According to the Radio Times it seems the Mighty Moff gets his way as the big guys of 'Doctor Who' "won’t
be announcing the new Doctor until early autumn", which is when they'll
start filming the Christmas special or maybe even season 8. This means the
speculations of who's going to be the next Doctor will last for several
more weeks, if not longer. After all, no one is promising us that we'll actually know who's going to be the next Doctor by then. And knowing how much Moffat loves secrets it's not difficult
to picture him laughing gleefully at being able to keep things wrapped
up as long as possible.
Another
interesting detail revealed by that article is that apparently some
people hoped that filming the Christmas special will start earlier, in
late summer. There can be two obvious reasons for this shift. First of
all, it may be Matt Smith's hair needing more time to grow back
(well, I'm obviously joking; at least I hope I am). The second, and
much more likely reason is that Steven Moffat has a pretty tight
schedule this year. He's responsible for two shows with really demanding
(not to say ridiculously complex) plots and sadly, those scripts won't
write themselves. Also the fact that filming Sherlock was delayed too and only started in March may have affected his plans*. So, it's not only us who, when confronted with impossible-to-make deadlines, wish the TARDIS was real...
As
for the names mentioned who may (or may not) become the next Doctor, in
my humble opinion, Moffat will choose someone who is not known as 'the
guy from [insert popular cine-/telematic masterpiece here]'. Because whoever will get the part will be known as "the guy from 'Doctor Who'" and not vice versa.
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* On the plus side, the seemingly endless wait for season 3 is going to come to an end on October 31st.
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