And Capaldi's gone. Series 10, April 15th.
- Thread starter Lonemagpie
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Christmas will be his finale. Joy, another festive holiday regeneration. Joy.
I really wish they wouldn't announce things like this. All it does is overshadow the series that is to come instead of letting us just focus on the stories.
Just like the entirety of series 9 was all under a cloud of knowing that Clara was going, now all of season 10 will be waiting for the regeneration and everybody talking about who it will be instead of just enjoying the stories for what they are.
They should keep this stuff tight until we see it on screen. I'm fed up of them deliberately spoiling us on story points to come.
Just like the entirety of series 9 was all under a cloud of knowing that Clara was going, now all of season 10 will be waiting for the regeneration and everybody talking about who it will be instead of just enjoying the stories for what they are.
They should keep this stuff tight until we see it on screen. I'm fed up of them deliberately spoiling us on story points to come.
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I'm hoping that at least in-universe we won't have an inkling of the Doctor's upcoing demise. With Ten, we had all of Series 4 and a whole year AFTER that since the Ood told him "your song is ending soon". With Eleven, ever since Trenzalore was mentioned it was hanging over him. I'd like the Doctor to trip over a brick or something and regenerate - maybe somewhat more heroically, but at least once in a while for him not to know it's coming ages in advance and with telltale clues.
But this is Moffatt we're talking about, he'll lay bit and pieces of plot all through Series 10 that The Doctor will die "soon". Sigh.
Mark
But this is Moffatt we're talking about, he'll lay bit and pieces of plot all through Series 10 that The Doctor will die "soon". Sigh.
Mark
To be fair, they're just getting ahead of the story. They know they won't be able to keep it quiet before the regeneration. It's just not a reasonable expectation anymore, unfortunately. Believe me, I wish we could be surprised by a regeneration but it's just not going to happen.
I completely agree with this. I didn't like either of those ploys and I really hope The Twelfth Doctor's death is just a death and that's it.
As mentioned above, it's the world we live in now. Even if BBC said nothing, tabloids would run the story anyway, and the only legal way BBC can stop that is to report the story ahead of them. And before you ask "why don't they just let the tabloids run their story and not acknowledge it?" They pretty much can't. The BBC Charter obligates them not to lie to the audiences or evade them. If the tabloids ran a story saying Capaldi was leaving, and someone asked the BBC, they would be required to say "yes he is."
Besides, regenerations are huge events for Doctor Who. A lot of people only watch Doctor Who for the Daleks and regenerations. Of course the regeneration is going to be publicized.
