The Love Doctor is in the house...

[barrington]

Yes, well. Sorry about the title. What I mean is, David Tennant is now the official tenth Doctor, and we'll see him first in this year's Christmas special episode. Tennant's most recent starring role was in BBC Three's Casanova, playing the younger version of the title character (an older version who recounts the younger's stories is played by Peter O'Toole). That series was also written by Russell T Daves.

As an aside, it looks very much to me like the BBC knew Eccleston was only going to do a season, and that Davies had already picked Tennant as the next Doctor, but now a second series has been commisioned they've been able to make everything official. And to that, I say: fair enough. Seems a shame to have such a short-lived Doctor, but I hope the show continues to be a success and that Tennant - about whom I know only what I've read - kicks arse. I also have a wish list for the series, which I only put here for interest sake; in many ways, I hope I don't get what I want so I can be surprised by the show. So, I hope that:

• Rose doesn't find out about regeneration before it happens
• The Eccleston Doctor goes out really, really well
• Tennant's Doctor is very different to Eccleston's, but still quite unlike previous Doctors
• The War and Bad Wolf arcs are resolved this series and we get something new to obsess over/play with next time around

I really don't write about anything but Doctor Who in here now, do I? Sorry everyone...