{"id":45227,"date":"2014-09-15T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/the-twelfth-doctor-three-episodes-in.html"},"modified":"2014-09-15T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T17:30:15","slug":"the-twelfth-doctor-three-episodes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/15\/the-twelfth-doctor-three-episodes-in.html","title":{"rendered":"The Twelfth Doctor, three (er, four) episodes in"},"content":{"rendered":"

[DERP WARNING: “Listen” was, of course, the\u00a0fourth<\/em> episode of the season, not the third. D’oh!]<\/p>\n

So we’ve seen three<\/del> four<\/em> eps of the latest Doctor, Peter Capaldi — which means its probably enough data to draw some broad conclusions.<\/p>\n

First off, unless they are pulling their punches for later in the series, the idea that Twelve was going to be a profoundly dark<\/i> Doctor, obsessed with correcting his past mistakes, all grim and gritty … was pretty much incorrect. Yeah, there have been a few moments, but I’ve been finding myself mapping Matt Smith onto the screen, and I don’t think there would be much difference in the stories or how they have been played.<\/p>\n

Capaldi’s Doctor is most noteworthy for his Scottish accent and being older in appearance than any of the Modern Era Doctors, but his demeanor to date is still a bit frenetic — more verbal and less physical than Smith’s Eleven, but just as scattered and occasionally befuddled.<\/p>\n

I hope the role gets a bit meatier as the series goes on. As it is, I’m enjoying it, but more as a dessert than a meal. The Doctor as zany old uncle is not that much different from the Doctor as zany weird boyfriend.<\/p>\n

As far as Clara goes … I wish she’d go farther. Away. Granted, the classic Companions had low agency and were too often played for Damsels in Distress. But Clara has surpassed even Amy in turning this on its head — now it’s the Companion who hangs around with her own life, getting picked up for rides when the Doctor needs her. It’s the Companion who controls the action a substantial portion of the time. It’s the Companion who overrides the Doctor’s orders and tinkers with the timeline — and does so with that little smug and perky smile that Clara seems to carry around all the time.<\/p>\n

“Oh, hey, can you do me a favor, stop the TARDIS here, let me risk universal catyclism if I mess up the timing, all so I can fix up a problem I had with my date? Right, thanks.” Yeesh.<\/p>\n

I am not a Clara fan, as you might guess.<\/p>\n

What I’d like to see happen to her is … well, not necessarily anything fatal (unconfirmed rumors notwithstanding), but something where her chirpy, headstrong, but always-right behavior leads to some major, tragic mistake. As a character, I feel like she needs to be taken down a peg or ten, learn a little humility. As it stands, it feels like the universe (and the show) revolve around her.<\/p>\n

So a moderately enjoyable but hardly earth-shattering start to the new series. I do hope things will amp up soon.<\/p>\n

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