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Capaldi looks too old

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Seriously, very craggy and wrinkled. Jenna looks lovely.
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  • Michael_EveMichael_Eve Posts: 14,452
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    Oh dear.
  • CD93CD93 Posts: 13,939
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    These threads look too old.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 137
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    i think you'e too young to post on these boards... seriously juvenile
  • GrahameSteeleGrahameSteele Posts: 1,380
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    Didnt you ever see the classic Dr Who? He is over 2000 years.
  • bennythedipbennythedip Posts: 2,344
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    Peter capaldi is the oldest actor to play the doctor. 1 year older than william hartnell was in an unearthly child. He does look older than 56 though.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 557
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    bennythedip wrote: »
    Peter capaldi is the oldest actor to play the doctor. 1 year older than william hartnell was in an unearthly child. He does look older than 56 though.

    (cough) John Hurt (cough)
  • Michael_EveMichael_Eve Posts: 14,452
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    Wonderful William Hartnell.. Marvellous Matt Smith. Who fecking cares about the age of the actor. (well, a few people, it seems.) If you've got it.....you've got it. I look forward to seeing if Peter C has.....
  • bennythedipbennythedip Posts: 2,344
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    Oc course john hurt but he does not really count?
  • stafsstafs Posts: 1,540
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    bennythedip wrote: »
    Peter capaldi is the oldest actor to play the doctor. 1 year older than william hartnell was in an unearthly child. He does look older than 56 though.
    You have conveniently forgotten Hartnell was the Doctor for 3 years, so Capaldi is actually two years younger than the oldest actor to play him. ;-)
  • Face Of JackFace Of Jack Posts: 7,181
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    Depends how old you are!

    Doctor Who was always old when I was growing up. He was OK!

    The new Doctor is MY age now! He looks younger than William Hartnell :p

    It's all to do with relative perspective, and going with the neutron-flow - without reversing it!! Otherwise you clash with the Blinovitch-Limitation-Effect!!
  • JethrykJethryk Posts: 1,355
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    bennythedip wrote: »
    Oc course john hurt but he does not really count?

    Is that a question or a statement?

    and although Hartnell was younger than Capaldi he was certainly made to look older.
  • doctor blue boxdoctor blue box Posts: 7,313
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    I think that as good as tennant and smith were, it feels refreshing to have an older more distinguished doctor. I think Capaldi has the look which excudes the authority the doctor should have.

    I don't always agree with everything Moffat says, but think he is 100% right when he says it would have been boring to cast another good looking young guy with intreresting hair.
  • bennythedipbennythedip Posts: 2,344
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    stafs wrote: »
    You have conveniently forgotten Hartnell was the Doctor for 3 years, so Capaldi is actually two years younger than the oldest actor to play him. ;-)

    Using that logic hartnell, troughton, pertwee, tom baker, davison, colin baker, mccoy and if you must include him john hurt are all older actors to play the doctor than capaldi.
  • CoalHillJanitorCoalHillJanitor Posts: 15,634
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    bennythedip wrote: »
    Using that logic hartnell, troughton, pertwee, tom baker, davison, colin baker, mccoy and if you must include him john hurt are all older actors to play the doctor than capaldi.

    Not if you go according to when they were the 'current' Doctor. (Hurt, for his part, never played the current Doctor.) I think that may be the idea. However, I would not join in the insinuation that you 'conveniently forgot' anything.
  • claire2281claire2281 Posts: 17,283
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    I think is age is neither here nor there when it comes to his success as the Doctor. It'll be down to how well he engages and captures the audience. Eccleston, Tennant and Smith all managed this extremely well and justified their casting in the first episode. That was nothing to do with their relative youth though, they just portrayed a character the viewers liked.

    He doesn't need a make over for his first episode just that moment where he inhabits the character a la Smith's confrontation with Prisoner Zero.
  • CD93CD93 Posts: 13,939
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    He's rocking it
  • mrprossermrprosser Posts: 2,281
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    Have to agree, doesn't look older than Hartnell, or Troughton, or Pertwee, and at the end of the day he is supposed to be pushing 1000+ years old
  • CD93CD93 Posts: 13,939
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    mrprosser wrote: »
    Have to agree, doesn't look older than Hartnell, or Troughton, or Pertwee, and at the end of the day he is supposed to be pushing 1000+ years old

    2000+ :blush:
  • Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    Chill out everyone, its only petertard
  • adams66adams66 Posts: 3,945
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    Someone should hook up petertard with Ray_Smith - they'd have a lot to talk about. And perhaps they would bother us with their dopey posts.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 389
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    SO!? When he provides you with the greatest series yet you'll be licking his golden crack (lol). Give up already.
  • flowerduckflowerduck Posts: 1,583
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    CD93 wrote: »
    He's rocking it

    Isn't he just! Nice pic :)
  • TheophileTheophile Posts: 2,944
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    I look too old. Who cares? :)
  • adams66adams66 Posts: 3,945
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    adams66 wrote: »
    Someone should hook up petertard with Ray_Smith - they'd have a lot to talk about. And perhaps they would bother us with their dopey posts.

    Sorry, this should have read -
    Someone should hook up petertard with Ray_Smith - they'd have a lot to talk about. And perhaps they would not bother us with their dopey posts
  • daveyboy7472daveyboy7472 Posts: 16,396
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    adams66 wrote: »
    Someone should hook up petertard with Ray_Smith - they'd have a lot to talk about. And perhaps they would bother us with their dopey posts.

    Assuming, off course, that they are not the same person! :D

    Seriously, though, don't know what's gotten in to some people on this forum. When Capaldi was cast, I was very glad the Pre-judging that came from Matt Smith's casting was nowhere as bad for him.

    However, as the new series approaches, these constant threads about his age seem to have become far more regular and tiresome.

    I remember very well the flack Matt Smith got when I first joined this forum and I also remember one year later when a lot of those posters had egg on their faces because he did so well in the role.

    So I have a feeling those people who are doing the same thing now with Capaldi, in one years time, will be wondering what the hell all the fuss is about. People really should give him a chance until they see him onscreen. (Assuming they haven't watched the leaked footage and spoiled it for themselves....)

    I know I give Moffat a lot of stick for his Era but I think he done exactly the right thing in casting an older Doctor. It was right to do it now than further down the line, where following a procession of younger Doctors would have made it even more difficult.

    All the older Classic Doctors were a success, I think Capaldi will be too.

    :)
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