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Peter Capaldi as new Doctor Who: 12 reasons why Steven Moffat has picked the perfect Twelfth Doctor
12 for 12.... New Who Capaldi is far more than just The Twelfth Man
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12个为啥PC适合演12th的理由】
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It’s a fairly rare event in the time vortex. The Doctor is aging up. And it’s about Time.
During Sunday nights’ reveal show, a programme that somehow managed to be as unbearably tense as it was bland, the anticipation was palpable. The TARDIS hung over an audience of costumed Whovians like the sword of Damocles. Eclectic guests attempted anecdotes, some failed. A pre-filmed Matt Smith look subdued – as if he’d made the biggest mistake of his life. Most deliberate levity came from the growing cult of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, and why not? He is the franchise patriarch and was no doubt there to assess the latest heir.
An odd show for sure. In some alternate dark dimension where Danny Dyer has just beaten Robbie Williams to the role, people may have already forgotten it. Fortunately we can pick it apart all we want - we’ve got the ideal man.
Recent history tells us that a new Doctor will have prior links to the show. Outgoing Smith had worked with Billie Piper prior to boarding the TARDIS, while David Tenant was cast after exchanging Doctor Who jokes with writer Russell T Davies during the filming of Casanova. Before him Eccleston had taken the lead in Davies on The Second Coming. But while it’s a safe bet that a new Doctor will always have some connection, that still leaves a heavy waiting list.
Photographer Rankin’s earlier reveal that the doctor would be retaining both X and Y Gallifreyan chromosomes were followed up by heavy hints that one candidate was shoulders above anyone else. All of showrunner Steven Mofffat’s nods to camera suggested Capaldi... But the reveal was still a surprise. In fact, it was jaw-dropping because it is actually brilliant and universally praised casting. It’s wise to be wary of favourites for this role, but until just before 7.30 last night many, many people thought that casting was too good to be true. It wasn’t.
After Capaldi’s reveal, any nervousness wasn’t apparent. Against a clock rather strangely stuck at five to eleven, he ruled the coach like a statesman. His casting, allegedly known only to 10 people prior to the show, must have been the key reason the BBC decided to run with a live interview. Even a perfect Doctor could find themselves the wrong side of a Daniel Craig style disaster debut. With Capaldi, the only danger he’ll bring will be in role. And that is something to look forward to.
How will this Doctor unfold? There’s already an air of Tennant there, a flash of hawkish Pertwee and something of Tom Baker’s scene stealing. And then, just for a second on stage, Capaldi grabbed his lapels and struck the pose of William Hartnell’s first Doctor. A neat touch. Here we have an actor who won’t just be playing a new Doctor, but all of them.
Here’s 12 reasons why Capaldi will be ace.
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1. The Perfect Age
For the first time since Paul McGann took on the role in 1996 we have a Doctor older than the show – and it’s likely Capaldi will be the last to hold that statistic. The timing couldn’t be better. New pretender John Hurt will undoubtedly set up the older Doctor with panache this anniversary, allowing Capaldi to hit the ground running. As all eyes look to show’s history during its 50th anniversary year, the fact that he’s the same age as William Hartnell was when he became the First Doctor in 1963 is another of Who’s marvellous coincidences.
【PC今年55岁了…而演员William Hartnell也恰好是在他55岁的时候成为了第一任博士哦!这真是一个惊人的巧合!】
2. Comedy
Comedy is as important to Doctor Who as horror and Capaldi’s shoulders can carry both. He has a proven track record from The Vicar of Dibley through to the The Thick of It. The latter is his best known role for good reason. Malcolm Tucker scooped him the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Male Performance in a Comedy Role and made him Best TV Comedy Actor at the 2012 British Comedy Awards. That tucker’s a role that combines comic genius and intensity can only be a good thing.
3. The All-Rounder
Since the torrid 2011 Christmas special, The Doctor, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the show has been more and more about the Doctor. Smith’s finely tuned mannerisms and tics have been one stable part of a series that’s been split, chopped and lost companions mid-season. This is a chance to redress the balance, to push the Doctor into wider stories and let the character develop with some good, dark stories. Let’s hope the scripts will meet the challenge.
4. Clara
Jenna Coleman’s been a revelation in just one short half season of complicated nonsense. Capaldi really couldn’t hope for a better companion to fly around the cosmos. Also, as the impossible girl has met all of his previous incarnations, there’s no need for cloying explanations of regeneration. Following years of romance, the Eleventh Doctor and Clara’s recent odd flirting was an unnecessary Series Seven low point. An older Doctor will hopefully recall the fatherly aspects of the Doctor which yielded some of the show’s best loved companions such as Jo Grant, Romana and Ace.
【PC的年纪和clara在一起就应该不会有奇怪的不必要的调情了ORZ…所以这次是父女档嘛?说真的我个人一点都不想看DW的爱情线= =】