[diasho @replies]

Those of you that worry about his ability have nothing to worry about IMHO.  I think he will do a great job different than every other doctor yes but that is sort of the point of getting different actors to play him.  Young, old, blond hair, black hair, loud tie, bow tie, etc.   While I have not seen most of his other work just off Fires, his time on Torchwood, and a few clips I have seen of him since the announcement I believe he will do a great job.  Where he will fit in the list of great doctors, I will wait and see.

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I realize the actor and roll are different.  However if the actor has  played an iconic or memorable roll in the same or intersecting series unless huge steps are taken to make the actor look and sound different suspending disbelief for those watching the show becomes difficult.IE it would have been foolish for those doing the Harry Potter series to put Allen Rickmen back in in a different roll after Snape died or to put David Tennant back in after his character barty jr was removed via dementors.  People would have noticed and even though the actor had a new name unless drastic steps were taken that actor would always be who they originally were in the minds of those that knew their original work well.  Granted this is an extreme example I used it on purpose to illustrate the point.

I do like the idea of The Doctor taking on the face of a family that once worshiped him and as a way to remind him of people he has saved and past companions.  That would solve the problem moffit would just need to find a creative way to write that into the first episode maybe even have the marble sculpture of him and Donna be in the Tardis.  If it was there not much more would need to be said.

 

 

 

[diasho @replies]

“So has anyone seen the spin off of Dr Who called Tourchwood? Main character is Jack Harkness. Peter Capaidi is in season 3 as a government agent and is in most of the season. I’m was really shocked that he got the part because he is so involved in the franchise anyway. Thoughts???”

Following up in this he was also the father in Fires of Pompeii.  While yes Karen was in it as well as a soothsayer this was a minor roll the father was not.

I personally think Peter is a great actor and is a great choice for the doctor with these 2 flaws that need to be worked out.

If Peter’s part in Torchwood/previous DR Who had been minor or he didn’t look like himself IE he spent most of his time in a cyberman suit, covered by layers of body paint or said so little no one noticed him no problem.  However in Fires he had major interaction with The Doctor. The Doctor saved his life, he had children, was married etc.

In Torchwood he was in all 5  days of the Children of the Earth episodes again as a fairly major roll.  While Torchwood does not directly connect to Dr Who there are connecting lines between the two shows, besides Capt. Jack and the Dr’s hand, so to say what happens in one has no roll in the other is foolish.

Regardless of his talent I think putting Peter in as the 12th Dr would be just short of putting John Barrowman (Capt. Jack) in as the 13th.

 

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