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Capaldi wasn't comfortable with live announcement
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Cameron KMcEwan
01-12-2014
At a convention yesterday Peter Capaldi gave his opinions on Doctor Who Live: the Next Doctor.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/01/7-thin...ntion-4969336/

He also discussed how Doctor Who should not be 'merchandise led'.
Airborae
01-12-2014
Did anyone see Peter Davison and Murray Gold this morning on BBC Breakfast? They were discussing the national tour of Doctor Who Symphonic concerts. I hope they're heading near me...
Isambard Brunel
01-12-2014
Would anyone else like to see Capaldi eventually replace Moffat?

It would be an interesting story for the show if the lead actor left to become the executive producer.
JDEsseintes
01-12-2014
Originally Posted by Cameron KMcEwan:
“At a convention yesterday Peter Capaldi gave his opinions on Doctor Who Live: the Next Doctor.

http://metro.co.uk/2014/12/01/7-thin...ntion-4969336/

He also discussed how Doctor Who should not be 'merchandise led'.”

It was pretty much obvious in his body language.
PaperSkin
01-12-2014
Well I can't say I'm surprised. The show was a bit tacky.
Isambard Brunel
01-12-2014
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“The show was a bit tacky.”

I'm sure I read the whole idea was a spur-of-the-moment thing because they found out it was about to be leaked by a newspaper. I don't think there was a plan to have such a show before that. They even changed the BBC1 schedule to accommodate it.
Corwin
01-12-2014
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“I'm sure I read the whole idea was a spur-of-the-moment thing because they found out it was about to be leaked by a newspaper. I don't think there was a plan to have such a show before that. They even changed the BBC1 schedule to accommodate it.”

Tickets for the Studio audience were sent out a few weeks ahead of broadcast under the guise of a show looking at Doctor Who fandom.

Edit
Just checked and it was 9 days between the announcement of the fake show and the real show being broadcast, thought it was longer.



So the show was certainly planned well in advance it's possible the broadcast date was changed late on (I don't know) as Capaldi's name did appear on the bookie's lists a few days before the show.


I believe Night of the Doctor was released earlier than intended due to Paul McGann's involvement leaking.
CoalHillJanitor
01-12-2014
Originally Posted by JDEsseintes:
“It was pretty much obvious in his body language.”

Agreed. He seemed totally out of his comfort zone.
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“Well I can't say I'm surprised. The show was a bit tacky.”

And tedious. Even my 5-year-old, who had been excited about seeing the new Doctor, asked to switch to something else before the reveal.
Originally Posted by Corwin:
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I believe Night of the Doctor was released earlier than intended due to Paul McGann's involvement leaking.”

It was, and fortuitously on his birthday!
Tom Tit
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“Would anyone else like to see Capaldi eventually replace Moffat?

It would be an interesting story for the show if the lead actor left to become the executive producer.”

Has he ever written anything? No matter how much of a fan someone may be, you can't have an inexperienced lead writer. Or do you mean as a non-writing showrunner?
CD93
02-12-2014
He also fears "the Hartnell chat"

Quote:
“"He fears being called in by the producers or taken to dinner and having “the Bill Hartnell chat” (ie being told he has to leave the show)."”

codename_47
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by Isambard Brunel:
“Would anyone else like to see Capaldi eventually replace Moffat?

It would be an interesting story for the show if the lead actor left to become the executive producer.”

I think this sort of happened in the 70s with Tom Baker.
In his mind, at least

And well, Capaldi is a professional. He'll do what he's told, live shows, world tours, glooping, all part of the day job for a time lord
Torry_Z
02-12-2014
He's actually not that great at live interviews anyway... Watching his body language any time anyone does an interview with him live in front of an audience and he's always slightly turned away from the interviewer... I just think he's actually quite shy in that respect. He's not a spotlight kind of guy and he has strong principle about his craft.
Isambard Brunel
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by Tom Tit:
“Has he ever written anything?”

Yes. But I don't see why the Executive Producer has to write so many episodes each series. Letts and Hinchcliffe didn't.
GDK
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by codename_47:
“I think this sort of happened in the 70s with Tom Baker.
In his mind, at least

And well, Capaldi is a professional. He'll do what he's told, live shows, world tours, glooping, all part of the day job for a time lord”

BIB: Glooping?
donovan5
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“Well I can't say I'm surprised. The show was a bit tacky.”

I agree I thought it was an awful idea anyway and it was probably worse in reality
Virgil Tracy
02-12-2014
Don't blame him , it was the worst idea in the history of DW
donovan5
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by Virgil Tracy:
“Don't blame him , it was the worst idea in the history of DW”

Yet despite that they still went ahead with the 50th after party idea
PaperSkin
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by donovan5:
“Yet despite that they still went ahead with the 50th after party idea”

I never saw that, was it bad?
Virgil Tracy
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“I never saw that, was it bad?”

it was like The Brits with Sam Fox all over again .
ShootyDogThing
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“I never saw that, was it bad?”

Oh wow, I'd completely blocked that out of my memory until now! Yeah, it was pretty awful...
TheSilentFez
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by PaperSkin:
“I never saw that, was it bad?”

"Bad" doesn't even begin to cover it.
PaperSkin
02-12-2014
Haha so I dodged a bullet with that one then
CD93
02-12-2014
It was so bad that even Zoe Ball took the opportunity to threaten Moffat with a live link-up to One Direction at the DB Q&A
Torry_Z
02-12-2014
Originally Posted by CD93:
“It was so bad that even Zoe Ball took the opportunity to threaten Moffat with a live link-up to One Direction at the DB Q&A ”

Chappie worked on it though... I mean it was fun for those attending but made for horrible television...
Westy2
02-12-2014
There isnt a Proms this year is there?

I take it Peter isnt comfortable with the amount of 'presenting' required for that show?
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