Capaldi 'hasn't decided' if he staying past Series 10 yet.

[kirk55555]

I thought that Capaldi was officially an awesome Doctor with the opening Series 9 Two Parter The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar. I thought he was a good Doctor from the few good Series 8 episodes, but for me he really clicked in those two. I wish he was a bit more gruff like he was in Season 8, and his obsession with Clara was irritaiting, but in general I'd say he established himself well in Series 9. Now, he just needs a good companion, and more consistent scripts. Hopefully Series 10 will give us that, and I'm also hoping we'll see him in Series 11, too.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

Heaven Sent and the Christmas Special showed hints of Capaldi being an awesome doctor, but his scripts have been terrible for the most part. I hope he does stay on because he is a great actor and it will be like getting a fresh start and be able to really take the Doctor in a different direction under Chibnil.

I think so, too. Heaven Sent is the best showcase of Capaldi's Doctor, and if he had more scripts like this, it'd been swell. Unfortunately, his run has been wildly inconsistent, and daresay, the weakest out of all the Doctors. He hasn't one one solid season yet, and I hope he'll get one next year.

 

[Mr Awe]

And yet, it's probably all you're gonna get.

And, I actually think that's good enough. It was just a wink at the audience. Nothing more.

Mr Awe

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

I just posted this i the New Companion thread and realized it'd be better suited here.

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Speaking as an actor, I do like the opportunity of playing the same role under different direction. I speak from stage experience only, but it's fun to do a role in a play and then to do the role in the same play directed by someone else. It allows me as an actor to flex a bit as well as work with new talent.

Maybe we're spoiled by the NuWho history, but in classic Who several Doctors did go through different lead writers / producers and came out well for it. Tom Baker could arguably be the best example by his own longevity through several rounds of this, with both high and low points (and near legendary conflicts with lots of them) included. As it stands, I think the only real example in NuWho would be the episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures which had RTD writing the Eleventh Doctor, and you could clearly sense that he was just sticking to his mantra of writing "The Doctor" and letting the actor take it from there.

I would like to see Capaldi do a year with Chibnall, to see what one Doctor would fare without the tropes of a single writer. The latter would certainly work to avoid being a John Nathan Turner to a Tom Baker...

Mark

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

Wouldn't any scripts be based on the actor & style of Doctor? At least I hope it would be to some extent.

IMO, that often spells disaster for the series. In the 1980s, they spent too much time trying to develop individual Doctors rather than simply writing for THE Doctor. Similarly, many of Capaldi's worst moments have come from when they seemed to be trying too hard to distinguish him from Tennant & Smith rather than letting Capaldi's performance do that for them.

 

[Timby]

Hell Bent is the worst Doctor Who finale (or, if you want, second part of one) in the show's entire history.

You appear to be misspelling Last of the Time Lords.

 

[Emperor-Tiberius]

You appear to be misspelling Last of the Time Lords.

Hahaha, actually, I like that one... sans the really, really stupid moment when everyone yells THE DOCTOR and he comes "back" like Jesus Christ. Or the insinuation that Captain Jack will one day be the Face of Boe.

But beyond that, the story has a structure, processed a narrative and told a story. None of those apply to Hell Bent, which is pretty much the most imcomprehensible, incoherent Doctor episode of recent memory.