Why Capaldi Will Be The Best Doctor Since Tom Baker
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The arrival of Capaldi in the role of Doctor Who has heralded an exciting new direction for the show. What the programme needed was an older actor who could stand up to the likes of the older classic doctors.
Capaldi manages to bring presence, wisdom, vulnerability and charm to the role. But crucially, he brings back that mature almost grandfatherly aspect that Hartnell embodied.
We do not need to see him physically engaging with enemies, he is at his best when he is in the TARDIS simply making decisions.
Capaldi manages to bring presence, wisdom, vulnerability and charm to the role. But crucially, he brings back that mature almost grandfatherly aspect that Hartnell embodied.
We do not need to see him physically engaging with enemies, he is at his best when he is in the TARDIS simply making decisions.
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It is always sad seeing a Doctor go, when a regeneration happens and you never know how a new Doctor will be, but keeping an open mind I have found is the only way and it has paid off big time!
Im in the middle of re-watching Deep Breath already and Im sure I will watch again, as it has been so good!
What I did see was the vulnerability, and something quite dark. There were definitely undercurrents of something very intresting in his personality, Matt hinted at this too, only his scripts didn't qute allow this to fully manifest. I hope this isn't the case for Peter.
Finally the vulnerability that he showed at the end of the episode was almost heartbreaking. Maybe we didn't need the Cameo from Matt, but I think the episode was probably better for it.
Anyway I have a soft spot for Matt, and will miss him, but based on what we have seen so far I think we're in safe hands.
But on the strength of tonight's episode he certainly could be by far the best of the post-2005 Doctors.
All incarnations, for me, have been The Doctor, yes, including John Hurt's portrayal
The new Doctor I like.
BUT about 20 minutes before the end I started to fidget and got a little bored, solely because there was too much Clara.
PS the new broom, having renewed each part over time, was Trigger's in OFAH
https://uk.tv.yahoo.com/roger-lloyd-...120359341.html
Roger Lloyd-Pack: How ‘Trigger’s Broom’ changed philosophy
Iconic Only Fools And Horses gag now used in university lectures.
Last night's episode was very funny in parts too. (I'm Scottish so it must be the fault of the English theme, lol.)
Good story too. Not sure about the new theme tune though. Why mess about with it all the time?
Anyway, Capaldi gets a thumbs up from me.
Or a jelly baby?
No disrespect to Capaldi but his facial features aren't really grandfatherly or avuncular. However, being an older incarnation will at least put a stop to the endless maybe-maybe-not romances between The Doctor and his companion which we've seen too much of in the new incarnations..
I would agree with most of this, but I just can not re watch Colin Baker or Sylvester McCoy. Maybe it was just the 80's I don't know, but it was ridiculous. I really faded there.
If I found my grandfather scuttling across the floor smelling chalk, I'd put him in a care home.
I found Pertwee and Tom Baker quite likable, charismatic. Hartnell was a more authoritative grandfatherly figure with a fantastic wig. I do worry about Capaldi finding his feet, Deep Breath had a lot of Matt Smith lines, the other scripts will have to do better than that.
Viewers didn`t take to Tom Bakers first episode at the time too well either after Jon Pertwee leaving because it was such a huge contrast but eventually Tom Baker soon became one of the most iconic and admired doctors of all time, this is why I have high hopes for Capaldi`s doctor because it appears from certain spoilers and script leaks he`s been written very similar to Tom Bakers 4th doctor and after Matt Smith this was very much needed to contrast.
Matt Smith was dragged down by the scripts, particularly in the second half of series 6 and series 7. I don't think Peter Capaldi would have done much better had he been given the same material so we have to hope that the writing is better this time around.
For example, Clara won't be flirting with him (coz he's old!). Although he did sound a little flirty when Clara said that she'd never thought he was her boyfriend and he said "I never said that was your mistake'. Anyway, I imagine it will be off the table in future.
He won't be chivalrous or warm, not shown much sign of adventure, not a massive amount of wisdom. So still lots to discover.
This.
I remember the outcry after Tom Baker's first episode.
People were writing to Points of View complaining he was 'too young' and 'looked like a student.'
I am delighted to see Capaldi in the role as I found Matt Smith dreadfully immature.