EXCLUSIVE Video: Jacob Dyer for YOUR Dr Who 2010

There has been a great deal of debate over the past day or two about this Matt something or other who is replacing the much loved Scottish small screen icon David Tennant having filmed his final part of his Dr Who turn.  And now what, should we, the Great British public just sit back and let the ever controlling BBC tell us who OUR next Dr should be?  I say no and so do hundreds of other people who are calling for The New Currents very own Jacob Dyer to become the next Dr Who.

We asked Jacob to make his case and this is what he had to say:

Imagine the scene:

The Doctor has been injured. He’s hurt so badly. He’s going to die. You know he’s going to die. There’s a box of kleenex by your side, and you can already feel your eyes getting hot and sticky. Matt Smith, the youngest Time Lord to date (26 years old) is about to pass the torch to another actor. You see the golden shimmer of the regeneration, Matt Smiths face shielded and blurred by the special effects and…replaced with the face of someone younger…someone called Jacob Dyer?

That’s me. I’m Jacob Dyer and I’m about to tell you why I would love to play The Doctor in the future.

First off, you may want to know what I can bring to the show. There’s a simple answer and then there’s a longer answer so I’ll use both.

Short answer:

I‘m young and identifiable by the target audience.

Longer answer:

I’m young and have grown up with Doctor Who in my house. I’ve been to a couple of conventions in the past (I met a few assistants too and sat in a Dalek!) I’ve been shown the old series by my uncle and I’ve even gone so far as to dress similar to The Doctor. In short…I’m a fan. I’m a huge fan. You may think: “Well, this is just a classic case of someone being a huge fanboy and wanting to live out his wildest desire…) Not at all! Far from it! I’m a fan, but I’m nowhere near a fanboy who can tell you how many actors have played Davros in the past, or how many times the TARDIS has broken down. I’m just a simple fan who not only respects the show for it’s story-lines but for the way it’s shot, created…just everything.

But the real reason why I have potential is my age. I admit, at the age of 18 and a half, it’s a little mad to even consider being the Doctor but the target age for Doctor Who is preteen to young adult (of course, all you oldies watch it too! Don’t hide! I know you do!) so why not have a young adult being the traveler from Galifrey? Not only would this create a connection to the audience through relativity, but it would be a huge change, which brings me onto my second point.

Second point is it would be a wealth of plot devices to have a younger Doctor.

As you may or may not know Time lords have triple-helix DNA, this makes them extremely hard to kill. How? They like to regenerate when faced with death. This means a new incarnation will appear once he’s regenerated. So far there have been 11 faces of Who, and that would make me the 12th.

The story-lines are endless!

The first Doctor was 55 when the show began in 1963. He had gray hair and a few wrinkles here and there. How peculiar and interesting would the plotline be if a 907 year old Timelord was appearing younger as he got older? Not only that, there would be potential for loss of respect towards The Doctor as his appearance, a slight social commentary on the people of today (or indeed, the cultures and people of those on other worlds…).

I know that some people would reject this idea as stupid and worthless, just as they rejected a 26 year old, but by the time Matt Smith finishes this series in 2010, I shall be 19 years old. Surely you can never be too young to be a Time Lord?

You may be wondering what professional television work I have done, or if I’m part of an agency. Simple answer is no. Okay, you can pick your jaw up off the floor now. It’s not that bad. You don’t have to be a professional actor or have to spend years at RADA or at RSC and Hollywood is proving that point. Did you see District 9 last year? Peter Jackson? Prawns? Cat food? Ahhhh good, you did! Good, wasn’t it?

Remember Wikus the main character? Never taken an acting class in his life. Neill Blomkamp hired Sharlto Copley (The guy who plays Wikus) out of a friendship and all dialogue was improvised on set.  My point is that it doesn’t take a whole golden certificate from the Hollywood school of A-List to get a part, sometimes it just takes the right guy who wants the right things.