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New Doctor Who

POSTED BY: whozit
UPDATED: Saturday, August 10, 2013 11:48
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WHOZIT

Sunday, August 4, 2013 5:10 PM

The new Doctor Who will be revealed at 2 p.m. E.S.T. on BBC America!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006q2x0

MOOSE

Sunday, August 4, 2013 5:17 PM

Alan Tudyk!

or not...

WHOZIT

Sunday, August 4, 2013 6:37 PM

It's Peter Capaldi! I have no idea who he is.

WHOZIT

Sunday, August 4, 2013 7:16 PM

I'm not really happy with this choice, I thought they'd find an actor younger then Smith. Atleast they didn't go P.C. on us with a black gay female.

AURAPTOR

Sunday, August 4, 2013 9:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
I'm not really happy with this choice, I thought they'd find an actor younger then Smith. Atleast they didn't go P.C. on us with a black gay female.

Maybe not all at once, but some version of either one of those certainly is possible.

I stumbled across the event with out even looking for it, and it was quite a show! Pretty risky for them to put " live " chat comments on the screen, but I'm sure they had that stuff delayed and not so randomly chosen.

The new Doctor really isn't all that much of a stretch. He's older, which breaks a trend, but he's had ties w/ the Who 'verse already, being in a The Fires of Pompeii, as well as the Torchwood ( Children of Earth ) series.

Curious credit form IMDB...

World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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WHOZIT

Monday, August 5, 2013 12:17 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
I'm not really happy with this choice, I thought they'd find an actor younger then Smith. Atleast they didn't go P.C. on us with a black gay female.

Maybe not all at once, but some version of either one of those certainly is possible.

I stumbled across the event with out even looking for it, and it was quite a show! Pretty risky for them to put " live " chat comments on the screen, but I'm sure they had that stuff delayed and not so randomly chosen.

The new Doctor really isn't all that much of a stretch. He's older, which breaks a trend, but he's had ties w/ the Who 'verse already, being in a The Fires of Pompeii, as well as the Torchwood ( Children of Earth ) series.

Curious credit form IMDB...

World War Z
W.H.O. Doctor

This guy is to well known, they should've hired an unknown young actor that we'd get to know in time. My guess is he'll try to be a throw back of the earlier Doctors.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

Resident USA Freedom Fundie

" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall

SIMONWHO

Monday, August 5, 2013 9:51 AM

He's a cracking actor, he has an Oscar for his work as a writer/director and he's a long time Doctor Who fan - I think he's going to be immense. The whole young/old/white/black/attractive/straight/gay thing is a bit of a mislead - the Doctor has a certain quality and actors either have it or they don't.

MUTT999

Monday, August 5, 2013 2:30 PM

Hasn't been a decent doctor since Tom Baker. Know who would've been a good Doctor? Mark Sheppard.

TWO

Monday, August 5, 2013 3:51 PM

Firefly fans could learn from Doctor Who fans: River does not have to forever be Summer Glau. (But Kaylee will always be Jewel Staite. I refuse to accept a substitute. It is her role.)
Peter Capaldi is Introduced to the World as the Next Doctor

The Joss Whedon script for "Serenity," where Wash lives, is
Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly

STORYMARK

Monday, August 5, 2013 6:52 PM

I like the choice. I think his sensibility is just right for the role. I liked Smith, too, but Im glad they went with someone older this time around.

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