The die is cast and after a ridiculous life-event we know that Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor. As things are at the moment, with Hurt's 'Doctor' increasing the number of the Doctor's completed regenerations, he also may be the last, strictly speaking, canonical Doctor. After all, we're still waiting for the BBC's emergency protocols to become effective and the Mighty Moff coming up with a solution for the 'odd 12 regenerations rule', as RTD used to call it.
So who is the new guy? If his name does not ring a bell to you, then you're either not living in the UK and/or are not familiar with British TV history. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but Capaldi is a legend.
Which is, ironically, the only, really, the only downside I can see in casting him. For nobody will refer to the big Peter Capaldi as “the guy from Doctor Who”.
Apart from that I'm surprisingly pleased with Moffat's decision, because his choice fulfils my only requirement: I wanted someone who's a fan of the show. And Capaldi is famous for being in love with Doctor Who.
He's also Scottish, which is amusing as now we're having a Scottish showrunner, we had a Scottish actress playing a Scottish companion and this is the 2nd Scottish actor playing the Doctor within... has it been 4 years? I'm not complaining. So the only remaining question is whether he'll be allowed to keep his accent. Would that be fair?
And he's in his mid-50ies. Actually, that's the second, even though rather small, reason why Moffat's choice is a bit surprising. At least, for a change, nobody is complaining about the new guy being too young. And Capaldi looks as if he'd start every day with jogging ten miles, so he'll be certainly able to keep up with all the required running. No worries about that.
But it's somewhat unexpected that Moffat decided against 'playing it safe'. I thought he'd bend to the public pressure and cast someone looking 25. Because, let's face it, some of those people who have been regularly watching Doctor Who for a few years now have not spent their Saturday afternoon in front of the telly because of the TV show's awesome concept or Moffat's writing abilities. But those, mostly female, viewers wanted to see Matt Smith in a bowtie saving the universe, or whoever needed to be saved that weekend. There will be certainly people watching Doctor Who because of Capaldi. But it makes this decision nevertheless a risk. One worth taking, IMHO, because it serves the story. We like to forget that our favourite 1000plus years old Time Lord is not 25 any more. At the same time Capaldi has already proven to be an excellent actor so I have no doubts that we won't be missing the Doctor's, let's call it bouncy qualities in season 8.
The last remaining question to tackle is his costume. Will the 12th Doctor still think bow ties are cool? And who's for combining them with a pair of blue jeans, which is the only clothing item I cannot remember the Doctor has been ever wearing. Will he go back to the tradition of having a favourite intensifier? Or a catchphrase? Sorry, that's more than just one question. But they are exiting ones.
So, I don't care if Peter Capaldi was not on your personal list, or if there may be other, much better people out there, in your opinion. I don't care because ATM I'm too curious to find out how Moffat will make this work.
So who is the new guy? If his name does not ring a bell to you, then you're either not living in the UK and/or are not familiar with British TV history. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, but Capaldi is a legend.
Which is, ironically, the only, really, the only downside I can see in casting him. For nobody will refer to the big Peter Capaldi as “the guy from Doctor Who”.
Apart from that I'm surprisingly pleased with Moffat's decision, because his choice fulfils my only requirement: I wanted someone who's a fan of the show. And Capaldi is famous for being in love with Doctor Who.
He's also Scottish, which is amusing as now we're having a Scottish showrunner, we had a Scottish actress playing a Scottish companion and this is the 2nd Scottish actor playing the Doctor within... has it been 4 years? I'm not complaining. So the only remaining question is whether he'll be allowed to keep his accent. Would that be fair?
And he's in his mid-50ies. Actually, that's the second, even though rather small, reason why Moffat's choice is a bit surprising. At least, for a change, nobody is complaining about the new guy being too young. And Capaldi looks as if he'd start every day with jogging ten miles, so he'll be certainly able to keep up with all the required running. No worries about that.
But it's somewhat unexpected that Moffat decided against 'playing it safe'. I thought he'd bend to the public pressure and cast someone looking 25. Because, let's face it, some of those people who have been regularly watching Doctor Who for a few years now have not spent their Saturday afternoon in front of the telly because of the TV show's awesome concept or Moffat's writing abilities. But those, mostly female, viewers wanted to see Matt Smith in a bowtie saving the universe, or whoever needed to be saved that weekend. There will be certainly people watching Doctor Who because of Capaldi. But it makes this decision nevertheless a risk. One worth taking, IMHO, because it serves the story. We like to forget that our favourite 1000plus years old Time Lord is not 25 any more. At the same time Capaldi has already proven to be an excellent actor so I have no doubts that we won't be missing the Doctor's, let's call it bouncy qualities in season 8.
The last remaining question to tackle is his costume. Will the 12th Doctor still think bow ties are cool? And who's for combining them with a pair of blue jeans, which is the only clothing item I cannot remember the Doctor has been ever wearing. Will he go back to the tradition of having a favourite intensifier? Or a catchphrase? Sorry, that's more than just one question. But they are exiting ones.
So, I don't care if Peter Capaldi was not on your personal list, or if there may be other, much better people out there, in your opinion. I don't care because ATM I'm too curious to find out how Moffat will make this work.
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