# Peter Capaldi to leave Doctor Who **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642 "2017-01-31T05:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/81 "2017-02-03T14:39:28Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > “What I do have, are a very particular set of skills – skills I have acquired over a very long career. No, longer than that.” > [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Sure, Liam would work. Never thought he wouldn’t. > But… with his long reach 6 in x 4 in fists… would he ever get to use the Sonic Screwdriver? * * * Update: I Really Do Like Good Liam! Politics be Fucked. If you can pull it off, well then… Hadn’t You Better get Started??? ---
**Author:** ![TYphoonSignal8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/82 "2017-02-06T02:47:11Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > That’s a nice way of saying that he came across as a grumpy arsehole whose attempts at acting “cool” (the sunglasses, the guitar) reeked of late midlife crisis. As someone who has been through a mid-life crisis, I recognise the indicia. Perhaps the concept is going through a mid-life crisis. Tom Felton, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/83 "2017-02-06T06:32:39Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I’m still backing Sue Perkins. She has a great, mischievous smile that I think suits the Doctor perfectly, and the right sense of humor for it as well. > [snip] Yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/84 "2017-02-06T07:49:31Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I think I’ve seen her in a few things and while, in Broadchurch for example, she was quite good, I wouldn’t say that I’ve seen her in anything where she had the sort of loopy, off-kilterness of the Doctor. As different as the different incarnations may be, that’s a pretty consistent trait. I tend to think of her as more of a ‘stick in the mud’ sort of character than a dynamic, whimsical one. I suspect you didn’t see Green Wing: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4QOpxrwGk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4QOpxrwGk) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/85 "2017-02-06T10:02:59Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > If you are looking at the Potter kids, my choice would be Matthew Lewis (who was recently on Ripper Street). White guy though. And there’s nothing wrong with being white or male or even both. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/86 "2017-02-06T11:31:38Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > … Don’t care if they’re white guys. I’m fine with the Doctor being a white guy, or any other color guy. Or a woman, with the caveats in my previous post. I just want them to be _good_. No “stunt casting” just to shoehorn a nonwhite person or woman in. Pick the best person for the job, regardless of color/gender/whatever. That’s all I ask. I completely agree … but somehow “the best person for the job” has always managed to be the White guy … which to some makes another White guy more “the best person for the job” because it is what The Doctor traditionally is and to some makes someone else more “the best person for the job” because it is what The Doctor traditionally is. Given the same level of talent and fun/interesting character created of course. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/87 "2017-02-06T12:46:44Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I suspect you didn’t see Green Wing: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4QOpxrwGk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4QOpxrwGk) And, for [the opposite](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MA6ksn6oNYk) of that… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/88 "2017-04-04T04:12:21Z")
Reminder: season starts on Saturday the 15[sup]th[/sup]. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/89 "2017-04-04T04:56:10Z")
I don’t really care who the next Doctor is, but it would be nice to see him have a companion again who was something other than a young Earth woman. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/90 "2017-04-04T09:09:55Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I don’t really care who the next Doctor is, but it would be nice to see him have a companion again who was something other than a young Earth woman. Remember that nice bug lady the Master (in Derek Jacobi form) murdered? Someone like that would be good. Mind you, the problem with alien companions is that the temptation for writers to pull out a “Oh my race is capable of [handy magic power] - sorry I’ve never mentioned this before and by the way I will never use this power again because of reasons” solution for the Problem Of The Week tends to be too strong to resist. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/91 "2017-04-04T09:38:19Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I don’t really care who the next Doctor is, but it would be nice to see him have a companion again who was something other than a young Earth woman. Time to turn it on its head and finally let the Doctor be a woman. We know that it’s possible canonically. One of the recent regenerations had the Doctor specifically checking for that. So why not? Young female Doctor, older gentleman companion? Or older female Doctor and younger male companion? Or (my favorite) older female Doctor, younger female companion? The Doctor doesn’t have to be a dude. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/92 "2017-04-04T09:44:21Z")
If they really wanted to rile the masses, they’d make the new Doctor French. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/93 "2017-04-04T12:03:30Z")
How 'bout Hillary? I hear she’s looking for work. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/94 "2017-04-04T12:15:33Z")
I still think it will be Kris Marshall. He was mooted by the betting sites, then removed a few weeks later, but they don’t have any inside info. He just seems right for it, in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/95 "2017-04-04T13:09:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I still think it will be Kris Marshall. He was mooted by the betting sites, then removed a few weeks later, but they don’t have any inside info. He just seems right for it, in my mind. He left _Death in Paradise_ mid-season which is probably what prompted the bookies’ interest, but that may mean nothing more than the show deciding his story was played out (which it was) and they were looking for a new [del]shark to jump[/del] direction to go in. If they’re poaching cast from that show, they should have gone with Danny John-Jules. Way more fun. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/96 "2017-04-04T13:28:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > He left _Death in Paradise_ mid-season which is probably what prompted the bookies’ interest, but that may mean nothing more than the show deciding his story was played out (which it was). Right, but I just think he’d be good because he has the right character for it. He has a Peter Davison/Sylvester McCoy way about him. Though Danny John Jules would be an interesting approach. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/97 "2017-04-04T15:23:26Z")
_If_ they go American, then I would like to see Jeff Goldblum as The Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/98 "2017-04-04T15:50:42Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If they really wanted to rile the masses, they’d make the new Doctor French. Allons-y! ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/99 "2017-04-04T15:52:09Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > I completely agree … but somehow “the best person for the job” has always managed to be the White guy … which to some makes another White guy more “the best person for the job” because it is what The Doctor traditionally is and to some makes someone else more “the best person for the job” because it is what The Doctor traditionally is. Given the same level of talent and fun/interesting character created of course. I apologize in advance for the late reply. The “best person for the job” is the one who will be able to keep the franchise alive. The producers/BBC may chose to go with a social experiment, or they may test market a short list of actors, or they may take a chance on the fans selection. (Personally, I wouldn’t want a Dr Who, or the companion(s), becoming the next Boaty McBoatface). 😃 The big question, the revenue generating question, is whether the fans will accept a Dr Who and/or companion selected because it’s-the-right-thing-to-do, or seems politically correct? Are there people who are going to tune into Dr Who week after week only to support a PC choice when there are so many other choices demanding our attention? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642/100 "2017-04-04T15:55:36Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > The big question, the revenue generating question, is whether the fans will accept a Dr Who and/or companion selected because it’s-the-right-thing-to-do, or seems politically correct? Are there people who are going to tune into Dr Who week after week only to support a PC choice when there are so many other choices demanding our attention? Will any non-white-male chosen automatically be deemed a “PC choice” regardless of qualification? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-capaldi-to-leave-doctor-who/778642.md?page=6)