It’s official. Peter Capaldi is the new Doctor. Is this a good choice? Let’s decide right here and right now!
Capaldi is most famous for his role a Malcolm Tucker in the brilliant political comedy series The Thick of It. Tucker was the foul-mouthed Scot (is there any other kind?) government Director of Communications who would verbally destroy anyone who as much as looked at him.
So will Capaldi escape from the shadow of this legendary character? Personally I think he should play the new Doctor exactly like Tucker. Incidentally I’ve received some of the scripts from the next season of Doctor Who. Here are some quotes from it:
The Doctor: Davros. I mean the guy is an epic f**k-up. He’s so dense that light bends around him.
The Doctor: What’s up with you? You look like you’ve shat a Lego garage
The Doctor [to Donna]: ENOUGH! E-f**king-nough! You need to learn to shut your f**king cave, right? Today, you have laid your first, big, fat egg of solid f**k.
The Doctor: [knock on TARDIS door] Listen, if you’re not a prostitute or a pizza guy, f**k off!
I’m not sure how this new direction will go down with the Saturday evening family viewers but I for one can wait for The Doctor to call Micky a ‘c**t’.
Here’s a clip of Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker in In the Loop for anyone who hasn’t seen the new Doctor in action. Do not open this at work!
What do you think of the new Doctor? Who’s your favourite Doctor? Let me know in the comments below.
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I reeeeally need to get around to watching Doctor Who. Feeling very left out of all this hubbub…. lol
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It’s only been on TV for 50 years, you have a lot of catching up to do!
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That’s what always stops me from watching in the first place!! lol… that’s a whole lot of commitment right there!! 😉
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I am very surprised they went older… It doesn’t bother me but I thought that was surprising…
Peter Davison has always been my favorite!
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I think its a fresh change, might bring a new perspective to the character.
I hated Peter Davison, and I think most people would agree with me! Davison’s period as the doctor would be a contender for Shitfest!
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Who’s your favorite??? Troughton??
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Haha. Well Sylvester McCoy was the doctor when I was growing up but I wasn’t a fan. I actually really liked Christopher Eccleston
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I love the casting choice. Glad to see that he’ll get a lot more love now after becoming the Doctor. Love him as Malcolm Tucker.
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I hope he keeps his Scottish accent and doesn’t do like David Tennant did
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Ahah, I guess most Scots do have a foul mouth! There were sooo many profanities in In The Loop my ears were practically burning! 😀
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Haha I’m an irish person living in Scotland so I have swearing down to an artform!
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Haha! I hope they go your way with the new Doctor. 😉
Will be interesting to see. I love Doctor Who but I’m still a newbie. The Christopher Ecclestone ones started up just after I moved to the UK so I don’t have much knowledge of anything before those. He was really good but David Tennant was my favorite. Never could get into Matt Smith so I’m sure I’ll like Capaldi more than him at least.
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I have never watched an episode at Dr. Who. It wasn’t on when I was kid or I would have watched then. Now I could see it, but just think it couldn’t possibly live up to the hype I’ve heard over the years so I pass it by.
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Hey Mark it’s been on in Britain for over 50 years so it’s kind of an institution. It was really rubbish when I was a child until they revamped it a few years ago.
I’m not a massive fan but it is entertaining in a cheesy way. It’s probably more aimed at kids though
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I always saw pictures of it in Starlog growing up. Wish I had seen it back then.
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