Doctor Who thing of the day: Helen Mirren wants to play the Doctor

In response to this news, Jamie Frevele at The Mary Sue wondered:

The odds of this happening? Probably remote. Maybe. Perhaps there is something about how British film and television careers work that is a little different than here, across the pond, where being an award-winning film actor and turning to a regular television series might be considered a “downgrade.”

There certainly is a difference in the U.K.: that snobbery about making distinctions between film actors, TV actors, stage actors, and radio actors doesn’t exist. Actors -- including some very famous ones -- move between the different media all the time. If the odds of Mirren-as-the-Doctor are remote, it’s not because of this.

Your thoughts on Mirren as the Doctor... or on a woman Doctor at all?

(If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to email me with a link.)