Hello.
I am brand new to the forum and a nuWhovian as well. My daughter’s friend suggested she check out the show and got me hooked in the process. We’ve only been watching for about a year and a half but thanks to Netflix are all caught up with the AG seasons. We’ve only watched a few of the original series but I’ve read a lot of the plots from the BG series.
David Tennant is my favorite Doctor but I think Peter Capaldi is a brilliant Doctor and amazing actor. That being said I haven’t enjoyed these last two seasons as much as I enjoyed the storyline of Matt Smith’s Doctor. I just don’t think the stories have been that good. I read somewhere that the ratings have been down. I am sure there is some out there that were just watching because Matt Smith was ‘cute’ but honestly I just didn’t have the ‘I need to watch the next one right now’ feeling. I agree with the person who said that only Peter Capaldi’s Doctor could have carried the opening scenes of him on Gallifrey not saying anything but saying it all with his eyes and expressions; in my opinion the issue is definitely not Mr. Capaldi and Jenna Coleman has been a brilliant ‘second doctor’.
Just one more comment…when the Doctor told the story of running away with the President’s daughter, my thought wasn’t Susan but the expression ‘running off & getting married’. Even in the new series he has mentioned being a dad and a grandfather. That would be a lot of Who history to rewrite by making Susan really someone else’s daughter.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Here’s to hoping that the January 2017 series 10 release predictions are wrong. 😉
