http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/cul ... 0073.shtml
Christopher Eccleston has been announced as the Doctor.
The 40-year-old Salford-born actor will take "a fresh, modern approach" to the role, a BBC spokesperson confirmed this morning.
"Christopher was our first choice", Executive producer and writer Russell T Davies told BBC News. "His casting raises the bar for all of us. It's going to be a magnificent, epic, entertaining journey, and I can't wait to start."
Davies recently worked with Eccleston on religious fantasy drama The Second Coming for ITV.
Jane Tranter, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning, said: "We are delighted to have cast an actor of such calibre in one of British television's most iconic roles. It signals our intention to take Doctor Who into the 21st century, as well as retaining its core traditional values - to be surprising, edgy and eccentric."
He certainly looks like he'd make an interesting Doctor ...