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(Metro) "Capaldi hints he will soon be leaving Doctor who"
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ummm ok>:(
http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/19/peter-capaldi-hints-he-will-soon-be-leaving-doctor-who-5349999/
I think where this is coming from is Moffat was more secretive with him for series9... Did not tell him what was happening in episode 12. Maybe he thinks a regen is coming in the xmas special.
http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/19/peter-capaldi-hints-he-will-soon-be-leaving-doctor-who-5349999/
Speaking to The Daily Mirror newspaper, he said: ‘I sort of enjoy this position I am in with a kind of deep Scottish melancholy because I know it has to end one day. I will cross that bridge when we come to it, which may be sooner rather than later.’
Seemingly confirming that his role is not for the long term, he has still beaten the record of Christopher Eccleston, who starred in just one series. His comments come amid the ongoing speculation that this could also be the last series for his current assistant Clara Oswald, played by Jenna Coleman.
I think where this is coming from is Moffat was more secretive with him for series9... Did not tell him what was happening in episode 12. Maybe he thinks a regen is coming in the xmas special.
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Remember - Peter Capaldi is a one series Doctor because he commented on the filming schedule once so quit last year due to exhaustion.
I think Capaldi will be around for the next series but that's just my guess, who knows.
I'm sure one of them was asked in an interview what it was like being in a job where everyone is always asking you when you're leaving.
Tbh as fun as I'm sure Capaldi finds it, Moffat isn't really a 'character' writer and much of what he's given Capaldi to do so far isn't exactly a stretch. It's not really an actors role at the moment and perhaps Capaldi will end up looking for more challenge elsewhere.
Or when there will be a female doctor. He is asked that constantly, lol
No. Nothing was "seemingly confirmed" in that quote.
And Peter C has said lots of complimentary things about the writing! So he might disagree there, Claire. He probably does very much see it as an "actors role". His.
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you assume he will be fired sooner than later? lol
Yeah.
Nah, I didn't expect him to want to stay long in the role.
He's not a one series Doctor. He's been in Series 8 and is due to be in Series 9 in a matter of weeks. Also, as it stands at the moment, he's going to be in Series 10. There hasn't been any word that he isn't appearing.
As PC said in an interview about three months ago, he's doesn't want to leave yet, but that it isn't down to him when he goes. He said that when the production team and most importantly Steven Moffatt feels it's time for him to go, they will let him know.
It's not like when David Tennant announced his upcoming departure in late 2008 at the NTA's. He was the one who decided that it was time to go. But this time round, as I said above, it will be down to the show's production crew, more so SM.
Rubbish. He regenerated at Christmas. I remember it quite well!
I'm looking forward to Miranda Hart's 13th Doctor. Unlucky for some, mind.
Series 9 will be Doctor lite with a few cardboard cut outs of Capaldi in background shots, stock footage and Barry Chuckle used as a body double, hence the sunglasses. Miranda is lined up but won't be available until 2017 because of a guest appearance on Would I Lie To You? in April next year.
What you thought was a regeneration was a dream and hasn't happened yet.
Bloomin' heck CD93. What's wrong with you man (or woman)? Capaldi contemplating future sadness is about as close as it gets to an admission the whole thing is getting cancelled either:
a) Tomorrow
b) Next tuesday
c) A tuesday yet to be determined.
But you go ahead and keep your rose tinted glasses on!
I take what he said as more of a "It could be sooner rather than later, who knows?" type of thing. The comment seems to be something said with uncertainty, maybe he's quite pessimistic. I really don't think he was trying to drop any hints, but like I said: it's in text, so...
I really don't believe that. Capaldi saying it isn't down to him just means it isn't down to him solely. It will be a mutual decision between him and the showrunner as it was for the others. There is no way they would give such respect to actors like Tennant and Smith who had both had barely had a career before who, but tell a well respected, long careered actor like Capaldi that he has no say and they will just sack him one day when they feel like it.
In fact with an actor like Capaldi Im pretty they'd want to keep him until he said he wanted to go and even at that time they would likely be trying to talk him into 'just one more series'
But WHY did CE, DT and MS have a CHOICE. But Capaldi dosen't.? makes zero sense, ...plus both DT and MS were offered a 4th series!
Heck, Even Coleman they let stay another series.
He wants to stay long in the role. He's talking about being let go.
Nonsense about actors having sway becuase of their pre-Doctor Who reputation is, well, nonsense. They just mostly don't want to work on the show for more than 3 or 4 years. That's all.
WTH are you talking about?. PC already had a TV job and was doing movies when he was cast as the doctor. He was also was going to direct a film.
The giving up career thing happened years ago before ITTOI
No idea why DT is somehow better quality than Capaldi or worth more. DT's first films In Hollywood were bombs(Fright Night anyone) .
PC kept Smith ratings and raised BBC america to its highest.
Next it'll be paparazzi shots on page 11 of The Sun showing Capaldi and Coleman leaving a club together at 1am and getting into the same taxi! "Coleman - 28 years his junior - was seen holding on to the Timelord's arm as they jumped into the waiting taxi and drove off toward Capaldi's plush Cardiff pad" etc.
PS. I saw a clip of The Dambusters last night and one of them looks the spitting image of Moffat! Given that the film was in black & white, how about revealing that the balls were actually golden-bronze in colour and were in fact void ships?