Warning: Geek Out!

I read a lot of British newspapers and watch a lot of British television, so if you don't know anything about what I'm about to say, I'm not surprised since no normal person really cares.  But it was announced last week that Matt Smith (aka the 11th Doctor) would be regenerating at Christmas of this year.  As a fan of Doctor Who, it's always fun to guess who the next doctor will be though I'm sure that fans of 11 are heartbroken over his decision to leave. 

I must say that I've never really been a fan.  All of his episodes are too dark and (to be honest) a little too confusing for me to wrap my non-time-traveler-y brain around.  However, in the past few days, as I've seen more and more online, I must admit that I will  be missing him as well. I catch myself quoting him a bit which is just slightly freaky...not to mention useless since no one I really care about knows what the heck I'm quoting.

But the best part of this new regeneration is all the speculation of who's next.  Who will be the 12th doctor?  I've seen arguments on whether or not they can bring back 10 (which I'd be all for however, I'm just not thinking it's going to happen) or turn one of the companions into 12.  They've even gone philosophical in their debates, trying to decide if the doctor can be a woman or should he continue to be white.  I'm not sure what the best answer would be, though I know he's (or she's I suppose) going to have some very large trainers and a bow tie to fill coming after David Tennant and Matt Smith.  But just for fun, and since every other Who fan is throwing their 2 cents in, my choices are below:

If it's going to be a girl - Miranda Hart (mostly because I find her hilarious!)

 

Rupert Grint (then he'd finally be ginger)