Capaldi's costume partially revealed? (and a possible S8 spoiler)
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But hopefully with one odd accessory.
Either that or it's entirely fan made.
This.
It's on a fan page on facebook so in no way is it legit.
One needs only to read the comments for the picture on the Facebook to see it printed "it's fan made." Issue settled.
Well I believe that Pertwee is his Doctor, so velvet and ruffled shirts it is...
Funny, I didn't know that, but I've had this idea in my head for some time that his Doctor will be more like Pertwee's, both in costume and character. Not an exact recreation by any means, but enough to see the similarities.
Mr Awe
Looks fake.
Because - and I'm probably 100% wrong - I'd say that Moffat is first and foremost a writer, that writers like to tell stories, that stories have a beginning, a middle and an end and that I feel that wrapping up the eleventh Doctor's story is too tempting not to do it properly. Which means he has to tell a different story from now on, and I suspect that its tone will be very different. Capaldi is extremely skilled, but he can't do whimsical very well, so I'd say we're about to revisit the Hinchcliffe tone. And that means that the Doctor can't use his magic wand as often as he used to.
Y'know, the same thought had occurred to me while watching Jemma Redgrave strut around authoritatively during the movie with her layers and long coat. For a moment, I thought, with a tad bit more color, her outfit would be great for a female Doctor (minus the heels -- let's remember how much running the Doctor does!).
I think we're heading that way due to some changes that have already been made. For example, when we started Eleven's run, the Tardis was portrayed more as a "magic box" than it had ever been. When they created this newest set, Moffat started saying that the Tardis had become to whimsical or "magical" or something to that effect. At that point he started saying something like "We need to remember that the Tardis is just a machine, though very advanced". Which was strange considering the more "magical and whimsical" Tardis was something he apparently was pushing for since that element was played up more under his run than RTD's.
Also, during the 50th, they kind of point out the more kid friendly Doctor's immature lingo and attitude's, as trying to forget and Hurt's Doctor has a line about "it's time to grow up" when it came down to getting to business. I think Capaldi's Doctor will be a bit more "grown up", than 10 or 11. Maybe back to 9's mix of serious/humour because I could see 9 having many of the same reactions to 10 and 11 as Hurt did. Especially when 10 and 11 keep pointing their sonic screwdrivers like weapons when their surrounded. The "what are you going to do, assemble cabinets" line was totally something 9 would say.
As for the finding Gallifrey thing....Moffat was saying he wanted to set up the next 50 years or something, so I took trying to find Gallifrey more as a long term thing than a season or multi-season long arc for just one Doctor. But I think that's how it'll play out because people get tired of "Next week....the Doctor finds Gallifrey" and then he doesn't. Although it did surprise me to hear the Doctor say that he's now trying to get home at the end of the 50th. Made me wonder if they won't actually try to end the whole thing.
Then they'll start "Doctor Who - The New Doctor" with his young teenage son or daughter, getting lost in the Tardis and having wild and wacky adventures geared for that crowd that can't handle a middle aged Doctor.
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Because - and I'm probably 100% wrong - I'd say that Moffat is first and foremost a writer, that writers like to tell stories, that stories have a beginning, a middle and an end and that I feel that wrapping up the eleventh Doctor's story is too tempting not to do it properly. Which means he has to tell a different story from now on, and I suspect that its tone will be very different. Capaldi is extremely skilled, but he can't do whimsical very well, so I'd say we're about to revisit the Hinchcliffe tone. And that means that the Doctor can't use his magic wand as often as he used to.
Could be, but I get a subtly different idea. I'm thinking Pertwee/Letts era a bit more. But, same idea with not using the magic wand--but not stranded on Earth.
But, agree with where you're coming from.
Mr Awe
I just think the sonic screwdriver's such a convenient "get to the heart of the plot" device that it doesn't make sense to cut it out.