Your nominations for the twelth Doctor

[DotCommunist]

good choice. haven't watched doctor who since just after ecclestone left, might tune in for capaldi.

fairweather cunt, I'm going to cut your TV cable

 

[Corax]

Don't bloody facepalm me, I've already said I don't watch it.

And this is why.

It doesn't anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I was sad that Smith called it quits like a two year pussy, but now I can't wait for him to be gone fast enough.
With any luck Capaldi will be man enough to tell Moffat and co when they are writing a shit script and slap them into touch.

Smith could have been good. Such a shame about the pathetic stories and arcs.

 

[CNT36]

It doesn't anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Not at all. Do you remember Peter Capaldi's role as the thick of it. It was much better than that time Peter Davison played All creatures great and small.

 

[CNT36]

I was sad that Smith called it quits like a two year pussy, but now I can't wait for him to be gone fast enough.
With any luck Capaldi will be man enough to tell Moffat and co when they are writing a shit script and slap them into touch.

Smith could have been good. Such a shame about the pathetic stories and arcs.

Hopefully we'll get some better paced, better told stories without slipping into Pertwee 6 part territory.

 

[tangerinedream]

I think he's a great choice but there'll be an inevitable jolt for a lot of the kids who think of the Doctor as a young man to suddenly get a slightly creepy older bloke. He's just naturally quite sinister and I think that could work well. I think Smith has been quite good, especially as he's had some drivel to act in but it'll be really interesting to see what a strong figure who definitely knows what good writing looks like will do with the role. I definitely think both RTD and Moffat could have benefited from someone going... 'yes, I get the fucking significance to the story arc, but it's still SHIT!' at certain points during their reigns.

 

[DotCommunist]

Yes, hopefully.
I mean he's quite sexy and handsome. But they won't be having teenage companions flirting with him constantly anymore. I hope.

of course they will, the frission of yewtree demands it

 

[killer b]

capaldi's been in plenty of drivel in his time. why do people think he'll object to shit scripts? he's an actor...

 

[krtek a houby]

Scouting around all the newspaper sites suggests both the Mirror and the Guardian knew in advance and possibly forced this bizzare unveiling.

Nope. All part of the plan.

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm just glad it isn't an american

and also happy cos Malcoms got a quality way of delivering his lines. That will do

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

capaldi's been in plenty of drivel in his time. why do people think he'll object to shit scripts? he's an actor...

Hope

 

[8den]

Don't bloody facepalm me, I've already said I don't watch it.

And this is why.

I was kidding Sparklefish, on scale of 1-10 where ten is electrogirl thinking William Shatner was in Star Wars this is barely a 5.

 

[zoooo]

I think he's a great choice but there'll be an inevitable jolt for a lot of the kids who think of the Doctor as a young man to suddenly get a slightly creepy older bloke.

I watched the announcement with my little niece. She was hoping for Benedict Cumberbatch or Daniel Radcliffe, but seemed pretty pleased with Capaldi.

 

[killer b]

I watched the announcement with my little niece. She was hoping for Benedict Cumberbatch or Daniel Radcliffe, but seemed pretty pleased with Capaldi.

is she a thick if it fan?

 

[Looby]

I was kidding Sparklefish, on scale of 1-10 where ten is electrogirl thinking William Shatner was in Star Wars this is barely a 5.

Oh my god, I remember that. : D

I miss her.

 

[tangerinedream]

capaldi's been in plenty of drivel in his time. why do people think he'll object to shit scripts? he's an actor...

Wishful thinking. Doctor Who is good about once every 18 months for about 45 minutes so people are desperate for anything that might increase its ratio of hit to miss and to be fair, Capaldi must have at least the capability to contribute something to any discussion of the role or development of plot as his role in 'The Thick of It' required at least a degree of improvisation and discussion. That's not something that Matt Smith has on his CV for sure and I'm not sure Tennant has that either.

 

[tangerinedream]

I watched the announcement with my little niece. She was hoping for Benedict Cumberbatch or Daniel Radcliffe, but seemed pretty pleased with Capaldi.

Like killer b alludes to - how the fuck does she know Peter Capaldi?

 

[8den]

capaldi's been in plenty of drivel in his time. why do people think he'll object to shit scripts? he's an actor...

The point of a good actor is that he should be able to make the material rise above the quality of whats on the page, injecting a poor script with pathos and drama that makes it rise above itself.

Here's a fun fact, every potential James Bond from Moore on, has had as part of his audition to do the seductive scene in "From Russia With Love" (The one where Bond comes back to his hotel room and finds the potential russian defector in his bed). Why? Because it's a fucking terrible scene. The logic behind this is thus, if he can make this scene watchable and plausible and pull it off, then he will be able to manage to carry some of the dodgy scenes Bonds are expected to play.

 

[discokermit]

fairweather cunt, I'm going to cut your TV cable

one word: jon pertwee.

when you're out of short trousers and can get the bus on your own, johnny-come-lately cunt.

 

[8den]

Oh my god, I remember that. : D

I miss her.

.

 

[DotCommunist]

one word: jon pertwee.

when you're out of short trousers and can get the bus on your own, johnny-come-lately cunt.

I think You'll find you are talking to one who voluntarily watched all the old Who on VHS before New Who even came about. And subscribed to Doctor Who Magazine. And read dozens of New Adventures books, both editions of the terrestrial index and also suffered a few radio plays too.

I have the higher ground

Pertwees fucking car though. What a torture the Time Lords afflicted him with, being stuck in the 70s working for UNIT

 

[tangerinedream]

The point of a good actor is that he should be able to make the material rise above the quality of whats on the page, injecting a poor script with pathos and drama that makes it rise above itself.

Here's a fun fact, every potential James Bond from Moore on, has had as part of his audition to do the seductive scene in "From Russia With Love" (The one where Bond comes back to his hotel room and finds the potential russian defector in his bed). Why? Because it's a fucking terrible scene. The logic behind this is thus, if he can make this scene watchable and plausible and pull it off, then he will be able to manage to carry some of the dodgy scenes Bonds are expected to play.

That's a quality fact!

 

[captainmission]

I was kidding Sparklefish, on scale of 1-10 where ten is electrogirl thinking William Shatner was in Star Wars this is barely a 5.

Capaldi's clearly a 10

 

[discokermit]

I think You'll find you are talking to one who voluntarily watched all the old Who on VHS before New Who even came about. And subscribed to Doctor Who Magazine. And read dozens of New Adventures books, both editions of the terrestrial index and also suffered a few radio plays too.

I have the higher ground

Pertwees fucking car though. What a torture the Time Lords afflicted him with, being stuck in the 70s working for UNIT

ahhhhh...... fuck you. and the horse you rode in on.

 

[zoooo]

Like killer b alludes to - how the fuck does she know Peter Capaldi?

Heh! I did ask if she'd seen the Thick Of It. But no, she apparently remembered him from his appearance in the Vesuvius episode of Who.

 

[DotCommunist]

I even have a little white Dalek toy with gold studs (as seen in Genesis of iirc), a little plastic Tardis that I keep my spare fag papers and pennies in and an a3 poster of the last 3 Doctors special

Its a miracle I ever lost my virginity tbf

 

[Corax]

Its a miracle I ever lost my virginity tbf

That's never been proven though if we're going to be honest about it, has it?

 

[DotCommunist]

That's never been proven though if we're going to be honest about it, has it?

Your mum says different

 

[tangerinedream]

Heh! I did ask if she'd seen the Thick Of It. But no, she apparently remembered him from his appearance in the Vesuvius episode of Who.

aaah...

 

[Hollis]

I haven't been arsed to watch since Tom Baker. Might check out the new Dr. ;-)