Could Batman's next battle be against...Doctor Who???

Hey guys. I've got another interesting piece of news for ya tonight.

So now that the unbelievably massive success of "The Dark Knight" has been absorbed and reflected on, the new questions on everyone's mind are all about the next film in the franchise. Will Christopher Nolan return to direct? Will there even be any chance of it coming close to the success of "Dark Knight?" And, of course, who are the next villians that are going to arrive in Gotham City, and who will be playing them?

While I don't think there's any villian or actor that will be able to match Heath Ledger's Joker, one possible new addition to the series has got me intrigued. I recently came across an interview with David Tennant, the star of the british sci-fi series "Doctor Who," where he expressed a real interest in playing the Riddler in another installment. The Riddler was most notably played by Jim Carrey in "Batman Forever," but now that all the pre-"Begins" films seem to no longer count, I think Tennant would be a very interesting addition to the series. He's got the perfect balance between crazy and serious that defines the Riddler, and he's proven he can play evil (indeed, most American audiences would best recognize him as Voldemort's servant Barty Crouch Jr. in the film adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"). He would almost certainly bring some humor back into the series, but would it be too campy? There's also the fact that he's wholly British...but then again, so is about half the cast of these Batman films anyway (Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger [well, he's Australian, but close enough]).

Right now it's just an interest on Tennant's part...but I hope Chris Nolan and company take an interest as well.

Doctor Who comics are coming!

If you're a fan of "Doctor Who" like me, you'll be very interested in hearing about a new series of comics coming out based on the popular British character. Entitled "Doctor Who: The Forgotten," this series appears to do something very interesting: it creates new storylines for all ten incarnations of the Doctor (and rumor has it some of them may end up meeting up with each other somehow). I'm not really a big fan of comics, but these actually look really cool and interesting.

For those of you not in the know, The Doctor is the last of a race called the Time Lords who travels through time and space, meeting new companions and tangling with many different foes throughout the series. The most unique aspect of the character is that every time he "dies" he actually is resurrected into a new body. Thanks to this, "Doctor Who" is the longest running science-fiction series in history and to date ten different people have played the role of The Doctor (including current Doc David Tennant, who you may recognize from "Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire").

Here's the article I found about these comics:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16967

And if you want to see what the series is all about, you can catch new episodes of the current season Fridays at 9:00pm on the Sci-Fi Channel. Since there's really not much else on TV right now, it's the perfect time to get to know the good Doctor!