Bobby Roberts
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary |OT| Splendid Chap, All Of Them
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infiniteloop
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"I'm regenerating, regenerating is cool"
I finally found what it's supposed to be. "
Love from Gallifrey
Meh. If true, Eight still has the best last words.
Reposting for the new page, is this the Crack?
infiniteloop
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So CHRISTMAS SPOILERS
the Time Lords send The Doctor a new set of regenerations through Amy's Crack (tee hee)?
That is the word on the street.
I guess it's also implied that
the Time Lords were behind the cracks all along then?
Bish shot first.
Fred Norris
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A Tanooki tail?
Sir_Crocodile
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Can people who are reading all the spoilers tell me whether or not the pandorica voice is going to be revealed(in spoiler text of course!)?
All I really want to know
All I really want to know
WAR recon zero
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This episode was The greatest. Great production values and awesome overall
infiniteloop
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saw this cheeky chap in the supermarket today:
Quick Mustard
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aHebrewMenagerie
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Maybe it's the Time Lords trying to break through the time lock put in place by the three Doctors in the 50th? The crack is the dimensions between time and space literally breaking apart.
Just jumping off this point:
if that's the case, then the Time Lords blew up the TARDIS? Maybe they hoped that the explosion cracking the universe would somehow let Gallifrey seep back in, and out of its pocket universe?
paradox121
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Crazy to me how much the US has embraced Doctor Who. Warms the heart.
Out of interest do you American folk think the wider US audience will embrace Capaldi as well? By that I mean how synonymous has Smith become in the role?
GameplayWhore
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Sorry for the late rebuttal, but the Fez landed before the Doctors were together. It's arguably the case that the Doctor could simply have remembered that as the last detail before everything got fuzzy. Then again, even that's reaching on my part, because for the story to work the Warth Doctor almost certainly didn't remember anything from after he's futzing with the cube.
Battlestar Galactica did it. The revamp, although technically a different continuity, brought the franchise to a much larger level of popularity. And, oh man, I do appreciate the casualwear that the new series gave us, if for how good a lot of my friends look in it!
aHebrewMenagerie
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I think that the true fans will be fans, no matter how young or old the actor who plays the Doctor is.
As an American, I think it'll be fine with Capaldi if he can bring the same enthusiasm as if not more than Matt Smith, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant did. I mean, in my theater audience everyone clapped and screamed when Capaldi's Doctor went up.
Sir_Crocodile
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Capaldi is the best actor to play a numbered Doctor. I have no doubt that he will be the best Doctor of the modern age and eventually the most popular.
I don't really think that's a spoiler in itself. And anyone could tell what it is just by the length of it.
paradox121
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Cool thats good that know. Such a rare accomplishment for a show going into its ninth year (a reboot, granted) to be gaining so many new viewers still.
I only read that we definitely find out, I didn't read who it was.
Same thing happened in mine. Capaldi showed and the damn place went crazy. Though I'm not sure I'd describe those in the theater as representative of the show's wider audience: Lots of pre-showing debates about Who history, lots of folks dressed in classic Doctor outfits.
If I were to hazard a guess, a good quarter of the show's appeal for many people in America is Smith. Capaldi, I fear, may result in a drop in ratings - even if he's the greatest Doctor ever.
Bobby Roberts
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I don't know that Capaldi will take awhile to warm up to American audiences. America likes mean-looking lovable grumps. Capaldi has an energy that people just LIKE, and the lovable asshole with the scowly eyes might actually make him MORE popular with Americans than the old man in the boy's body that Smith was.
If they do, in fact, go with "lovable asshole with the scowly eyes" as his Doctor's personality type.
Playfully edged, if you will.
If they do, in fact, go with "lovable asshole with the scowly eyes" as his Doctor's personality type.
Playfully edged, if you will.
peanutbutterlatte
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He'll be the Doctor equivalent of this guy (well, already a Doctor but you get me);
APZonerunner
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I think the biggest hurdle for the Americans with Capaldi will be the accent. Tons of his lines are wrong in the subtitles of the US Netflix for In The Loop, a great example of how thick it can sometimes be, and that paired with the Doctor's fast talking will undoubtedly cause issues here and there. Still, they'll live.
GameplayWhore
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I think I wouldn't mind if:
A) The Doctor can't remember (or didn't notice) that a thirteenth version of himself was present, because it was a multi-Doctor scene with a future Doctor; and
B) A future series finale has Capaldi going there. I'm thinking maybe this is where he figures out that the way to save Gallifrey is to go planetside as it's being locked out. If done well, it could be both epic and fun in that "Back to the Future 2" way.
Bobby Roberts
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Capaldi can tone back the accent a little. Granted, I don't think I've ever had a problem understanding him, but even taking that into account, he was pretty easy to understand in Children of Earth.
Jest Chillin
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I had no dificulty understanding him in Torchwood or in the Fires of Pompei episode of Doctor Who. I haven't seen him in anything where he's had an accent thick enough to have trouble understanding him.
RobotNinjaHornets
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Oh shit. I can definitely see this happening
paradox121
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Was there ever a problem with Karen in the show? Her accent seems a lot stronger than Capaldi's.
I had a lot of trouble understanding Tennant early on, while having no issues with Eccleston beforehand. Ended up turning on subtitles and kept them on throughout my Netflix run of 1-5, and downloaded subs for S6 out of habit, although Matt Smith I had no issues with.
If Capaldi is in the same boat, I'll just be turning subtitles on again!
Was going to post something along the lines of B) earlier (not saying that to blow my own trumpet though etc etc), it really works in my mind. Explains why he was there in a pretty coooool way.
Jest Chillin
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The only issue I ever had with her is the same issue that I have with any of the dialogue being an American. The occasional use of UK slang. Thanks to Google though, I now know what "snog" means.
Deadly Cyclone
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I figured this was the explanation. I just hoped it wasn't on account of I hate The Angels Take Manhattan.
I am honestly perplexed that there are actually people out there who think Americans will have trouble with Capaldi's accent. We aren't as dumb as you think, you know?
His buddy Craig Ferguson, who has a much thicker accent than Capaldi does, has his own late night talk show that airs on a major American network, not a niche cable channel like Doctor Who does.
One of our biggest action stars of all time is an Austrian man with a heavy accent who we later elected Governor of one of our most populous states. We may make fun of the way he pronounces certain words, but we can definitely understand him.
Capaldi will be fine. All the teenage fan girls will think his accent is "sexy" and they'll all develop silver fox fetishes. Every thing will go on same as ever.
His buddy Craig Ferguson, who has a much thicker accent than Capaldi does, has his own late night talk show that airs on a major American network, not a niche cable channel like Doctor Who does.
One of our biggest action stars of all time is an Austrian man with a heavy accent who we later elected Governor of one of our most populous states. We may make fun of the way he pronounces certain words, but we can definitely understand him.
Capaldi will be fine. All the teenage fan girls will think his accent is "sexy" and they'll all develop silver fox fetishes. Every thing will go on same as ever.
I thought the same thing yesterday after watching the episode again, after 11 knows that Gallifrey is still out there and that he can go back, that 12 (Capaldi) being there wasn't him helping the others as much as following the planet to its destination.
If that is where Moffat is going, it would be pretty neat to then follow that part of the 50th but from the view of 12.
VistraNorrez
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I don't think there will be a single hurdle for Capaldi that anyone else wouldn't have in the role. It's a new Doctor, so there will be people people who just want what they know. There will always be resistance.
If you are getting into Doctor Who, one of things you know about is the regenerations. It's such an important part of the show that most people that don't know much of anything about it, at least know that "Doctor Who" changes actors every so often,
As for accents, American's have a lot of accents we deal with in the US, too. It's so not a big deal anymore. If you are interested in watching a sci-fi adventure show, and as such have probably seen other shows/movies in the genre or relates genres, chances are you've heard all kinds of accents. Not to mention how accessible British TV is now to anyone that wants to watch it.
For me personally, I've sort of stopped thinking about British TV and manner of speaking as something alien. It just is what it is.
If you are getting into Doctor Who, one of things you know about is the regenerations. It's such an important part of the show that most people that don't know much of anything about it, at least know that "Doctor Who" changes actors every so often,
As for accents, American's have a lot of accents we deal with in the US, too. It's so not a big deal anymore. If you are interested in watching a sci-fi adventure show, and as such have probably seen other shows/movies in the genre or relates genres, chances are you've heard all kinds of accents. Not to mention how accessible British TV is now to anyone that wants to watch it.
For me personally, I've sort of stopped thinking about British TV and manner of speaking as something alien. It just is what it is.
If Capaldi brings half the level of energy to his Doctor as he did to Malcolm Tucker he'll be brilliant.
Have they mentioned whether they're going to call attention to Capaldi's two other appearances in the Doctor Who universe (almost said Whoniverse but couldn't quite bring myself to)? I guess anything like that would be a bit similar to the Clara stuff they just did.
Caecillius est Medicus.
Have they mentioned whether they're going to call attention to Capaldi's two other appearances in the Doctor Who universe (almost said Whoniverse but couldn't quite bring myself to)? I guess anything like that would be a bit similar to the Clara stuff they just did.
Caecillius est Medicus.
aHebrewMenagerie
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RTD had an idea, and Moffat said he would incorporate it into his story.
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