Doctor New
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pen_gruntSo this is Doctor New-Who.
Apparently there has been freakout because reasons. He's old, or something. I don't know. I don't understand it.
Would it be nice to have a non-white Doctor? Or a female Doctor? Sure. But I like this guy (Peter Capaldi) just fine. He's kinda badass.
I'm just glad that he doesn't look like he's 12 anymore. I ended up liking Matt Smith in bits and pieces and thinking he did an overall-good job, but he never quite grabbed me the way Tennant or Eccleston did (or even some of the older-Who Doctors). Then again, the most recent seasons of Doctor Who had a lot of waiting-around-feeling episodes. Or episodes that were only setup for other, bigger episodes, but didn't have enough to them on their own. So maybe it was a writer/direction problem instead of an actor problem.
I would just be really glad to have the whole companion-swoons-over-Doctor thing end. That's why Donna was one of the better Nu Who companions. It's why Martha was great AT FIRST.
Though Peter Capaldi IS pretty sexy, I have to say.
Apparently there has been freakout because reasons. He's old, or something. I don't know. I don't understand it.
Would it be nice to have a non-white Doctor? Or a female Doctor? Sure. But I like this guy (Peter Capaldi) just fine. He's kinda badass.
I'm just glad that he doesn't look like he's 12 anymore. I ended up liking Matt Smith in bits and pieces and thinking he did an overall-good job, but he never quite grabbed me the way Tennant or Eccleston did (or even some of the older-Who Doctors). Then again, the most recent seasons of Doctor Who had a lot of waiting-around-feeling episodes. Or episodes that were only setup for other, bigger episodes, but didn't have enough to them on their own. So maybe it was a writer/direction problem instead of an actor problem.
I would just be really glad to have the whole companion-swoons-over-Doctor thing end. That's why Donna was one of the better Nu Who companions. It's why Martha was great AT FIRST.
Though Peter Capaldi IS pretty sexy, I have to say.
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Date: 2013-08-09 09:32 pm (UTC)But he did a good job in the Who episode he was in. He kinda reminds me of David Tennant a bit in the looks department (but older)
Matt Smith has had his moments. The crying scene in the last episode was a big one for me, but overall I've found it so hard to like his Doctor and some of the episodes have just kinda been forgettable.
I actually had been finding potential with Clara. It is just annoying that there is no characterization with her and on that I feel it's more the writing than anything.