10 Actresses Who Could Be The Next Doctor Who

6) Ruth Wilson

Who? Less famous than most of the other candidates here, 35-year-old English actress Ruth Wilson is most recognisable for her portrayal of the psychopathic Alice Morgan in Idris Elba detective drama Luther. She’s also appeared in movies like The Lone Ranger, Anna Karenina and Saving Mr Banks. 

Why She’d Be Great? Wilson’s a talented actress who’s been around for a few years now but has never really found the major leading role that she deserves. She might be younger and less overtly eccentric than some others on this list, but Wilson can play characters who are smart to the point of being slightly unhinged genius – which is definitely The Doctor.

Likelihood? Apart from upcoming movie How to Talk to Girls at Parties – which, oddly enough, is written by Who scribe Neil Gaiman – Wilson doesn’t have too much on the horizon, which would leave her free to become the Time Lord. She has history with the BBC, too (Luther), so who knows? This could work out.

Odds: 7/10