The New Doctor Who will confront the evil New Labour Daleks
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The BBC has confirmed that unknown actor David Cameron will become the new
Doctor Who.
Other contenders for the role included David Davis and Kenneth
Clark.
Doctor Who is back on our screens after a 10 year hiatus but reviews
of the new series have been patchy.
Cameron is the first actor to have been
promoted from the the Doctor's Assistant to becoming
the Time Lord in his own right.
'Back in Time'
Doctor Who is a Time Lord who tries to travel back in time. In
one series the Doctor tried to recreate a world of "cricket
on the village green, warm beer and old
maids cycling to communion" but was ultimately defeated by the evil Daleks.
The new Doctor is
expected to do battle with many of the traditional enemies that older viewers
remember fondly from their childhood, such as the Daleks, the European
Union, Asylum Seekers, and Gays.
George Osborne, who plays Dr Who's assistant Rose, is expected
to return for the new series.
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Previous Time Lords
Michael Howard
Ian Duncan Smith
William Hague
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
Edward Heath
Alec Douglas Home
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The previous Doctor Who - veteran actor Michael Howard
- said in a statement that he was too closely linked to his previous
part as Dracula to be effective in the role. "I had to hide behind
the couch whenever he came", said one viewer, Ann from Maidstone. "He
had something of the night about him."
'Old Etonian'
The new Doctor will be played as an upper class Old
Etonian who disguises himself as an ordinary person.
Cameron is relatively unknown. His main experience is that he
once played the character Brian in The Magic Roundabout. "Although
David is not yet famous, we feel he has the chameleon qualities needed for
this role",
said the BBC.
Speaking from his Oxfordshire mansion today, David Cameron said,
"Values for a modern era. Forward not back. Many not the few. Change,
optimism and hope. This sentence no verb. Broken rungs on the ladder. Choice
for every family. Power to local communities. More abstract nouns. New generation
of leaders. Exterminate."
The BBC announced on Wednesday that the new series is expected
to run until 2010. With 0.2 million viewers, the BBC hopes to beat Tony and Gordon's
Saturday Night Takeaway. But they would not say whether this Doctor will last
the full series. Each of the last five Doctors has starred in fewer episodes
than the Doctor before him. But fans hope this time it will be different.
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The Doctor changeover has to be handled very carefully and David really
has to do the regeneration
