Actor Alan Cummings recently revealed that he’s been asked twice to get into some time-traveling heroics for the BBC, but was never able to make the scheduling work, so it’s probably not him either.
We’re just hoping it’s someone that the majority of fans can cheer for, and that the upcoming showrunner Chris Chibnall hits all the right notes that fans are needing from the first Steven Moffat-less season since Season 4.
It’s been discussed many times in the past that Doctor Who is looking to broaden its diversity, by way of its main characters, though it’s probably not the most likely scenario that either a black actor or a female was chosen to be the next Doctor, despite public outcries for such things to happen.