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Doctor Who
- Thread starter nutso42
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I haven't really watched this guy in anything since "The Crow Road". He was fantastic in that. I think I'll go and watch it again, for the first time in ages (especially appropriate as Iain Banks passed away so recently).
That surprises me. I thought you'd be an 'In The Thick Of It' fan for some reason. Very funny stuff...well worth checking out.
I think he's going to make a brilliant Doctor.
Edit: anyone unfamiliar with his role as Malcolm Tucker, be wary when searching....many pages take you to 'best quotes' pages, which are joyfully expletive-laden. You have been warned.
I don't know anything about Capaldi, but I will say I'm pleased with the choice. I always thought the Doctor should resemble your weird old uncle and not some hipster. Glad to see some gray hairs on the character again.
I hope they give Capaldi's Doctor a bit more angst like Eccleston. I'm excited, he's a great actor and I think the transition will be easier than when it went from Tennant/ Davies to Smith/ Moffat.
Peter Capaldi as the Doctor! Fantastic! My favourite episodes were the Monster of Peladon. Ah, the princess' overbite. As for the music, a lot of it is available on cd by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
paulie
paulie
Hang on now! Did I miss something? The last episode I saw was the one where john hurt made his appearance as a Doctor. Now Matt Smith is on his way out?
I`m confused.
I`m confused.
I'd never even heard of "In The Thick Of It" before this evening.
Then again, I sometimes go months at a time without watching any TV at all, so it's hardly surprising that I miss stuff.
I just re-watched "The Fires of Pompeii," just so I knew who this actor was.
I have an open mind. He might be just the ticket.
I have an open mind. He might be just the ticket.
Capaldi is excellent - goes way back to "Local Hero" one of my all time favourite films.
Bill you have got to get "The Thick Of It" - masterpiece over (I think) 4 series, also a film version where some of the actors from the series played different parts, but the same theme and basic premise called "In The Loop".
Bill you have got to get "The Thick Of It" - masterpiece over (I think) 4 series, also a film version where some of the actors from the series played different parts, but the same theme and basic premise called "In The Loop".
I'm cautiously optimistic. Capaldi is a great actor, very versatile, even if he won't be bringing Malcolm Tucker's fluent and inventive swearing to this role. Check him out in the BBC adaptation of Iain Banks' The Crow Road, plus his dark, businesslike role as Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth.
It was also pretty brave of the Beeb to cast an older guy again, after two younger, good-looking guys. Capaldi looks like he could be David Tennant's dad. They might lose a few of the younger hipster fangirls who drooled over Matt Smith, but hopefully having an actor with a bit more presence and gravitas will more than make up for that with everyone else.
Now I just want to see the costume... bow ties and fezzes were cool last time, what will be cool this time?
Whovian nerd trivia time: The Fires of Pompeii (series 4, episode 2, with Tennant and Tate) not only starred a future Doctor (Capaldi), but was also the first appearance of Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) on the show!
Check him out in the BBC adaptation of Iain Banks' The Crow Road, plus his dark, businesslike role as Frobisher in Torchwood: Children of Earth. It was also pretty brave of the Beeb to cast an older guy again, after two younger, good-looking guys. Capaldi looks like he could be David Tennant's dad. They might lose a few of the younger hipster fangirls who drooled over Matt Smith, but hopefully having an actor with a bit more presence and gravitas will more than make up for that with everyone else.
Now I just want to see the costume... bow ties and fezzes were cool last time, what will be cool this time?
Whovian nerd trivia time: The Fires of Pompeii (series 4, episode 2, with Tennant and Tate) not only starred a future Doctor (Capaldi), but was also the first appearance of Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) on the show!
Yes good one!
Come to think of it, "Local Hero" had our new Doctor and Wedge Antilles from Star Wars (Dennis Lawson) who also happened to be Obi Wan Kenobi's uncle (Ewan McGregor)
I also love the fact that Capaldi is a massive Who fanboy - when he was younger he wrote for a Who fanzine, was a member of the official fan club, had a letter about Who published in the Radio Times, and is probably more encyclopaedic in his knowledge of it than most of the production team. I loved the little nods to William Hartnell when he came out on the show (holding his lapels and pulling the Hartnell "look").
