Hugh Grant Would Be A Great Doctor - But It's Good He Won't Be The 14th
Hugh Grant has all the ingredients required to be Doctor Who… but he wouldn't work as a replacement for Jodie Whittaker. Officially joining Doctor Who in July 2017 as the very first female to portray the titular Time Lord, Jodie Whittaker has played the Thirteenth Doctor for 3 seasons, but will bow out with a run of 2022 specials. Naturally, speculation if rife as to whom her replacement could be — especially with returning showrunner Russell T. Davies back on Doctor-picking duties. Aside from every main cast member from It's A Sin, however, no clear frontrunner has emerged in the Fourteenth Doctor race.
Rumors emerged suggesting Hugh Grant was being tapped by RTD as Jodie Whittaker's replacement. The actor himself has since debunked these, but the notion has now been firmly raised. Most famous for his string of 1990s/2000s romantic comedies, Grant has since given the hair-tussling, endearingly stuttering, heart-fluttering fare a rest in favor of branching into dramatic or outright comedic roles. Aside from Cloud Atlas (which many would argue doesn't count anyway), Grant has largely given the sci-fi genre a wide berth. Becoming the Fourteenth Doctor would be a helluva way to break that trend.
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On one hand, Hugh Grant possesses all the tools necessary to succeed as The Doctor. Your typical Hugh Grant character is a charming, relatable rogue (even if they're in a lofty position of power) who stumbles over his words, but possesses tremendously self-depreciating wit and a masters degree in sarcasm. Already, then, he's halfway toward meeting TARDIS criteria. Although Grant spent much of his career pigeonholed into a certain role, more recent performances have
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