WILD rumor from my favorite Who rumor site says that, while Robert Carlyle is still the (close to final) choice for the next Doctor (suppossedly the Christmas episode this year will be current Doctor David Tennant’s last) there will be a problem with the regeneration… and for a while he’ll be played by Absolutely Fabulous‘ Jennifer Saunders.
This is actually a rumor I’d love to see happen… for a couple of reasons.
First, I love Jennifer Saunders, especiallly when she works with Dawn French.
Second because this would mean that both stars of Absolutely Fabulous will have then “played” The Doctor, as Jennifer’s colleague Joanna Lumley portrayed the part in the fantastic Doctor Who parody The Curse of Fatal Death.
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