertaining; I found it strangely easy but also enjoyable to get back into a normal routine. After a Summer of boredom, I was relieved to reflourish my friendships and that my day was not spoiled by anyone who has a tendency to irk me. My gratitude was expressed towards the continuity of my favorite teachers, and where a gap was left at the end of my third year, I was given an excellent teacher for Biology. As well as another teacher for Geography and the same teacher for PSE (Personal and Social Education); this teacher in particular did take me for Geography in second year and though I find them to be a good teacher, they are no my first choice. 

     Otherwise, I still have an excellent selection of teachers as I did last year, and I shall try not to decide on which day is my favorite (subject wise) until I have experienced a full week of school. Not a lot of effort was required of me today, which is always a good thing, though my mind was somewhat concentrated on the school blazers. I myself, do not particularly wish to wear a blazer, I do not see anything wrong with the uniform just now and I feel they are just wasting time by trying to enforce an addition to the uniform. 

     At this moment in time, I do find myself a tad befuddled; leading up to the beginning of fourth year, I was unaware whether blazers were compulsory or not? Then I met with my friends whom I walk up to school with, they were all wearing blazers, but this was no surprise as they already dressed like so for some time now. They informed me that it was compulsory and that before the end of third year, a uniform letter was handed out; I was unaware of this as well as hoping that the first point was false. On arriving at my Registration Class, I was disappointed to discover, that after three years of the same registration teacher and two years as a French teacher, I would no longer come to their classroom at 8.55am. Instead, I received a perfectly acceptable new teacher who has just joined the school in the Geography department.  The point still stands though, that it felt like an end of an era, and that I felt closer to the end that I was the beginning. Anyhow, after an hour of registration, sorting out the usual letters handed out at the start of every year, the teacher went through the uniform and we were told that blazers were not compulsery, I advanced to Music later on, where I was informed by my teacher that she had a discussion with the head teacher, and it appears that pupils must acquire a blazer by the end of the month.  Although, the rest of the day, from teachers and pupils, I had gotten the impression that they were not compulsory? Who knows, it is the first day back so everything is still to be completely sorted, so I shall wait a few days until I come across some concrete information on the topic of the blazer. 

     Another thing that didn't make my day a perfect day, was the introduction of the "warning bell"? It is simply a bell that sounds exactly the same as the real bell, and is set off five minutes before the actual bell to inform us it is coming. In the grand scheme, this is understandable for before school begins, as well as break and lunch time. Though I recall, leaving Music for break, then as I walked through the social area with my friend, the bell went off again and we puzzled over whether break had just started or finished? If I am not mistaken, I remember it activated during a class, then when we advanced to the next class, the bell went again; proving that we had left too early for the next class. My scheduling for class is pretty acceptable, the only main problems is that, last two periods on a Monday, I have PE (Physical Education), followed by the dreaded French. As well as the fact that Monday, Tuesday and Friday, begin with the evil antagonist that is Maths. 

     Overall, I had a very enjoyable day and my anxiety is at some level, when looking into the near future and seeing the terrifying exams. Hopefully, I shall have a good year, as last year turned out to be quite successful both socially and educationally. My classes are acceptable so far, so I do hope that the good fortune will continue at least until the end of this week. If you enjoyed reading this, then great, otherwise.... well I don't care, I must sleep now. 

                                                             Geronimo!  

                                                              Stephen

Review: Cloud Atlas

     The film Cloud Atlas is an adapted version of the book, written by British author David Mitchell. Critics describe it as: "one of the bravest and most ambitious pieces of film making for years". As well as "an incredible feat of filmaking". Released in October 2012, with Tom Hanks and Halle Berry leading an all star cast, this review is rather late, but today is the first time I have watched it with a blog. Six timelines, six stories; everything is connected as characters meet from one life to the next. Past, present and future their actions generate consequences. Cloud Atlas combines science fiction, action, mystery, drama and romance together tremendously. 

     Without a doubt, it is my absolute favorite film. The unique idea sells itself. One of the things that especially makes the film so enjoyable, is the similarities between different timelines that makes the viewer realize how ingenious it is. Each timeline being practically a different genre, is to show that the charterers can still be linked across time despite the circumstances. Another thing, is the tremendous monologues for some of the characters; allowing us a brilliant insight into the characters mind and follows with some good character development. Cloud Atlas entails some very creative speeches, some extremely heartwarming but also heartwrenching. Not forgetting the amazing talent of the actors/actresses and the makeup team, with every actor/actress playing more than two character and some looking completely different to each other. Some of them even change race and/or play a character of the opposite sex, giving a believable performance.

       Each timeline had such an enticing storyline, that they each felt like six different films which is the genius of the movie, as they succeed in combining all six of these together to make one epic film. Throughout the film, we see some of the things that connect the characters. .The two most noticeable things, is the comet birth mark on many of the characters and the "Cloud Atlas Sextet". Cloud Atlas is mainly about reincarnation and for people to become better or worse through different life cycles; the birthmark is an indication of a soul passing through another body but the fact it is a comet, also indicates something scientific but mythical about the whole process.  The Cloud Atlas Sextet is a piece of music created by one of the characters, and is used to link together stories. 

      I'd rather not go into full detail as to what each of the timelines entail as that would take some time and you would be very tiered of having to read so much text. Instead, you will just have to take my word for it when I say this is an outstanding film that is an absolute must see. It is quite a complicated film, you may have to watch it a second time to fully understand it but it is well worth it. If i had to rate it, it would for sure be a 10/10. 

                                                        Geronimo!

                                                          Stephen

    

     

Nerdfighter Forever

     Since February of this year, I have been a part of the wonderful group known as "Nerdfighters", created by Vlogbrothers.  The two participants being author John Green and his brother Hank Green. The title Nerdfighter, means Nerds that fight, usually against popular people. As well as fighting to increase awesome and decrease world suck. Nerds whom take pride in being Nerds and instead of being made of cells, organs and stuff, they are made of awesome. Being such a popular group for millions of Nerds, many smaller groups follow under Nerdfighters. The one of which I am a member of is "We are Nerdfighters".        
                  During my time as a Nerdfighter, I have met a great number of amazing people who I hold as my  dearest friends and on my list of favorite people. The number of interests shared between the group is unbelievable, and has given me a large number of people to obsess with over different genres of fiction. Whenever I am in the company of these fantastic people, I have nothing to be sad about. I can honestly say, that within this group of people, I have found a second family. I know myself that other members of the group feel the same way, and that if we were mad enough (check) and had enough money, that we would all live together in a big house so we could be happy forever.

     Although, there is no story without some evil plot twist. Despite the fact that every so often the group has a gathering in Glasgow Central, a large number of members are not situated in the city. Located in other parts of Scotland, most of them living just a bit under an hour away from Glasgow. This proves it to be difficult for us to meet as for some, the train tickets are considerably more expensive that those who already live in Glasgow. So they are unable to sum up the money to buy train tickets for every gathering.
   The group has been able to meet on a regular two week basis on most occasions. Though to my sad regards, around a month ago, a dispute between the members occurred. No one was 100% clear as to what exactly happened, but most members agree it to be "a lack of communication" between the group. After every gathering, members of the group and the number of people at each gathering started to increase, so many people found it inevitable that such a big group would fall out at one point. Ever since then, there has been no official gatherings. Some members have left the group chat on facebook, but not  the actual group itself and two of the members have completely left.

     The majority of the group are still communicating through facebook and the group is slowly rebuilding. We are yet to have another gathering, but I am confident that one is just around the corner and we shall return to the normal schedule. I highly advise any Nerd to join Nerdfighters as I am quite certain that you will make some wonderful new friends as I have. DFTBA (don't forget to be awesome).                                                                  
                    Geronimo!
                     Stephen
         
   

Peter Capaldi is the Twelfth Doctor

     After many longing weeks of speculations on who would take on the role as the Twelfth Doctor, after Matt Smith performed magnificently as the Eleventh Doctor, our prayers have finally been answered. Peter Capaldi is the man to take on the role of the iconic hero, and I'm certain that I speak for many of us when I say, fantastic! Peter is a brilliant actor, having appeared in the fourth series of Doctor Who, episode two "Fires of Pompeii", as well as "Torchwood: Children of Earth". Not only is the man himself a Whovian, but he has put himself in the record books as being the third Scottish actor to play The Doctor.
     The 55 year old Glaswegian, award winning actor, stared in the BBC comedy "The Thick of It",  he has appeared in the BBC Two drama "The Hour" as well as having been seen on screen in the film "World War Z". This Autumn, he will appear in the forthcoming film "The Fifth Estate" and the Disney film "Maleficent". Capaldi is also in the middle of filming a new BBC drama series called "The Musketeers", set to be broadcast early 2014.
     So it appears that it may be another few years, until the decision is made to change the Doctors gender or colour. It is of my personal opinion, that when the sad day in the hopefully distant future comes, that Peter Capaldi will pass on the TARDIS keys, to someone different. In the majority of cases, Doctor Who excels at change, and there is no good reason that The Doctor couldn't be black or female. If such a decision were to be made in the future, it would open up a huge range of people to take on the role and help assure another 50 years of Doctor Who. Everyone has had that Doctor that they weren't too sure about at first, then once they got used to them, they couldn't bare without them. The only things that should concern anyone about a new Doctor, is that the actor or actress is talented and is written well.
      My congrats still go towards Peter Capaldi and I look forward to his time as The Doctor.Now fans can only wonder what kind of Doctor he will play, as well as what his outfit will be and his catchphrase. It is to my understanding, that according to some rumors, the Twelfth Doctor is to be revealed as very dark and I think Peter would be perfect in that kind of role. My trust in Moffat is not altered, and I am certain he will  think up another lovable incarnation of The Doctor.  I wish both of them  all the luck in the world and I look forward to the wonderful journey ahead of them.

Geronimo!

Stephen 

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

Sunday 4th August 2013.
     Two days. Two days until the Twelfth Doctor is revealed to us. As other Whovians have been doing, I too, have been speculating over who could possibly take on such an iconic role. So I decided that I would post it on my blog, to give you an insight on who I think should take on the role, as well as my thoughts about the live broadcast and other topics that surround the mystery of the Twelfth Doctor.
     First things first, let's take a look at when the theories began to go topsy turvey. Before, we were just perfectly innocent Whovains, enjoying another excellent series of Doctor Who, with no idea Matt was leaving so therefore little speculation on who the next Doctor will be. On 18th May 2013, as the series 7 finale "The Name of the Doctor" drew in ever so closer, fans went crazy whilst constantly speculating over three things: what the Doctor's greatest secret could be, whether his name would be revealed and  the answer behind the mystery of the impossible girl. The latter, was the first to be answered; Clara turned out to be echos scattered across the Doctor's timeline, and then later John Hurt was revealed as the Doctor, but was somehow his greatest secret and somehow not the Doctor? "I said he was me, I didn't say he was the Doctor".So it seemed it would be another 50 years until we find out his name.  Fans were then left with one of the greatest cliffhangers in Who history. Whovains all over have debated about what Doctor he could be; to this date, his most popular titles are "The Forgotten Doctor", "The Twelfth Doctor" or "The Eight and a half Doctor". In June, after fans speculated plenty on who Hurts Doctor could be , the sad news was released that the wonderful Matt Smith, who took on the role as the Eleventh Doctor for four years, will end his run as the iconic hero on December 25th 2013. Merry Christmas from the BBC. The speculation on who the Twelfth Doctor could be went well over-proportion, leading up to the live broadcast this Sunday.
     Before the new Doctor is even revealed to the public, there are a lot of questions about what the new Doctor will be like. What clothes will they where? What changes in personality does the new Doctor have? Will they be tall, short, fat, skinny? Will they have brown hair, blonde hair, or for the sake of The Doctor's sanity, will the last of the timelords finally become... ginger? The list goes on and though these may seem like trivial questions to some people, they are very important questions to us die hard Whovians. Though the greatest question, for this Doctor especially, is whether the Doctor will be male or female? Very early into series 7, there were speculations that after 50 years, the Doctor will become a woman. Many interviews later, it started to sink into fans that Moffat didn't seem fixed on it, but he was open to having the Doctor change his gender. In just two days we will find out, whether this evil genius has decided to play it safe and keep the tradition of the Doctor being male, or if he has taken one of the biggest risks and made one of the biggest changes in Doctor Who history? Then once the secret is out in the open, we will enjoy interviews from some of the beloved actors who have played the timelord, as well as companions, celebrity fans of the show and of course Matt, Jenna and Moffat. Hopefully with some hints about Matt's last two episodes and the Twelfths Doctor's future.
     Now we have reached the point where I inform you of my on personal opinion on what path Steven Moffat should have taken when choosing the next incarnation of the Doctor.If I am perfectly honest, I couldn't care less if the Doctor becomes a man or a woman. We live in a day and age where woman are considered as equals to men, more than they ever have before. So why shouldn't a woman take on such an iconic role? Not that women aren't considered equals in Doctor Who, as there are a wide range of important female characters.  As long as the person that takes on the role is an excellent actor/actress and that they are well written, that's all that should matter.  Well because Moffat is the one in charge of the next Doctor, I think think we can tick off the latter. If he does decide to make such a big change to the Doctor, it is a very big risk as a lot of fans are not supporting the notion of a woman Doctor. To assure that fans continue to love the show as they have previously, if not more, the actress must already have an acting ability up with the standards of David Tenant and Steven should be very careful how he writes her. The reason that I think they should be very cautious, is because this would be the first time they have done this. In the past the showrunners could be more relaxed about it because they already had a system that worked. This system has went on through 50 years, so Wovains have gotten too attached to the notion that the Doctor is a man. So if they do choose to make him a woman and she is a success, then they can be a bit more relaxed when choosing the next female Doctor. Though if they decide to keep him male, I think it would be a good idea to make him black, or even Asian if they found a good actor. So that we may prove to some of those idiotic critics that the show isn't racist.
     Many actors and actresses have been rumored to have been offered the role, many of which, I myself was not pleased with. Though there were those few actors that I couldn't resist thinking "what if they were the Doctor"? One of my favorites, was Benedict Cumberbatch; sadly, there is a zero chance that he would want to play the Doctor. After thinking about it for a while, I don't think it would be right anywayy. One actor for two VERY popular shows? Also, seeing as Doctor Who has more episodes and is a bigger show altogether, that would be both Benedict and Moffats main priority. Since Sherlock fans have been waiting for about two years just for a third series of the show (which I understand is in the middle of being filmed) they might have to wait even longer for a fourth series.

 Another one which did interest me but wasn't at the top of my favorite list, was Daniel Radcliffe. Starring in the film series that become a world wide phenomenon, as the young wizard Harry Potter for 10 years, probably from the fifth film on wards, I began to notice how talented he was as an actor and how much potential he had. My greatest worry for Daniel, as I'm sure others have felt for him as well as towards Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, is that they might be typecast. For anyone who doesn't know what typecast means, it is when an actor/actress, is assigned to the same type of role. Which makes it difficult for them to get a role in different types of genres, so they don't like to stick to one role for too long. As has been part of the reason for Matt and David's departure of  Doctor Who. Daniel, Emma and Rupert are prime examples of this, not to say they haven't had any different roles after Harry Potter, but not a lot to my knowledge.  So a big show like Doctor Who, could really help Daniel as an actor.

     At the top of my  favorite actresses to play the Doctor list (if they have made such a decision) would be Lara Pulver. Despite the fact that I have only seen her in the first episode of Sherlock series 2, "A Scandal in Belgravia", I was stunned and amazed by her performance. Not only was the story magnificently written by Mr Moffat himself, but Lara give a wonderful performance, full of cleverness,, humor and just ticked all the boxes for a strong willed female character.  I know that she would be hilarious in Doctor Who, but I also believe she would be excellent at sad moments as well.

If  we were to keep the kind of tradition, and the Doctor remains to be male, I think now is the time that he should become black. As I have said before, so we can prove to the critics that show isn't racist (which doesn't really need proving anyway), but there is a black male actor who I would love to play the Doctor and that is Idris Elba. Even though I have only seen series three of the show and not the previous two, the way he portrays the main character Luther in the BBC crime drama "Luther", is absolutely amazing. The type of character itself, I find really interesting; the rough hero who always have the "good cop, bad cop" question weighing on his shoulders. He is very talented and according to some rumors, the Twelfth Doctor is meant to be a very dark Doctor, so I think Idris would be fantastic in that kind of role as he has already proved in Luther.

 Finally, if the Twelth Doctor was to continue as a white male. At the top of my list of  white male actors, is an actor who as of this week, joined the top of the list for rumored actors to play the Doctor. Peter Capaldi is a brilliant actor, and has shown this talent of his in examples such as the enticing "Torchwood: Children of Earth" as well as in Doctor Who, series four, episode two "Fires of Pompeii". Peter would do well at an angry Doctor and I would be very interested at what kind of Doctor he would be.

     There you have it, that's my opinion on everything connected to the Twelfth Doctor. I hope you have been enlightened by this post and maybe it has helped you form your own opinion on who should play the Doctor. Thanks for reading. I anxiously wait for the truth to be revealed and hope that it will be at least a nice surprise.

                                                                Geronimo! 

                                                                 Stephen .