Radio Times' readers have voted Anthony Stewart Head as the actor they'd most like to play the lead in Doctor Who.

The magazine has published the results of the poll in a special edition celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the hit series.

Head told the Radio Times: "I'm in very good company - good God, I beat Alan Rickman."

"I suppose I would be a logical choice to play the Doctor just because Giles, my character in Buffy, has the same light and dark sides and quirkiness as Doctor Who," he added.

"My own favourite was Patrick Troughton because you never knew what was going on inside his Doctor," he said.

Rickman came in second, followed by Stephen Fry and Alan Davies in third and fourth place, with Ian Richardson in fifth.

Doctor Who is due to return in 2005.

Above is an artists impression of how our Tony might look.