With thanks to Janine TB for bringing this to my attention, as I had not heard of this rumour.
What do people think of this possibility, hinted at by both Newsnight and Neil Gaiman?
How BBC’s Newsnight Started A Rumor About A Devilish New Candidate To Play The Doctor
This has been bouncing around the internet since Peter Capaldi announced he was leaving
Doctor Who. BBC current affairs program
Newsnight put together a montage of the Doctors to run at the end of their program on February 19th. The clip not only included the official doctors, but some of the unofficial ones, bringing the current total up to 14 for them. (They count the War Doctor as 9 and Richard Hurndall who filled in as the First Doctor in
the Five Doctors.) So this is by far not an official list from the BBC.
The interesting part is that at the end of the montage, they show the back of a man, starring at the night sky while showing “15?”
Here is the clip.
The visual in question appears to be taken directly from a scene in Episode 9 of the FOX drama Lucifer, A Priest Walked into a Bar. So what does this mean? Did the BBC simply reuse this scene in their advertising? Or is there more to this story than meets the eye? The actor in question is Tom Ellis, Age 38, best known for his work on EastEnders as Dr. Oliver Cousins, but also played a character in the season 3 finale of Doctor Who as a character named Thomas Milligan.
There has also been the tweet of Neil Gaiman, who is writing for this season .....
I watched the LUCIFER pilot & suspect the show will become a guilty pleasure for a lot of people. Tom Ellis plays L like a sexymadbadDrWho.
Does Tom Ellis get your vote as a possible replacement?
And, if he is not, what on Earth was Newsnight playing at?