The Twelfth Doctor's personality

[sonak]

I'd fucking hate it - an establishment lackey would be completely out of touch with the mood.

wow, that's harsh

I actually like the Third Doctor within the context of his era but that type of character doesn't make much sense in 2014 given the changed relationship between the state and individuals.

seems to me that the modern Doctors still tend mostly to be cooperative with established Earth authorities. I'm not sure that there's a major difference except in emphasis and in setting. The third Doctor was cooperative with the establishment due to the nature of his situation.

 

[C.E. Evans]

His association with UNIT aside, the Third Doctor's personality was that of a suave, sophisticated type (i.e., a dandy) that didn't suffer fools gladly, didn't mince words, and could open up a mean can of Venusian aikido on a baddie in an instant.

 

[Sindatur]

His association with UNIT aside, the Third Doctor's personality was that of a suave, sophisticated type (i.e., a dandy) that didn't suffer fools gladly, didn't mince words, and could open up a mean can of Venusian aikido on a baddie in an instant.

Eggs-Actly. His cooperation with U.N.I.T. doesn't really have anything to do with his personality, he was doing a job that gave him access to needed resources, but, it didn't change who he was, and he was always walking on the edge of "approved Behavior" wether that be with his TARDIS experiments or taking unapproved actions or taking charge before being given charge, or sneaking his keys...

 

[DWF]

Jon Pertwee's Doctor was mixure of John Steed, Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, a gentleman and a man of action as well as a scientist and general rogue. I suspect Capaldi's Doctor will have a temper, have a child like curiousity and a certain amount of arrogance and a sense of humor as well.

 

[Joe Washington]

I suspect Capaldi's Doctor will have a temper, have a child like curiousity and a certain amount of arrogance and a sense of humor as well.

I can see that.

 

[Captaindemotion]

I'd fucking hate it - an establishment lackey would be completely out of touch with the mood.

wow, that's harsh

I actually like the Third Doctor within the context of his era but that type of character doesn't make much sense in 2014 given the changed relationship between the state and individuals.

I think it would be possible to have a Doctor like Three without necessarily having him earthbound or essentially a full-time employee of UNIT or the like. It's his personality, not his premise that people are talking about.

Personally I could see Capaldi being something of a mix of Three and a better acted Six. Then again, I think we're all putting too much emphasis on Malcolm Tucker. When Smith was cast, the promo pics made him look Emo and moody but he was far from that. I think Capaldi may also defy expectations. The first role I remember seeing him in was The Crow Road, based on the Iain Banks book. He played the hero's hippyish, gentle and whimsical uncle Rory, who mostly appeared as a ghost or in flashbacks. So when I heard that he was brilliant as an abrasive Alastair Campbell type, I admit, I had difficulty seeing it (apparently so did the producers of The Thick of It initially).

So I can see Moffat wanting to avoid type casting and opting to make Capaldi more of a loveable uncle type, playing to the actor's own likability and charm.

 

[Green Lantern]

Oh yeah, I remember thinking Smith was going to be the Goth doctor. I think I was very disappointed when he wasn't and in hindsight, I wish he was the Goth doctor.

 

[sttngfan1701d]

I don't really want him to be as....abrasive as the Third Doctor. I agree that it's time for a less manic doctor but I hope they don't make him impatient or irascible, either. I could see him playing a gentle professor/teacher-type most of the time, anger when needed.

 

[DWF]

Steven Moffat has explained why he felt it was time to shake Doctor Who up by bringing in a more dangerous and difficult Doctor in the form of Peter Capaldi.

Moffat says in the new DWM: “There would be little point in making as radical a change as we’ve made unless you’re going to go quite different with the Doctor. The last two Doctors have been brilliant, and have been your ‘good boyfriend’ Doctors. But the Doctor isn’t always like that. There is the sort of Tom Baker, Christopher Eccleston end of the spectrum, where he is mad and dangerous and difficult.”

He adds: “If we’d cast Ben Whishaw, you’d know what we were doing. You’d think, ‘Well, that’s another quirky young man with entertaining hair!’ And he’d be a brilliant Doctor, but Clara would just think, ‘Okay, you’ve rearranged yourself a bit…’”

“I think it was time for the show to flip around a bit. The new version of the show is quite old now. It’s very old… We need the kick-up-the-arse Doctor, in a way, to frighten you and make you think, oh, it’s a different show again.”

Source: Doctor Who TV, via the latest DWM.

Sounds good to me at least he'll be different from Smith's Doctor.

 

[Green Lantern]

Sounds like a good reason.