Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Russell Brand: I want to be the next Doctor Who

Comedian would like to camp up the Time Lord

Russell Brand hosted the MTV Video Music Awards in America on Sunday

Russell Brand has revealed he’d love to replace David Tennant in Doctor Who.

The comedian, 33 – who has had acting roles in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and St Trinians – reckons he’d be the perfect choice for the hit BBC1 show.

‘I’d make a good Doctor Who,’ he tells the Daily Star. 'I’d camp it up: “Ohhh, it’s bigger in here than it is on the outside – and I’m not talking about the Tardis.”’

Russell has even been thinking about who could play his sidekick.

‘I'd get through a lot of assistants,’ he says. ‘They'd be morphing every 10 seconds, changing like a carousel.’

David Tennant returns as the Time Lord next year in 4 special episodes.