I've tried to stay just on the fringes of the analysis-fest around the selection of Peter Capaldi for the next Doctor and What It Means and all that. Part of me just wants to enjoy him when he shows up.
But going a bit away from the goofy naif of Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor is, I think, a promising trend. (And, yes, Eleven has been, occasionally, "fierce," but it never quite came off in the face of the way he usually behaves.)
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Steven says Twelfth Doctor will be “a fiercer man”
Steven Moffat has teased that Peter Capaldi’s Doctor will be “a fiercer” incarnation of the Time Lord.
Speaking to the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, on sale on Thursday, the showrunner said it will be “rather exciting” for the character’s appearance to be more representative of his age. “The Doctor’s always said he is thousands of years old and suddenly he is going to look closer to what we know he secretly is,” Steven said. “He won’t be the dashing young man he was a minute ago.”
Peter Capaldi was unveiled in the role earlier this month in a special live programme on BBC One. Steven added: “How has it taken us so long!? The moment you say his name, you go ‘Of course!’. He’s got the hair, he’s got the look. He’s brilliant. Of course it’s him!”
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Hey…
Matt Smith has been the best of the new Doctors.
So, by Fierce, I guess we are to assume that he is going to be in the mold of 1 and 6? Dear god, let’s all hope he is nothing like 6. Grumpy old man fierce like 1 might be entertaining, but it will become old really fast.
I think we’ll have to agree to disagree, @BD, on the “best of the new Doctors.” Smith would be at the bottom of my list.