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Peter Capaldi
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Funny coincidence? He was in World War Z as a Doctor from the World Health Organization... credited as "WHO Doctor".
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Funny coincidence? He was in World War Z as a Doctor from the World Health Organization... credited as "WHO Doctor".
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Well, he's looking a might older than Matt Smith, that's for sure!
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It's about time too - while Tennant, and especially Smith have been good, it's always been a bit odd for the Doctor to be so young. On the other hand, it'll only be the third time the new Doctor's been older than his predecessor.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Well, he's looking a might older than Matt Smith, that's for sure!
I'm curious to see what sort of dressing down the next companion to do something stupid will get.
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This was leaked in the middle of last week. I wanted to post it on DITL but I didn't want to spoil things for anyone else. I loved him in "In The Loop." Malcolm Tucker Give 'em hell, Peter!
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I always thought it made sense that the Doctor would regenerate young. The whole point of a regeneration is to give him a new life to live over, after all. Given that they're limited to 12 it makes sense that each life should be potentially as long as possible.
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Well, with the Doc, I'm not sure he's got much control over how he regenerates. Almost all of them have been 'regenerate or die!', and the other one was forced upon him by the Time Lords.
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So, he's about three years younger than Hartnell when he started as the Doc. Isn't that nearly twice Smith's age?!
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An Older doc isn't a problem but... At least Karen Gillian had a strong make-up when in Pompei, when Capaldi was with his own face and no make-up. I think that BBC has a much higher number or great actors available.
It is , for me, a really lack of imagination for Moffat.
It is , for me, a really lack of imagination for Moffat.
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Meh, I have no problem with it. Colin Baker was a guard in a Peter Davison serial.
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I didn't knew that... Does he had exactly the same head?
And well, a guard wasn't as proeminient as Capaldi ^^
And well, a guard wasn't as proeminient as Capaldi ^^
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No mask, no disguise. And he was a fairly prominent character in the serial IIRC.
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No. Given that the regeneration will be in the Christmas special, Capaldi will be 55 years 255 days old on the day his first appearance is broadcast. Hartnell was 55 years 319 days old on 23 November 1963, beating Capaldi by just 64 days. Smith will be 31 years 58 days old.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So, he's about three years younger than Hartnell when he started as the Doc.
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Good friggin... how in the blue hell did I write 'years'?! Okay, that was a horrid typo on my part. My bad!Captain Seafort wrote:No. Given that the regeneration will be in the Christmas special, Capaldi will be 55 years 255 days old on the day his first appearance is broadcast. Hartnell was 55 years 319 days old on 23 November 1963, beating Capaldi by just 64 days. Smith will be 31 years 58 days old.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:So, he's about three years younger than Hartnell when he started as the Doc.
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Presumably by pressing the Y, E, A, R and S keys.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Good friggin... how in the blue hell did I write 'years'?!
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