Will this be the cursiest Doctor ever?

[james_davis_nicoll]

Don't know. In related news

Moffatt apparently getting annoyed by people who want a female doctor whereas Gaiman points out a woman would not have done because replacing Smith requires "someone harder and older and more dangerous" than Smith.

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[daveon.livejournal.com]

Bugger. I meant to say British :)

Still, I am going to be interested to see the accent he ends up using.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I'm really hoping beyond hope that it's Malcolm Tucker's accent, flowery epithets and all. But we must remember the poor precious ears of the children!

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Can somebody point me to a table of regional accents employed by actors playing Doctor Who? Or do they all sound like they come from the same location within Britain?

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Historically it's been:

'Received Pronunciation' - Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Baker, Davidson, Baker, Tennant*, Smith

Northern English - Eccelstone, McGann

Scottish - McCoy

* - he was effecting more of an estuary accent to be fair

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Also, it's worth mentioning that Tennant is actually Scottish. In one episode he used his actual accent when the Doctor was pretending to be a Scotsman; he called himself "Dr. James McCrimmon," after the Second Doctor's friend Jamie.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

Interesting, thanks!