The New Doctor is…a Guy I Know Best from Doctor Who!
The new Doctor was announced on Sunday, and I’ll let him introduce himself. Though don’t watch or read if you don’t want to be SPOILED!
I looked up him up on IMDB and saw that I know him best from a previous episode of Doctor Who, as the father in the Pompeii episode in season 4. So cool. He’s got a fun voice and a neat look. And clearly they’re going for a Doctor with more character than looks this time, which is an OK choice. Between David Tennant and Matt Smith, the new series definitely wanted a young, hunky Doctor. But when you look back at the classic series, a lot of the Doctors were older men. So I think it was a specific choice to go older and more whimsical-looking than keep things hunky.
I’m slightly disappointed that they didn’t go with a female Doctor or a Doctor of color, but only slightly. I didn’t expect them to do something so radical. But it would have been neat if they had.
Anyway, I am optimistic about this guy, so we’ll just have to stay tuned to see how he does! What do you all think of him?
Posted on August 5, 2013, in Doctor Who, Television. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
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Peter Capaldi is a class act. If you get a chance I recommend watching him in ‘The Thick of it’ – the series that invented the term Omnishambles and showed the British public just what a talented actor this guy is.
That’s reassuring to know. I’ve been reading all about him today to get to know him, and I’ll have to look up The Thick of It.
I’m glad they decided to go with an older doctor. My fiancee and I were hoping for a female doctor as well. I was hoping for Julian Barratt or Idris Elba as well.
My post was horribly written, I apologize.
Your post was fine. No worries! And Idris Elba as the next Doctor…wow, I couldn’t even imagine. That would be…just wow. Though now that I think about it, I don’t think he could be whimsical enough.