Who will be the Doctor?

Casting the best job in TV.

No one has currently been cast as the new Doctor. But the papers have been full of speculation. For years.

We've sorted through recent interesting drama shows - trying to stay clear of ensemble drama and soaps - to bring you some names who can claim to have carried prime time shows.

Eligible young men

• Spooks - BBC1, Matthew McFadyen
• Strange - BBC1, Richard Coyle
• State of Play - BBC1, John Simm and David Morrissey
• Jonathan Creek - BBC1, Alan Davies
• Second Sight - BBC1, Clive Owen
• Charles II - BBC1, Rufus Sewell
• James I - BBC1, Robert Carlyle
• Byron - BBC1, Jonny Lee Miller
• Teachers - C4, Andrew Lincoln
• 40 - C4, Eddie Izzard
• Fortysomething - ITV1, Hugh Laurie

Mature Time Lords

• Judge John Deed - BBC1, Martin Shaw
• State of Play - BBC1, Bill Nighy
• A Touch of Frost - ITV1, David Jason
• Waking the Dead - BBC1, Trevor Eve
• Dalziel and Pascoe - BBC1, Warren Clarke

How about a Time Lady?

• Red Cap - BBC1, Tamsin Outhwaite
• Cutting It - BBC1, Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish
• Silent Witness - BBC1, Amanda Burton
• Rosemary and Thyme - ITV1, Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris
• Linda Green - BBC1, Liza Tarbuck
• Tipping the Velvet - BBC1, Keeley Hawes and Rachel Stirling

So what does all this tell us? Well, apart from there being a lot of talent out there, the new Doctor is most likely to be:

• Mostly male
• Fairly young
• Have at least one "L" in their name.