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Post by IMForeman on Aug 4, 2013 17:47:14 GMT
As I write this, we've got around 15 minutes until the announcement. Come on, make yourselves comfortable. The identity of the new Doctor will NOT be a spoiler, so there's no need for spoiler tags. EDIT: And it's official. Congratulations, Peter Capaldi. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23570354
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Post by starpanda on Aug 4, 2013 18:36:00 GMT
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Post by Maggadin on Aug 4, 2013 19:59:29 GMT
kirkg, I think your post counts as a spoiler. I like that he's older. So much for the ''nobody under 40 will ever play the Doctor again'' claim.
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Post by jjpor on Aug 11, 2013 10:01:42 GMT
I think it's a solid choice and I'm waiting now to see what Capaldi is actually like in the role, because he's been in so many different things and shown such variety that I don't think it's possible to say at this stage. Even looking at his two Doctor Who-related parts in Fires of Pompeii and Torcwood: CofE shows the range he has and how he's equally good in comedic and more dramatic parts. I wonder what it says that they've decided to pick a "name" actor (even if I wouldn't call him a household name even here in the UK) rather than a relative unknown, if indeed it says anything at all. I do think having an older Doctor is going to be interesting, and is long overdue - it opens up different possibilities and ways of doing things. Less running about in order to solve crises, I hope, and more thinking/talking his way out of trouble. Although for all I know Mr Capaldi is a fine physical specimen who can run and flail about as well as the younger guys.
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