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Am I the only person who likes The new Doctor
David_H_93
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Judging by the comments on The official Doctor Who Facebook page this has to be one of the most disliked version of The character so far
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David_H_93
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I have always liked Dr Who.
No, that would be Colin Baker...
Seriously, every new doctor throughout the show's history has had to contend with fans who preferred the previous doctor.
There are a fair few people with an agenda. They don't like Moffat, they believe he's "ruining" Doctor Who, and so they would hate the new doctor whoever he was. There are also a few who believe that the template of the Doctor is David Tennant and Matt Smith - they forget that Doctor Who existed long before either the 10th or 11th Doctors.
But I would say that the majority of fans tend to get behind the incumbant and end up missing him badly when he himself eventually leaves.
I, for one, love Capaldi's Doctor. He's clearly a work in progress and we'll be seeing a lot more development over the coming years. But I already love his authority and gravitas and his world-weary cynicism.
I love him, especially after tonight's episode, which I thought he excelled in.
(I loved Matt as well).
Do you not think the character will develop over the course of the series and beyond? Would you reasonably expect to have seen the full characterisation of the 12th Doctor in just three episodes??
People just seem to enjoy complaining and a lot of them find frustration at the fact that not everybody agrees with them and that the show is actually doing very well, contrary to what they say about it going downhill and on its way to death.
I would hope he develops otherwise its bad writing and bad acting if not...
But to me, inside three episode we saw quite a few sides to Matt's Doctor and with Chris' Doctor. Can't really remember with David, but Doc's 9 and 11 certainly were varied in their opening three adventures.
Peter has been grumpy, shouty and just plain rude. That's all I've got from him in three episodes anyway. It's not a lot of variety in my books...
You could just as well say that all Matt Smith did in his first three episodes was run around, waves his arms and be 'zany and eccentric'.
In reality, I would say we've seen plenty of variety from Capaldi already, just as we did from Smith.
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He's darker, more dangerous & I love the interaction with Clara. I've a feeling that Capaldi may produce an outstanding Dr Who.
Tonite's episode of Robot of Sherwood was my favorite so far. Loved it.
For me I don't think I like Capaldi's Doctor because he is "older" but I just think Capaldi carries it off so well. He is an awesome actor and I think he would have been an amazing Doctor Who at any age!
I said in the Robots of Sherwood thread that he was (imo) like Victor Meldrew - except 'One Foot in the Grave' was far better at humour. Painfully unfunny shrieking at a potential robot Robin Hood in the cell was not the mature, cool-headed Doctor we were promised, it's not even like it helped at all - he didn't learn anything from it - and neither did we. The Baddie had to explain things to him! Once the guard said he had to take the ringleader, who (except the Doctor) couldn't guess he'd be going for the only grown-up in the Cell? Gravitas shouldn't be limited to the serious episodes - it should be maintained as part of his character, no matter how much everyone is chewing the scenery around him. Pertwee would have played the scene and delivered those lines far less hysterically - so Gatiss can't take (all) the blame - it's apparently how Twelve acts when frustrated.
Another problem is that Victor Meldrew was 90% of the time laughed at rather than with. His saving grace was the tenderness of the relationship with his (very) long suffering wife, who was the one the audience emphasised with - not least because she had to put up with him. As someone who doesn't like Clara, that also affects my opinion of Twelve. I don't care about Sassy Cypher and Grumpy Cypher at the moment.
Still, it's only been three episodes. I was watching a truly silly episode of Who on Watch this week, with Colin Baker's Doctor, the Master and the Rani. For all his pomposity, Six's relationship with Peri was warm enough, even if fuelled by a lot of eye rolling on her part. He came across as far less grouchy than Twelve. That could all change, however.