Capaldi confirms having filmed his "final" scene on the Graham Norton show:
A BIG Spoiler Is Coming
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OK, I think I've got it: Moffat's plan for Tenth's final season, had series 5 been his last, will be realized through Capaldi.
Anyone agree?
Anyone agree?
Ugh, you beat me to it. Great mind think alike, I guess!
They pretty much went to that well already with The Impossible Astronaut.
I've been cocooned away from Doctor Who stuff. So according to that Graham Norton clip, he's filmed his death scene, but he'll still be around for Christmas....which means he'll survive series 10.
Hmmmm
Hmmmm
Surely some timey-wimey stuff lies ahead. But as much of a hallmark as that was with Eleven, Capaldi's incarnation hasn't had the same headache-inducing temporal mechanics as his predecessor, with fewer notable exceptions (Listen, Under the Lake / Before the Flood, etc.). One would think that Moffat wanted to distance the written portrayals of his Doctors by doing that, but it could also be that he'd just run out of ideas for such plots... But he's got a whopper planned for the next regeneration.
Mark
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Hm, would be interesting to see both Capaldi's last adventure and the 12th Doctor's first adventure being a multi-doctor one. I'm not sure how I'd feel about that, could be very interesting however.
Damn I guess they do! Unless it's a painfully obvious idea.
Do note it's Moffat's swansong as well, I can see him opting to indulge in what he wants to do for a final time as opposed to trying to separate the writing styles for Smith and Capaldi's eras.
He didn't do it in Capaldi's first two series, why change with his exit?
Seriously though, thats my main gripe with Capaldi's era, that it felt like a pseudo-serious continuation of Smith's fairytale era, but with less whimsy and more, well, "seriousness". It kinda made sense that Eccleston and Tennant's eras felt the same, as the former had only stayed for one series and you can't have a second series that's drastically different from whats gone previously.
Seriously though, thats my main gripe with Capaldi's era, that it felt like a pseudo-serious continuation of Smith's fairytale era, but with less whimsy and more, well, "seriousness". It kinda made sense that Eccleston and Tennant's eras felt the same, as the former had only stayed for one series and you can't have a second series that's drastically different from whats gone previously.
Kind of steals the thunder from the new doctor doesn't it?
I think an ending like "Deep Breath" would work. Maybe the two just wave from afar.
Totally.
Oh, that is NICE!
Gives me a real Delgado vibe, you know?
Gives me a real Delgado vibe, you know?
Finally, he has a beard.
He looks a fair bit older than his last appearance, which would tie in with him being from after the End of Time (I don't know why anyone was expecting anything else).
He looks a fair bit older than his last appearance, which would tie in with him being from after the End of Time (I don't know why anyone was expecting anything else).
Anyone else thinking that little village and whatnot with the Master and Missy are behind that big door from The Pilot? Also noticed Missy seemed to be acting robotic, although that might just be her acting like one again or even just messing around
I wonder if we'll see Rassilon again, early in his last regeneration. Would make sense, since he was not deposed as of yet.
Also, I do have to agree that he seemed like he was dying the last time we saw him on End of Time, so we might get an explanation as to why not only did he survive that apparent death but also was allowed to regenerate after it.
In any case, I'm kinda excited. It feels... big. Though are we for one-episode appearence from him?
Also, I do have to agree that he seemed like he was dying the last time we saw him on End of Time, so we might get an explanation as to why not only did he survive that apparent death but also was allowed to regenerate after it.
In any case, I'm kinda excited. It feels... big. Though are we for one-episode appearence from him?
I was hoping for the rubbish beard's return.
Hooray, the beard is back at last! 
How about - when Saxon Master went to Gallifrey with Dalton Rassilon in TEOT which was then stuck behind a time-lock. But the lock ceased to exist following the events of the 50th Anniversary which allowed Gallifrey to relocate to the end of time -
Meaning that Saxon Master was theoretically on Gallifrey at the same point as Dalton Rassilon regenerated into Sumpter Rassilon - and then regenerates, somehow, and escapes to travel back down the Doctor's timeline. I'm hoping to see a Saxon to Missy regeneration.
Meaning that Saxon Master was theoretically on Gallifrey at the same point as Dalton Rassilon regenerated into Sumpter Rassilon - and then regenerates, somehow, and escapes to travel back down the Doctor's timeline. I'm hoping to see a Saxon to Missy regeneration.
The Mirror is reporting that David Bradley will be playing the first Doctor in the Christmas special, which will also tie into Capaldi's cameo in "The Day of the Doctor."
It's probably worth pointing out that the original source of that rumour (and several others, like the one about Susan) was one-time genuine spoiler source "doctorstrainers" who admited he made them all up just before deleting his Twitter account. Tellingly the one genuine Spoiler he failed to get was Simm's return.
Ah, sweet. I thought the detail about tying into "Day of the Doctor" was a bit too bizarre to be true.
