Doctor Who news: Name of the new Doctor accidentally revealed?

So it appears that certain suspicions may have been confirmed with regards to the identity of the new Doctor. The oops was revealed by Phillip Rhys in an interview. I’m not going to run any spoilers, so if you want to know, you can watch the video clip.

[Link: io9.com - And the New Doctor might be...]

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New Doctor to be female?

According to this article in the Daily Fail..err Daily Mail, there’s talk of the next Doctor being female.

Very Interesting, I say.

Then they go on to say Billie Piper may be candidate of choice.

Hell no, I say.

I have nothing against a female doctor, in fact I’m very intrigued by the possibility, but I’m just not sure that Billie Piper is the right lady for the job. What do you think?  Which actress would you choose to take over from David Tennant?

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Isolated Amazonian tribe photographed

The BBC’s In Pictures site today has some interesting photos of members one of Brazil’s uncontacted indigenous tribes, who live in a protected part of the Amazon.

Well, they aren’t “uncontacted” any more. When the aircraft with the photographers flew over, all the women and children fled and the men covered their bodies in warpaint and took up arms.

See here for an analysis of what the pictures tell us of the tribe.

I think I feel a bit bad for those people. Their lives have been intruded upon and you’d think it’s likely they will become exploited in some way now.

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